19 years in the past, a well-known fugitive was apprehended. Shrek the Sheep, a resident Merino “wether” (a castrated grownup male sheep) of Bendingo Station, New Zealand, was lastly caught and shorn after 6 years of evading seize. Like many notorious criminals, Shrek apparently spent a considerable amount of time hiding in caves, avoiding the roundup. This might have included enduring freezing winters. WATCH him being shorn… (2004)
When Shrek, who took his title from the fictional Ogre of cinema, was lastly rounded, up his fleece had grown to be 59 lbs. and was stated to be laborious as rock in some locations and so matted that it took quarter-hour to sheer him. Peter Casserly, the previous world blade shearing champion, eliminated Shrek’s big fleece on digicam with the most important a part of the nation tuning in. The fleece was large enough to make 20 males’s fits.
Afterwards, Shrek grew to become a nationwide icon He was taken to parliament to satisfy the then-New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in Might 2004, to have a good time his tenth birthday.
MORE Good Information on this Day:
- The Greek historian Herodotus recalled that throughout the battle between Lydia and the Medes in present-day Iran, a photo voltaic eclipse occurred and the events have been so frightened they ended the battle instantly (585 B.C.)
- The first night time recreation in organized baseball historical past came about in Independence, Kansas (1930)
- A vaccine for yellow fever was introduced to be used on people (1932)
- Muhammad Ali refused induction into the US Military [and was later stripped of his boxing title because of it] (1967)
- After signing offers with the 5 main document labels, Apple Laptop launched the iTunes retailer, now the most important music vendor on the planet having bought 25 billion songs in 119 nations (2003)
Glad 82nd Birthday to Ann Margret, the actress, singer, and dancer billed as a feminine model of Elvis Presley.
Along with her sultry voice, she is thought for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (with Dick Van Dyke) and Viva Las Vegas—co-starring with Presley, with whom she had a romantic relationship. For movies like The Cincinnati Child, Carnal Data, Tommy, and Grumpy Outdated Males, she gained 5 Golden Globes and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards, a Display screen Actors Guild Award, and 6 Emmy Awards.
A eager motorcyclist, Ann-Margret rode a 500 cc Triumph T100C Tiger in The Swinger, and extra not too long ago gained an Emmy in 2010 for her visitor look on Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit. (1941)
97 years in the past at this time, Harper Lee, the writer of To Kill a Mockingbird, was born.
In the course of the two and a half years spent writing the novel in New York, the Alabama-born writer grew to become so annoyed that she tossed the manuscript out the window, into the snow—however her agent made her retrieve it! Revealed in 1960, the e-book was instantly profitable, successful the Pulitzer Prize. It grew to become famend for its heat and humor, regardless of coping with the intense problems with rape and racial inequality. She died in 2016, after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contribution to literature. (1926)
Additionally, 107 years in the past at this time, Ferruccio Lamborghini, the Italian engineering genius, was born. His Lamborghini automobile firm, arrange in 1963 to compete with established marques like Ferrari, got here to characterize motoring glamour like no different. Born to grape farmers however impassioned by mechanics, he started manufacturing tractors, founding Lamborghini Trattori in 1948. After buying a Ferrari, he realized the vehicles had inferior clutches, have been too noisy, and had interiors too spartan to be correct highway vehicles…
In 1963, he launched his auto firm to create the proper touring automobile–one which supplied plush appointments and excessive efficiency, with out compromising tractability, and experience high quality. Automobili Lamborghini, positioned in Sant’Agata Bolognese, gained vast acclaim in 1966 for the Miura sports activities coupé (pictured above), which was a milestone within the business, and established rear mid-engine and rear-wheel drive as the usual structure for high-performance vehicles of the period. He bought his luxurious auto firm in 1974 and retired to change into a winemaker in Umbria till he handed away 19 years later. (1916)
154 years in the past at this time, Chinese language and Irish laborers engaged on the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad laid ten miles of observe in at some point, a feat which has by no means been matched.
Crews would labor simply two extra weeks till the day when the final “golden” spike was pushed in by a silver hammer at Promontory Summit, Utah connecting 1,912 miles (3,077 km) of steady railroad observe constructed over seven years—opening up the Western U.S. from Omaha, Nebraska to San Francisco. The document, achieved not removed from Promontory, concerned crews of the Central Pacific railroad which organized a military of staff and 5 practice a great deal of building materials (transported by way of ships crusing round Cape Horn). They laid 10 miles (16 km) of observe in at some point—a document that also stands at this time. (1869)
And, on today 76 years in the past, Norwegian author and explorer Thor Heyerdahl set out from South America on the Kon-Tiki, a hand-tied raft manufactured from balsa timber, to show that historical Peruvian natives might have settled Polynesia. With 5 Scandinavian crew mates, he efficiently navigated 4,300 miles (6900 km) of the Pacific Ocean in 101 days, touchdown safely on a reef within the Tuamotu Islands. Heyerdahl’s e-book about his expertise, Kon-Tiki: Throughout the Pacific in a Raft — grew to become a bestseller, and the documentary movie he directed chronicling the journey gained an Academy Award. WATCH the trailer… (1947)
Glad 73rd Birthday to comic, actor, and author Jay Leno, who hosted The Tonight Present for 22 years. Since retiring from his Emmy Award-winning gig in 2014, he’s been producing and internet hosting Jay Leno’s Storage, which options his beautiful basic automobile assortment.
Leno graduated from Emerson Faculty with a speech remedy diploma earlier than founding his personal comedy membership. Till the COVID-19 pandemic, he repeatedly entertained over 200 audiences yearly together with his standup routines. He performs at USO exhibits for troopers and has been recognized to give attractive vehicles to veterans.
Final 12 months, he unearthed a never-before-seen phase of the present for his YouTube channel that includes a youthful Elon Musk stopping by the Storage with a black Tesla Roadster that was the very first buyer mannequin ever made—which carried a VIN variety of 001. Leno and Musk mentioned the distinctive properties of the electrical Roadster throughout a tour and a take a look at drive. WATCH the video of a younger Musk and Leno… (1950)
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