A Day in History, Jokes and World Records February 5th

1817 - 1st US gas company incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1870 - 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
1917 - The Congress of the United States passes a law, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, banning most Asian immigration to the United States.
1918 - 1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W Thompson
1921 - Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium
1922 - DeWitt and Lila Wallace publish the first issue of Reader's Digest.
1936 - National Wildlife Federation forms
1940 - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
1944 - 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin
1945 - British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta, the Krim
1945 - US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla(He returns)
1953 - "Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, NYC


1953 - 5th Emmy Awards I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell & Helen Hayes win
1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
1967 - "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1969 - US population reaches 200 million(it’s 300 million now)
1969 - Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vice president & head coach of Redskins
1971 - Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell they walk on Moon for 4 hours
1972 - US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage
1973 - Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War
1973 - Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders
1973 - Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuts
1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters ever to hit New England, forms. The storm dumped up to 55 inches of snow in 36 hours.
1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1982 - DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people arrested.
1983 - Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
1988 - Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs & bribery
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
1991 - A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides
1992 - Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case
1994 - Medgar Evers' murderer, sentenced to life, in Jackson MS, 30 years after the crime
1997 - The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
1999 - Mike Tyson was sentenced to a year in jail for assaulting two people.
2001 - It was announced the Kelly Ripa would be Regis Philbin's new cohost.
2003 - U.S. plan to invade Iraq: Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council on Iraq.
2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.

Famous Birthday’s, February 5th
1906 - John Carradine, actor, David, Robert & Keith’s Dad (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)
1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor [Zsa Sari], Budapest Hungary, actress (Green Acres)
1919 - Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], comedian/actor (Poseidon Adventure)Died 2006
1934 - Hank Aaron baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP)
1947 - Darrell Waltrip, Nascar race car driver 84 wins & 390 top tens out of 809 races
1958 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, Los Angeles CA, actress (Single White Female, Rush)
1964 - Duff [Michael] McKagan rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine)
1969 - Bobby Brown Roxbury MA, singer (Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel)

Joke of the Day
Threatening Letters
The fellow stormed into the postmaster's office in a fury. "I've been getting threatening letters in the mail for months and I want them stopped."
"Of course," said the postmaster. "Sending threatening letters through the mail is a federal offense. Do you know who's sending them?"
"Yes," shouted the man. "It's those idiots down at the Internal Revenue Service."


Funny Bumper Stickers About Men- All Men Are Animals, Some Just Make Better Pets
- Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.
- Grow your own dope, plant a man.
- All men are idiots....I married their king.
- Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.


CIA Job
A college graduate applied for a job at the Central Intelligence Agency. Together with several other applicants, he was given a sealed envelope and told to take it to the fourth floor.
As soon as the young man was alone, he stepped into an empty hallway and opened the packet. Inside, a message read: "You're our kind of person. Report to the fifth floor."




World Records
Most Mood Sculptures created in one hour
John Cassidy(USA) made 529 balloon sculptures in one hour in New York City on October 14, 2003. He made one balloon sculpture every 6.8 seconds


Most Tennis Balls held in the hand
Francisco Toledo(Spain) held 18 tennis balls in his left hand for 10 seconds.



Most Divisions of a Human Hair
Alfred West(UK) succeeded in splitting a human hair 17 times into 18 parts on eight occasions. All divisions were made from the same point.


Have fun...:)