Trevor WholohanThis Day in History October 2nd
October 1st 2007 23:52
This Day in History
1780 - British army major John Andre was hanged as a spy. He was carrying information about the actions of Benedict Arnold.
1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
1919 - U.S President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed
1920 - The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the only triple-header in baseball history. The Reds won 2 of the 3 games.
1936 - Tony Lazzeri becomes the 1st Yank to hit a world series grand slam.
1940 - The HMS Empress was sunk while carrying child refugees from Britain to Canada.
1941 - Operation Typhoon was launched by Nazi Germany. The plan was an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1942 - Major J. L Smith shot down 18th Zero. He becomes the highest scoring ace to this date
1942 - "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338
1944 - The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising, Killing 250,000.
1948 - The first automobile race to use asphalt, cement and dirt roads took place in Watkins Glen in New York. It was the first road race in the U.S. following WW II.
1950 - The comic strip "Peanuts" 1st appears, in 9 newspapers
1953 - Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in the 50th World Series
1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers
1956 - 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC
1957 - NY Yankees appear in their 26th World Series (World Series #54)
1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes.
1961 - "Ben Casey" premieres
1962 - U.S. ports were closed to nations that allowed their ships to carry arms to Cuba, ships that had docked in a socialist country were prohibited from docking in the US.
1968 - Bob Gibson sets a World Series record of 17 strikeouts
1968 - Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed
1970 - Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30
1974 - Hank Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat
1984 - Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage
1984 - 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit
1996 - Mark Fuhrman was given three years' probation and fined $200 after pleading no contest to perjury at O.J. Simpson's trial.
1997 - A Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jet crashed off the coast of N. Carolina
2001 - NATO, for the first time, invoked a treaty clause that stated that an attack on one member is an attack on all members. The act was in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.
2006 - Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
Famous Birthday’s
1869 - Mahatma (Mohandas) K Gandhi was born. He was known for his advocacy of non-violent resistance to fight tyranny. Died 1948
1890 - Julius "Groucho" Marx NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life)D.1977
1895 - Bud Abbott Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello) Died 1974
1928 - Spanky McFarland actor (Little Rascals) Died 1993
1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Todd Bridges, Sean Combs, Tupac, Jim Brown, Snopp Dogg’s & Rodney King’s attorney (d. 2005)
1951 - Sting AKA Gordon Sumner, rocker (Police-Roxanne)/actor (Dune)
1952 - George Meegen England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska
1974 - Paul Teutul Jr., Co-Star of American Chopper
Famous Death’s
1803 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)
1985 - Rock Hudson, actor,(Giants, Pillow Talk, TV - Dynasty) died of Aids (b. 1925)
1998 - Gene Autry, singer, actor, The Singing Cowboy, The Gene Autry Show(b. 1907)
2005 - Nipsey Russell, comedian(Car 54 Where are You, Barefoot in the Park) (b. 1918)
Joke of the Day
Three Wishes
Three guys - a Midwest farmer, Osama bin Laden and an Army engineer are all working together one day and they come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.
"I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total" says the Genie.
The farmer says, "I am a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in the USA." POOOOFF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in the USA was forever fertile for farming.
Osama bin Laden was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon,Palestine, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels from the West can come into our precious state." POOOFF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.
The Army engineer says, "I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall."
The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 5000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out; it's virtually impenetrable."
The engineer sits down, cracks a beer, smiles and says, "Fill it with water. ..."
Boots
Did you hear about the teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his boots?
He asked for help and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn't want to go on. When the second boot was on, she had worked up a sweat. She almost whimpered when the little boy said, "Teacher, they're on the wrong feet." She looked and sure enough, they were.
It wasn't any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on. She managed to keep her cool as together they worked to get the boots back on, this time on the right feet. He then announced, "These aren't my boots."
She bit her tongue rather than get right in his face and scream,"Why didn't you say so?" like she wanted to.
Once again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off. He then said, "They're my brother's boots. My Mom made me wear them."
She didn't know if she should laugh or cry. She mustered up the grace and courage she had left to wrestle the boots on his feet again. She said, "Now, where are your mittens?"
He said, "there in the toes of my boots."
World Records
Longest Delayed Skydive
The longest delayed skydive was made by Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, who dropped 84,700 ft from a balloon at Tularosa, New Mexico, USA, on August 16, 1960. He fell for 4 min 37 sec before his parachute was deployed automatically.
Oldest Wing Walker
William "Wild Bill" Green completed a wing walk at the age of 88 years 10 months 7 days at the Border Aviation Club in East London, South Africa, on July 14, 2001
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