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Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 01, 2009, 09:35:32 AM
Today in history...

May 1 1751

The first cricket match is played in America.

May 1 1834

The British colonies abolish slavery.

May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.

May 1 1927

The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.

May 1 1930

The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.

May 1 1931

The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.

May 1 1956

The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.

May 1 1960

Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

May 1 1961

The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.

May  1 1989

Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

May 1 1991

Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, when he pitches his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record.

May 1 1992

On the third day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, African-American activist, criminal, and victim of police beating Rodney King appears in public before television news cameras to appeal for calm and plead for peace, asking, "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?".

May 1 1997

Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality.

May 1 2003

2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".

What a f*cking douche.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1218 – John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
    * 1218 – Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)
    * 1285 – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)
    * 1582 – Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
    * 1594 – John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
    * 1672 – Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
    * 1738 – King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
    * 1769 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
    * 1804 – Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)
    * 1829 – José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)
    * 1831 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
    * 1850 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
    * 1851 – Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
    * 1852 – Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
    * 1852 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934)
    * 1857 – Theo Van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
    * 1872 – Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
    * 1881 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)
    * 1884 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)
    * 1885 – Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor, painter (d. 1973)
    * 1887 – Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d. 1983)
    * 1896 – Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947)
    * 1896 – Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
    * 1896 – J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
    * 1901 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
    * 1901 – Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
    * 1905 – Henry Koster, German film director (d. 1988)
    * 1905 – Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
    * 1906 – Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
    * 1907 – Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
    * 1907 – Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)
    * 1908 – Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968)
    * 1909 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize, 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize (d. 1990)
    * 1910 – Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Astronomer/Astro-physicist. Noted UFO investigator (d. 1986)
    * 1912 – Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
    * 1913 – Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
    * 1913 – Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980)
    * 1915 – Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
    * 1916 – Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006)
    * 1917 – John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996)
    * 1917 – Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress
    * 1917 – Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (d. 2001)
    * 1918 – Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
    * 1918 – Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)
    * 1919 – Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957)
    * 1919 – Manna Dey, Indian singer
    * 1919 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d. 2005)
    * 1923 – Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)
    * 1924 – Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995)
    * 1924 – Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director (d. 2004)
    * 1924 – Terry Southern, American screenwriter (d. 1995)
    * 1925 – Chuck Bednarik, American football player
    * 1925 – Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
    * 1926 – Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
    * 1928 – Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002)
    * 1929 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician
    * 1929 – Sonny James, American country music singer and songwriter
    * 1930 – Richard Riordan, American politician, former mayor of Los Angeles
    * 1930 – Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1995)
    * 1934 – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
    * 1934 – Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
    * 1934 – Shirley Horn, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005)
    * 1935 – Ann Robinson, American actress
    * 1937 – Una Stubbs, English actress
    * 1939 – Judy Collins, American folk singer
    * 1939 – Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d. 1988)
    * 1940 – Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
    * 1943 – Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan poltician (d. 2004)
    * 1944 – Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
    * 1945 – Rita Coolidge, American singer
    * 1946 – Joanna Lumley, English actress
    * 1946 – John Woo, Hong Kong director
    * 1947 – Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
    * 1949 – Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
    * 1949 – Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
    * 1950 – Dann Florek, American actor
    * 1950 – Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
    * 1951 – Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
    * 1953 – Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
    * 1954 – Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter
    * 1954 – Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
    * 1955 – Martin O'Donnell, American composer
    * 1955 – Nick Feldman, English musician
    * 1956 – Catherine Frot, French actress
    * 1957 – Ko Otani, Japanese composer
    * 1959 – Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer
    * 1960 – Steve Cauthen, American jockey
    * 1961 – Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
    * 1962 – Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
    * 1962 – Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos
    * 1964 – Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
    * 1966 – Olaf Thon, German football player
    * 1967 – Tim McGraw, American musician
    * 1968 – Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
    * 1968 – Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
    * 1968 – Denise Masino, American Female Bodybuilder
    * 1968 – D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
    * 1969 – Wes Anderson, American director and writer
    * 1969 – Billy Owens, American basketball player
    * 1971 – Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
    * 1972 – Julie Benz, American actress
    * 1973 – Curtis Martin, American football player
    * 1973 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
    * 1974 – Darius McCrary, American actor
    * 1975 – Austin Croshere, American basketball player
    * 1975 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
    * 1975 – Jodhi May, British actress
    * 1975 – Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
    * 1977 – Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer, politician
    * 1978 – Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
    * 1978 – Nick Traina, American singer, Link 80 (d. 1997)
    * 1979 – Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
    * 1979 – Ben Easter, American actor
    * 1979 – MC Harvey (Michael Harvey), British musical artist
    * 1980 – Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
    * 1980 – Jay Reatard, American musician
    * 1980 – Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
    * 1981 – Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
    * 1981 – Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
    * 1981 – Wes Welker, American football player
    * 1982 – Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
    * 1983 – The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
    * 1984 – David Backes, American ice hockey player
    * 1984 – Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player
    * 1984 – Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
    * 1984 – Farah Fath, American actress
    * 1984 – Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
    * 1984 – Mark Seaby, Australian Rules footballer
    * 1985 – Drew Sidora, American actress
    * 1986 – Adam Casey, Australian footballer
    * 1986 – Cristian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer
    * 1987 – Marcus Drum, Australian Rules Football
    * 1987 – Matt Di Angelo, English Actor
    * 1987 – Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
    * 1988 – Graeme Owens, English footballer
    * 1988 – Anushka Sharma, Indian Actress and Model
    * 1988 – Nicholas Braun, American actor
    * 1990 – Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
    * 1991 – Creagen Dow, American actor
    * 1997 – Ariel Gade, American actress

     Famous deaths...

    *  408 – Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)
    * 1118 – Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c.1080)
    * 1240 – Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
    * 1308 – Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (b. 1255)
    * 1539 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)
    * 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
    * 1572 – Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
    * 1731 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)
    * 1738 – Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c.1669)
    * 1772 – Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719)
    * 1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
    * 1873 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813)
    * 1899 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)
    * 1904 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
    * 1913 – John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850)
    * 1935 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
    * 1937 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (b. 1868)
    * 1943 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
    * 1945 – Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife Magda Goebbels) (b. 1897)
    * 1963 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879)
    * 1965 – Spike Jones, American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911)
    * 1968 – Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician (b. 1886)
    * 1968 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1895)
    * 1970 – Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897)
    * 1976 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (b. 1939)
    * 1976 – T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908)
    * 1978 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b. 1903)
    * 1982 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (b. 1903)
    * 1985 – Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (b. 1897)
    * 1986 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
    * 1986 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
    * 1989 – Sally Kirkland, fashion editor at LIFE (b. 1912)
    * 1989 – Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921)
    * 1990 – Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926)
    * 1992 – Sharon Redd, American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945)
    * 1993 – Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (b. 1925)
    * 1993 – Ranasinghe Premadasa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
    * 1994 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 world champion (b. 1960)
    * 1998 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935)
    * 2000 – Steve Reeves, American actor (b. 1926)
    * 2003 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler (b. 1960)
    * 2006 – Big Hawk, American rapper (b. 1969)
    * 2006 – Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)
    * 2006 – Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (b. 1962)
    * 2008 – Anthony Mamo, Malta's first President (b. 1909)
    * 2008 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (b. 1956)
    * 2008 – Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, last surviving member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 (b. 1917)


     Holidays and observances...

    * May Day, Labour Day, International Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers.
    * Czech Republic – "National Love Day" – couples tend to flock to the memorial of the poet Karel Hynek Mácha in Prague and kiss.
    * Lei Day – Hawaiian holiday for the Lei.
    * Beltane, Lá Bealtaine, the first day of Summer in modern Ireland was celebrated by the Celts, and is now also celebrated by Neopagans and Wiccans.
    * Kazakhstan - Unity Day.
    * Maharashtra Day (Maharashtra Divas) – Maharastra, India.
    * Marshall Islands - Constitution Day.
    * Northern Europe – Walpurgis Night.
    * Roman Empire – all-female festival in honour of Bona Dea.
    * Roman Empire – fourth and last day of the Floralia in honour of Flora.
    * United States – Law Day, U.S.A., Loyalty Day.

Have a great Friday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 01, 2009, 09:37:29 AM
May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.



Idiots.....
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 01, 2009, 09:42:59 AM
May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.



Idiots.....

no doubt!!!!!

 :lol:

 Happy Lei Day – Hawaiian holiday for the Lei. Who's gonna get "Lei"d :clap: :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 01, 2009, 09:45:35 AM
Who's gonna? What if it's in the past already?  :nana: :batman: :batman:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 01, 2009, 10:04:34 AM
Who's gonna? What if it's in the past already?  :nana: :batman: :batman:

Mad Dog got to your place already this morning?  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 01, 2009, 10:05:01 AM
:bird:

you have no friends.


 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 01, 2009, 10:08:45 AM
May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.



Idiots.....

Yeah, I'd be happy to just put in an 8 hour day.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 01, 2009, 10:12:43 AM
:bird:

you have no friends.


 :lol:


:(

Imaginary internet buddies only. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 01, 2009, 10:22:09 AM
 :lol:


alll I have too.... :( :(  :'( :'( :'( :'(


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 01, 2009, 10:34:26 AM
:bird:

you have no friends.


 :lol:


:(

Imaginary internet buddies only. :lol:

No clients as friends?

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 01, 2009, 10:51:51 AM
gotta keep business and pleasure separate.....

Well.. Unless its' dudes.. then they cross over for him. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 01, 2009, 10:57:35 AM
Meth sausage fest. Extra sodomy.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 01, 2009, 03:10:02 PM
Meth sausage fest. My all-time favorite.  :)

~Brian

 :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 01, 2009, 03:43:22 PM
Meth sausage fest. My all-time favorite.  :)

~Brian

 :thumbs:

Hold the sodomy.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 02, 2009, 06:04:30 AM
Today in history...

May 2 1863

At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson is accidentally shot three times by his own men. Jackson's left arm is amputated, and he dies eight days later from complications.

May 2 1946

Six prisoners attempt to escape the federal prison on Alcatraz island. They take over their cellblock but fail to gain access to the outside. One guard held hostage is executed by prisoners, and another dies in the attempt to retake the cellblock. The Battle of Alcatraz ends only after the deaths of three prisoners, and two others are subsequently executed at San Quentin.

May 2 1957

Senator Joseph McCarthy dies of hepatitis, brought about by unabated alcoholism. Two and a half years prior he had been censured by the Senate for his "inexcusable" and "reprehensible" conduct during his highly-publicized Communist witch-hunt. McCarthy eventually discovered that it was far more effective to have private industry oppress its workforce, rather than the government oppress its citizenry.

May 2 1957

Mob figure Frank Costello is shot in the head by Vincent "the Chin" Gigante. Instead of killing him, the bullet circumnavigates between his skin and cranium, exiting through the original wound. Costello retires from the Mafia soon after.

May 2 1972

World famous drag queen and longtime G-man J. Edgar Hoover dies in his sleep at the age of 77.

