Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, November 26th
November 26th 2007 01:00
1789 - First national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded.
1861 - The Pony Express ended after 18 months of operation.
1861 - West Virginia was created (out of Virginia) over a dispute of slavery. West Virginia was against slavery.
1865 - Alice in Wonderland published
1922 - In Egypt, Howard Carter peered into the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
1940 - The Nazis forced 500,000 Jews of Warsaw, Poland to live within a walled ghetto.
1941 - Six aircraft carriers commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo leaves Hitokapu Bay, Japan for Pearl Harbor under strict radio silence.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1942 - U.S. President F. D. R. ordered nationwide gasoline rationing to begin December 1.
1942 - Film "Casablanca" had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
1943 - The HMS Rohna became the first ship to be sunk by a guided missile. 1,109 lives lost.
1950 - China enters Korean conflict, forcing UN forces to retreat.
1955 - Ngo Dinh Diem proclaimed Vietnam a republic with himself as the president.
1963 - USS Andrew Jackson launches first Polaris A-3 missile from a submerged submarine.
1965 - France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb Asterix-1 becoming the third country to enter space
1966 - A fire breaks out on board the 42,000-ton U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin, resulting in 35 officers and eight enlisted men killed and a further 16 injured.
1969 - Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill was signed by President Nixon.
1972 - National security adviser Henry Kissinger declared, "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam.
1973 - Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she was responsible for the 18-1/2 minute gap in a key Watergate tape. Woods was U.S. President Nixon's personal secretary.
1975 - Lynette"Squeaky" Fromme was found guilty by a federal jury in Sacramento, CA, for trying to assassinate U.S. President Ford on September 5.
1982 - Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by the Larry Holmes fight
1983 - A Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport was robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth nearly $40 million. Only a fraction of the gold was ever recovered and only 2 men were arrested
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait.
1992 - Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income.
1997 - U.S. and N. Korea held high-level discussions at the State Department for the first time
1998 - Hulk Hogan said that he was retiring from pro wrestling and would run for president
2000 - In Florida Sec. of State Katherine Harris certified Gov. George W. Bush as winner in the state's presidential election, 2,912,790 to 2,912,253, a 537-vote margin.
2003 - Concorde makes its last ever flight over Bristol, UK.
2005 - In Baghdad, Iraq, assailants kidnapped four humanitarian aid workers (one US national, one UK national, and two Canadian nationals). On 7 March 2006, a video of the hostages was shown by al-Jazeera TV, dated 28 February 2006.
Famous Birthday’s
1922 - Charles M Schulz cartoonist (Peanuts)Died in 2000
1933 - Robert Goulet, singer/actor Vegas performer (Camelot, Naked Gun 2 ½, Beetlejuice)
1938 - Rich Little Ottawa Canada, impressionist/actor (Love on a Rooftop)
1938 - Tina Turner [Anna Mae Bullock], singer/actor (Proud Mary, Mad Max 2)
1956 - Dale Jarrett, Nextel Cup racing #44 Toyota Camry, 33 Wins & 288 Top Tens.
1977 - Forrest Griffin, UFC/MMA-fighter, ranked as 5th Lightheavyweight in the world.
Famous Death’s
1939 - James Naismith Basketball inventor, dies
1956 - Tommy Dorsey, Big Band/Swing bandleader, died by choking in his sleep (b. 1905)
1985 - Ransom Sherman comedian (Father of the Bride), dies at 87
1986 - Scatman Crothers actor (Louie-Chico & the Man), dies at 76
Joke of the Day
Send to Mars
NASA was interviewing professionals to be sent to Mars. Only one could go, but with one catch - he couldn't return to Earth.
The first applicant, an engineer, was asked how much he wanted to be paid for going. "One million dollars," he answered, "because I want to donate it to M.I.T."
The next applicant, a doctor, was asked the same question. He asked for two million. "I want to give a million to my family," he explained, "and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research." The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer's ear, "Three million dollars."
"Why so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked.
The lawyer replied, "If you give me $3 million, I'll give you $1 million, I'll keep $1 million, and we'll send the engineer."
Don't Ignore the Kids
The 12-year-old boy stood patiently beside the clock counter while the store clerk waited on all of the adult customers first. Finally he got around to the youngster, who made his purchase and hurried out to the curb, where his father was impatiently waiting in his car.
"What took you so long, son?" he asked.
"The man waited on everybody in the store before me," the boy replied. "But I got even."
"How?"
"I wound and set all the alarm clocks while I was waiting," the youngster explained happily. "It's going to be fun at eight o'clock."
World Records
1,016 Piercings in One Sitting
Robison, a Marseilles resident who graduated from Ottawa Township High School, originally planned to get 1,000 piercings, 400 more than the 600 that Kam Ma of Britain got in one sitting in 2002. But apparently the British record holder heard about what Robison was planning, because last week he broke his own record by getting pierced 1,015 times in one sitting.
That prompted Robison to increase the number of piercings he planned to get up to 1,200. But after experiencing the pain of hours of piercings all over his back and arms, he decided to settle for the world record and not go any further.
Before Saturday, Robison had 26 piercings on his body. After the record was set Saturday, 1,015 of his new piercings were removed, leaving one in his body - the record breaker.
Worlds Strongest Man
In June of 1957, Anderson made the lift that secured his place in the weightlifting pantheon as the "World’s Strongest Man." He had a table special built, on top he placed a lead-filled safe and parts of junk cars. The total weight was 6,270 pounds. As a crowd looked on, he crawled under the table, tightly gripped a stool and arched his back to lift the table off the floor.
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