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June 27, 2007
Today in History: June 22nd
The following information is from: Those Were the Days - Today in History:
1874 - Dr. Andrew Taylor Still began the first known practice of osteopathy.
1937 - Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, knocked out James J. Braddock in a boxing match in Chicago, Illinois. The bout lasted eight rounds and Louis was announced as the world heavyweight boxing champion.
1938 - Joe Louis knocked out Germany's Max Schmeling in the first round, in a bout at Yankee Stadium.
1942 - V-Mail, or Victory-Mail, was sent for the first time. V-Mail used a special paper for letter writing during WWII. It was designed to reduce cargo space taken up by mail sent to and from members of the armed services. The letters written on this special paper were opened at the post office, censored and reduced in size by photography. One roll of film contained 1,500 letters.
1959 - "The Battle of New Orleans", by Johnny Horton, started week number four at the top of the nation’s music Tunedex. The song was number one for a total of six weeks. It was Horton’s only number one record and million-seller. He had big hits, however, with movie music: "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" (from the film by the same title, starring John Wayne) -- both in 1960. Horton, from Tyler, TX, married Billie Jean Jones, Hank Williams’ widow. Tragically, Johnny Horton was killed in a car crash on November 5, 1960.
1985 - "People" magazine had an interesting story in the week’s issue. It took a death count in Sylvester Stallone’s "Rambo" flick, finding that there were 44 people killed directly. The wizards at "People" figured out that this was an average of one body biting the "Rambo" dust every 2.1 minutes. There were also 70 explosions that killed an undetermined number of people, according to the magazine.
1992 - CBS "This Morning" co-host Paula Zahn announced, “Making headlines this morning: Bill Clinton comes up with a plan for the economy. Tax the rich, cut the deficit, and help just about everyone else.” Very similar to the Robin Hood system, wasn’t it?
Posted by d-nadler at June 27, 2007 05:39 PM