Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, January 1st, Happy New Years !
December 31st 2007 23:53
This Day in History
1797 - Albany became the capital of New York state, replacing New York City.
1808 - The U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.
1840 - The first recorded bowling match was recorded in the U.S.
1853 - 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
1862 - 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
1892 - Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally opened in New York.
1898 - Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island were consolidated into a single city, New York City.
1902 - The first Tournament of Roses (later the Rose Bowl) collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA. University of Michigan beat Stanford, 49-0
1907 - President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1908 - 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
1926 - The Rose Bowl was carried coast to coast on network radio for the first time.
1929 - Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
1934 - Alcatraz Island officially became a Federal Prison.
1935 - 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl Played
1937 - The First Cotton Bowl football game was played in Dallas, TX. Texas Christian University (T.C.U.) beat Marquette, 16-6.
1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
1942 - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill issued a declaration called the "United Nations." It was signed by 26 countries that vowed to create an international postwar World War II peacekeeping organization.
1942 - Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16
1944 - Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl", Oran, North Africa
1944 - General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army
1950 - Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China
1951 - Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
1954 - Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
1956 - Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1958 - Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
1959 - Fidel Castro declared victory in the Cuban revolution as dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the island.
1960 - US census at 179,245,000
1961 - Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
1962 - US Navy SEAL teams established
1962 - the Beatles auditioned for Decca records in London on the same day as Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Decca chose the Tremeloes.
1966 - A twelve day New York City transit strike begins.
1966 - All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"
1967 - Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
1968 - Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump 141 feet over Cæsar's Palace Fountain
1971 - Tobacco ads representing $20 million dollars in advertising were banned from TV and radio broadcast.
1975 - Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
1975 - The magazine "Popular Electronics" announced the invention of a person computer called Altair.
1977 - 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
1977 - Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
1984 - AT&T was broken up into 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement with the U.S. Federal government.
1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
1985 - US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
1985 - VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
1986 - Soviet television aired a five-minute greeting from President Reagan and Americans got the same from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the first such exchange between the superpowers.
1993 - Harry Connick Jr arrested at a New York airport for gun possession
1995 - Frederick West, an alleged killer of 12 women and girls, was found hanged in his jail cell in Winston Green prison, in Birmingham.
1996 - After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
1998 - A Law is passed that makes all California bars, clubs & card rooms smoke-free
1998 - US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
2000 - As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'.
2002 - in the largest U.S. ground operation of the war on terrorism at that point, 200 Marines began a two-day sweep through deserted training camps in southern Afghanistan but found none of the terrorist leaders.
2005 - a published report says interrogators at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have routinely used inhumane methods that could be viewed as torture.
2006 - Sydney, Australia swelters in 45C(113F) heat, a record for the city.
Famous Birthday’s
1735 - Paul Revere silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)Died 1818
1752 - Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, sewn the first U.S. flag(Died 1836)
1895 - J Edgar Hoover Washington DC, Director of US Fedreal Bureau of Investigation
1942 - Country Joe McDonald California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
1946 - Rick Hurst Houston TX, actor (Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard)
Famous Death’s
1953 - Hank Williams country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 of a Heart attack
1969 - Barton Maclane actor (General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68
1994 - Cesar Romero US actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
2001 - Ray Walston, actor(My Favorite Martian, Mr. Hand on Fast Times at Ridgemont High (b. 1914)
Joke of the Day
Things You Don't Want to Hear During Surgery
- Better save that. We'll need it for the autopsy.
- Someone call the janitor - we're going to need a mop.
- Accept this sacrifice, O Great Lord of Darkness!
- Spot! Spot! Come back with that! Bad Dog!
- Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?
- Hand me that...uh...that...uh.....thi ngie.
- Oh no! I just lost my Rolex.
- Oops! Hey, has anyone ever survived 500ml of this stuff before?
- Darn, there go the lights again...
- You know, there's big money in kidneys. Heck, the guy's got two of them.
- Everybody stand back! I lost my contact lens!
- Could you stop that thing from beating; it's throwing my concentration off.
- What do you mean he wasn't in for a sex change...!
- Anyone see where I left that scalpel?
- This patient has already had some kids, am I correct?
- Nurse, did this patient sign the organ donor card?
- Don't worry; I think it's sharp enough.
- What do you mean "You want a divorce"!
- She's gonna blow! Everyone take cover!!!
- FIRE! FIRE! Everyone get out of here!
- Has anyone seen my watch?
- Whoa I shouldn't had drank so much last night, I think I’m still ddrunk!
- Was I wearing 2 or 3 rings?
- Is that my blood or his?
- “Touchdown!”
- Who says two years of collage isn’t enough to become a Doctor!
- What do you mean, wrong end, nurse?
- Where are my pants?
Alcohol Consumption Warning
- The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not.
- The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an idiot.
- The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
- The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.
- The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning.
- The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.
- The consumption of alcohol may make you think you have mystical Kung Fu powers, resulting in you getting your behind kicked.
- The consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burns on the forehead/knees.
- The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
- The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe you are invisible.
- The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
Deer Nuggets
Did you know deer nuggets are cheaper than chicken nuggets?
Chicken nuggets are $1.49, but deer nuggets are under a BUCK
World Records
Largest Parade of Bicycles
The record for the largest parade of bicycles is 140 and was achieved by Paul Frank Industries (USA) in Costa Mesa, CA, USA on December 22, 2005.
Largest Parade Of BMW Motorcycles
A parade of 128 BMW C-1 motorcycles took place at the village of Einsiedeln, Switzerland, on June 12, 2004 as part of the SwissC1:2004 event.
Largest Parade of Harley Davidson Motorcycles
A parade of 2,118 Harley Davidson motorcycles took part in the 17th annual Children's Hospital Toy Run at Denver, Colorado, USA, on December 8, 2002.
Longest Bicycle
The longest true bicycle, that is one with only two wheels and no stabilizers, was 28.1 m (92 ft 2 in) long and was built by members of Gezelschap Leeghwater, the mechanical engineering students' association at Delft University of Technology. The bicycle was ridden for a distance in excess of 100 m (328 ft) at Delft, The Netherlands on December 11, 2002.
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