May 2 1997

At 4:45 a.m., L.A. County Sheriff's deputies pull over a car in West Hollywood driven by comedian/actor Eddie Murphy. In the passenger seat is one Atisone Seiuli, a 20-year-old pre-op transsexual prostitute. Murphy informs the officers that he was just trying to be a "good samaritan" and give his she-male acquaintance a ride home. Seiuli is taken into custody for an outstanding prostitution warrant, but the officers allow Murphy to leave without any further ado.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1360 – Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
    * 1451 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
    * 1458 – Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
    * 1551 – William Camden, English historian (d. 1623)
    * 1601 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
    * 1660 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
    * 1695 – Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
    * 1702 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
    * 1729 – Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d. 1796)
    * 1737 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
    * 1740 – Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress (d. 1821)
    * 1750 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
    * 1772 – Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
    * 1773 – Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
    * 1802 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
    * 1806 – Catherine Labouré, French visionary and saint (d. 1876)
    * 1808 – Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (d. 1896)
    * 1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
    * 1828 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
    * 1843 – Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born Inventor (d. 1929)
    * 1859 – Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
    * 1860 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist (d. 1904)
    * 1865 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)
    * 1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
    * 1879 – James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1972)
    * 1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)
    * 1885 – Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (d. 1966)
    * 1886 – Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)
    * 1887 – Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)
    * 1887 – Eddie Collins, American baseball player (d. 1951)
    * 1890 – E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)
    * 1892 – Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot – the Red Baron (d. 1918)
    * 1895 – Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)
    * 1896 – Helen of Greece and Denmark, queen of Romania (d. 1982)
    * 1897 – J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
    * 1903 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d. 1998)
    * 1903 – Bing Crosby, American actor and singer (d. 1977)
    * 1906 – Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
    * 1906 – Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (d. 2002)
    * 1907 – Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer (d. 1993)
    * 1910 – Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (d. 1943)
    * 1912 – Axel Cäsar Springer, German publisher (d. 1985)
    * 1913 – Nigel Patrick, English actor (d. 1981)
    * 1915 – Doris Fisher, American songwriter (d. 2003)
    * 1915 – Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
    * 1917 – Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
    * 1920 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)
    * 1920 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)
    * 1921 – Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992)
    * 1922 – A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor (d. 2006)
    * 1922 – Serge Reggiani, Italian-born French singer and actor (d. 2004)
    * 1924 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer
    * 1924 – Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004)
    * 1925 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (d. 2007)
    * 1925 – John Neville, English theatre and film actor
    * 1926 – Gérard D. Lévesque, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
    * 1927 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor
    * 1929 – Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
    * 1930 – Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
    * 1932 – Maury Allen, American sportswriter
    * 1935 – King Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
    * 1935 – Lance LeGault, American actor
    * 1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
    * 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born singer
    * 1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)
    * 1937 – Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)
    * 1938 – Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
    * 1939 – Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
    * 1941 – Clay Carroll, American baseball player
    * 1942 – Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president
    * 1945 – Sarah Weddington, American attorney
    * 1945 – Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer
    * 1945 – Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
    * 1946 – Lesley Gore, American singer
    * 1946 – David Suchet, English actor
    * 1948 – Larry Gatlin, American musician
    * 1949 – Alan Titchmarsh, English television presenter
    * 1950 – Duncan Gay, Australian politician
    * 1950 – Lou Gramm, American vocalist (Foreigner)
    * 1950 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
    * 1952 – Christine Baranski, American actress
    * 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
    * 1953 – Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor
    * 1954 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
    * 1955 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
    * 1956 – David Rhodes, English guitarist
    * 1956 – Amir Mokri, Iranian-born American cinematographer
    * 1958 – David O'Leary, Irish football manager and player
    * 1959 – Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer
    * 1959 – Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus)
    * 1961 – Steve James, English snooker player
    * 1961 – Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef
    * 1962 – Stephen Daldry, English film director
    * 1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
    * 1962 – Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (d. 2004)
    * 1962 – Jimmy White, English snooker player
    * 1965 – Félix José, Dominican baseball player
    * 1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
    * 1967 – Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
    * 1968 – Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor
    * 1968 – Jeff Agoos, American soccer player
    * 1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
    * 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer
    * 1972 – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
    * 1972 – Paul Adcock, English footballer
    * 1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter
    * 1974 – Horacio Carbonari, Argentine former footballer
    * 1974 – Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
    * 1974 – Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer
    * 1975 – David Beckham, English footballer
    * 1977 – Luke Hudson, American baseball player
    * 1977 – Jenna von Oy, American actress
    * 1977 – Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
    * 1978 – Steve Bays, Canadian musician
    * 1978 – Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1979 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1979 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
    * 1980 – Tim Borowski, German footballer
    * 1980 – Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
    * 1980 – Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
    * 1980 – Zat Knight, English footballer
    * 1980 – Troy Murphy, American basketball player
    * 1980 – Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1981 – Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
    * 1981 – Matt Murray, English footballer
    * 1981 – Chris Kirkland, English footballer
    * 1982 – Lorie, French singer
    * 1982 – Johan Botha, South African cricketer
    * 1983 – Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model
    * 1984 – Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
    * 1984 – Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player
    * 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
    * 1985 – Kyle Busch, American race car driver
    * 1985 – Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
    * 1985 – David Nugent, English footballer
    * 1985 – Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
    * 1986 – James Kirk, Canadian actor
    * 1987 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
    * 1987 – Kris Russell, Canadian hockey player
    * 1988 – Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
    * 1990 – Kay Panabaker, American actor
    * 1995 – Kelsey Lewis, American actress
    * 2000 – Angel Sy, Filipina child actor

    Famous deaths...

    *  373 – Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
    *  756 – Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)
    *  907 – Boris I of Bulgaria
    * 1230 – William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)
    * 1300 – Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)
    * 1450 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)
    * 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
    * 1564 – Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
    * 1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
    * 1667 – George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
    * 1683 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
    * 1711 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
    * 1802 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)
    * 1810 – Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b. 1740)
    * 1819 – Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
    * 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)
    * 1864 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)
    * 1927 – Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)
    * 1945 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)
    * 1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
    * 1945 – Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)
    * 1947 – Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
    * 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
    * 1960 – Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (b. 1921)
    * 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b. 1879)
    * 1969 – Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
    * 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
    * 1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
    * 1980 – George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
    * 1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
    * 1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
    * 1984 – Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b. 1918)
    * 1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b. 1951)
    * 1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
    * 1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b. 1956)
    * 1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
    * 1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
    * 1990 – David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951)
    * 1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
    * 1992 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)
    * 1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
    * 1997 – John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
    * 1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
    * 1998 – Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
    * 1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
    * 1998 – Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)
    * 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
    * 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
    * 2001 – Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
    * 2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
    * 2002 – John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
    * 2002 – W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)
    * 2005 – Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
    * 2005 – Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
    * 2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)
    * 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
    * 2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Poland – Flag Day
    * Bahá'í Faith: Last day of the Festival of Ridván
    * Madrid Region – Day of the Region.
    * Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia – second day of Labour Day
    * Iran – Teacher's Day
    * Indonesia – Indonesia National Education Day

Have a great Satuday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 02, 2009, 07:03:08 AM
Happy Polish Flag day.

Sitting in garage with laptop, watching the yard sale madness.
People in my driveway at 6am.  :lol:
8:00 total-$48.25 Lmao
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 02, 2009, 07:29:40 AM
8:30 spotted first mullet  :nod:

new total 78.75
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 02, 2009, 08:29:43 AM
Iowa yard sale ???

Corn, meth, inbreed cousins all on sale today!!!!!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 02, 2009, 10:44:33 AM
Iowa yard sale ???

Corn, meth, inbreed cousins all on sale today!!!!


Just for you mano.

Hit $200 mark for my junk sale.

FYI: old Asian ladies = some damne bargaining beyotches.

4 items at 1 buck a piece.....

"I give you a 1 darra for arr of dem, come on, nobody buy, nobody buy" :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 02, 2009, 11:20:26 AM
Iowa yard sale ???

Corn, meth, inbreed cousins all on sale today!!!!


Just for you mano.

Hit $200 mark for my junk sale.

FYI: old Asian ladies = some damne bargaining beyotches.

4 items at 1 buck a piece.....

"I give you a 1 darra for arr of dem, come on, nobody buy, nobody buy" :lol:

Hey, at least she was offering money
"no-one buy, I take, I take"
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 02, 2009, 01:20:57 PM
LOL dragonz!

Yard Sale Score thus far: 5 mullets and $220. :lol: 3 offers for the Rappy, 3500 being the highest :bird:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 03, 2009, 04:36:11 AM
Today in history...

May 3 1945

British torpedo bombers attack the Cap Arcona and the Thielbek in the Baltic Sea. Both vessels are flying white flags, as there are almost 7,000 concentration camp prisoners aboard. In the process of abandoning ship, the German captain of the Arcona uses a machete to hack his way through the mass of people. When the ships sink, virtually all of the prisoners drown, making this the single largest loss of life in the history of ocean travel.

May 3 1963

Eugene "Bull" Connor directs security forces in Birmingham, Alabama to unleash police dogs on civil rights protesters, and then blast them with high-pressure fire hoses. Unfortunately for segregationists, television networks bring the footage to a shocked national audience. In the wake of the overwhelming public response, President Kennedy quips that Connor "has done more for civil rights than almost anybody else."

May 3 1987

The Miami Herald runs a story that Senator Gary Hart had spent the preceding weekend alone with a woman other than his wife. In an attempt to quell persistent rumors of an extramarital affair, Hart had previously challenged reporters to spy on him, saying: "Follow me around. I don't care. I'm serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored." The Presidential candidate withdraws from the race just five days later, and the homewrecker, one Donna Rice, goes on to launch a career crusading against pornography.

May 3 1988

The White House confirms stories that President Ronald Reagan's travel and public appearances are scheduled around astrological data furnished by a mystic in San Francisco. The astrologer also supplies input to the timing of critical international events, such as a recent arms control summit in Iceland.

     Birthdays today...

    *  612 – Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)
    * 1415 – Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
    * 1428 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
    * 1446 – Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
    * 1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
    * 1662 – Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)
    * 1695 – Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
    * 1713 – Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
    * 1761 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
    * 1764 – Elisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI, guillotined (d. 1794)
    * 1768 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
    * 1826 – Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872)
    * 1835 – Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913)
    * 1844 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)
    * 1849 – Jacob August Riis, American journalist (d. 1914)
    * 1849 – Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
    * 1857 – George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
    * 1859 – Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
    * 1860 – John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
    * 1860 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)
    * 1861 – Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
    * 1867 – J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
    * 1870 – Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
    * 1873 – Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
    * 1874 – François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)
    * 1874 – V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
    * 1877 – Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
    * 1879 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)
    * 1886 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
    * 1888 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
    * 1891 – Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)
    * 1892 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
    * 1893 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
    * 1895 – Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
    * 1896 – Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)
    * 1896 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)
    * 1898 – Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
    * 1901 – Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974)
    * 1902 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
    * 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
    * 1905 – Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1988)
    * 1906 – Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality, daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1975)
    * 1906 – Mary Astor, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1987)
    * 1907 – Dorothy Young, American entertainer
    * 1910 – Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer
    * 1912 – Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
    * 1913 – William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973)
    * 1915 – Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
    * 1916 – Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)
    * 1917 – Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2006)
    * 1918 – Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)
    * 1919 – John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
    * 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer
    * 1920 – John Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)
    * 1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
    * 1921 – Joe Ames, American singer (d. 2007)
    * 1922 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
    * 1923 – Ralph Hall, American politician
    * 1923 – George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor
    * 1924 – Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
    * 1924 – Ken Tyrrell, English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)
    * 1928 – Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)
    * 1932 – Robert Osborne, American film historian
    * 1933 – James Brown, American singer and dancer (d. 2006)
    * 1933 – Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel laureate
    * 1933 – Alex Cord, American actor
    * 1934 – Henry Cooper, English boxer
    * 1934 – Georges Moustaki, Egyptian born Greek-French singer and songwriter
    * 1934 – Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
    * 1935 – Ron Popeil, American inventor
    * 1937 – Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer
    * 1938 – Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
    * 1940 – Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
    * 1940 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
    * 1941 – Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president
    * 1942 – Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
    * 1942 – Dave Marash, American journalist
    * 1942 – C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho
    * 1943 – Jim Risch, American politician, junior senator of Idaho
    * 1945 – Davey Lopes, American baseball player and coach
    * 1946 – Norm Chow, American football coach
    * 1946 – Greg Gumbel, American broadcaster
    * 1946 – Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
    * 1948 – Chris Mulkey, American actor
    * 1947 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
    * 1949 – Ron Wyden, American politician
    * 1951 – Christopher Cross, American musician
    * 1951 – Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
    * 1951 – Tuula Palaste-Eerola, Finnish architect and politician
    * 1952 – Charles Baldwin, American political figure
    * 1952 – Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
    * 1952 – Allan Wells, British athlete
    * 1954 – Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
    * 1955 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
    * 1956 – Marc Bellemare, French Canadian lawyer and politician
    * 1957 – Rod Langway, American ice hockey player
    * 1958 – Kevin Kilner, American actor
    * 1958 – Sandi Toksvig, Danish born writer and broadcaster
    * 1958 – Susanna Kwan, Hong Kong singer
    * 1959 – David Ball, English musician (Soft Cell)
    * 1959 – Uma Bharati, Indian politician
    * 1959 – Ben Elton, British comedian and author
    * 1960 – Amy Steel, American actress
    * 1961 – Steve McClaren, English football manager
    * 1961 – Joe Murray, American cartoonist
    * 1961 – David Vitter, American politician
    * 1962 – Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
    * 1963 – Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player
    * 1963 – Jamie Reeves, British strongman
    * 1963 – Sally Whittaker, English actress
    * 1964 – Ron Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1965 – Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian
    * 1965 – Nina Garcia, Colombian-American fashion expert and television personality
    * 1965 – John Jensen, Danish footballer
    * 1966 – Peter Abbay, American actor
    * 1966 – Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
    * 1966 – Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
    * 1968 – Shane Minor, American singer
    * 1969 – Daryl F. Mallett, American writer/editor
    * 1970 – Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer
    * 1971 – Damon Dash, American label executive
    * 1971 – Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva)
    * 1972 – Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter
    * 1972 – Suzi Suzuki, former Japanese adult actress
    * 1973 – Brad Martin, American musician.
    * 1974 – Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan
    * 1974 – Peter Everitt, Australian Football League football player
    * 1975 – Willie Geist, American television personality
    * 1975 – Dulé Hill, American actor
    * 1975 – Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
    * 1975 – Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
    * 1976 – Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
    * 1977 – Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail
    * 1977 – Ryan Dempster, American baseball player
    * 1978 – Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
    * 1978 – Christina Hendricks, American actress
    * 1978 – Autumn Phillips, member of the British royal family
    * 1978 – Lawrence Tynes, American football player
    * 1979 – Steve Mack, American professional wrestler
    * 1980 – Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
    * 1980 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)
    * 1981 – Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny's Child)
    * 1982 – Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player
    * 1983 – Joseph Addai, American football player
    * 1983 – Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
    * 1983 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
    * 1983 – Myriam Fares, Lebanese singer
    * 1984 – Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model
    * 1984 – Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer
    * 1985 – Greg Raposo, American pop/rock singer

    Famous deaths...

