Trevor WholohanThis Day in History October 5th
October 5th 2007 00:11
This Day in History
1864 - The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
1892 - The Dalton gang was nearly wiped out while attempting to rob two banks in Coffeyville, KS. Four members of the gang and four citizens were killed.
1905 - Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1914 - World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1915 - Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
1915 - Germany issued an apology and promises for payment for the 128 American passengers killed in the sinking of the British ship Lusitania.
1916 - Corporal Adolf Hitler was wounded in WW I.
1921 - 1st radio broadcasted World Series, Yanks beat Giants 3-0 (World Series #18)
1922 - Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game (World Series #19)
1930 - Laura Ingalls became the first woman to make a transcontinental airplane flight.
1942 - Aircraft from the carrier Hornet attack Japanese shipping gathering off New Guinea
1944 - Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
1945 - Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.
1947 - The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
1950 - Eighth Army issued its operations order for the movement across the 38th parallel.
1956 - Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam, World Series #53
1962 - In the US The Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do."
1962 - In The US, the First James Bond movie, Dr. No, is released.
1965 - Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1965 - Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
1969 - A Cuban defector landed a Soviet-made MiG-17 at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. The plane entered U.S. air space and landed without being detected.
1970 - PBS became a television network.
1974 - American David Kunst completed the first journey around the world on foot. It took four years and 21 pairs of shoes. He crossed four continents and walked 14,450 miles.
1984 - Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger
1989 - Jim Bakker was convicted of using his television show to defraud his viewers.
1994 - 48 people found dead in two Swiss villages. The people were members of a secret religious doomsday cult. Five other people were found in Montreal, Canada.
1998 - The U.S. paid $60 million for Russia's research time on the international space station to keep the cash-strapped Russian space agency afloat.
1999 - A former bank of NY vice president, her husband, and a Russian business associate were charged with conspiracy to transmit about $7 billion illegally to Russia.
2001 - Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
2001 - Tom Ridge resigns as Governor of Pennsylvania to become President Bush's Homeland Security Advisor.
2006 - Wal-Mart Stores rolled out its $4 generic drug program to the entire state of Florida
Famous Birthday’s
1830 - Chester Alan Arthur Fairfield Vt, (R) 21st President (1881-85) Died 1886
1902 - Ray Kroc Illinois, founder of McDonalds/owner (also owns the San Diego Padres)
1919 - Allen Ludden Mineral Point, Wis, TV host (Password, Win With the Stars)Died 1981
1943 - Steve Miller Milwaukee Wis, rocker (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra, Space Cowboy)
1958 - Bernie Mac, Actor/comedian(Bernie Mack Show, Ocean’s Eleven, Charlies Angel’s)
1960 - Daniel Baldwin, actor(VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, Shut Up and Shoot, The Sopranos )
1962 - Michael Andretti Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986)
1976 - J. J. Yeley, Nascar race car driver, Joe Gibbs Racing #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet
Joke of the Day
A BLOND JOKE TO END ALL BLONDE JOKES
A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde. The blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver's license.
She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated. "What does it look like?" she finally asked. The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it." The driver finally found a square mirror in her purse, looked at it and handed it to the policewoman. "Here it is," she said. The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, "Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop."
Smoke Detector
The smoke detector industry is covering up research showing more people are injured every year falling from ladders and stepstools while trying to replace smoke detector batteries than are injured in house fires.
Dinosaur Bones
Some tourists in the Chicago Museum of Natural History are marveling at the dinosaur bones. One of them asks the blonde guard, 'Can you tell me how old the dinosaur bones are?'
The guard replies, 'They are 3 million, four years, and six months old.'
'That's an awfully exact number,' says the tourist. 'How do you know their age so precisely?'
The guard answers, 'Well, the dinosaur bones were three million years old when I started working here, and that was four and a half years ago!'
World Records
Most t-shirts worn at one time
David Alexander wore 121 t-shirts to break the world's record of most t-shirts worn at one time! Alexander, who weighs 210 pounds shirtless, tipped the scale at 285 pounds in full garb. Sharp spent roughly two hours wrestling the tees - which ranged in size from small to 8XL - over his friend's head and arms, calling out each number as they progressed, per Guinness rules. In 93 degree heat, Alexander sweat through the first 36 shirts. The duo had wondered why the previous record holder had stopped at 107. By 60, they understood: The necks grew tight, the shoulders constricting, and the sleeves so long that Alexander couldn't bend his elbows. It took 30 minutes and four guys with scissors to cut Alexander out of the cloth. All was documented on videotape, which the duo plans to send to Guinness to earn the official title.
Eye-Popping Record
Claudio Pinto can pop both of his eyes 4 cm (about 1 and a half inch) or 95% out of their sockets. He's now aiming (poppin'?) for a world record.
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