Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, November 23rd
November 23rd 2007 01:10
This Day in History
1783 - Annapolis, Md., became the US capital until June 1784.
1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced in California to drop 30' (9m)
1863 - Battle of Chattanooga begins at Chattanooga, Tennessee
1863 - Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1876 - Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association
1887 - Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
1889 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
1904 - 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
1936 - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1942 - Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized
1942 - Steward Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat was torpedoed
1943 - US forces seized control of Tarawa & Makin from Japanese
1945 - Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ended.
1950 - The “Dutch Battalion” from the Netherlands joined the U.N. forces in Korea.
1954 - First time, the Dow Jones closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
1963 - President Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning as JFK's body lay in repose in East Room of White House.
1963 - The first episode of the long-running science fiction TV series Doctor Who, airs.
1964 - Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
1968 - Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
1975 - Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 328 feet(100 m) undersea without breathing equipment.
1984 - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie throws a game-winning 48-yard Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes 47-45. It is one of the most famous plays in American college football history.
1985 - Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China. He may have been the most damaging anti-U.S. spy ever; he sold bushels of U.S. secrets to China.
1988 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
1992 - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
1992 - Iran added a Russian-built submarine to its navy, becoming the first Gulf nation to field a submarine.
1998 - Dennis Rodman filed for an annulment from Carmen Electra 10 days after wedding.
1998 - The tobacco industry signed the biggest U.S. civil settlement. It was a $206-billion deal to resolve remaining state claims for treating sick smokers.
2000 - In Florida the Supreme Court rejected an emergency plea by Al Gore to force Miami-Dade County to resume manual counts
2001 - Japan said it would send 1,500 troops to help with relief operations in Afghanistan.
2003 - In Afghanistan a transport helicopter carrying US troops that crashed just north of Kabul, killing five Americans and injuring seven.
Famous Birthday’s
1804 - Franklin Pierce 14th President (1853-1857)Died 1869
1859 - Billy the Kid [William H Bonney], Outlaw gunslinger killed 21 men.
1887 - Boris Karloff [William H Pratt], Dulwich England, actor (Frankenstein)D. 1969
1888 - Harpo Marx [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers) Died 1964
1912 - George O'Hanlon, actor, voice of George Jetson (d. 1989)
1954 - Denise Reynolds(alias Mama Reynolds), CNA Mac Arthur 3, Happy Birthday Denise!!
Famous Death’s
1982 - Rev Grady Nutt actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
1990 - Bo Diaz catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish, at 37
1991 - Freddie Mercury lead singer of Queen, dies of aids at 46
1992 - Roy Acuff, American musician (b. 1903)
Joke of the Day
Wedding Dress Blues
When my sister Andrea got married, she asked to wear my mother's wedding dress. The day she tried it on for the first time I was sitting with Mother in the living room as Andrea descended the stairs. The gown was a perfect fit on her petite frame. Mother's eyes welled with tears. I put my arm around her.
"You're not losing a daughter," I reminded her in time-honored fashion. You're gaining a son
"Oh, forget about that!" she said with a sob. "I used to fit into that dress!"
Late for Work
Late for work already, I was annoyed to find a strange car in my reserved parking space again. After locating a spot far away, I stormed into my office determined, to have the car towed. As the morning wore on, however, my anger cooled, and I decided to give the driver another chance.
During lunchtime, I went outside and left this note on the driver's windshield:
"Please don't take my parking space. If you do, and your car disappears, don't say I never towed you!"
World Records
Heaviest Apple
The heaviest apple weighed 1.849 kg (4 lb 1 oz) and was grown and picked by Chisato Iwasaki at his apple farm in Hirosaki City, Japan October 24, 2005.
Heaviest Lemon
The world's heaviest lemon weighed 5.265 kg (11 lb 9.7 oz) on January 8, 2003 and was grown by Aharon Shemoel (Israel) on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel.
Tallest Armaranthus
The world's tallest amaranth plant (Amaranthus australis) measured 4.61 m (15.12 ft) on September 29, 2004 and was grown by David Brenner (USA) at Iowa State University.
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