Today in History
HRinNH
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 03-14-06 AT 03:38PM (CST)[/font][br][br]I was kinda bored and looked up what happened on this date in history...here is what one website had listed:
1743 - The City of Boston conducted the first town meeting in Faneuil Hall.
1794 - Eli Whitney patented his cotton gin, making it possible to clean 50 pounds of cotton a day, compared to a pound a day before Whitney’s invention.
1812 - War Bonds were authorized by the United States government for the first time. We presume they were in support of the War of 1812.
1923 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first Chief Executive to pay taxes and account for his income. Harding’s tax bill amounted to nearly $18,000.
1936 - The U.S. government went into the magazine business on this day. There were no advertisements in the publication and very little artwork ... heavy on the text boxes. The publication is known today as The Federal Register.
1937 - Fred Allen and Jack Benny met on radio in one of the biggest publicity gags ever. It was called, “The Battle of the Century.” The two comedians locked horns in the ballroom of the Hotel Pierre, exchanging torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the history of radio. The ‘feud’, incidentally, lasted for the next 12 years! This was probably the longest-running publicity stunt in history, too!
1959 - Elvis Presley made the album charts, but no one would have known by the title of the disk. For LP Fans Only was the first LP ever issued without the artist’s name to be found anywhere on the cover -- front or back.
1968 - After two seasons on television, ABC-TV showed the last episode of Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward as Robin.
1969 - Less than one month after winning her first horse race, Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman jockey to win at Aqueduct Race Course in New York. She rode Brave Galaxy to victory and into the winner’s circle.
1972 - The Cincinnati Royals announced plans to move the National Basketball Association franchise to Kansas City, MO.
1985 - Bill Cosby captured four People’s Choice Awards for The Cosby Show. The awards were earned from results of a nationwide Gallup Poll. Bob Hope won the award as All-Time Entertainer beating Clint Eastwood and Frank Sinatra for the honor.
Oh, please feel free to add some...I'm not bored any longer. :DD
1743 - The City of Boston conducted the first town meeting in Faneuil Hall.
1794 - Eli Whitney patented his cotton gin, making it possible to clean 50 pounds of cotton a day, compared to a pound a day before Whitney’s invention.
1812 - War Bonds were authorized by the United States government for the first time. We presume they were in support of the War of 1812.
1923 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first Chief Executive to pay taxes and account for his income. Harding’s tax bill amounted to nearly $18,000.
1936 - The U.S. government went into the magazine business on this day. There were no advertisements in the publication and very little artwork ... heavy on the text boxes. The publication is known today as The Federal Register.
1937 - Fred Allen and Jack Benny met on radio in one of the biggest publicity gags ever. It was called, “The Battle of the Century.” The two comedians locked horns in the ballroom of the Hotel Pierre, exchanging torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the history of radio. The ‘feud’, incidentally, lasted for the next 12 years! This was probably the longest-running publicity stunt in history, too!
1959 - Elvis Presley made the album charts, but no one would have known by the title of the disk. For LP Fans Only was the first LP ever issued without the artist’s name to be found anywhere on the cover -- front or back.
1968 - After two seasons on television, ABC-TV showed the last episode of Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward as Robin.
1969 - Less than one month after winning her first horse race, Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman jockey to win at Aqueduct Race Course in New York. She rode Brave Galaxy to victory and into the winner’s circle.
1972 - The Cincinnati Royals announced plans to move the National Basketball Association franchise to Kansas City, MO.
1985 - Bill Cosby captured four People’s Choice Awards for The Cosby Show. The awards were earned from results of a nationwide Gallup Poll. Bob Hope won the award as All-Time Entertainer beating Clint Eastwood and Frank Sinatra for the honor.
Oh, please feel free to add some...I'm not bored any longer. :DD
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Is this a misprint? I figured he was probably the LAST president to account for his income.