    * 1152 – Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
    * 1160 – Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c. 1100)
    * 1270 – King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
    * 1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant
    * 1481 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
    * 1598 – Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
    * 1606 – Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)
    * 1616 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (his death is commonly accepted to be on April 23, according to the Julian calendar)
    * 1622 – Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
    * 1679 – James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
    * 1693 – Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
    * 1704 – Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (b. 1644)
    * 1724 – John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
    * 1750 – John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
    * 1752 – Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c.1692)
    * 1758 – Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
    * 1763 – George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679)
    * 1764 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712)
    * 1779 – John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714)
    * 1793 – Martin Gerbert, German theologian and historian (b. 1720)
    * 1839 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
    * 1856 – Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (b. 1803)
    * 1918 – Charlie Soong, Christian Missionary
    * 1921 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (b. 1883)
    * 1942 – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
    * 1958 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
    * 1969 – Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897)
    * 1972 – Bruce Cabot, American film actor (b. 1904)
    * 1987 – Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)
    * 1988 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
    * 1989 – Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual (b. 1926)
    * 1989 – Edward Ochab, Polish Communist politician (b. 1906)
    * 1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-born writer (b. 1933)
    * 1991 – Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
    * 1992 – George Murphy, American dancer, actor and politician (b. 1902)
    * 1994 – Ezra Taft Benson, thirteenth president of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
    * 1996 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
    * 1996 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
    * 1997 – Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (b. 1976)
    * 1997 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927)
    * 1999 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927)
    * 1999 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
    * 2000 – John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
    * 2001 – Billy Higgins, American drummer (b. 1936)
    * 2002 – Barbara Castle, British politician (b. 1910)
    * 2002 – Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1928)
    * 2003 – Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932)
    * 2004 – Anthony Ainley, British actor (b. 1932)
    * 2004 – Ken Downing, British racing driver (b. 1917)
    * 2004 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1928)
    * 2006 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921)
    * 2006 – Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
    * 2006 – Earl Woods, Athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
    * 2007 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
    * 2007 – Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
    * 2007 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
    * 2008 – Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish former Primer Minister (b. 1926)

    Holidays and observances...

    * World Press Freedom Day.
    * Constitution Day in Poland, Lithuania and Japan.

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 03, 2009, 10:52:07 AM
Politics in America
"May 3 1987

The Miami Herald runs a story that Senator Gary Hart had spent the preceding weekend alone with a woman other than his wife. In an attempt to quell persistent rumors of an extramarital affair, Hart had previously challenged reporters to spy on him, saying: "Follow me around. I don't care. I'm serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored." The Presidential candidate withdraws from the race just five days later, and the homewrecker, one Donna Rice, goes on to launch a career crusading against pornography.

May 3 1988

The White House confirms stories that President Ronald Reagan's travel and public appearances are scheduled around astrological data furnished by a mystic in San Francisco. The astrologer also supplies input to the timing of critical international events, such as a recent arms control summit in Iceland. "

Affairs, pornography, & mistics

At least it's colourful!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 04, 2009, 07:02:55 AM
Today in history...

May 4 1854

Joseph Tussaud returns to London with the well-used blade of the guillotine he purchased from Clement Sanson, the last in a line of Sansons who held the office of Executioner of Paris for over 150 years. The blade is now part of Tussaud's Wax Museum collection.

May 4 1970

28 Ohio National Guardsmen kill four students and wound nine others at Kent State University. The Guardsmen had read them the riot act, but the students refused to disperse. So they shot them.

May 4 1991

Bing Crosby's son Dennis Crosby puts a shotgun to his head, ending his life in a boarding house in California. A younger brother, Lindsay, had also killed himself with a shotgun two years earlier.

May 4 1999

At the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Wisconsin, Chad Alvarez nukes a fraternal brother's Quaker parrot, Iago, in the house microwave. The animal explodes. For this he is sentenced to ten days in jail, and fined $1000. Alvarez is the son of the university's football coach.

May 4 1999

A newly-delivered baby falls through a train toilet as it is born near the city of Guangzhou, China. After the fall, a second train speeds over the newborn. Although the baby survives unharmed, radio announcers are later reprimanded for laughing hysterically as they report the story.

May 4 2000

The "I Love You" computer worm rampages through Internet email systems, inflicting damages somewhere in the $2-to-$15 billion range. The worm spreads by exploiting design flaws in the Microsoft Outlook mail client and also the gullibility of your typical computer user. A variety of Filipino suspects is ultimately narrowed down to an AMA Computer College student from Manila.

May 4 2001

After dinner at Vitello's in Studio City, film and television actor Robert Blake remembers that he left something at the restaurant. When he returns to the car, he discovers his wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley, slumped over in the passenger seat. She had been shot in the head by person or persons unknown. Bakley later dies of her injury. One year later, Blake is charged with the murder.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1008 – Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)
    * 1008 – King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
    * 1649 – Maharaja Chhatrasal (d. 1731)
    * 1654 – Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
    * 1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)
    * 1715 – Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
    * 1733 – Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
    * 1752 – John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
    * 1767 – Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)
    * 1772 – Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
    * 1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
    * 1796 – Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)
    * 1796 – William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
    * 1820 – Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
    * 1822 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)
    * 1825 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
    * 1825 – Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
    * 1826 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
    * 1827 – John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)
    * 1852 – Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
    * 1864 – Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
    * 1870 – Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
    * 1873 – Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)
    * 1889 – Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967)
    * 1903 – Luther Adler, American stage actor (d. 1984)
    * 1904 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975)
    * 1907 – Lincoln Kirstein, American impresario (d. 1996)
    * 1913 – Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
    * 1916 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian author and activist (d. 2006)
    * 1918 – Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (d. 1993)
    * 1918 – Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)
    * 1919 – Dory Funk, Professional wrestler (d. 1973)
    * 1921 – Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
    * 1923 – Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)
    * 1923 – Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery (d. 2006)
    * 1923 – Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian
    * 1923 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (d. 1994)
    * 1923 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
    * 1925 – Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
    * 1928 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician (d. 2006)
    * 1928 – Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt
    * 1928 – Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961)
    * 1929 – Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (d. 1993)
    * 1929 – Sidney Lamb, American linguist
    * 1930 – Roberta Peters, American soprano
    * 1930 – Katherine Jackson, mother of the Jackson musical family
    * 1931 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor
    * 1931 – Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer
    * 1933 – J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher
    * 1936 – El Cordobés, Spanish matador
    * 1937 – Ron Carter, American jazz bassist
    * 1937 – Dick Dale, American guitarist
    * 1937 – Mr. Fuji, Former professional wrestler
    * 1938 – Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (d. 2005)
    * 1938 – Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
    * 1939 – Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)
    * 1939 – Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
    * 1939 – Léon Rochefort, Quebec ice hockey player
    * 1940 – Robin Cook, American novelist
    * 1941 – George Will, American writer
    * 1942 – Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, and musician (Ashford and Simpson)
    * 1943 – Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter
    * 1943 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer
    * 1944 – Roger Rees, British-born actor
    * 1945 – Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
    * 1946 – John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver
    * 1946 – Gary Bauer conservative American politician, former presidential candidate
    * 1947 – Richard Jenkins, American actor
    * 1948 – Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
    * 1949 – John Force, American race car driver
    * 1949 – Stella Parton, American country music singer
    * 1949 – Graham Swift, British author
    * 1950 – Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues)
    * 1951 – Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel)
    * 1951 – Jackie Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
    * 1951 – Gérard Jugnot, French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer
    * 1951 – Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
    * 1951 – Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer.
    * 1952 – Michael Barrymore, English comedian, actor, quiz master and entertainer
    * 1953 – Salman Hashimikov, Soviet heavyweight wrestler
    * 1954 – Pia Zadora, American actress
    * 1955 – Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
    * 1955 – Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
    * 1956 – David Guterson, American author
    * 1956 – Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete
    * 1956 – Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player
    * 1958 – Delbert Fowler, American football player
    * 1958 – Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)
    * 1959 – Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
    * 1959 – Inger Nilsson, Swedish actress
    * 1959 – Randy Travis, American musician
    * 1960 – Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
    * 1960 – Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria
    * 1961 – Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
    * 1961 – Jay Aston, British singer, star of Bucks Fizz
    * 1961 – Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) Poet
    * 1962 – Oleta Adams, American singer
    * 1964 – Mónica Bardem, Spanish actress
    * 1964 – Gary Hold, American guitarist (Exodus)
    * 1964 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
    * 1964 – Rocco Siffredi, Italian porn actor
    * 1966 – Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer (d. 2008)
    * 1967 – Ana Gasteyer, American actress
    * 1967 – Kate Garraway, English GMTV Presenter
    * 1968 – Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh
    * 1969 – Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1969 – Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet
    * 1970 – Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals)
    * 1970 – Paul Wiseman, New Zealand cricketer
    * 1970 – Will Arnett, Canadian actor
    * 1971 – Joe Borowski, American baseball player
    * 1971 – Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
    * 1972 – Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
    * 1972 – Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)
    * 1972 – Chris Tomlin, American musician
    * 1973 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer
    * 1973 – John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1974 – Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player
    * 1975 – Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)
    * 1976 – Ben Grieve, American baseball player
    * 1976 – Jason Michaels, American baseball player
    * 1977 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
    * 1977 – Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
    * 1978 – Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist
    * 1978 – Brett Burton, Australian football player
    * 1978 – Erin Andrews, ESPN sideline reporter
    * 1979 – Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC)
    * 1979 – Wes Butters, British broadcaster
    * 1979 – Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan born rugby union and rugby league player
    * 1980 – Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1981 – Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
    * 1982 – Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer
    * 1982 – Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter
    * 1982 – Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
    * 1982 – Rasheeda,American hiphop singer
    * 1983 – Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
    * 1983 – Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1984 – Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007)
    * 1984 – Kevin Slowey, American baseball player
    * 1984 – Montell Owens, American football player
    * 1985 – Anthony Fedorov, American singer
    * 1985 – Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer
    * 1986 – George Hill, American Basketball player
    * 1987 – Cesc Fabregas, Spanish footballer
    * 1987 – Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
    * 1987 – Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
    * 1988 – Robert Lacy, American writer
    * 1989 – Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
    * 1992 – Courtney Jines, American actress
    * 1994 – Pauline Ducruet, daughter of HSH Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
    * 1994 – Alexander Gould, American actor

    Famous deaths...

