Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, October 23rd
October 23rd 2007 00:34
This Day in History
1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
1910 - Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight
1915 - 25,000 to 30,000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote
1917 - The 1st Infantry division, "Big Red One," fired the 1st US shot in WW I.
1921 - Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis
1929 - In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the
stock-market crash that began the Great Depression.
1941- Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released
1942 - During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
1944 - World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf begins - The largest naval battle in history begins in Leyte Gulf, the Red Army enters Hungary
1958 - Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Pasternak won the award for writing "Dr. Zhivago".
1962 - The U.S. Navy reconnaissance squadron VFP-62 began overflights of Cuba under the code name "Blue Moon."
1965 - Vietnam War: Operation Silver Bayonet - The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launch a new operation, seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleku Province(the Central Highlands).
1970 - Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)
1973 - Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations about the scandal.
1981 - US national debt hits $1 trillion
1983 - Lebanon Civil War: U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut hit by truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. servicemen. French barracks also hit the same morning, killing 58.
1984 - "NBC Nightly News" aired footage of the severe drought in Ethiopia.
1985 - U.S. President Reagan arrived in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly.
1989 - Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule.
1990 - Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages
1991 - Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women
1992 - Japanese Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese emperor to stand on Chinese soil.
1992 - A former French health official was sentenced to four years in prison for allowing 1,200 hemophiliacs to receive AIDS-tainted blood.
1996 - The civil trial of O.J. Simpson opened in Santa Monica, CA. Simpson was later found liable in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
2001 - A relieved NASA team celebrated as the 2001 Mars Odyssey slipped into orbit around the Red Planet, two years after back-to-back failures by Mars missions.
2002 - Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen rebels seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
2004 - Some 50 unarmed Iraqi soldiers were killed in eastern Iraq as they headed home on leave after basic training. Many were shot execution style.
Famous Birthday’s
1893 - Gummo Marx, actor/comedian, only Marx brother to be in the military (d. 1977)
1910 - Hayden Rorke Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie)
1923 - Frank Sutton Clarksville Tenn, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC)
1925 - Johnny Carson, comedian (Tonight Show,)Died in 2005 from emphysema.
1935 - Chi Chi Rodriguez golfer (PGA Seniors-1987)
1956 - Dwight Yoakum country singer (If There Was a Way, Honky Tonk Man)
1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun, Amish Paradise)
1962 - Doug Flute WFL/NFL QB (Generals, Bears, Buffalo, Chargers, Patriots)
Joke of the Day
A cowboy rode into town and stopped at the saloon for a drink. Unfortunately, the locals always had a habit of picking on newcomers. When he finished, he found his horse had been stolen.
He comes back into the bar, handily flips his gun into the air, catches it above his head without even looking and fires a shot into the ceiling. "Who stole my horse?" he yelled with surprising forcefulness. No one answered.
"I'm gonna have another beer and if my horse ain't back outside by the time I'm finished, I'm gonna do what I dun back in Texas and I don't want to have to do what I dun back in Texas!" Some of the locals shifted restlessly.
He had another beer, walked outside, and his horse was back! He saddled up and started to ride out of town.
The bartender wandered out of the bar and asked, "Say partner, what happened in Texas?"
The cowboy turned back and said, "I had to walk home!"
Leprechauns
Q: Why can't you borrow money from a leprechaun?
A: Because they're always a little short.
Army officer training school
In this particular branch of the Army's officer training school, the instructor was returning a test. The students identified their work by the last four digits of their Social Security number.
In the early hours of a morning, the instructor was calling the numbers. “Four-seven-seven-zero?” he asked.
“Here,” replied one half-awake lieutenant-to-be. Taking the paper, though, he realized he had mistakenly asked for the wrong paper.
“Seven-zero-seven-five?” asked the instructor.
“Here,” repeated the student, gearing for trouble.
“I thought you were four-seven-seven-zero, soldier,” spoke the teacher.
“That's right, sir,” answered our hero. “I have a nick-number.”
World Records
Tallest Living man
Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), measured 7 ft 8.95 in as a result of six measurements taken on January 15, 2005, at Chifeng City Hospital, Inner Mongolia, China. Beating the previous holder Radhouane Charbib (Tunisia) by just 2 mm (0.07 in), Xi Shun claims that his height was normal for his age until he was 16. As a comparison, his father stood at 5 ft 10.8 in and his mother was 5 ft 2.8 in tall.
Following a career in the Army - he was recruited for his basketball skills! - he returned to Inner Mongolia and works as a herdsman. He also hires himself out for publicity stunts for a local restaurant and tailor.
Longest Tongue
Stephen Taylor (UK) has a tongue that measures 3.74 in from the tip to the centre of his closed top lip. It was measured on the set of 'Lo Show dei Record' in Milan, Italy on January 5, 2006.
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