Trivia for January 11, 2010

Holidays for Today: National Clean Off Your Desk Day* Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day* Plough Monday (UK)*
Independence Day (Morocco)* National Unity Day (Nepal)
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
1755 – Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury
1807 – Ezra Cornell, Westchester Co. NY, businessman and university founder (Cornell University)
1814 – James Paget, British surgeon and pathologist (Paget's Disease, founder modern pathology, discovered parasite causing trichinosis)
1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, Philadelphia PA, sculptor (Washington as President)
1885 – Jack Hoxie, Kingfisher Creek OK, actor, rodeo performer (Lightning Bryce, Where Is This West?)
1895 – Laurens Hammond, Evanston IL, inventor tonewheel generator; founder Hammond Organ Co. (patents for an automobile transmission, a barometer, a "tickless" clock, guided missile controls)
1923 – Carroll Shelby, Leesburg TX, race car driver, automobile designer and businessman (Cobra cars)
1923 – Jerome Bixby, Los Angeles, writer/ editor (Planet Stories; Star Trek "Mirror, Mirror" & "Requiem for Methuselah" & "Day of the Dove"; Fantastic Voyage)
1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor (The Time Machine, Oregon Trail, Twilight Zone)
1946 – Naomi Judd, Ashland KY, singer (The Judds)
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1569 – First recorded lottery in England.
1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1805 – The Michigan Territory is created.
1878 – Milk is first delivered in bottles.
1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1935 – Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1943 – World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
1949 – First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
1964 – US Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health. It is the first such statement ever made by the U.S. government.
1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
2007 – JK Rowling completes the 7th novel in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Trivia For January 8, 2010

Holidays for Today: National Joygerm Day* National English Toffee Day* Bubble Bath Day* Male Watchers Day
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
1891 Walther Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954 - coincidence circuit)
1926 Soupy Sales [Milton Hines], North Carolina, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
1935 Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo MS, rocker (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
1942 Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (Black Holes & Baby Universes)
1944 Terry Brooks, Sterling IL, sci-fi author (Word & Void, Sword of Shannara, Magic Kingdom of Landover)
1947 David Bowie [Jones], London, singer/actor (Labyrinth, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
1965 Michelle Forbes, Austin TX, actress (Lt. Roe/STNG; Admiral Helena Cain/Battlestar Galactica; True Blood; Kalifornia)
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1790 George Washington delivers first "State of the Union" address in New York City.
1835 The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.
1838 Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (forerunner of Morse code).
1963 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" in United States.
1993 Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale.
2004 RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built.
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