Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, December 28th
December 28th 2007 00:17
This Day in History
1612 - Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
1832 - John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice-President to resign (differences with President Jackson)
1835 - Osceola led his Seminole warriors in Florida into the 2nd War against the U.S. Army.
1846 - Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1867 - United States claims Midway Island, first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
1895 - World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris
1902 - The first indoor pro football game is played in New York City at Madison Square Garden
1936 - Workers begin sit-down strike against General Motors at Fisher Body plant in Cleveland
1941 - Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks requests that 3 construction battalions be recruited to build advance bases in the war zone, thus started the Seabee’s and their motto Construimus, Batuimus -- "We Build, We Fight."
1942 - Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly across the Atlantic 100 times
1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognized the "Pledge of Allegiance."
1949 - 20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs
1950 - Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
1952 - The first transistor hearing aid was marketed in the United States.
1958 - Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1
1963 - Merle Haggard's 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song"
1965 - Pres. Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam rejected unconditional peace talks offered by U.S.
1971 - US: 88 Vietnam Veterans Against the War arrested at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC, trying to block entrance with a human chain.
1971 - Vietnam veteran antiwar protesters peacefully end occupation of the Statue of Liberty
1973 - The Chamber of Commerce of Akron, OH, terminated its association with the All American Soap Box Derby and said the race had become "a victim of cheating and fraud."
1975 - "Hail Mary Pass" - Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass
1975 - A bomb explosion at New York's La Guardia airport killed 11 people
1984 - Accidental launch of USSR missile toward Germany destroyed in flight.
1984 - A Creosote bush in California’s Mojave Desert was determined to be 11,700 years old
1987 - Gene Simmons kills 2, bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover AR
1990 - USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and USS America (CV-66) Carrier Battle Groups deploy from Norfolk, VA, for Middle East to join Operation Desert Shield.
1991 - Nine people died in a rush to get into a basketball game at City College in New York.
1992 - Somalia's two main warlords, Mohamed Farrah Aidid and Ali Mahdi Mohamed, promised an end to their hostilities.(it didn’t happen)
2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
2001 - Shannen Doherty was arrested for driving under the influence.
2004 - Insurgents lured police to a house in west Baghdad with an anonymous tip about a rebel hideout, then set off explosives, killing at least 29 people and wounding 18.
2005 - A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II
Famous Birthday’s
1856 - [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson Staunton VA, (28 President-D-1913-21, Nobel 1919) d.1924
1922 - Stan Lee comics artist/creator (Spiderman, Incredible Hulk)
1924 - Rod Serling Syracuse NY, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery)
1927 - Martin Milner Detroit MI, actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley)
1954 - Denzel Washington, actor (Malcolm X, Remember the Titans, John Q, Training Day)
1958 - Joe Diffie, country singer/guitarist (Home, "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox, If I Die")
1960 - Marty Roe Lebanon OH, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, VA.
Famous Death’s
1970 - Charles "Sonny" Liston heavyweight boxer champion (1962-64), dies
1983 - William Demarest actor ("Uncle Charlie" on My Three Sons), dies in Palm Springs at 92
1983 - Dennis Wilson drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39
Joke of the Day
Freezing To Death
Two men waiting at the Pearly Gates strike up a conversation. "How'd you die?" the first man asks the second. "I froze to death," says the second.
"That's awful," says the first man. "How does it feel to freeze to death?"
"It's very uncomfortable at first", says the second man. "You get the shakes, and you get pains in all your fingers and toes. But eventually, it's a very calm way to go. You get numb and you kind of drift off, as if you're sleeping. How about you, how did you die?"
"I had a heart attack," says the first man. "You see, I knew my wife was cheating on me, so one day I showed up at home unexpectedly. I ran up to the bedroom, and found her alone, knitting. I ran down to the basement, but no one was hiding there, either. I ran up to the second floor, but no one was hiding there either. I ran as fast as I could to the attic, and just as I got there, I had a massive heart attack and died." The second man shakes his head. "That's so ironic," he says.
"What do you mean?" asks the first man.
"If you had only stopped to look in the freezer, we'd both still be alive."
Extra Large Condoms
A woman walks into a drugstore and asks the pharmacist if he sells size extra large condoms.
He replies, "Yes we do. Would you like to buy some?"
She responds, "No, but do you mind if I wait around here until someone does?
World Records
Most Incline bench press
Dan Netherland (USA) 650lb incline bench press. Dyna Body Fitness Gym , Newport, TN August 15, 2002
Most Telephone Directories Torn In Three Minutes
Ed Charon (USA) A.k.a. Edward Scissorhands: On his 70th birthday, breaks his own Guinness world record for telephone book ripping by tearing 43 directories in half at a mall in Roseburg, Ore. Chacon has shredded more than 31,000 phone books in the past five years.
Most One Finger Push Ups
Paul Lynch performed 124 consecutive one finger push ups at the Hippodrome, Leicester Square, London, UK on April 21, 1992.
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