    * 1436 – Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman
    * 1471 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)
    * 1471 – Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (executed)
    * 1506 – Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
    * 1519 – Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)
    * 1566 – Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
    * 1615 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
    * 1626 – Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
    * 1677 – Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
    * 1684 – John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
    * 1729 – Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
    * 1734 – James Thornhill, English painter
    * 1737 – Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)
    * 1774 – Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)
    * 1776 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)
    * 1790 – Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)
    * 1799 – Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)
    * 1811 – Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
    * 1824 – Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
    * 1849 – Hokusai, Japanese artist (b. 1760)
    * 1858 – Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)
    * 1859 – Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)
    * 1880 – Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
    * 1901 – John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)
    * 1903 – Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans – leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872)
    * 1916 – Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887)
    * 1919 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
    * 1922 – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
    * 1937 – Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)
    * 1938 – Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1889)
    * 1945 – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
    * 1955 – George Enescu, Romanian composer (b. 1881)
    * 1961 – Anita Stewart, American film actress (b. 1895)
    * 1969 – Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892)
    * 1970 – Allison Krause, Kent State victim (b. 1951)
    * 1970 – Jeffrey Miller, Kent State victim (b. 1950)
    * 1970 – Sandra Scheuer, Kent State victim (b. 1949)
    * 1970 – William Schroeder, Kent State victim (b. 1950)
    * 1971 – Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (b. 1934)
    * 1972 – Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)
    * 1973 – Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright (b. 1917)
    * 1975 – Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1897)
    * 1980 – Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
    * 1984 – Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
    * 1984 – Diana Dors, British actress (b. 1931)
    * 1985 – Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
    * 1987 – Paul Butterfield, American blues harmonica player (b. 1942)
    * 1990 – Emily Remler American Jazz Guitarist (b.1957)
    * 1992 – Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (b. 1927)
    * 2001 – Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim (b. 1956)
    * 2005 – David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)

    Holidays and observances...

    * International Firefighters' Day
    * Labour Day in many nations
    * Star Wars Day
    * Afghanistan: Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled
    * Bhutan: Death of Shabdrung Day
    * Japan: Greenery Day
    * Latvia: Day of adoption of the Declaration of independence
    * Namibia: Cassinga Day
    * Netherlands: Remembrance of the Dead.
    * People's Republic of China – Youth Day (青年节, commemorating May Fourth Movement).
    * Republic of China – Literary Day (文藝節, commemorating May Fourth Movement).
    * Rhode Island: Independence Day
    * United States – Bird Day

Have a great Monday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 07:18:56 AM
May 4 1999

A newly-delivered baby falls through a train toilet as it is born near the city of Guangzhou, China. After the fall, a second train speeds over the newborn. Although the baby survives unharmed, radio announcers are later reprimanded for laughing hysterically as they report the story.

Holy crap.. It survived! :jaw:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 04, 2009, 07:19:24 AM
happy bird day :bird:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 07:27:58 AM
happy bird day :bird:

Whose?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 04, 2009, 08:35:51 AM
Today in history...


    Holidays and observances...

    * International Firefighters' Day
    * Labour Day in many nations
    * Star Wars Day
    * Afghanistan: Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled
    * Bhutan: Death of Shabdrung Day
    * Japan: Greenery Day
    * Latvia: Day of adoption of the Declaration of independence
    * Namibia: Cassinga Day
    * Netherlands: Remembrance of the Dead.
    * People's Republic of China – Youth Day (青年节, commemorating May Fourth Movement).
    * Republic of China – Literary Day (文藝節, commemorating May Fourth Movement).
    * Rhode Island: Independence Day
    * United States – Bird Day

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

 :slap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 08:37:52 AM
 :lol:

My bad. :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 04, 2009, 08:54:59 AM
May 4 1999

A newly-delivered baby falls through a train toilet as it is born near the city of Guangzhou, China. After the fall, a second train speeds over the newborn. Although the baby survives unharmed, radio announcers are later reprimanded for laughing hysterically as they report the story.

Holy crap.. It survived! :jaw:

Yep, His name is Kyle. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 09:00:50 AM
:lol:

his moms faild abortion attempt.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 04, 2009, 09:06:30 AM
:lol:

his moms faild abortion attempt.

LOL EPIC FAIL

btw I looked at his facebook page. He wasn't even born when I graduated. :lol:  Like uber miniho.  :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 09:10:23 AM
 :lol:

He's a little twirp.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 04, 2009, 10:10:33 AM
:lol:

his moms faild abortion attempt.

LOL EPIC FAIL

btw I looked at his facebook page. He wasn't even born when I graduated. :lol:  Like uber miniho.  :rofl:

Let me guess.

You're talking about Kyle.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 04, 2009, 10:16:26 AM
:lol:

his moms faild abortion attempt.

LOL EPIC FAIL

btw I looked at his facebook page. He wasn't even born when I graduated. :lol:  Like uber miniho.  :rofl:

Let me guess.

You're talking about Kyle.

~Brian

yeppers, read previous post about baby dropping into toilet...Kyle.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 04, 2009, 10:32:03 AM
May 4 1999

A newly-delivered baby falls through a train toilet as it is born near the city of Guangzhou, China. After the fall, a second train speeds over the newborn. Although the baby survives unharmed, radio announcers are later reprimanded for laughing hysterically as they report the story.

Holy crap.. It survived! :jaw:

Yep, His name is Kyle. :lol:

Poor Kyle.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 04, 2009, 11:33:41 AM
nah, Kyle was the test tube baby left in the centerfuge too long :lol:


"One mini-ho on the rocks please.....shakened, not stirred"

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 04, 2009, 11:37:56 AM
nah, Kyle was the test tube baby left in the centerfuge too long :lol:


"One mini-ho on the rocks please.....shakened, not stirred"

:lol:

:rofl:

Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 04, 2009, 12:10:35 PM
nah, Kyle was the test tube baby left in the centerfuge too long :lol:


"One mini-ho on the rocks please.....shakened, not stirred"

:lol:

I thought he was the brown stain on the mattress.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 12:36:42 PM
That was from the hampster.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 04, 2009, 02:33:15 PM
:wtf:  :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 02:44:07 PM
Hola senior mini ho.

how goes the quad venture for ya?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 04, 2009, 02:47:06 PM
Hola senior mini ho.

how goes the quad venture for ya?
just got word today that the ported head and 98mm (+3mm) piston is on its way. a-arms and stem going out tommorrow to get chrome stripped. then everything pc'ed. still need an axle (the LSR was bent) and a new antifade nut.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 04, 2009, 02:50:01 PM
:wtf:  :(


Speaking of the devil.

Just think, Kyle....we would give you shit if we didn't like you.

RK got it much worse back in the day. Now he's one of us.....well, almost.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 04, 2009, 02:51:15 PM
:wtf:  :(


Speaking of the devil.

Just think, Kyle....we would give you shit if we didn't like you.

RK got it much worse back in the day. Now he's one of us.....well, almost.

:lol:

~Brian
but, you do give me alot of shit :lol:

rk is on facebook. look at my friends he's mike B-something
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 02:59:44 PM
Mike Barrier I think.

We're friends :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 03:00:31 PM
the new $ pit :help:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 04, 2009, 03:17:04 PM
No shit?

AWESOME!!!!!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 04, 2009, 03:41:39 PM
hoping to have a powerplant/rear end for it before 2 weeks. it's a 46' Chevy Cab/Front end on top of an 87' Ranger Frame/Rolling chassis. The plan is to find a Mopar powerplant for it. may end up going Chevy 350 though if I can't find anything. As they are abundant up here.

Plan is to get it driving before August.  I will levae it the rusty brown it is for now. It's gonna be a rat rod. So I don't care. final plans are flat black fenders and army green the rest :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 04, 2009, 03:44:12 PM
LOL Kyle.

Was wonderin where RK was....time for some online harassment. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 04, 2009, 04:12:49 PM
hoping to have a powerplant/rear end for it before 2 weeks. it's a 46' Chevy Cab/Front end on top of an 87' Ranger Frame/Rolling chassis. The plan is to find a Mopar powerplant for it. may end up going Chevy 350 though if I can't find anything. As they are abundant up here.

Plan is to get it driving before August.  I will levae it the rusty brown it is for now. It's gonna be a rat rod. So I don't care. final plans are flat black fenders and army green the rest :)

350 four bolt main can't be beat price wise. They are super easy to build and there are thousands of parts for them.

http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/Parts/showcase_detail.jsp?engine=0

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 04, 2009, 04:16:38 PM
aren't the frame's for rangers and exploder (explorers) the same for that model year?  If so I would look into a 5.0 conversion, motor/trans mount location should be easy to bracket up, then find a 87+ 5.0 mass airflow motor with complete harness and you got an EFI daily driver.

Just a thought.

Aaron
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 07:04:45 AM
I'm almost sure the Explorer is bigger.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 07:05:07 AM
Today in history...

May 5

cinco de Mayo bitches!

May 5 2349 BC

Noah's Ark lands on Mount Ararat, according to calculations by James Ussher, Archbishop of the Church of Ireland.

May 5 840

A son of Charlemagne, Emperor Louis of Bavaria, dies of fright during a total eclipse of the sun. His sons quarrel, causing the division of his Empire into France, Germany, and Italy.

May 5 1821

Napoleon dies on the island of St. Helena, some suspect from arsenic poisoning. More likely, he died from stomach cancer as did his father.

May 5 1925

High school teacher John T. Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution by authorities in Dayton, Tennessee, as part of a publicity stunt to make the town famous. Since Scopes admitted teaching the theory, he was found guilty, and the law remained on the books in the backward state until 1967.

May 5 1945

Elsie Mitchell and five children she is watching are killed by a Japanese balloon bomb which drifted over the Pacific into Oregon. They are the only people killed in action on the US mainland during World War II.

May 5 1955

An internal CIA memo emphasizes the need for a drug that creates a state of "pure euphoria" and no letdown. From this springs Operation Midnight Climax, in which CIA brothels were set up in San Francisco, and their customers surreptitiously dosed with LSD by prostitutes. Operative George Hunter White observed reactions behind a two way mirror, purely in the interest of science.

May 5 1961

Alan B. Shepard is the first American in space, with a fifteen minute suborbital flight. He was forced to piss himself in his suit prior to launch, as it lacked an evacuation system.

May 5 1982

Secretary Janet Smith in the computer science department at Vanderbilt University is injured when she opens a package from the Unabomber.

May 5 1993

Dude! After getting pulled over for erratic driving, Keanu Reeves is arrested for drunk driving in Los Angeles.

May 5 2000

"On May 5 of the year 2000, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be aligned with the earth for the first time in 6,000 years. On that day the ice buildup at the South Pole will upset the earth's axis, sending trillions of tons of ice in the water sweeping over the surface of our planet."
-- 5/5/2000: Ice -- the Ultimate Disaster by Richard W Noone

Birthdays today...

