071509: Water Cooler News
Water Cooler News for Wednesday, July 15/09
Another day of gathering around the Water Cooler and killing time has arrived. Of course with that in mind, you don’t want to be left empty handed without anything to talk about. With that in mind, it’s time for another edition of the Water Cooler News here!
In this edition of the Water Cooler news there’s the usual historical tidbits for movies, music and general history. You will also find the following news stories…
- Tossed Bouquet Causes Plane Crash
- Man Busted for DWS
- Woman Tweets During Bank Robbery
The Humorous Side of News
“Tossed Bouquet Causes Plane Crash”
Two people in Italy were hurt after a wedding when a bridal bouquet thrown out of an ultralight plane got stuck in the aircraft’s rear rotor, causing the plane to crash. The pilot suffered minor injuries, while the passenger who tossed the flowers had several broken bones. Neither the bride nor the groom were onboard the plane. Instead, it was someone else from the wedding party who tossed the bouquet while the bride and groom watched from the ground.
“Man Busted For DWS — Driving While Showering”
Police in China pulled over a man for taking a shower while driving. Thinking the man’s truck had a mechanical leak after seeing water dripping from it, police decided to pull him over. Imagine their surprise when they saw the driver lathered up from a shower he was taking using a sprinkler system set up over his head. His wife, who was sitting in the passenger seat, held up a plastic sheet between them so she would stay dry while he got Zestfully clean.
“Woman Tweets During Bank Robbery”
A woman named Annemarie Dooling tweeted while she was in a New York City bank being held up yesterday. The trackball on her Blackberry was broken and she couldn’t call for help, so the 26-year-old Dooling decided to keep her followers posted about what was going on by updating her Twitter feed, even after police had been summoned. She and other customers were kept in the bank for several hours, long after the bandit escaped with 500 dollars. When all was said and tweeted, she’d picked up 200 followers, increasing her total to more than 21 hundred people.
Historical Tidbits
Today is…
National Rabbit Week
Notable birthdays…
Actor Alex Karras (”Webster”) is 74.
Actor Ken Kercheval (”Dallas”) is 74.
Actor Jan-Michael Vincent is 65.
Singer Linda Ronstadt is 63.
Drummer Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is 61.
Actor Terry O’Quinn (”Lost,” ”West Wing,” ”Alias”) is 57.
Drummer Marky Ramone (The Ramones) is 53.
Actor Willie Aames (”Eight Is Enough,” ”Charles In Charge”) is 49.
Actor-director Forest Whitaker is 48.
Actress Brigitte Nielsen is 46.
Actor Scott Foley (”Felicity”) is 37.
Actor Brian Austin Green (”Beverly Hills 90210?) is 36.
Movie History
2005 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory premiered in theaters.
1988 – The original Die Hard hit theaters.
Music History
2002 – A boat captained by Bob Seger won its division in the 78th annual Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat Race.
1992 – Aretha Franklin sang the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
1990 – Singer Bobby Day died of cancer at age 60. His biggest hit was “Rockin’ Robin.”
1986 – Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years. He signed with Polygram the next year.
1980 – Linda Rondstadt made her theater debut in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates Of Penzance in New York City.
1978 – Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience for a single artist when some 200,000 fans turned out at Blackbushe Airport in England.
1970 – The number one song was “Mama Told Me Not To Come” by Three Dog Night. The song was written by Randy Newman.
1967 – Jazz sax great John Coltrane died of liver disease. He was 40.
1963 – The number one song was “Surf City” by Jan & Dean. It was written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
General History
1743 – Mrs. Kirkeen died — for the third time! The previous two times, the Dublin woman had suddenly “awakened” just before being buried. The third time, her husband had the coffin nailed shut very quickly and lowered into the ground. True story!
1883 – Circus performer “Tom Thumb” died. At the age of 18, Tom was only 30 inches tall, but at age 30 he was 35 inches tall and when he died at age 51, he was 40 inches tall.
1922 – The duck-billed platypus arrived in America, direct from Australia. It was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.
1933 – Wiley Post took off from New York City to become the first person to make a solo flight around the world. He took a northern hemisphere route and covered the 15,000 miles in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
1940 – Eight-foot, 11-point-one-inch-tall Robert Wadlow, the tallest human being ever documented, died at age 22 in Manistee, Michigan of cellulitis, an inflammation of muscular tissue. By the age of five, he was five-four and six-five by the age of 10.
1968 – The first direct flights between the U.S. and Russia were inaugurated.
1968 – ABC-TV premiered One Life to Live.
1973 – Nolan Ryan of the California Angels became the first pitcher in two decades to pitch two no-hitters in a season.
1994 – Hulk Hogan admitted in court that he had taken steroids from 1976 to 1989 in order to “get big.”
Yours in Water Cooler News!
Dr. Rus
