Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, Happy Halloween
October 31st 2007 00:09
This Day in History Happy Halloween!
1864 - Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1926 - Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. His appendix had been damaged twelve days earlier when he had been unexpectedly punched in the stomach by a student During a lecture Houdini had commented on the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows.
1941 - Mount Rushmore was declared complete after 14 years of work.
1941 - The U.S. Navy destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed by a German submarine near Iceland. The U.S. had not yet entered World War II. More than 100 men were killed.
1942 - 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton)
1950 - Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill President Truman in Washington, D.C.
1952 - The U.S. detonated its first hydrogen bomb.
1956 - Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek become the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole. Dufek also became the first person to set foot on the South Pole.
1961 - In the Soviet Union, the body of Joseph Stalin was removed from Lenin's Tomb where it was on public display.
1968 - U.S. Pres. Lyndon Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam
1968 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game)
1971 - Saigon began the release of 1,938 Hanoi POW's.
1982 - Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pontiff to visit Spain
1983 - Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour premieres on NBC
1983 - The U.S. Defense Department acknowledged that during the U.S. led invasion of Grenada, that a U.S. Navy plane had mistakenly bombed a civilian hospital.
1987 - A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes
1993 - Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million
1998 - Iraq announced that it was halting all dealings with U.N. arms inspectors. The inspectors were investigating the country's weapons of mass destruction stemming from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
1999 - Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.
2001 - Kathy Nguyen (61), a NYC hospital worker, died of anthrax. She was the 4th person to perish in a spreading wave of bioterrorism. The source of infection remained a mystery
2002 - A federal grand jury in Houston formally indicted former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer. He got 6 years in prison
2004 - Japan condemned the beheading of a Japanese hostage in Iraq as a despicable act of terrorism and vowed to keep its troops in the country on their reconstruction mission.
Famous Birthday’s
1860 - Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, was born
1902 - Eduard Franz Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Zorro)
1902 - Willie Shaw race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40)
1912 - Dale Evans Uvalde Tx, singer/actor/cowgirl (Roy Rogers Show)Died 2001
1931 - Dan Rather Wharton Tx, news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes)
1937 - Michael Landon, actor(Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie)D. 1991
1942 - David Ogden Stiers Peoria Ill, actor (Winchester-M*A*S*H)
1950 - John Candy Ontario Canada, actor/comedian (Stripes, Uncle Buck)Died 1994
1963 - Rob Schneider, actor/comedian(Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Animal)
1968 - Vanilla Ice [Robert Van Winkle], rapper (Ice Ice Baby)
Famous Death’s
1926 - Erich Weiss better known as magician Harry Houdini, dies in Detroit, born 1874
1993 - River Phoenix died at the age of 23 of a drug overdose. He was born in 1970
Joke of the Day
What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?--------------------F rostbite...
Why do witches use brooms to fly on?------------Because vacuum cleaners are too heavy.
What did one ghost ask the other ghost?---------------------"Do you believe in people?"
What do you call someone who puts poison in a person's corn flakes?-----A cereal killer.
What kinds of ghosts haunt skyscrapers?----------------- ------------------------- High spirits
Did you hear about the cannibal who was expelled from school? -------------------- He was buttering up his teacher.
Did you hear about the guy that lost his left arm and leg in a car crash? ---- He's all right now.
Have you seen Quasimodo?------------------- -----------------------I have a hunch he's back!
How do you fix a jack-o-lantern?-------------- -------------------------With a pumpkin patch.
How does a girl vampire flirt?----------------------- --------------------------She bats her eyes.
What did mama cannibal said to baby cannibal when he told her that he really liked his grandfather?----------------- ----------------------------- --"Would you like another piece?"
What did the cannibal do when he saw an "All you can eat" restaurant?
He had two waiters and a busboy.
What do sea monsters eat for lunch?----------------------- ------------------Fish and ships.
What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?----------------------- -----A sand witch.
10 Things That Sound Dirty On Halloween, But Aren't...
1. So...What'd you get in the sack?
2. Once you get under the sheet, start moaning and groaning!!!
3. Just hop on that broomstick and ride it!
4. Those small suckers are gone in a few licks!
5. I got the best piece from that house.
6. Quit screwing around on the porch!!!
7. Stick your hand in and guess what you're feeling....
8. It was so filled and heavy, I had to use TWO hands!!
9. They'll suck you dry if they get their teeth in you.
10. I bobbed and bobbed, but couldn't get my mouth around it!
World Records
Most Cockroaches Eaten
Ken Edwards of Glossop, Derbyshire, England ate 36 cockroaches in one minute on the set of The Big Breakfast, London, England on March 5, 2001.
HEAVIEST WEIGHT DANGLED FROM A SWALLOWED SWORD
Matthew Henshaw swallowed a non-retractable 15.9 in long sword and then held a sack of potatoes weighing 44 lb 4.96 oz attached to the handle of the sword for five seconds!
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