It is Thursday MAY 28th, Let’s start the podcast!
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1896: The first recorded automobile accident involving two vehicles occurred on this date in New York City. Henry Wells of Springfield, Massachusetts was driving a new Duryea Motor Wagon, the first automobile model to be made and sold in the U.S. Unfortunately, he collided with Evelyn Thomas of New York, riding a bicycle. Thomas went to the hospital with a broken leg, and Wells spent the night in jail.
• 1928: Dodge Brothers Incorporated merged with Chrysler Corporation.
• 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, was officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, who pushed a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
• 1954: President Dwight Eisenhower signed a law that added the words “under God” to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
• 1985: Seattle retiree Gay Mullins founded The Old Cola Drinkers of America, a group determined to bring back the original Coca-Cola. Within two months Coke announced Classic Coke, to be sold in addition to it’s New Coke.
• 1987: 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evaded Soviet Union air defenses and landed a private plane in Red Square in Moscow. He was immediately detained and was not released until August 3, 1988.
• 1999: In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci’s newly-restored masterpiece “The Last Supper” was put back on display.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Hamburger Day, aka International Burger Day
• Brisket Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
32 million: Americans affected by food allergies.
NEWS ATTACK!
- Bad weather pushed the SpaceX rocket launch to Saturday.
- A 103-year-old who beat coronavirus celebrated with a Bud Light.
- GE announced it will sell its 129-year-old light-bulb division.
- Disney says it will reopening Disney World in mid-July.
- Donald Trump is unhappy with Twitter and Facebook and is threatening to shut them down.
- For his upcoming movie Tenet, Christopher Nolan bought and crashed an old 747.
- According to a report, the skinniest state is Hawaii.
- Don’t put your fire pit on a wood deck, and keep it away from your house. A home went up in flames in a Pittsburgh suburb early Thursday morning. Fire officials say the fire started from a fire pit on the deck. The fire then spread up the side of the house into the attic.
- In South Korea, two men were arrested after stealing what they thought was a pile of scrap iron in front of a women’s college. The iron turned out to be pieces of “modern art” valued at $45,000.
- In the Ukraine, a woman was visiting her local post office when she was told she needed to put on a mask before she would be helped. The woman forgot her mask so she went under her skirt, pulled down her undies and placed them over her head, covering her nose and mouth.
- Police in Holland caught two burglars getting busy in the house they had just broken into. The couple told police they broke into the empty house only because they were desperate to make love.
- A study (University of Cambridge) shows a woman’s intelligence is considered far more attractive to a man than her breast size.
Water Cooler Question
When the Titanic sunk there were 7,500 pounds of what onboard? (Ham)
