9 January

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 9th January:

A manatee

1. In 1962 a Chicken kicked over a glass panelled beehive in a New York TV studio during a live broadcast, freeing 2,000 bees. The presenter was stung on the hand, but no other injuries were reported.
2. Another TV mishap occurred in 1997 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Guest Ashley MacIsaac decided to provide a swift demonstration of what a Scotsman wears beneath his kilt. FYI, not a lot. MacIsaac refused to re-record the show, so the segment aired with a strategically placed electronic blur. (Spoilsports!)
3. In 1997 most of the cast of the Pantomime at the Mayfair Southampton, Snow White, were laid low by a flu epidemic. All the dwarfs caught it, except for one – Sneezy.
4. On the same day, on the other side of the Atlantic, a different kind of bug was causing mayhem. A Computer bug caused 100,000 Skytel pagers to beep simultaneously for half an hour.
5. In 1868 the last convict transportation ship, Hougomont, arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia.
6. In 1493 Christopher Columbus saw a Manatee for the first time and thought it was a mermaid. “distinctly saw three mermaids,” he wrote in his journal, “which rose well out of the sea; but they are not so beautiful as they are said to be, for their faces had some masculine traits.”
7. In 1989 a rabbi revoked the kosher food license of a Tiberias hotel because they allowed a couple to have sex in a Helicopter while hovering above the hotel pool during a party.
8. In 1799 William Pitt the Younger introduced an income tax of two shillings in the pound. He was forced to do so by the Napoleonic Wars. It’s unlikely the British public will ever forgive him.
9. In 1902, New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
10. In 1968, heavy rain combined with a sudden freeze caused Big Ben to freeze solid at 2.58 pm and stop for four hours.

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