    *  867 – Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
    * 1210 – King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
    * 1479 – Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
    * 1546 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
    * 1747 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
    * 1764 – Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
    * 1800 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
    * 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
    * 1818 – Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883)
    * 1826 – Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
    * 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
    * 1832 – H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)
    * 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
    * 1834 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
    * 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
    * 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
    * 1866 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
    * 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
    * 1883 – Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
    * 1887 – Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972)
    * 1889 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1925 (d. 1973)
    * 1890 – Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957)
    * 1899 – Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982)
    * 1901 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
    * 1903 – James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985)
    * 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
    * 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
    * 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
    * 1916 – Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
    * 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (d. 1999)
    * 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
    * 1923 – Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
    * 1925 – Leo Ryan, United States Congressman (d. 1978)
    * 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress
    * 1931 – Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d. 1999)
    * 1934 – Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
    * 1935 – Douglas Marland, American television writer (d. 1993)
    * 1935 – Bernard Pivot, French journalist and television host
    * 1935 – Robert Rehme, American film producer
    * 1936 – Patrick Gowers, British composer
    * 1937 – Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000)
    * 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, British Electronic Music composer (d. 2001)
    * 1938 – Michael Murphy, American actor
    * 1939 – Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams
    * 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter
    * 1940 – Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American film director
    * 1941 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004)
    * 1942 – Marc Alaimo, American actor
    * 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
    * 1943 – Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian
    * 1943 – Raphael, Spanish singer
    * 1944 – Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
    * 1944 – Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor
    * 1944 – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
    * 1945 – Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter
    * 1948 – Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath)
    * 1950 – Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress
    * 1950 – Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer
    * 1952 – Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
    * 1954 – Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
    * 1955 – Melinda Culea, American actress
    * 1956 – Robert Marien, Quebec actor, singer and songwriter
    * 1957 – Richard E. Grant, British actor
    * 1957 – Peter Howitt, British actor and film director
    * 1958 – Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
    * 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer of Echo & the Bunnymen
    * 1959 – Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor
    * 1959 – Brian Williams, American news anchor
    * 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler and politician
    * 1962 – Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
    * 1963 – Simon Rimmer, English chef
    * 1963 – Heidi Kozak, American actress
    * 1963 – James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
    * 1964 – John Lee (placekicker), Korean-born American football player
    * 1965 – Glenn Seton, Australian racing driver
    * 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
    * 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American writer
    * 1967 – Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
    * 1967 – Maro Mavri, Greek fashion model and actress
    * 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality
    * 1970 – Juan Acevedo, baseball player
    * 1970 – LaPhonso Ellis, American basketball player
    * 1970 – Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
    * 1970 – Soheil Ayari, French racer
    * 1971 – Mike Redmond, American baseball player
    * 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
    * 1971 – David Reilly, American singer (GERD Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
    * 1971 – Gary Johnson, British Record Producer
    * 1972 – James Cracknell, British rowing champion, double Olympic gold medalist
    * 1972 – Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad)
    * 1972 – Brad Bombardir, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1973 – Tina Yothers, American actress
    * 1973 – Erik Kowalski, American IDM composer behind Casino Versus Japan
    * 1974 – Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver
    * 1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
    * 1976 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American Musician (d. 2003)
    * 1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
    * 1976 – Dieter Brummer, Australian TV Actor
    * 1977 – Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
    * 1978 – Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor
    * 1978 – Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
    * 1978 – Morgan Pehme, American filmmaker and writer
    * 1978 – Noam Zylberman, voice actor
    * 1979 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
    * 1980 – DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
    * 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli Footballer
    * 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
    * 1981 – Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel
    * 1981 – Chris Duncan, baseball player
    * 1981 – Craig David, English singer
    * 1982 – Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
    * 1982 – Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer
    * 1982 – Randall Gay, National Football League player
    * 1982 – Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer
    * 1983 – Henry Cavill, English actor
    * 1983 – Scott Ware, American footballer
    * 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
    * 1984 – Eve Torres, American dancer and model
    * 1985 – P. J. Tucker, American basketball player
    * 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
    * 1985 – Terrence Wheatley, American Football player
    * 1987 – Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
    * 1988 – Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (d. 1996)
    * 1988 – Brooke Hogan, American singer
    * 1988 – Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
    * 1988 – Adele, English singer
    * 1989 – Chris Brown (douche), American singer and actor

    Famous deaths...

    *  200 – Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)
    *  311 – Galerius, Roman Emperor
    *  984 – Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia
    * 1028 – King Alfonso V of Castile, León, and Galicia
    * 1194 – King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
    * 1219 – King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)
    * 1309 – King Charles II of Naples
    * 1525 – Frederick III of Saxony (b. 1463)
    * 1586 – Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
    * 1604 – Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (b. 1533)
    * 1671 – Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English politician (b. 1602)
    * 1672 – Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
    * 1705 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
    * 1760 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (hanged) (b. 1720)
    * 1766 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
    * 1808 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757)
    * 1811 – Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (b. 1734)
    * 1821 – Napoleon I of France (b. 1769)
    * 1827 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
    * 1833 – Sophia Campbell, Australian artist (b. 1777)
    * 1855 – Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786)
    * 1859 – Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (b. 1805)
    * 1892 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (b. 1818)
    * 1896 – Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
    * 1900 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)
    * 1921 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1864)
    * 1931 – Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (b. 1899)
    * 1941 – Natalija Obrenović, Queen of Serbia (b. 1859)
    * 1942 – Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
    * 1945 – Peter Van Pels, Jewish Refugee (b. 1926)
    * 1947 – Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (b. 1917)
    * 1959 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)
    * 1962 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
    * 1971 – Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (b. 1887)
    * 1977 – Ludwig Erhard, German politician (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany from 1963 until 1966 (b. 1897)
    * 1981 – Bobby Sands, Irish activist (b. 1954)
    * 1983 – Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (b. 1901)
    * 1985 – Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer (b. 1901)
    * 1988 – Michael Shaara, American author (b. 1928)
    * 1992 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer (b. 1927)
    * 1995 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player, grandmaster and world champion. (b. 1911)
    * 1997 – Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
    * 2000 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
    * 2001 – Clifton Hillegass, American writer and publisher
    * 2001 – Raymond Kessler, American midget wrestler
    * 2002 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (b. 1926)
    * 2002 – Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs. (b. 1904)
    * 2002 – George Sidney, American film director (b. 1916)
    * 2003 – Sam Bockarie, RUF Rebel Commander (b. 1964)
    * 2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African activist (b. 1912)
    * 2004 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
    * 2006 – Naushad Ali, Indian composer (b. 1919)
    * 2007 – Theodore Harold Maiman, Inventor, noted for making the first working laser. (b. 1927)
    * 2008 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. 1917)

    Holidays and observances...

    * International Midwives' Day.
    * International Makeout Day.
    * Albania: Martyrs' Day.
    * Council of Europe: Europe Day.
    * CPLP – Community of Portuguese-speaking countries: Lusophone Culture Day.
    * Denmark: Liberation Day (1945).
    * Ethiopia: Patriots' Victory Day (1941).
    * Guyana: Indian Arrival Day (1838).
    * Japan: Tango no Sekku (Boy's Day) or Kodomo no hi (Children's Day).
    * Kyrgyzstan: Constitution Day.
    * Mexico: Cinco de Mayo (1862).
    * Netherlands: Liberation Day (1945).
    * Palau: Senior Citizens Day.
    * Palestinian people: Feast of Saint George.
    * South Korea: Children's Day.
    * Thailand: Coronation Day of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 05, 2009, 08:33:44 AM
aren't the frame's for rangers and exploder (explorers) the same for that model year?  If so I would look into a 5.0 conversion, motor/trans mount location should be easy to bracket up, then find a 87+ 5.0 mass airflow motor with complete harness and you got an EFI daily driver.

Just a thought.

Aaron


Explorers are 3" wider.  I want to stay away from EFI. To much wiring. Carbed motor, SUPER easy :)








May 5 1955

An internal CIA memo emphasizes the need for a drug that creates a state of "pure euphoria" and no letdown. From this springs Operation Midnight Climax, in which CIA brothels were set up in San Francisco, and their customers surreptitiously dosed with LSD by prostitutes. Operative George Hunter White observed reactions behind a two way mirror, purely in the interest of science.


I didn't know peels was that old.... ???

 :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 05, 2009, 09:02:36 AM
maybe yes, maybe no....

it's usually not the block or bellhousing that cause issues and those types of builds.  It's the assessory location. I had a buddy put a 350 into a older Jeep and the biggest issue was routing the rack and pinon steering arm around (or through) the motor components.

Just food for thought.

Aaron
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 09:04:56 AM
Oh yeah.....EFI is too complicated....Keep it simple.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 05, 2009, 09:07:13 AM
Oh yeah.....EFI is too complicated....Keep it simple.

~Brian

I disagree, there are hundreds of retro mod kits available using the stock 5.0 mustang harness, brain, etc.  One nice thing about the over sold mustangs is that parts are easy to find and they're cheap.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 05, 2009, 09:11:11 AM
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=M12071A50%20%20%20%20%20%201&comp=LRS
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 09:13:01 AM
If there is a problem, it's hard to narrow down for your Average Joe.

Besides, it's a Chevy. I would stick to GM powerplant....I wouldn't mix and match, but that's me.

~Brian


Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 05, 2009, 09:16:00 AM
Spoken like a true hard core 660 owner :lol:

"Dat new fangled FI technology makes me scarred!!!"

:rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 09:18:33 AM
Spoken like a true hard core 660 owner :lol:

"Dat new fangled FI technology makes me scarred!!!"

:rofl:

Big difference in a motorcycle and truck.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 05, 2009, 09:27:04 AM
it's really not that hard, helped my buddy do it in his 65' stang. turn key daily driver now.  One nice thing about older viechles is that there is usually plenty of room to route wires.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 05, 2009, 09:35:39 AM
True, but one thing that's nice about Carbed is.. If something happens where it's not running, it's basically one of 2 things, you're not getting spark, or your not getting gas. :thumbs:

If I was going for daily driver I may have considered EFI but, I'm not going for show room, or anything fancy, some minimal body work, get it driving, burn off a set of wheels. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. 8)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 05, 2009, 09:46:45 AM
same thing is true of EFI, and you don't doubt your Scion ;)

it's your build, have fun with it either way :thumbs:

I just watched this build last weekend.  Badass 60 starliner (one of my all time favorite cars) with a Ford GT motor.

 Wicked !!!!:nod:

http://www.bodiestroud.com/completed/?pageid=73

Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 05, 2009, 09:51:06 AM
same thing is true of EFI, and you don't doubt your Scion ;)

it's your build, have fun with it either way :thumbs:

I just watched this build last weekend.  Badass 60 starliner (one of my all time favorite cars) with a Ford GT motor.

 Wicked !!!!:nod:

http://www.bodiestroud.com/completed/?pageid=73




My dad just restored a 61' Starliner last year!!!!!!!! I'll see if I can dig up some pics of it tonight. She's a sexy beast.

I don't doubt my scion, only because, It was built by someone else. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 09:56:17 AM
You can buy a brand new, in crate 350 (290 hp) for $1800....with warranty.

The higher output 350 (330 hp) new in crate is $4800

The 383 motor (340hp) is $4400. The 425 hp version is $5000.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 05, 2009, 09:56:47 AM
True, but one thing that's nice about Carbed is.. If something happens where it's not running, it's basically one of 2 things, you're not getting spark, or your not getting gas. :thumbs:

If I was going for daily driver I may have considered EFI but, I'm not going for show room, or anything fancy, some minimal body work, get it driving, burn off a set of wheels. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. 8)

:lol: those were the days!

I had a carbed Mercury Capri that liked to foul plugs. Needed alot of air to start somedays. Pulll air filter, stick pen in choke valve. Fired right up :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 05, 2009, 09:58:01 AM
I know.. We fired up the coronet a few weeks ago, just turned and turned and turned. pulled the air filter off.. Dumped a bit of gas downt he carb, BAM!  8)


I woulnd't mind finding an old flathead either...... can't hardly find those though anymore.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 10:00:02 AM
I know.. We fired up the coronet a few weeks ago, just turned and turned and turned. pulled the air filter off.. Dumped a bit of gas downt he carb, BAM!  8)


I woulnd't mind finding an old flathead either...... can't hardly find those though anymore.

Here you go....

Link: Ford Flathead (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-FLAT-HEAD-ENGINE-1936-1947-59A_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1240Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ca127601eQQitemZ260401750046QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories)

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 05, 2009, 10:29:56 AM
Got a workmate with a flathead dragster,
handmade alloy heads, runs no coolant, radical beast & the fastest flathead dragster outside mainland USA.
I will try to find some pics for you!
Uber cool
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 05, 2009, 10:38:39 AM
I know.. We fired up the coronet a few weeks ago, just turned and turned and turned. pulled the air filter off.. Dumped a bit of gas downt he carb, BAM!  8)


I woulnd't mind finding an old flathead either...... can't hardly find those though anymore.

Here you go....

Link: Ford Flathead (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-FLAT-HEAD-ENGINE-1936-1947-59A_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1240Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ca127601eQQitemZ260401750046QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories)

~Brian


'
SWEEEEEEEEET!!!! They are so sexy!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 05, 2009, 10:54:35 AM
best pic I can find right now
Think it's actually the tow car not the actual dragster, as the motor don't look right.
Dragster has the flat alloy heads, & this appears to be the 351 powered tow car (otherwise looks very similar)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 11:10:35 AM
I know.. We fired up the coronet a few weeks ago, just turned and turned and turned. pulled the air filter off.. Dumped a bit of gas downt he carb, BAM!  8)


I woulnd't mind finding an old flathead either...... can't hardly find those though anymore.

Here you go....

Link: Ford Flathead (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-FLAT-HEAD-ENGINE-1936-1947-59A_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1240Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ca127601eQQitemZ260401750046QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories)

~Brian


'
SWEEEEEEEEET!!!! They are so sexy!

There a re a few on Ebay complete with transmission.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 05, 2009, 03:16:01 PM
I know.. We fired up the coronet a few weeks ago, just turned and turned and turned. pulled the air filter off.. Dumped a bit of gas downt he carb, BAM!  8)


I woulnd't mind finding an old flathead either...... can't hardly find those though anymore.

