| 732 |
|
The invention of water. |
| 733 |
|
The discovery of water pollution. |
| 1263 |
|
A Hawaiian man, Paiilowmonoii, was the first to discover that man does
not survive a leap into an active volcano. The volcano was named in his honor,
but no one could pronounce it. |
| 1284 |
|
Baskin-Robins introduces 1 flavor. |
| 1537 |
|
The pocket was invented by the people of a small fishing village, Popiel,
in southern France. They were originally used to carry bait and came to be
called the Popiel pocket fishermen. |
| 1631 |
|
A 20,000 mile wide meteor smashed into the earth. Fortunately it occurred
during the night when everyone was asleep so the damage went unnoticed. |
| 1782 |
|
First U.S. Supreme Court decision, 8-1; Justices must wear clothes under
their black robes. (Later repealed with the admission of women to the bench.) |
| 1837 |
|
Polish jokes were invented, replacing previous line of Zulu jokes. |
| 1853 |
|
The baseball was invented. The first game was not played until 1862 when
the bat was invented. |
| 1863 |
|
Peter Pan first visited Never Neverland with a fairy. |
| 1873 |
|
The first documented sighting of an unidentified flying object was made
in Russia by Pavlov Ufo. All later sightings are now named in his honor. |
| 1928 |
|
Henny Youngman told his first joke at the Boston Comedy Club and Produce
Market. He was shown no respect by 138 tomatoes. |
| 1937 |
|
Sheepskin condoms were introduced. (The problem was getting the sheep
to wear them.) |
| 1948 |
|
Danny Quayle took his first spelling test. His failing grade was later
pardoned by vice-principal Bush. Coincidentally, his science project was
growing a potatoe plant. |
| 1949 |
|
Artificial ice was created which spawned year-round hockey. This came
one year after the invention of artificial water. |
| 1963 |
|
Amtrak announced its maiden run from Chicago to Phoenix. "We're going
to crash this one, just to get things off on the right track," stated President
Loco Motive. |
| 1966 |
|
Flipper, famed TV actor died when he, in a drunken rage, attacked the
Chicken of the Sea tuna cannery. He and his show were canned. |
| 1976 |
|
Rock legend Janice Joplin died, thus ending her lifelong ambition to
become the first woman President. |
| 1981 |
|
"Rocker" Prince, (a.k.a. some unpronounceable symbol) underwent a sex
change operation. He is now neither. |
| 1982 |
|
Keith Moon, drummer for the rock group Who died of a massive drug overdose.
The resulting explosion also killed 86 fans. |
| 1990 |
|
Cuban dictator, Castro died after choking on one of his cigars. (OK,
he didn't die, but we can hope.) |
| 1991 |
|
Daniel Peterson was born in Elk Ridge, OH. (He's not famous yet, but
wait till he grows up.) |
| 1992 |
|
Angela Lansbury, of Murder She Wrote fame, died at 67. She had not been
informed because her ratings are so high. Her murder remains unsolved, but
the sheriff is suspected. |
| 1993 |
|
Rapper "Yo Bro" died during a concert. He choked on his tongue which
had tied itself in a knot during one of his songs. He left a video will,
but no one could translate it. |
| 1994 |
|
Peter Pan claims Michael Jackson molested a fairy at Neverland. |