Events in History - July, 2010

July 1, 1910 - Chicago's Comiskey Park opens
July 3, 1985 - CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover
July 5, 1989 - Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner)
July 7, 1898 - US annexes Hawaii
July 9, 1953 - 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC)
July 11, 1967-  Longest All Star Game, NL beats AL 2-1 (15 inn) (Anaheim Stadium, Cal)
July 13, 1977 - NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
July 15, 1929 - 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca
July 17, 1967-  Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act
July 19, 1877 - 1st Wimbledon tennis championships held
July 21, 1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
July 23, 1965 - Beatles "Help" is released in the UK
July 25, 1946 - 1st bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show
July 27, 1977 - John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
July 29, 1952 - 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
July 31, 1990 - Nolan Ryan becomes the 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games

1966 - January, Fluid-Air Products started its first year in business
 

Trivia - Did You Know That . . .

• The Tasmanian Devil stores body fat in its tail and an unhealthy devil often has a thin tail.   

• Drinking 16 oz of ice water (0 degrees Celsius), requires the body to burn 17.5 calories to warm the water up to the body temperature.  The recommended daily intake of water is 64 oz. (eight 8-oz glasses).  The body will burn 70 calories if this amount is consumed as ice water.

• The “baby carrots” sold in supermarkets, are often not from a smaller cultivar of carrot, but are simply full-sized carrots that have been sliced and peeled to make carrot that have been sliced and peeled to make carrot sticks of a uniform shape and size.

• There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.

• In American naval slang, submarines are the only vessels referred to as “boats”, whereas surface vessels are colloquially referred to as “ships”. 

• Nepal is the only country in the world whose flag is not square or rectangular shaped.

• One inch of rain over one square mile is 17,378,700 gallons of water.

• At a stride of 30 inches per step, you would have to take 2,112 steps to walk a distance of one mile.

• Vanilla flowers may only be naturally pollinated by a specific bee found in Mexico.  Vanilla grown elsewhere must have each flower individually pollinated by human workers.

• The grapefruit is a hybrid between the pomelo (a citrus fruit native to Southeast Asia) and the orange.

• The coconut is the largest seed in the world.

• The number forty is the only number that, in the English language, has all of its letters in alphabetical order.

• Some race horses were staying in a stable.  One of them starts to boast about his track record.  “In the last 15 races, I’ve won 8 of them!”  Another horse breaks in, “Well in the last 27 races, I’ve won 19!”  “Oh that’s good, but in the last 36 races, I’ve won 28!” says another, flicking his tail.  At this point, they notice that a greyhound dog has been sitting there listening.  “but in the last 90 races, I’ve 88 of them!”  The horses are clearly amazed.  “Wow!” says one, after a hushed silence.  “A talking dog.”
   

• The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and was giving an oral rest.  Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, “How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?” A young man in the rear raised his hand and answered, “A basketball coach?”
   

• Recently, the Psychic Hotline and Psychic Friends Network launched hotlines for frogs.  Here is the story of one frog and his discussion with his psychic.  A frog telephones the Psychic Hotline an is told, “You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want to know everything about you.”  The frog says, “This is great!  Will I meet her at a party, or what?”  “No,” says the psychic.  “Next semester in her biology class.”