Here you go....

Link: Ford Flathead (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-FLAT-HEAD-ENGINE-1936-1947-59A_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1240Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem3ca127601eQQitemZ260401750046QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories)

~Brian


'
SWEEEEEEEEET!!!! They are so sexy!

There a re a few on Ebay complete with transvestite.

~Brian
That'll get ya shifting!!  ::)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 03:28:07 PM
You're closer to Thailand than I am.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 05, 2009, 03:32:35 PM
I'm sure he's sampled the thai there too... Maybe a few surprises in there. :lol: kinda like crackerjacks. A surprise in every box!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 03:35:09 PM
Check for the adam's apple.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 05, 2009, 03:35:59 PM
You're closer to my "girlfriend" in Thailand than I am.

:lol:

~Brian
Jealousy will get ya nowhere!!!

Does pay to check these things out before getting too excited!
If "she" is a bit taller & probably thinner than the other girls in the bar, just a bit wider in the shoulders, & just that bit too pretty, its probably a guy!
Choose someone a bit shorter, bit more curvy, more tendancy to giggle.
Much better chances of not getting a surprise package ::)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 05, 2009, 03:42:11 PM
you sound like you had experienced a surprise prior to looking for all of this stuff. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 05, 2009, 03:53:20 PM
you sound like you had experienced a surprise prior to looking for all of this stuff. :lol:
Very close, but fortunately I already had one chick on the go, & she warned me about the other ;)
One of my friends had been dancing with "her" & when I told him (s)he got the Crocodile Dundee just to make sure :nod:

That was a crazy night, still laugh about that one when we catch up :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 05, 2009, 03:58:22 PM
Take care RS beetches!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 05, 2009, 03:59:10 PM
Take care RS beetches!
You peeling out??
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 04:00:13 PM
If you're worried about your ability to judge or lack thereof, do not ask Temptation to go with you.

 :lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 05, 2009, 04:20:40 PM
If you're worried about your ability to judge or lack thereof, do not ask Temptation to go with you.

 :lol:

~Brian
would be funny to hang back & watch.
& he would help weed out the dodgy ones :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 05, 2009, 04:47:16 PM
I'm sure he won't care either way.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 06, 2009, 05:47:38 AM
Today in history...

May 6 1527

Mercenaries sack the city of Rome, an event considered by many to mark the end of the Renaissance.

May 6 1626

Manhattan purchased by Dutch governor Peter Minuet for the equivalent of $24 in goods, which compounded at 6% annually is approximately $78 billion. But some scholars feel the actual value of the goods transferred to be in excess of $500, which translates to $1.6 trillion for the island when compounded.

May 6 1853

Ignoring signals, a train travels through an open drawbridge and into the Norwalk river in Connecticut, killing 46 passengers. The engineer and crew jumped clear, not warning the others of their fate.

May 6 1862

Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden and the essay Civil Disobedience, dead at age 44. His last words were "Moose.. Indian".

May 6 1937

Zeppelin Hindenberg explodes at Lakehurst NJ, leaving 36 dead and others seriously burned. Official cause of the explosion is listed as "St. Elmo's Fire," although it probably also involved the flammable silver paint the Germans used to coat the thing.

May 6 1983

West German authorities announce that the recently discovered " (Broken link for Hitler Diaries)" are counterfeits, made from paper not available until at least 1955. Parties unknown managed to swindle the German magazine Stern out of an undisclosed sum, and esteemed historian Hugh Trevor-Roper was so convinced of their authenticity that he proclaimed "I'm staking my reputation on it."

May 6 1987

Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker is formally defrocked by the Assemblies of GERD.

May 6 1993

Disgruntled postal worker Mark Richard Hilburn (recently fired) enters the Dana Point, CA post office and shoots two former coworkers, killing one.

May 6 1993

Disgruntled 27-year veteran Lawrence Jasion enters the garage area of the Dearborn, Michigan post office and whips out a .38 revolver. He proceeds to kill mechanic Gary Montes and wound two other coworkers. Before anyone can react, Jasion then blows his brains out. The Dearborn office was infamous for its authoritarian policies.

May 6 2002

Dutch right-wing politician Pim Fortuyn is shot six times in the head as he leaves a recording studio in Hilversum, near Amsterdam. His party platform was based on repeal of the discrimination clause of the constitution, an odd position considering that Fortuyn was homosexual. It is not clear what assassin Volkert van der Graaf's motive was, speculations ranging from Fortuyn's public statements regarding fur farming (van der Graaf is a founder of that country's Animal Liberation Front) to his sympathies towards Dutch Muslims.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1397 – Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)
    * 1501 – Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)
    * 1574 – Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)
    * 1638 – Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
    * 1713 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
    * 1758 – André Masséna, French marshal (d. 1817)
    * 1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)
    * 1769 – Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
    * 1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (d. 1834)
    * 1797 – Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
    * 1800 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
    * 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
    * 1856 – Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920)
    * 1861 – Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
    * 1868 – Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
    * 1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
    * 1871 – Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)
    * 1872 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (d. 1934)
    * 1879 – Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist (d. 1952)
    * 1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938)
    * 1882 – Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (d. 1951)
    * 1895 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
    * 1895 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
    * 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
    * 1897 – Paul Alverdes, German writer (d. 1979)
    * 1898 – Konrad Henlein, pro-Nazi Czechoslovakian politician (d. 1945)
    * 1899 – Billy Cotton, British entertainer (d. 1969)
    * 1902 – Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
    * 1902 – Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
    * 1903 – Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (d. 1977)
    * 1904 – Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
    * 1904 – Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)
    * 1904 – Harry Martinson, Swedish author and poet Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
    * 1906 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005)
    * 1909 – Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcastor (d. 2004)
    * 1913 – Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
    * 1913 – Stewart Granger, English film actor (d. 1993)
    * 1915 – Orson Welles, American director (d. 1985)
    * 1915 – Theodore White, American writer (d. 1986)
    * 1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (d. 1997)
    * 1917 – Kal Mann, American lyricist (d. 2001)
    * 1920 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (d. 1996)
    * 1920 – Kamisese Mara, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (d. 2004)
    * 1920 – Martha Beck, American convicted murderer (d. 1951)
    * 1921 – Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988)
    * 1922 – Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (d. 1999)
    * 1922 – Otmar Suitner, Austrian conductor
    * 1923 – Vladimir Etush, Russian actor
    * 1924 – Denny Wright, British guitarist (d. 1992)
    * 1924 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
    * 1926 – Gilles Grégoire, Quebec politician (d. 2006)
    * 1928 – Robert Poujade, French politician
    * 1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
    * 1931 – Willie Mays, American baseball player
    * 1934 – Richard Shelby, American politician
    * 1936 – Bernard Lemaire, French Canadian businessman
    * 1937 – Rubin Carter, American boxer
    * 1938 – Jean Garon, Quebec economist and politician
    * 1938 – Larry Gogan, Irish radio personality
    * 1942 – Rin Kaiho, professional Go player
    * 1943 – Andreas Baader, member of the Red Army Fraction (d. 1977)
    * 1944 – Anton Furst, American production designer (d. 1991)
    * 1944 – Masanori Murakami, First Japanese baseball player in major leagues
    * 1945 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American musician
    * 1945 – Bob Seger, American singer/songwriter
    * 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
    * 1947 – Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
    * 1948 – Mary MacGregor, American singer
    * 1951 – Samuel Doe, Liberian politician (d. 1990)
    * 1952 – Christian Clavier, French actor
    * 1952 – Gregg Henry, American actor and country musician
    * 1952 – Michael O'Hare, American actor
    * 1953 – Tony Blair, former British prime minister
    * 1953 – Lynn Whitfield, American actress
    * 1953 – Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician
    * 1953 – Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer/manager
    * 1954 – Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician
    * 1955 – Tom Bergeron, American game show host
    * 1956 – Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek comedian and script writer
    * 1958 – Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
    * 1960 – Roma Downey, Northern Irish actress
    * 1960 – John Flansburgh, American musician (They Might Be Giants)
    * 1960 – Anne Parillaud, French actress
    * 1960 – Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
    * 1961 – George Clooney, American actor
    * 1962 – Adam Yellin, American record producer
    * 1964 – Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996)
    * 1965 – Leslie Hope, Canadian actress
    * 1968 – Lætitia Sadier, French singer (Stereolab)
    * 1968 – Dave Levine, "Sextoy Dave", American millionaire
    * 1969 – Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer
    * 1970 – Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
    * 1970 – Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
    * 1971 – Chris Shiflett, Guitarist for Foo Fighters
    * 1972 – Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1972 – Naoko Takahashi, Japanese long-distance runner
    * 1977 – Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
    * 1977 – Marc Chouinard, French Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1977 – Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player
    * 1978 – John Abraham, American football player
    * 1978 – Fredrick Federley, Swedish politician
    * 1978 – Alexander Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder
    * 1979 – Kerry Ellis, West End actress
    * 1979 – Nikki Hayes, Irish radio personality
    * 1979 – Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
    * 1980 – Scott Colton, American professional wrestler
    * 1980 – Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
    * 1980 – Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM)
    * 1980 – Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star
    * 1981 – Mark O'Connell, American drummer (Taking Back Sunday)
    * 1981 – Matthew Leone and Nathan Leone, American musicians
    * 1981 – Nicholas Setta, American Canadian football player
    * 1981 – Edyta Sliwinska, Polish dancer
    * 1983 – Dani Alves, Brazillian footballer
    * 1983 – Adrianne Palicki, American actress
    * 1984 – Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
    * 1985 – Chris Paul, American basketball player
    * 1986 – Cindy Daniel, Quebec singer
    * 1986 – Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
    * 1987 – Moon Geun-young, South Korean actress
    * 1989 – Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakian tennis player
    * 1996 – Dominic Scott Kay, American actor

    Famous deaths...

    *  680 – Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)
    * 1502 – James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)
    * 1596 – Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)
    * 1620 – Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)
    * 1631 – Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician
    * 1638 – Cornelius Jansen, French bishop and religious reformer (b. 1585)
    * 1708 – François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)
    * 1757 – Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
    * 1757 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683)
    * 1757 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
    * 1840 – Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)
    * 1859 – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (b. 1769)
    * 1862 – Henry David Thoreau, American author and philosopher (b. 1817)
    * 1877 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)
    * 1882 – Thomas Henry Burke, civil servant (b. 1829)
    * 1882 – Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (b. 1836)
    * 1902 – Bret Harte, American author (b. 1836)
    * 1910 – King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
    * 1919 – L. Frank Baum, American writer (b. 1856)
    * 1939 – Konstantin Somov, Russian writer (b. 1869)
    * 1949 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
    * 1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1869)
    * 1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian educator (b. 1870)
    * 1961 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
    * 1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1881)
    * 1963 – Monty Woolley, American actor (b. 1888)
    * 1967 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885)
    * 1970 – Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
    * 1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish Left-wing Political Activist (b. 1947)
    * 1973 – Ernest MacMillan, Canadian orchestra conductor and composer (b. 1893)
    * 1975 – József Mindszenty, Hungarian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1892)
    * 1983 – Kai Winding, American trombonist and jazz composer (b. 1922)
    * 1984 – Bonner Pink, Conservative Party politician
    * 1984 – Mary Cain, Mississippi newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)
    * 1985 – Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (b. 1968)
    * 1987 – William Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913)
    * 1989 – Earl Blaik, Former American football coach (b. 1897)
    * 1990 – Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
    * 1991 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
    * 1992 – Marlene Dietrich, German actress (b. 1901)
    * 1992 – Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1921)
    * 1992 – Jilly Rizzo, restaurateur (b. 1917)
    * 1993 – Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909)
    * 1995 – Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
    * 1995 – Hilda Toledano, self-styled Duchess of Braganza (b. 1907)
    * 2002 – Otis Blackwell, American pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1932)
    * 2002 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948)
    * 2003 – Art Houtteman, baseball player (b. 1927)
    * 2004 – Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher (b. 1912)
    * 2004 – Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (b. 1923)
    * 2006 – Lillian Asplund, last American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1906)
    * 2006 – Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (b. 1926)
    * 2006 – Grant McLennan, co-founder of Australian band The Go-Betweens (b. 1958)
    * 2006 – Lorne Saxberg, Canadian television journalist (b. 1958)
    * 2007 – Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
    * 2007 – Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
    * 2007 – Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter (b. 1943)

    Holidays and observances...

