A groom pranked his bride on their wedding day by having a waiter drop the cake in front of her.The man had the idea when the couple was choosing a cake for their wedding. He says he liked the first cake so she chose the second one.So the man built a replica cake and hired [...]
1920 The National Football League was formed! It was founded in Canton, Ohio - which is now the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame 1923 Happy Birthday to Hank Williams! Hiram King Williams was born on September 17, 1923 in Mount Olive, Alabama Williams is regarded the most important country music artists of all time. He [...]
1908 General Motors was founded by William Crapo "Billy" Durant The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies 1968 The Andy Griffith Show was seen for the final time on CBS The gang from Mayberry, NC, are still seen regularly on TV through syndication Now I'm whistling all of a sudden! and then lastly... 1997 [...]
A surgeon in Italy has announced that he’s planning to perform the world’s first human head transplant in 2017. Dr. Sergio Canavero says that if everything goes "smoothly," he will be performing the surgery on a Russian patient in China in December 2017. A 30-year-old man who suffers from a progressive, incurable disease has volunteered [...]
Ohio University tops the annual list of best-party schools put out by Playboy. Your top 10: 1. Ohio University 2. University of Iowa 3. Florida State University 4. Tulane University 5. University of Illinois 6. University of Texas 7. Syracuse University 8. University of Wisconsin 9. University of Mississippi 10. University of Michigan Read more [...]
1979 The Devil Went Down To Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band peaked at #3 on the pop singles chart It went to #1 on the country charts 1984 Princess Diana and Prince Charles celebrated the birth of their second child, Prince Harry! Weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, Henry Charles Albert David was third in the line of succession to succeed his [...]
1901 President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him 1814 Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner It was actually a poem, originally known as Defense of Fort McHenry, that Key wrote after he witnessed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Maryland, during the War of 1812. The [...]
We've seen these lists before, but"Business Insider" crunched some old data and came up with a new ranking of the most stressful jobs. And no, radio personality didn't make the list. But it should . . . THAT'S how hard we work to make your morning tolerable. Here's the top ten. 1. Emergency dispatchers. That [...]
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1897 A 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building He pled guilty and was fined 25 shillings It was the first world's first DUI 1955 Gunsmoke debuted on CBS Starring James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, Gunsmoke went on to become the longest-running [...]