Latest; Top; Random; 3 years ago Tsar Bomba. The Lindbergh family was inundated by offers of assistance and false clues. He started out partnered with George Carlin in 1959 and they released the album Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight (1963). The King of Pop Michael Jackson's hair catches on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial when a pyrotechnic exploded too early. 1561 Francis Bacon (Author)1788 Lord Byron (Poet)1949 Steve Perry (Singer from Journey) 1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830 000 in Shensi Province China. ... Another fun fact about email today. French writer Emile Zola published his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.. 1941 . American actor. Today in Film & TV. Film: Neighbors (1952, Oscar), in which he animated actual actors by filming them one frame at time while slightly changing their positions. After The Jack Paar Show, he hosted The Jack Paar Program (1962-65). Written accounts of history only started roughly 6,000 years ago. Nearly, according to Statista 60% of the world’s email is spam. Thomas Edison granted patent for an electric incandescent lamp, National Geographic Society founded in Washington DC, 1st locomotive to carry 1 000 000 pounds operated, Sen Margaret Chase Smith of Maine tried for Republican Pres bid, Introducing the Beatles" album released in US, Groundbreaking for 'Dragon Gateway' at Grant Avenue, Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom White & Chaffee, Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space is signed, Montgomery St Station last link in BART 'holed thru', US & Vietnam sign cease-fire ending longest US war & milt draft, Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10 000), Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8), Fifteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 returns to Earth. And with so little time to cover it all, plenty of things get swept aside in favor of the bigger stories like World War II and the Louisiana Purchase. While on a rowboat to a picnic, 10-year-old Alice Liddell asked Carroll to tell her and her sisters a story. As David Seville, he was the manager of Alvin and the Chipmunks. American astronaut. Henderson served as the original bandleader for The Tonight Show (originally called Tonight Starring Steve Allen) from 1953 to 1957, then returned in 1962, leaving again in 1966. However, it American film director. He was one of three HIV infected hemophiliac brothers who won a federal court order allowing them in school after they were barred in 1986. American actor. It’s Australia Day, and if there’s one day of the year that you can start to break out the zany facts about monotremes, it’s today. American actor. Austrian composer. Interesting History Facts List : The dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed. Have fun: 1. He suffered second degree burns on his scalp and face. So when you spot one, let me know. There was speculation that the revocation was due to his Native American heritage, as it was known that other athletes had played professionally, although usually under aliases.His medals were restored in 1982.Thorpe is considered the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century, having played professional football and baseball, and excelled in boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, swimming, hockey, basketball, and track.Thorpe was also the first president of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) from 1920 to 1921, which became the NFL in 1922. The British have a long and interesting history. The atrocities she uncovered there prompted numerous reforms in the treatment of the mentally ill. She completed a record-breaking 72-day around-the-world trip for the New York World (1889-90). This list is currently at about 14,000 entries which is small compared to many other trivia databases. 1764 Gov Winthrop Telescope is destroyed in a Harvard fire. French 7-foot-4, 520-pound wrestler, billed as "The Eighth Wonder of the World." With the comedy team, Burns and Schreiber, they were known for routines in which Burns played a talkative taxicab passenger (You know what I mean, huh, huh? Here's a funny fact: If you put some Viagra in a vase, it will make flowers stand up straight for a week beyond when they would normally wilt, according to one study conducted by Israeli and Australian researchers. 1639 Connecticut colony organized under Fundamental Orders. 1854. Music: If I Had a Hammer (1949, co-writer) and Turn! An electrical fire erupts during a simulation on the launch pad, killing astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Edward White. Left to right: White, Grissom, and Chaffee. The past is full of curious stories, from a 1930s chastity belt to Boston’s 'toffee apple' tsunami. He was the 45,914th confirmed death and 57,597th in the total list of Americans killed during the conflict and is the last official Combat Casualty of the Vietnam War.During his time in service, he earned four medals, including the Bronze Star Medal and Legion of Merit. Writings: The Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom series which included Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest, each of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. As ... Ben the Prankster. American Army officer. TV: The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973, co-host) and The Andy Griffith Show (1965-66, deputy Warren Ferguson, Barney Fife's replacement). The grid layout used in many cities around the world is not a new invention – it first appeared in the city of Mohenjo-Daro, in India, 4,500 years ago. 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