    * International No Diet Day
    * Bulgaria: Army Day
    * Lebanon, Syria: Martyrs' Day
    * Gorani, Roma: Đurđevdan
    * Turkey: Hıdırellez

Have a great Wednesday...

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 06, 2009, 08:20:37 AM
* International No Diet Day

Isn't that celebrated year-round in Arkansas ???

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 06, 2009, 08:57:44 AM
* International No Diet Day

Isn't that celebrated year-round in Arkansas ???

:lol:

No, that would be "bang your sister day."  ;)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 06, 2009, 09:27:57 AM
* International No Diet Day

Isn't that celebrated year-round in Arkansas ???

:lol:

They deep fry everything here.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 06, 2009, 10:11:29 AM
every time I talk to you I listen for the "Sling blade" accent, you must be reformed :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 06, 2009, 10:29:21 AM
Got any freench fried taters? Mmmhmmm.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 06, 2009, 10:30:42 AM
May 6 1993

Disgruntled postal worker Mark Richard Hilburn (recently fired) enters the Dana Point, CA post office and shoots two former coworkers, killing one.

Only one...? Weak.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 06, 2009, 01:01:06 PM
* International No Diet Day

Isn't that celebrated year-round in Arkansas ???

:lol:

They deep fry everything here.

:lol:

~Brian
??? even the sister you're banging???
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 06, 2009, 01:05:03 PM
* International No Diet Day

Isn't that celebrated year-round in Arkansas ???

:lol:

They deep fry everything here.

:lol:

~Brian
??? even the sister you're banging???

oh yeah, that comes with ranch dip.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 06, 2009, 01:06:58 PM
* International No Diet Day

Isn't that celebrated year-round in Arkansas ???

:lol:

They deep fry everything here.

:lol:

~Brian
??? even the sister you're banging???

oh yeah, that comes with ranch dip.

Hmmm Tasty.............. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 06, 2009, 01:43:19 PM
Well, I heard a loud pop this morning cleaning the pool when my timer turned on.

It was my pool pump.

$566 + $100 in labor to install it.

I'm seeking a cheaper alternative.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 06, 2009, 01:45:10 PM
Well, I heard a loud pop this morning cleaning the pool when my timer turned on.

It was my pool pump.

$566 + $100 in labor to install it.

I'm seeking a cheaper alternative.

~Brian
Damn expensive I think.
Replaced the pump on the pool at home.
labour free, I did it myself
Pump $400NZ, so about $250US
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 06, 2009, 01:56:02 PM
I need to be 100% sure that's the problem.

That's what my pool builder told me.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 06, 2009, 01:58:24 PM
I need to be 100% sure that's the problem.

That's what my pool builder told me.

~Brian
Can you get the pump out & run it seperate from the timer etc?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 06, 2009, 02:01:12 PM
Well, I heard a loud pop this morning cleaning the pool when my timer turned on.

It was my pool pump.

$566 + $100 in labor to install it.

I'm seeking a cheaper alternative.

~Brian

I volunteer to be the Pool Boy while Brandy "supervises"


You can just stay at work and not worry bout it ;)

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 06, 2009, 02:07:50 PM
Well, I heard a loud pop this morning cleaning the pool when my timer turned on.

It was my pool pump.

$566 + $100 in labor to install it.

I'm seeking a cheaper alternative.

~Brian

I volunteer to be the Pool Boy while Brandy "supervises"


You can just stay at work and not worry bout it ;)

:lol:
Brandy ;) now ya talking, where do you live again???
I'm sure I could sort her it out for you :P
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 06, 2009, 02:14:51 PM
Later Skaters

splittin early!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 06, 2009, 02:26:48 PM
brian, did you catch my daily deal this morning. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 06, 2009, 04:34:53 PM
No, I missed it sorry.

I just got off the phone with my local pool place.....They TOTALLY pissed me off.

I got the motor for, seal, and everything to do the job for $178.73

F*ck my local pool dealer. $463 my ass!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 06, 2009, 04:41:28 PM
no biggie, Just a salt water conversion thing, I remember you talking about doing that w/ your pool.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 06, 2009, 05:24:02 PM
No, I missed it sorry.

I just got off the phone with my local pool place.....They TOTALLY pissed me off.

I got the motor for, seal, and everything to do the job for $178.73

F*ck my local pool dealer. $463 my ass!

~Brian

glad you did the research and didn't get hosed :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 07, 2009, 08:18:19 AM
GOOOOOOD MORNING RAPTOR SOURCE!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 07, 2009, 08:55:39 AM
Today in history...

May 7 1915

The ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed by German submarine U-20 off the coast of Ireland. The ship goes under in just 18 minutes. In their panic, the crew only manages to launch 6 of the 48 lifeboats. As a result 1,201 are killed. Contrary to published reports of the time, the passenger ship was smuggling 3,863 boxes of ammunition and 323 bundles of guncotton into Britain.

May 7 1945

German admiral Carl Doenitz unconditionally surrenders to Allied forces at Reims, France, thus ending the war in Europe.

May 7 1959

Small-time boxing promoter Don King is arrested in Cleveland on suspicion of drug dealing. His criminal record includes a 1955 arrest for arson, a 1954 arrest for murder, and others.

May 7 2001

Ronnie Biggs, England's escaped "Great Train Robber," returns to face the music after 35 years as a fugitive. After serving just fifteen months of a 30-year sentence, Biggs escaped from prison and fled to Brazil, where he avoided extradition by fathering the baby of a 19-year-old stripper. Partially paralyzed by a couple of strokes, Biggs returns to England for one last pint of beer before he dies. Instead he is taken into custody at Heathrow airport and promptly sent to Belmarsh prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1328 – Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)
    * 1530 – Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (d. 1569)
    * 1643 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)
    * 1700 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (d. 1772)
    * 1724 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
    * 1740 – Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)
    * 1748 – Olympe de Gouges, playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793)
    * 1763 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince (d. 1813)
    * 1767 – Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
    * 1774 – William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)
    * 1787 – Jacques Viger, French Canadian politician, first mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
    * 1812 – Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
    * 1833 – Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
    * 1836 – Joseph Gurney Cannon, American politician (d. 1926)
    * 1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
    * 1847 – Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
    * 1857 – William A. MacCorkle, American politician (d. 1930)
    * 1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
    * 1867 – Władysław Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1925)
    * 1882 – Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d. 1960)
    * 1885 – George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
    * 1891 – Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)
    * 1892 – Archibald MacLeish, American Librarian of Congress (d. 1982)
    * 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)
    * 1893 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (d. 1985)
    * 1896 – Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)
    * 1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
    * 1909 – Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)
    * 1911 – Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993)
    * 1912 – Pannalal Patel, Gujarati author (d. 1989)
    * 1914 – Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (d. 1996)
    * 1916 – Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (d. 1986)
    * 1917 – David Tomlinson, English film actor (d. 2000)
    * 1919 – Eva Peron, Argentine first lady (d. 1952)
    * 1922 – Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006)
    * 1922 – Darren McGavin, American actor (d. 2006)
    * 1922 – Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (d. 2007)
    * 1923 – Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
    * 1924 – Albert Band, American film director (d. 2002)
    * 1927 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter
    * 1927 – Jim Lowe, American singer
    * 1929 – Babe Parilli, American football player
    * 1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, manager and coach
    * 1930 – Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
    * 1931 – Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (d. 2007)
    * 1932 – Pete Domenici, Republican senator from New Mexico
    * 1933 – Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)
    * 1933 – Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer
    * 1935 – Isobel Warren, Canadian author
    * 1937 – Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player
    * 1939 – Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
    * 1939 – Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
    * 1939 – Johnny Maestro, American pop singer
    * 1939 – Jimmy Ruffin, American singer
    * 1939 – Ruggero Deodato, Italian film director, actor and screen writer
    * 1940 – Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
    * 1940 – Jim Connors, American Radio personality (d. 1987)
    * 1941 – Catherine P. Saxton, British-born American public relations executive
    * 1943 – Terry Allen, American country music singer
    * 1943 – Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter
    * 1943 – Peter Carey, Australian author
    * 1944 – Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (d. 2006)
    * 1944 – Richard O'Sullivan, British actor
    * 1945 – Christy Moore, Irish folk artist
    * 1945 – Robin Strasser, American TV soap opera actress
    * 1946 – Thelma Houston, American singer
    * 1946 – Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
    * 1946 – Brian Turner, English celebrity chef
    * 1949 – Andrew Clements, American author
    * 1950 – Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor
    * 1950 – Tim Russert, American television host (d. 2008)
    * 1951 – Robert Hegyes, American actor
    * 1953 – Pat McInally, American National Football League player
    * 1953 – Ian McKay, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
    * 1954 – Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
    * 1954 – Amy Heckerling, American director
    * 1955 – Ben Poquette, American basketball player
    * 1955 – Peter Reckell, American actor
    * 1955 – Kevin Reed, American theologian
    * 1956 – Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
    * 1956 – Anne Dudley, British composer
    * 1956 – Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host
    * 1957 – Ray Fernandez, American wrestler (d. 2004)
    * 1958 – Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist
    * 1959 – Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (d. 1985)
    * 1959 – Michael E. Knight, American actor
    * 1960 – Adam Bernstein, American music video/television director
    * 1960 – Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist
    * 1961 – Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead)
    * 1963 – Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
    * 1964 – Doug Benson, American comedian
    * 1965 – Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
    * 1965 – Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish Footballer
    * 1967 – Joe Rice, legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado
    * 1968 – Traci Lords, American actress
    * 1969 – Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
    * 1969 – Rick Porras, American co-producer
    * 1970 – Kim Su-ro, South Korean actor
    * 1971 – Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
    * 1972 – Felix Da Housecat, American House music DJ and record producer
    * 1972 – Frank Trigg, American Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
    * 1973 – Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter
    * 1973 – Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
    * 1974 – Breckin Meyer, American actor
    * 1974 – Ian Pearce, English footballer
    * 1975 – Jason Tunks, Canadian track & field athlete
    * 1975 – Nicole Sheridan, American porn star
    * 1975 – Zee, American hip hop artist
    * 1977 – Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
    * 1977 – Patrick Johnson, American broadcaster
    * 1978 – Brian Clevinger, American author
    * 1978 – Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician
    * 1978 – Shawn Marion, American basketball player
    * 1979 – Katie Douglas, American basketball player
    * 1980 – Muhammad Usman, Pakistani Software Engineer
    * 1980 – Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
    * 1980 – Kate Lawler, English reality television personality and disc jockey
    * 1982 – Akos Buzsaky, Hungarian Football player
    * 1984 – Alex Smith, American football player
    * 1984 – Drew Stanton, American football player
    * 1984 – James Loney, American baseball player
    * 1985 – Drew Neitzel, American college basketball player
    * 1985 – Dan Sweetman, Australian Children's Television Host
    * 1986 – Mark Furze, Australian actor
    * 1986 – Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys
    * 1987 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)
    * 1988 – Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious

    Famous deaths...

    *  973 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
    * 1092 – Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)
    * 1427 – Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman
    * 1523 – Franz von Sickingen, German soldier (b. 1481)
    * 1539 – Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)
    * 1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
    * 1615 – Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
    * 1617 – David Fabricius, German astronomer (b. 1564)
    * 1667 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616)
    * 1682 – Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
    * 1718 – Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)
    * 1793 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (b. 1722)
    * 1800 – Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
    * 1805 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
    * 1825 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (b. 1750)
    * 1840 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
    * 1868 – Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
    * 1876 – William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795)
    * 1887 – C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)
    * 1896 – H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)
    * 1922 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)
    * 1925 – William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)
    * 1940 – George Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (b. 1859)
    * 1941 – Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854)
    * 1942 – Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (b. 1863)
    * 1951 – Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
    * 1967 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Formula One driver (b. 1935)
    * 1986 – Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949)
    * 1987 – Colin Blakely, British actor (b. 1930)
    * 1989 – Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924)
    * 1995 – Ray McKinley, American jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (b. 1910)
    * 1998 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)
    * 1998 – Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
    * 2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
    * 2002 – Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974)
    * 2002 – Kevyn Aucoin, Makeup Artist and Photographer (b. 1962)
    * 2004 – Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)
    * 2005 – Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
    * 2005 – Peter W. Rodino, American politician (b. 1909)
    * 2005 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
    * 2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b. 1943)
    * 2006 – Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)
    * 2006 – Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (b. 1943)
    * 2007 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
    * 2007 – Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (b. 1926)
    * 2007 – Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)
    * 2009 – Leonard Snee, a New Zealand police officer killed in the line of duty

    Holidays and observances...

