Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, November 1st
October 31st 2007 23:41
This Day in History
1620 - Anchored off Massachusetts, 41 Pilgrims stayed aboard the Mayflower, and 102 Pilgrims stepped ashore. 1 passenger died enroute and 2 were born during the passage.
1800 - US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
1863 - Fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) by troops
1870 - US Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations)
1894 - "Billboard Advertising" was published for the first time.
1911 - Italy used planes to drop bombs on the Tanguira oasis in Libya. It was the first aerial bombing.
1924 - 1st US NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded
1928 - Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 3966 miles.
1936 - Mussolini describes alliance between Italy & Germany as an "axis"
1943 - Operation Goodtime launched - United States Marines invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
1943 - In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. carrier aircraft attack the main Japanese base at Rabaul.
1947 - The famous racehorse Man o' War died.
1949 - In Washington, 55 people were killed when a fighter plane hit an airliner.
1950 - Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to assassinate U.S. President Harry Truman. One of the men was killed when they tried to force their way into Blair House.
1950 - Charles Cooper became the first black man to play in the NBA.
1952 - U.S. exploded the first hydrogen bomb on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands
1962 - "The Lucy Show" premiered
1968 - The movie rating system of G, M, R, X, PG-13 and NC-17 went into effect.
1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urged all Iranians to demonstrate on November 4 and to expand their attacks against the U.S. and Israel. On November 4, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage.
1988 - Actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas
1989 - Tens of thousands of refugees to fled to the West when East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia.
1990 - Sandra Miller was awarded $100 by a jury for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts
1991 - Three faculty, and one staff member, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.
1994 - The Chijon Family is sentenced to death in South Korea for murdering and eating five people.
2001 - Anthrax spores were found in 4 mailrooms in Rockville, Md., a postal facility in Kansas City, 3 new locations in a Manhattan and a 6th postal facility in Florida.
2003 - It was reported that over a dozen members of Saddam Hussein's government have been shot dead in the streets of Basra over the last month.
Famous Birthday’s
1942 - Larry Flynt magazine publisher (Hustler)
1942 - Marcia Wallace Creston Iowa, actress (Carol-Bob Newhart Show)
1960 - Lyle Lovett country singer (Desert Rose Band, Give Back My Heart)
1972 - Jenny McCarthy, American actress/TV personality(Scary Movie 3, Fastlane)
Famous Death’s
1982 - James Broderick actor (Doug-Family), dies of cancer at 55
1979 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
1985 - Phil Silvers comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies at 73 in his sleep
1999 - Walter Payton, 1975 - 87 Chicago Bears football player, died of liver disease(b. 1954)
Joke of the Day
Nursing Home Wedding
A rabbi was called to a Miami Beach Nursing Home to perform a wedding.
An anxious old man met him at the door. The rabbi sat down to counsel the old man and asked several questions. "Do you love her?"
The old man replied, "I guess."
"Is she a good Jewish woman?"
"I don't know for sure," the old man answered.
"Does she have lots of money?" asked the rabbi. "I doubt it."
"Then why are you marrying her?" the rabbi asked.
"She can drive at night," the old man said
Magic of the Internet
My friend Nancy and I decided to introduce her elderly mother to the magic of the Internet. Our first move was to access the popular Ask Jeeves website, and we told her it could answer any question she had.
Nancy's mother was very skeptical until Nancy said, "It's true, Mom.
Think of something to ask it." As I sat with fingers poised over the keyboard, Nancy's mother thought a minute, then responded, "How is Aunt Helen feeling?"
A Golfer's Tale
One day a man and his wife went golfing, as they frequently did together.They arrived at the 12th hole where the husband promptly hit a tremendous slice that ended up behind an old barn. "I guess I'll just have to play it safe and chip it onto the fairway," said the man.
"No wait," said his wife. "You can hit the ball through the barn."
The man decided to give it a try. But he sliced the ball, which ricocheted off the barn and struck his wife in the head, killing her instantly.The man was distraught and wallowed in his misery for many weeks, depriving himself of golf the whole time.
Eventually he relaized that he must face his demons and headed out to the very same golf course to play.Once again he found himself at the 12th hole and once again he hit a slice right behind the very same barn.As he was preparing to hit out safely to the fairway one of the other players in his four some asked if he wanted to try and hit it through the barn.
"Oh no," replied the man, horrified."I tried that last time."
"What happened?"
World Records
Fastest Pumpkin Carver
The fastest time to carve a face into a pumpkin is 24.03 seconds, by Stephen Clarke (USA), who broke his previous record on July 23, 2006 at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA as part of 'Food Network Challenge: Guinness World Records Week'.
Fastest Turkey Plucker
Vincent Pilkington of Cootehill, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, plucked a turkey in 1 minute 30 seconds on November 17, 1980. His past best time was 2 minutes 44 seconds. Vincent is so enthusiastic about his skills that he even carried out 24 hours of turkey plucking to raise funds for his local Holy Family School. In this time he plucked 244 turkeys
| 33 |
| Vote |
Subscribe to this blog
