Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, November 29th
November 29th 2007 01:07
This Day in History
1887 - US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
1890 - In West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game.
1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
1934 - Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
1942 - US rations coffee
1944 - John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
1944 - USS Archerfish sinks Japanese carrier Shinano, world's largest warship sunk by any submarine during World War II .
1950 - North Korean and Chinese troops force U. N. forces to retreat from North Korea.
1951 - Winston Churchill re-elected British premier
1952 - Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 - The Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft was launched with Enos the chimp on board.
1962 - Great-Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde
1963 - U.S. President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
1963 - Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1965 - Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups
1971 - The Prof. Golf Championship was held at Walt Disney World for the first time.
1972 - Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari) released Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, Calif.
1975 - Bill Gates adopted the name Microsoft for the company he and Paul Allen started
1975 - President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped
1981 - Actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, California, she was 43.
1982 - The United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
1987 - Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes
1987 - Cuban detainees released 26 hostages they'd been holding for more than a week at the Federal Detention Center in Oakdale, LA.
1990 - The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991
1991 - 17 people were killed in a 164-vehicle wreck during a dust storm near Coalinga, CA, on Interstate 5.
1992 - Dennis Byrd ( Jets) was paralyzed after a neck injury in a game against the KC Chiefs.
2004 - Brett Favre Day in Wisconsin, in honor of his record-setting 200th consecutive start as an NFL quarterback.
2004 - The French announced plans to build the Louvre II in N. France. The 236,808 square foot museum was the planned home for 500-600 works from the Louvre's reserves.
Famous Birthday’s
1907 - Merle Travis country singer (16 Tons)
1916 - Fran Ryan Los Angeles CA, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Gunsmoke)
1940 - Chuck Mangione jazz composer/horn blower (Chasing the Clouds Away)
1955 - Howie Mandel Toronto Canada, comedian (St Elsewhere, Deal or No Deal)
1961 - Tom Sizemore, actor(Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down)
Famous Death’s
1979 - Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
1981 - Natalie Wood actress(Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story) drowns at 43
1986 - Cary Grant, actor(Father Goose, Operation Petticoat, Charade) dies at 82
Joke of the Day
Railroad Accident
In a terrible accident at a railroad crossing, a train smashed into a car and pushed it nearly four hundred yards down the track. Though no one was killed, the driver took the train company to court.
At the trial, the engineer insisted that he had given the driver ample warning by waving his lantern back and forth for nearly a minute. He even stood and convincingly demonstrated how he'd done it. The court believed his story, and the suit was dismissed.
"Congratulations," the lawyer said to the engineer when it was over. "You did superbly under cross-examination."
"Thanks," he said, "but he sure had me worried."
"How's that?" the lawyer asked.
"I was afraid he was going to ask if the lantern was lit!"
Lerman's Law of Technology
Any technical problem can be overcome given enough time and money.
Corollary: You are never given enough time or money.
These Sorta Make Sense
- I have an answering machine in my car. It says, "I'm home now, but leave a message and I'll call when I'm out."
- I bought a house on a one-way dead-end road. I don't know how to get out.
- I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time." So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.
- I have the world's largest collection of sea shells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you've seen some of it.
- I photocopied a mirror. Now I have an extra photocopy machine.
How to Get Into Heaven
An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him 'How do you expect to get into Heaven?'
The boy thought it over and said, 'Well, I'll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, 'For Heaven's sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!''
World Records
Largest Tree Transplanted
The largest tree to be transplanted was an oak tree (Quercus lobata), aged between 180-220 years and measuring 17.67 m (58 ft) tall, 31.6 m (104 ft) wide (branch-span), weighing approximately 458 ton’s (916,000 lb) and with a trunk girth of 5 m (16 ft 2 in). "Old Glory" was moved 0.4 km (0.25 miles) by Senna Tree Company (USA) to a new park in Los Angeles, California, USA on January 20, 2004.
Largest Cell phone
The world's largest functioning mobile phone is the Maxi Handy (Maxi Mobile). It measures 2.05 x 0.83 x 0.45 m (6.72 x 2.72 x 1.47 ft) and was installed at the Rotmain Centre, Bayreuth, Germany, on June 7, 2004 as part of the 'einfach mobil' infotour. The phone is made from wood, polyester and metal and features a colour TFT screen. It is fully functional and can send and receive SMS and MMS messages.
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