Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, January 11th
January 11th 2008 01:00
This Day in History
1770 - The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London.
1805 - The Michigan Territory was created.
1815 - U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieved victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
1861 - Alabama seceded from the United States.
1897 - M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
1902 - "Popular Mechanics" magazine was published for the first time.
1913 - The first sedan-type car was unveiled at the National Automobile Show in New York City. The car was manufactured by the Hudson Motor Company.
1922 - Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
1935 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1942 - Japan declared war against the Netherlands. The same day, Japanese forces invaded the Dutch East Indies.
1942 - The American carrier Saratoga is severely damaged by Japanese submarine.
1945 - Aircraft from the US 3rd Fleet (Halsey) sink 25 ships and damage 13 others off the coast of Indochina in attacks on four Japanese convoys.
1949 - First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
1953 - J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club
1963 - The Whisky a Go Go night club in L.A., the first disco in the USA, is opened.
1964 - United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports smoking may be hazardous to health. First such statement from U.S. government.
1973 - American League adopts designated hitter rule
1973 - Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington DC
1974 - The world's first surviving set of sextuplets are born to Susan Rosenkowitz
1976 - Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consecutive national figure skating championship
1980 - Nigel Short, age 14, from Bolton in Britain, became the youngest International Master in the history of chess.
1984 - Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
1991 - Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1995 - DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
1998 - NFC Championship Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49'ers 23-10
2002 - Ford announced it planned to lay off 35,000 employees, drop four car models and close four plants.
2002 - Thomas Junta, 44, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for beating another man to death at their son's hockey practice. The incident occurred on July 5, 2000
2003 - Illinois governor George H. Ryan announces decision to grant clemency to 167 inmates of death row.
2005 - NASA scientists studying the tsunami-inducing Indonesia earthquake of Dec. 26 calculated it slightly changed Earth's shape and shifted the poles by about an inch
Famous Birthday’s
1757 - Alexander Hamilton,West Indies,1st US Secretary of Treasury ($10 face)D. 1804
1946 - Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1971 - Mary J Blige R&B and Hip-Hop singer, sold 65 Million albums
Famous Death’s
1843 - Francis Scott Key composer (Star Spangled Banner), Born 1779
1979 - Jack Soo actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), Born 1912
1988 - Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, WWII flying Ace, dies at 75 of cancer
1994 - John Bradley raised US flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 70
Joke of the Day
Separation
A man is waiting in line for a hit movie. Behind him are two women. The usher comes along and says that he has two seats together. Seeing the problem, the usher says to the man. "Let them go first. You wouldn't want to separate a woman from her mother, would you?"
The man says, "No, sir. I did that once, and I've been sorry ever since."
Money Problems
A young man was having some money problems, and needed $200 to get his car fixed and road-worthy again. But had run out of people to borrow from.
So, he calls his parents via the operator, and reverses the charge and says to his dad, "I need to borrow two hundred dollars."
At the other end, his father says, "Sorry, I can't hear you, son, I think there may be a bad line."
The boy shouts, "Two hundred. I need two hundred dollars!"
"Sorry, I still can't hear you clearly," says his father.
The operator cuts in, "Sorry to butt in, but I can hear him perfectly."
The father says, "Oh, good. YOU send him the money!"
World Records
Longest Journey by Solar Electric Vehicle
The Midnight Sun solar car team from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, travelled a distance of 15,070 km (9,364 miles) through Canada and the United States, departing from Waterloo on 7 August and finishing in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada, on September 15, 2004.
Longest Journey by Tractor
Vasilii Hazkevich (Russia) covered 21,199 km (13,172 miles) on an unmodified tractor from April 25 - August 6, 2005, starting and finishing in Vladimir, Russia.
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