On this date in . . .
1754:
- Kings College opened in New York City with eight students and one faculty
member, Dr. Samuel Johnson, who also served as college president. The school
later became Columbia University.
1873: After waiting 15 years for her church to agree
that women could be missionaries, Lottie Moon of Virginia was appointed as a Baptist
missionary to China. For 39 years "the cookie lady" taught and ministered to
children in China. Today Southern Baptist foreign missions are supported through the
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
1949: A new type radio show premiered on NBC
dramatizing cases from actual police files. Each show began "The story you are about
to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent."
Dum-de-dum-dum! Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, was born. The show’s first
sponsor was Fatima cigarettes.
1956:
Johnny Cash made his first appearance on the
"Grand Ole Opry."
1972: The FBI swore-in its first-ever female
agents: former marine Susan Lynn Roley and former nun Joanne Pierce.
1978: The original Morris the Cat, finicky star of
9-Lives Cat Food commercials, died in Chicago at age 17.
1981:
President Reagan announced he was
nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the
U.S. Supreme Court.
1982: Michael Fagin broke into Buckingham Palace
and had a drunken conversation with Queen Elizabeth while sitting on the end of her bed.
1985: At age 17, Boris Becker became the youngest
tennis player to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon.
1990: Three singers considered by many to be the
world’s greatest tenors performed together for the first time in Rome: Carreras,
Domingo, and Pavarotti.
1990: At a Las Vegas auction, Leo Dutran of Boston
paid $90-thousand for the car Zsa Zsa Gabor was driving when she slapped a Beverly Hills
police officer.
1990:
Martina
Navratilova won a record ninth women's singles title at Wimbledon,
defeating Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1.
1995: Fletcher and Holly got married on
General Hospital.
1996:
Synbiotics Corporation of Rancho Bernardo,
California, became the first U.S. company to extend group health-care coverage to its 60
employees’ family pets, including dogs, cats, and horses.
2003:
A federal judge approved a
settlement in which WorldCom would pay a $750 million fine for its $11-billion accounting
scandal.
2004:
Former Enron
chairman Kenneth Lay was indicted on criminal charges related to the
energy company's collapse.
Birthdays:
 | musician Mark White (Spin Doctors) 48; |
| singer Ringo Starr
70; |
| singer Gabbie Nolen 28; |
| actress Shelley Duvall
61; |
| actor Joe Spano 64; |
| actress Roz Ryan 59; |
| actress Cree Summer
40; |
| actress Jorja Fox 42; |
| skater Michelle Kwan
30; |
| baseball's Chuck Knoblauch
42. |
Q: Whose mother was told
in the Bible not to have wine or "strong drink" while she was pregnant: (a)
Jacob’s; (b) Samson’s; or (c) Solomon’s?
A: Samson’s (Judges 13:4).
Q: In an early episode of
TV’s Happy Days, the alien Mork from the planet Ork attempted to: (a) steal
the secret formula for Cherry Coke; (b) kidnap Richie Cunningham; or (c) offer a sacrifice
to Fats Domino?
A: Kidnap Richie.
Q: Is the town of
Embarrass in: (a) Texas; (b) Utah; or (c) Minnesota?
A: Embarrass, Minnesota 55732. It’s just north of the
Embarrass Mountains and the Hundred Mile Swamp.
Quote: "The best
thing about sending your kids to summer camp is that you can finally go to the bathroom
without being interrupted." - Contemporary Comedy
