Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, November 27th
November 27th 2007 00:44
1582 - William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
1817 - U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
1895 - In Paris Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
1901 - The Army War College was established in Washington, DC.
1910 - New York's Pennsylvania Station opened.
1924 - In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
1926 - 110,000 watch Army & Navy play a 21-all tie
1934 - Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI
1941 - USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat
1941 - Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
1942 - French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so Nazis don't take them
1945 - Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China
1947 - Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1951 - Cease-fire and demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea
1951 - 1st missle to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico
1954 - Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
1960 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
1961 - Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
1965 - 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C.
1966 - In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat N.Y. Giants 72-41
1970 - Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
1971 - Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
1973 - The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew.
1978 - San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by Dan White, a former supervisor.
1980 - Dave Williams (Chicago Bears) became the first player in NFL history to return a kick for touchdown in overtime.
1987 - French hostages Jean-Louis Normandin and Roger Auque were set free by their pro-Iranian captors in West Beirut, Lebanon.
1991 - Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ
1996 - Evan C. Hunziker, an American jailed by North Korea on spy charges, was set free, ending a three-month ordeal.
1997 - Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher
2001 - A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
2003 - President Bush flew to Iraq under extraordinary secrecy and security to spend Thanksgiving with US troops.
2005 - The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.
Famous Birthday’s
1917 - "Buffalo" Bob Smith, Buffalo, New York, TV host, Howdy Doody(Died 1998)
1940 - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], born in S.F., Calif, karate star/actor, Green Hornet
1942 - Jimi Hendrix, born in Seattle, Washington rock guitarist, Purple Haze(Died 1970)
1944 - Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, country singer, I Love a Rainy Night(Died 1998)
1957 - Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg, attorney, John F. Kennedy and Jackie's daughter
1964 - Robin Givens, [X-Mrs Mike Tyson] New York City, Darlene-Head of the Class
1976 - Jaleel White, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Steve Urkel-Family Matters
Famous Death’s
1934 - Baby Face Nelson, gangster with Dillinger gang, shot 17 times (b. 1908)
1986 - Steve Tracy actor (Percival-Little House on the Praire), dies at 61
1988 - John Carradine actor(Stagecoach, The Munsters) has 4 sons David, Robert, Keith
and Bruce. He died of Kidney failure at age 82.
Joke of the Day
Your Time is not up Yet
A middle-aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near death experience.
Seeing God, she asked "Is my time up?"
God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months, and 8 days to live."
Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a facelift, liposuction, and a tummy tuck. She even had someone come in and change her hair color. Since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well make the most of it.
After her last operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, she was killed by an ambulance.
Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 40 years? Why didn't you pull me from out of the path of the ambulance?"
God replied, "I didn't recognize you!"
Build a Road the Army Way
One of my first jobs as a new Army lieutenant in Vietnam was to build a road across a rice paddy. Progress was slow because the paddy devoured most of the dirt we laid down. My superior officer, a major, appeared one day, determined to speed things up.
His solution was to scrape the crust off the top of the paddy and with it, construct the road. He quelled my protestations with a stern, “Lieutenant, *I'm* in charge.”
He ordered a bulldozer into the paddy, but the massive monster sank in the muck. Undaunted, the major ordered another dozer to help the first one out. It, too, was soon stuck. After a long silence, the major got into his jeep. His departing words were, “Lieutenant, you're in charge.”
World Records
Oldest Dove
The world's oldest dove is Methuselah, a white, male collared dove who was born in April 1975 and is owned by Manfred Meller of Harxheim, Germany.
Tallest Dog
The tallest dog living is Gibson, a harlequin great Dane, who measured 107 cm (42.2 in) tall on August 31, 2004 and is owned by Sandy Hall of Grass Valley, California, USA.
Clover with the Most Leaves
The world record for the most leaves on a clover stem (Trifolium repens L.) is 18 and was discovered by Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki City, Iwate, Japan on May 25, 2002.
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