Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, January 9th
January 9th 2008 00:35
This Day in History
1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
1861 - 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC
1880 - The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and up to 6 feet of heavy snow in 5 days.
1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
1912 - United States Marines invade Honduras.
1936 - The United States Army adopted the semi-automatic rifle.
1941 - 6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania
1942 - Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1942 - US Joint Chiefs of Staff created
1945 - US soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines
1951 - Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1954 - -87ºF (-66ºC), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)
1959 - "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1962 - NFL prohibits grabbing of face mask
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - The NFL New Orleans franchise takes the name "Saints"
1969 - The supersonic aeroplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol, England.
1972 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor.
1976 - CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1979 - K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"
1984 - "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
1984 - EAA moves operations to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
1984 - Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1986 - Kodak got out of the instant camera business after 10 years due to a loss in a court battle that claimed that Kodak copied Polaroid patents.
1989 - Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
1995 - Valeri Poliakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.
1997 - Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
1998 - Ramzi Yousef was sentenced in New York to life in prison for the 1994 bombing of a Philippines airliner and 240 years for masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
2002 - The U.S. Justice Dept. announced that it was pursuing a criminal investigation of Enron Corp. The company had filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001.
2005 - Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2006 - The Phantom of the Opera surpasses the record of 7,486 performances set by Cats for the title of longest running show on Broadway.
Famous Birthday’s
1913 - Richard Milhouse Nixon Yorba Linda CA, (R) 37th President (1969-74)D. 1994
1925 - Lee Van Cleef, actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from N.Y.)Died 1989
1934 - Bart Starr NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay)
1935 - Bob Denver, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan on Gilligan's Island)Died 2005
1944 - Jimmy Page London England, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
1951 - Crystal Gayle Kentucky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue)
1959 - Mark Martin, NASCAR driver #6 Ford, has Record for most starts in a row 616.
1967 - Dave Matthews, South African singer and musician(So Much To Say, Too Much, Oh)
1967 - Steven Harwell, singer and musician (Lead singer for Smash Mouth, I’m a Believer)
Famous Death’s
1324 - Marco Polo Italian explorer, dies
1995 - Peter Cook English comic/actor (Alice in Wonderland, Bedazzled), dies at 57
1997 - Jesse White actor (Maytag repairman, Bedtime for Bonzo, Harvey), dies at 77
Joke of the Day
Successful Marriage
A couple had been married for 45 years and had raised a brood of 11 children and were blessed with 22 grandchildren. When asked the secret for staying together all that time, the wife replies, "Many years ago we made a promise to each other: the first one to pack up and leave has to take all the kids."
Mail Call
During mail call one evening at Marine Corps boot camp, I received several letters from home.
The drill instructor was getting irritated at having to keep calling my name. "You must have a lot of people at home who like you, huh?" he barked.
"Sir, no, sir!" I shouted.
"Oh, so you're calling me a liar?" goaded the DI.
Trained as a Marine to think quickly on my feet, I yelled out, "Sir, creditors, sir!"
The DI had to leave the room so we wouldn't see him laughing.
World Records
Fastest Furniture
The Casual Lofa, a motorized sofa built by Edd China and David Davenport, has a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). Powered by a Mini 1300 cc engine, it is licensed for use on UK roads and is steered by turning a medium pizza pan.
Longest Backwards Motorcycle Ride
A group of 14 members of the Swedish Army Lions motorcycle display team rode their Husaberg 400cc bikes backwards for a distance of 17.5 km (10.87 miles) at Skövde, Sweden, on September 1, 2001. The stunt was in aid of the 600th anniversary of the town.
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