Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, October 18th
October 18th 2007 01:24
This Day in History
1648 - Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization.
1767 - Mason-Dixon line, survey separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
1891 - 1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (MSG, NYC) begins
1892 - 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)
1898 - American flag raised in Puerto Rico
1925 - The Grand Ole Opry opens in Nashville Tennessee.
1944 - Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
1945 - The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the USA's plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs(later convicted spy) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
1953 - Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
1954 - Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US
1955 - Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete
1960 - Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)
1962 - US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon
1967 - A protest in Madison, Wisc., against recruiting by Dow Chemical, the maker of napalm and Agent Orange, turned violent.
1967 - Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
1968 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined $150 for 219 grains of marijuana possession
1968 - The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends two black athletes for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
1973 - Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin
1977 - Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
1983 - General Motors agreed to hire more women and minorities for five years as part of a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
1985 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States.
1989 - The space shuttle Atlantis was launched on a mission that included the deployment of the Galileo space probe.
1990 - Iraq made an offer to the world that it would sell oil for $21 a barrel. The price level was the same as it had been before the invasion of Kuwait.
1991 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1997 - A monument honoring U.S. servicewomen, past and present, was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
2001 - In New York, four defendants were convicted to a life sentence for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. They also had to pay $33 million in restitution to victims.
2001 - It was announced that a New Jersey letter carrier and an employee in the office of CBS news anchorman Dan Rather's office had tested positive for skin anthrax.
2003 - A new audiotape, purporting to be from Osama bin Laden and promised fresh attacks against the United States.
2003 - South Korea pledged to send more troops to Iraq.
Famous Birthday’s
1915 - Victor Sen Yung SF Calif, actor (Bonanza, Bachelor Family)
1922 - Little Orphan Annie comic strip character
1926 - Chuck Berry St Louis, rocker(Roll over Beethoven, Johnny B Good, Maybellene)
1926 - George C Scott, Wise Va, actor (Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore) Died in 1999
1935 - Peter Boyle, actor(Taxi Driver, Everyone Loves Raymond)
1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK assassin, Died in 1963
1939 - Mike Ditka coach/tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961)
1958 - Jean-Claude Van Damme Belgium, actor (Kickboxer, No Retreat)
1961 - Erin Moran Burbank Calif, actress (Joanie on Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi)
Famous Death’s
1931 - Thomas Alva Edison inventor of the Light Bulb, phonograph and 1,091 other things.
Joke of the Day
No Bills Larger Than $20
A friend and I were standing in line at a fast-food restaurant, waiting to place our order.
There was a big sign posted. "No bills larger than $20 will be accepted."
The woman in front of us, pointing to the sign, remarked, "Believe me, if I HAD a bill larger than $20, I wouldn't be eating here."
He's only interested in one thing
A daddy teased his little daughter by suggesting she liked a certain boy in her kindergarten class. The little girl was quite indignant. "No, daddy, I don't like him!" she stated. "He's only interested in one thing."
Shocked, the daddy cautiously asked what that one thing might be.
"Power Rangers, of course," said the toddler.
Water in the Carburetor
WIFE: "There's trouble with the car. It has water in the carburetor."
HUSBAND: "Water in the carburetor? That's ridiculous."
WIFE: "I tell you the car has water in the carburetor."
HUSBAND: "You don't even know what a carburetor is. I'll check it out. Where's the car?"
WIFE: "In the pool."
World Records
Tallest Woman Living
Sandy Allen was a 6.5-lb baby, and her abnormal growth began soon after her birth in June 1955. By the age of 10 she stood 6 ft 3 in tall, and was 7 ft 1 in by 16 years old. On July 14, 1977, she went into hospital for a pituitary gland operation to stop further growth. Nowadays poor circulation and weak leg muscles mean she is dependent on a wheel chair.
Most Pierced Woman
By August 9, 2001, Elaine Davidson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, had a record-breaking total of 720 piercings. She first broke the record in May 2000, when a Guinness World Records official examined her and found 462 piercings on various parts of her body, including 192 on her facial area alone.
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