Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, October 16th
October 16th 2007 00:16
1781 - George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia
1793 - During the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded.
1859 - John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
1869 - A hotel in Boston became the first in the U.S. to install indoor plumbing.
1923 - The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy.
1940 - Lottery for 1st US WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
1940 - Warsaw Ghetto established
1941 - The Nazis advanced to within 60 miles of Moscow. Romanians entered Odessa, USSR, and began exterminating 150,000 Jews.
1942 - Natl Boxing Assn freezes titles of those serving in armed services
1943 - Chicago's new subway system was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
1946 - 10 Nazi war criminals were hanged after being condemned by the Nuremberg trials.
1955 - Mrs. Jules Lederer replaced Ruth Crowley in newspaper using the name Ann Landers.
1962 - U.S. President Kennedy was informed that there were missile bases in Cuba, beginning the Cuban missile crisis.
1964 - China detonated its first atomic bomb becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
1968 - Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chic Bulls
1973 - Henry Kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize
1978 - Karol Józef Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II
1987 - Rescuers freed Jessica McClure from the abandoned well that she had fallen into in Midland, TX. The was trapped for 58 hours.
1989 - U.S. President Bush signed the Gramm-Rudman budget reduction law that ordered federal programs be cut by $16.1 billion.
1990 - Comedian Steve Martin and his wife Victoria Tennant visited U.S. soldiers in Saudi Arabia.
1993 - The U.N. Security Council approved the deployment of U.S. warships to enforce a blockade on Haiti to increase pressure on the controlling military leaders.
1995 - The "Million Man March" took place in Washington, DC.
1997 - Charles M. Schulz and his wife Jeannie announced that they would give $1 million toward the construction of a D-Day memorial to be placed in Virginia.
2001 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: U.S. warplanes mistakenly bomb International Red Cross warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2002 - It was reported that North Korea had told the U.S. that it had a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of an 1994 agreement with the U.S.
Famous Birthday’s
1921 - Michael Conrad Washington Hgts NY, actor (Delvecchio, Hill St Blues)
1946 - Suzanne Somers San Bruno Calif, actress (3's Company, Step by Step)
1958 - Tim Robbins actor/director (Cadillac Man, The Shawshank Redemption)
1962 - Flea, Australian musician/actor (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Famous Death’s
1793 - Marie Antoinette queen of France, beheaded in France
1849 - George Washington Williams Penns, 1st major black historian
1946 - Ten war criminals of the World War II, condemned in the Nuremberg trials hung.
Joke of the Day
Flight School
A blonde went to a flight school, insisting she wanted to learn to fly that day. As all the planes were currently in use, the owner agreed to instruct her on how to pilot the helicopter solo by radio. He took her out, showed her how to start it, and gave her the basics and sent her on her way. After she climbed 1000 feet, she radioed in. "I'm doing great! I love it! The view is so beautiful, and I'm starting to get the hang of this."
After 2000 feet, she radioed again, saying how easy it was becoming to fly. The instructor watched her climb over 3000 feet, and was beginning to worry that she hadn't radioed in.
A few minutes later, he watched in horror as she crashed about half a mile away. He ran over and pulled her from the wreckage.
When he asked what happened, she said, "I don't know! Everything was going fine, but as I got higher, I was starting to get cold.
"I can't remember anything after I turned off the big fan."
High Blood Pressure
When a physician remarked on a new patient's extraordinarily ruddy complexion, he said, "High blood pressure, Doc. It comes from my family."
"Your mother's side or your father's?" I asked.
"Neither," he replied. "It's from my wife's family."
"Oh, come now," I said. "How could your wife's family give you high blood pressure?"
He sighed. "You oughta meet 'em sometime, Doc!"
World Records
Largest Cell Phone
The world's largest functioning mobile phone is the Maxi Handy (Maxi Mobile). It measures 6.72 x 2.72 x 1.47 ft and was installed at the Rotmain Centre, Bayreuth, Germany, on June 7, 2004 as part of the 'einfach mobil' infotour. The phone is made from wood, polyester and metal and features a colour TFT screen. It is fully functional and can send and receive SMS and MMS messages.
Longest Ear Hair
Radhakant Bajpai of Naya Ganj, Uttar Pradesh, India, has hair sprouting from the centre of his outer ears (middle of the pinna) that measures an incredible 13.2 cm (5.19 in) at its longest point. The length of the 50-year-old's pinna pelt was confirmed by medical examiner Dr. R P Gupta. "Making it to Guinness World Records is indeed a special occasion for me and my family," said Radhakant. "God has been very kind to me."
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