Trevor WholohanThis Day in History, November 2nd
November 2nd 2007 00:33
This Day in History
1824 - Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J.Q. Adams
1880 - James A Garfield (R) elected President
1889 - North Dakota becomes 39th & South Dakota becomes the 40th state
1917 - 1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I
1938 - Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager
1942 - Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (Ger) in battle of Alamein (WW II)
1944 - U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald
1947 - Howard Hughes flew his "Spruce Goose," a huge wooden airplane, for eight minutes. It was the plane's first and only flight. It was the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
1948 - Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas Dewey for the US presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.
1959 - Ice Hockey: After being struck in the face with a puck, goalkeeper Jacques Plante returns to play wearing a protective mask for the first time in professional play.
1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed, he was giving answers
1962 - JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
1964 - CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%
1965 - Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
1969 - NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer & St Louis Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each
1974 - Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs
1976 - Jimmy Carter (D) defeats incumbent Gerald R Ford (R) in race for Presidency
1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill establishing a federal holiday on the third Monday of January in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
1986 - American hostage David Jacobson was released after being held in Lebanon for 17 months by Shiite Muslims kidnappers.
1989 - Carmen Fasanella retired after 69 years of taxicab service in Princeton, NJ.
1992 - Magic Johnson retired from the NBA for good because of his HIV infection.
1997 - Iraq barred two American weapons experts from entering the country, the second such refusal in a week.
2000 - An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts became the first residents of the inter. space station, christening it "Alpha" at the start of their four-month mission.
2001 - A 17th case of anthrax was reported in a NY Post employee.
2001 - NYC firefighters and police engaged in a scuffle as firefighters protested a limit to the number of firefighters working to retrieve their dead at the WTC disaster site.
2003 - In central Iraq insurgents shot down a US Chinook helicopter as it carried troops headed for R&R, killing 15 soldiers and wounding 21. Attacks on US troops reached 33 a day.
Famous Birthday’s
1724 - American frontiersman, Daniel Boone, was born. Died 1820
1755 - Marie-Antoinette Queen of France, let them eat cake, Died 1793
1795 - James Knox Polk NC, 11th President (D) (1845-1849) Died 1849
1865 - Warren Gamaliel Harding (R), 29th President (1921-23) Died 1923
1913 - Burt Lancaster NYC, actor (From Here to Eternity, Gunfight at the OK Coral, Airport, Tough Guys & Field of Dreams was the last movie he acted in, made 1989)Died 1994
1961 - k.d. lang country singer (& the Reclines-Absolute Torch & Twang)
1975 - Nelly(Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr.) rapper/actor(Hot in here, movie-The Longest Yard)
Joke of the Day
G.I. Insurance
Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance. It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones had almost a 100% record for insurance sales, which had never happened before.
Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to Jones's sales pitch. Jones explained the basics of the GI Insurance to the new recruits, and then said, "If you have GI Insurance and go into battle and are killed, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance, and you go into battle and get killed, the government only has to pay a maximum of $6000."
Now, he concluded, "which bunch do you think they are going to send into battle first ?
Over Five Years
A out-of-towner in New York at the height of the tourist season decided to revisit an uptown restaurant he'd enjoyed on a previous trip to the city.
Finally catching the eye of an overworked waiter, he said, "You know, it's been over five years since I first came in here." "I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait your turn, sir," replied the waiter with typical New York charm. "I can only serve one table at a time."
Wasting Your Time
A little boy walks into his parents room and sees his mom bouncing up and down on top of his dad.
Mom sees her son and quickly dismounts, worrying about what her son has seen. She dresses quickly and goes to find him.
The son sees his Mom and asks, "What were you and dad doing?"
The mother replies "Well, you know your dad has a big tummy and sometimes I have to get on top of it to help flatten it."
"You're wasting your time." says the boy.
"Why is that?" asks his Mom, puzzled.
"Well when you go shopping the lady next door comes over and gets on her knees and blows it right back up."
World Records
Strangest Diet
Michel Lotito (aka Monsieur Mangetout) from Grenoble, France, has been eating metal and glass since 1959. Gastroenterologists have described his ability to consume 2 lb of metal per day as "unique". Mangetout - Michel's nickname - literally translates as "eats everything". Michel says bananas and hard-boiled eggs make him sick.
Most Books Typed Backwards
Using a computer and four blank keyboards, and without looking at the screen, Michele Santelia (Italy) typed backwards 56 books (3,004,767 words) in their original languages including The Odyssey, Macbeth, The Vulgate Bible and the Guinness World Records Book 2002. He completed typing backwards the hieroglyphics of the 78.8 kg (174 lb) heavy Egyptian Book of the Dead, in Campobasso, Italy, on 16 December 2005.
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