Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, November 19th
November 19th 2007 01:16
This Day in History
1863 - Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score & 7 years..."
1874 - William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding the city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment.
1887 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)
1906 - London selected to host 1908 Olympics
1919 - US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
1932 - Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
1942 - Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front
1944 - World War II: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
1947 - 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar Observatory in north San Diego County, California.
1951 - Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday
1959 - Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
1961 - Michael Rockefeller, son of governor Nelson Rockefeller, disappears in New Guinea.
1963 - Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal
1969 - Apollo 12's Conrad & Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
1970 - Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal state historical landmark
1979 - Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
1979 - Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion
1980 - CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jeans ad featuring Brooke Shields
1985 - President Reagan & Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1sttime
1989 - US beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifying for the 1990 world soccer cup finals. It was US' 1st qualification since 1950
1990 - Iraq announces it will free all German hostages
1994 - First National Lottery draw in England, 1 ticket gives a one-in-14-million chance
1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure.
1997 - In Carlisle, IA, septuplets were born to Bobbi McCaughey. It was only the second known case where all seven were born alive.
1998 - The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Clinton began.
1998 - Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of the Artist Without Beard" sold for $71.5 million.
2001 - President G. W. Bush signed the most comprehensive air security bill in U.S. history.
2002 - The oil tanker Prestige broke into two pieces and sank off northwest Spain. The tanker lost about 2 million gallons of fuel oil when it ruptured November 13th and was towed about 150 miles out to sea.
2002 - The U.S. government completed its takeover of security at 424 airports nationwide.
2003 - Eight competing designs for a memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center were unveiled.
2005 - US Marines allegedly commit a massacre on 24 citizens in the town of Haditha in Iraq.
Famous Birthday's
1831 - James A Garfield 20th President (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)
1905 - Tommy Dorsey Mahanoy Plane PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)
1933 - Larry King radio talk show host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show)
1938 - Ted Turner broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
1941 - Dan Haggerty Hollywood CA, actor (Grizzly Adams)
1942 - Calvin Klein fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans)
1961 - Meg Ryan Bethel CT, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)
1962 - Jodie Foster Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused, The Silence of the Lambs)
Joke of the Day
Grandma's Colors
I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and she was always correct, but it was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!"
What Acronyms Really Mean
ISDN = It Still Does Nothing, APPLE = Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity, IBM = I Blame Microsoft, DEC = Do Expect Cuts, CD-ROM = Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months, OS/2 = Obsolete Soon, Too. SCSI = System Can't See It, DOS = Defunct Operating System, BASIC = Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control, WWW = World Wide Wait, MACINTOSH = Most Applications Crash; If Not, The OS Hangs
The Bathroom
While carpenters were working outside the old house I had just bought, I busied myself with indoor cleaning. I had just finished washing the floor when one of the workmen asked to use the bathroom. With dismay I looked from his muddy boots to my newly scrubbed floors. "Just a minute," I said, thinking of a quick solution. "I'll put down newspapers." "That's all right, lady," he responded. "I'm already trained."
World Records
Longest Time on Doggy Death Row
A dog named Word was held on doggy death row for a total of eight years and 190 days. Word, a Lhasa Apso owned by Wilton Rabon of Seattle, Washington, USA was initially incarcerated at the Seattle Animal Control Shelter, USA on May 4, 1993 following two biting incidents but was later released on November 10, 2001 where he was transported to the Pigs Peace Sanctuary, Washington, USA.
Most Tennis Balls Held in Mouth by a Dog
The world record for the most tennis balls held in the mouth by a dog at one time is five. Augie, a golden retriever owned by the Miller family in Dallas, Texas, USA, successfully gathered and held all five regulation-sized tennis balls on July 6, 2003.
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