Jul 29 1967. The 1967 USS Forrestal fire was a devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions on 29 July 1967 that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59), after an unusual electrical anomaly discharged a Zuni rocket on the flight deck.
Tallest Living Horse. According to the Guinness World Records 2013 edition, Big Jake is the tallest living horse. This Belgian gelding weighs 2,600 pounds and stands just shy of 6 feet 11 inches tall; thatâs 20 hands, two and three-quarter inches in horse terms.
At 210.2 cm (82.75), 11-year-old Belgian gelding Big Jake stands as the world's tallest horse. Jerry Gilbert of Smokey Hollow Farm (Ostego, Michigan, USA) has raised Big Jake from a weanling to today. He was extremely hard to hold on to when he was young and when I would turn him outside sometimes he would take me with him! Fortunately, the 2600-pound horse has calmed down a bit in his age. He is friendly with all the other animals, says Jerry. He has a great temperament and and works hard when he is harnessed to a wagon.. There's a lot of accommodation to be made for such a large animal, too. Everything has to be big! His stall is 20X20 feet when an average stall is about 12X12 feetâ¦ when we transport him we have to use a semi trailer.. While there's a lot of food that could fit in that stall, Big Jake is on a strictly healthy diet, consuming 1 1/2 bales of hay and 40 quarts of oats per day.