    * Pahang (Malaysia): Hari Hol
    * Russia: Radio Day (commemorating the work of Alexander Popov)
    * Acacius of Byzantium
    * Saint Flavia Domitilla
    * John of Beverley
    * United States of America: National Day of Prayer (2009)


Have a great Thursday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 07, 2009, 08:59:53 AM
bout time you show up, just becuase you only get one day off every three years you think you can just stroll in with the news late huh?

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 07, 2009, 09:06:53 AM
May 7 2001

Ronnie Biggs, England's escaped "Great Train Robber," returns to face the music after 35 years as a fugitive. After serving just fifteen months of a 30-year sentence, Biggs escaped from prison and fled to Brazil, where he avoided extradition by fathering the baby of a 19-year-old stripper. Partially paralyzed by a couple of strokes, Biggs returns to England for one last pint of beer before he dies. Instead he is taken into custody at Heathrow airport and promptly sent to Belmarsh prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence.


Straight up badass.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 07, 2009, 09:31:50 AM
bout time you show up, just becuase you only get one day off every three years you think you can just stroll in with the news late huh?

:lol:


Know your role Brian! Slacker.

Morning Beetches!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 07, 2009, 09:52:51 AM
bout time you show up, just becuase you only get one day off every three years you think you can just stroll in with the news late huh?

:lol:


I slept in....didn't get up until 0955.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 07, 2009, 10:17:10 AM
bout time you show up, just becuase you only get one day off every three years you think you can just stroll in with the news late huh?

:lol:


I slept in....didn't get up until 0955.

~Brian
Did you say hello & good morning to Brandy from us all yet??
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 07, 2009, 01:08:09 PM
bout time you show up, just becuase you only get one day off every three years you think you can just stroll in with the news late huh?

:lol:


I slept in....didn't get up until 0955.

~Brian
Did you say hello & good morning to Brandy from us all yet??

She didn't make you breakfast too? :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 07, 2009, 01:09:10 PM
bout time you show up, just becuase you only get one day off every three years you think you can just stroll in with the news late huh?

:lol:


I slept in....didn't get up until 0955.

~Brian
Did you say hello & good morning to Brandy from us all yet??

She didn't make you breakfast too? :lol:
Na, missed out
Next time maybe :P
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 07, 2009, 05:00:47 PM
evenin gentlemen.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 07, 2009, 07:59:12 PM
Ahem!     :mad:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 07, 2009, 08:01:15 PM
sorry babe, he only acknowledges the sex he's attracted to :confused:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 07, 2009, 08:03:45 PM
sorry babe, he only acknowledges the sex he's attracted to :confused:

Go figure
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 07, 2009, 08:07:15 PM
yep, he's about as straight as horseshoe :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 08, 2009, 01:31:25 AM
yep, he's about as straight as horseshoe :lol:
rubber horseshoe.............................bends both ways ::)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 08, 2009, 06:16:41 AM
Ahem!     :mad:

oh :bird:



and same to you aaron :bird:

 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 08, 2009, 07:15:34 AM
Today in history...

May 8 1842

Following a birthday celebration for King Louis Philippe, 59 Parisians returning home by train are trapped in their railcars and incinerated when their train collides with another. In these early days of rail travel, coaches were locked and no means of escape was available.

May 8 1902

Mt. Peleé erupts on the West Indies island of Martinique. A wall of superheated ash and rock cascades down the slopes, slamming directly into the community of Saint Pierre. The shockwave and intense heat even manage to destroy twenty ships in the harbor. Only two of the town's 28,000 residents survive the cataclysm.

May 8 1988

Science fiction author Robert A Heinlein dies of emphysema, leaving behind a legacy of subversive novels -- many of which meditating on unconventional sexual mores.

May 8 1991

In a room at Little Rock's Excelsior Hotel, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton exposes his penis to state employee Paula Jones and propositions her to perform fellatio. In her civil deposition, Jones will later claim to have witnessed certain "distinguishing characteristics" of the governor's genitalia, the precise nature of which soon becomes the subject of much speculation. For her trouble, Jones eventually receives an out-of-court settlement for $850,000 and a nude pictorial in Penthouse magazine.

May 8 1998

Former Senator and onetime Presidential candidate Bob Dole tells television interviewer Larry King that he participated in the Viagra impotence drug trials, and thoroughly enjoyed himself in the process. Dole's name soon becomes synonymous with erectile dysfunction.

May 8 1999

Actress Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes, dies in Oklahoma of an overdose of Valium and Loritab. Just the previous day, Plato had appeared on the Howard Stern syndicated radio program claiming to be clean and sober.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1326 – Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)
    * 1460 – Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
    * 1521 – Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)
    * 1587 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
    * 1622 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
    * 1629 – Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)
    * 1632 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)
    * 1653 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
    * 1668 – Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747)
    * 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)
    * 1735 – Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811)
    * 1738 – Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
    * 1753 – Miguel Hidalgo Mexican revolutionary (d. 1811)
    * 1786 – Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
    * 1821 – William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885)
    * 1825 – George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)
    * 1828 – Jean Henri Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross; Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
    * 1828 – Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898)
    * 1829 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869)
    * 1835 – Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910)
    * 1839 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist
    * 1842 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (d. 1909)
    * 1847 – Oscar Hammerstein I, American theater producer and impresario (d. 1919)
    * 1850 – Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)
    * 1853 – Dan Brouthers, baseball player (d. 1932)
    * 1858 – John Meade Falkner, English novelist (d. 1932)
    * 1859 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925)
    * 1884 – Harry S Truman, President of the United States (d. 1972)
    * 1893 – Edd Roush, baseball player (d. 1988)
    * 1893 – Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)
    * 1893 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and businessman (d. 1967)
    * 1895 – James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (d. 1962)
    * 1895 – Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop (d. 1979)
    * 1895 – Edmund Wilson, American writer (d. 1972)
    * 1899 – Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
    * 1899 – Friedrich Hayek, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
    * 1901 – Turkey Stearnes, baseball player (d. 1979)
    * 1902 – Andre Michael Lwoff, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
    * 1903 – Fernandel, French actor (d. 1971)
    * 1904 – John Snagge, British radio personality (d. 1996)
    * 1905 – Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965)
    * 1906 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
    * 1910 – Andrew E. Svenson, American children's book author and publisher (d. 1975)
    * 1911 – Robert Johnson, American blues musician (d. 1938)
    * 1913 – Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984)
    * 1914 – Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980)
    * 1915 – Milton Meltzer, American writer
    * 1916 – João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist
    * 1916 – Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
    * 1919 – Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
    * 1920 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
    * 1920 – Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (d. 1991)
    * 1920 – Sloan Wilson, American author (d. 2003)
    * 1925 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania
    * 1926 – David Attenborough, English naturalist
    * 1926 – Don Rickles, American comedian
    * 1927 – Chumy Chúmez, Spanish film director (d. 2003)
    * 1928 – Theodore Sorenson, American writer
    * 1929 – Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician
    * 1929 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born actress (d. 2007)
    * 1930 – Heather Harper, Irish singer
    * 1930 – Gary Snyder, American poet
    * 1932 – Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
    * 1932 – Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
    * 1932 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970)
    * 1935 – Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, 7th in the Line of succession to the Danish Throne
    * 1935 – Jack Charlton, English footballer
    * 1937 – Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician
    * 1937 – Thomas Pynchon, American novelist
    * 1937 – Mike Cuellar, baseball player
    * 1940 – Peter Benchley, American author (d. 2006)
    * 1940 – Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician
    * 1940 – Ricky Nelson, American singer (d. 1985)
    * 1940 – Toni Tennille, American singer
    * 1941 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
    * 1941 – John Fred, American singer (d. 2005)
    * 1941 – Bill Lockyer, American politician
    * 1942 – Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer
    * 1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith, British bassist (The Yardbirds)
    * 1944 – Gary Glitter, English singer
    * 1945 – Keith Jarrett, American musician
    * 1946 – André Boulerice, Quebec politician
    * 1947 – H. Robert Horvitz, Nobel laureate
    * 1948 – Felicity Lott, English singer
    * 1948 – Steve Braun, baseball player
    * 1948 – Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
    * 1950 – Robert Mugge, American music documentary film maker
    * 1951 – Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
    * 1951 – Mike D'Antoni, NBA coach (New York Knicks)
    * 1951 – Chris Frantz, American musician (Talking Heads)
    * 1953 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
    * 1953 – Billy Burnette, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
    * 1954 – Stephen Furst, American actor
    * 1954 – David Keith, American actor
    * 1957 – Bill Cowher, American football coach
    * 1957 – Marie Myriam, French singer
    * 1958 – Lovie Smith, American football coach
    * 1959 – Ronnie Lott, American football player
    * 1960 – Franco Baresi, Italian footballer
    * 1960 – Eric Brittingham, American bassist
    * 1961 – Janet McTeer, British actress
    * 1961 – David Winning, Canadian film director
    * 1961 – Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
    * 1963 – Terry Christian, British radio presenter
    * 1963 – Sylvain Cossette, Quebec singer and songwriter
    * 1963 – Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor
    * 1963 – Robin Jarvis, British writer
    * 1963 – Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
    * 1964 – Melissa Gilbert, American actress
    * 1964 – Bobby Labonte, American race car driver
    * 1964 – Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)
    * 1966 – Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer
    * 1966 – Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
    * 1968 – Jamie Summers, American porn star
    * 1968 – Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
    * 1968 – Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec politician
    * 1969 – Akebono Taro, sumo wrestler
    * 1970 – Luis Enrique, Spanish football player
    * 1972 – Darren Hayes, Australian singer
    * 1972 – Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1973 – Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist
    * 1973 – Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian
    * 1973 – Kris Hudson-Lee, English musician
    * 1974 – Jon Tickle, English entertainer
    * 1974 – Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)
    * 1975 – Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer
    * 1975 – Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
    * 1975 – Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver
    * 1976 – Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
    * 1976 – Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps)
    * 1977 – Jennifer Walcott, American Playboy Playmate
    * 1978 – Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer
    * 1978 – Matthew Davis, American actor
    * 1978 – Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
    * 1978 – Josie Maran, American model
    * 1980 – Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
    * 1980 – Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
    * 1981 – Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
    * 1981 – Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist
    * 1981 – Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer
    * 1981 – John Maine, American baseball player
    * 1982 – Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player
    * 1983 – Matt Willis, British singer
    * 1984 – Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)
    * 1985 – Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress
    * 1986 – Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
    * 1987 – Felix Jones, American football player

    Famous deaths...

    * 1192 – Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)
    * 1278 – Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)
    * 1319 – King Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270)
    * 1473 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
    * 1538 – Edward Fox, English bishop
    * 1672 – Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
    * 1766 – Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)
    * 1773 – Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728)
    * 1781 – Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
    * 1785 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719)
    * 1785 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (b. 1701)
    * 1788 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
    * 1794 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743)
    * 1819 – Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii
    * 1828 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781)
    * 1837 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)
    * 1842 – Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)
    * 1853 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (b. 1785)
    * 1873 – John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806)
    * 1880 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
    * 1891 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian-born author (b. 1831)
    * 1903 – Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)
    * 1907 – Edmund G. Ross, American Senator (b. 1826)
    * 1936 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
    * 1943 – Mordechaj Anielewicz, Polish Resistance Fighter (b. 1919)
    * 1945 – Wilhelm Rediess, SS and Police leader of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1900)
    * 1945 – Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883)
    * 1945 – Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1898)
    * 1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
    * 1948 – U Saw, Burmese politician (b. 1900)
    * 1950 – Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (b. 1865)
    * 1952 – William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
    * 1960 – J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904)
    * 1967 – LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1911)
    * 1969 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892)
    * 1975 – Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887)
    * 1982 – Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
    * 1982 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)
    * 1984 – Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (b. 1890)
    * 1984 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
    * 1985 – Theodore Sturgeon, American science fiction writer (b. 1918)
    * 1985 – Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)
    * 1986 – Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (b. 1922)
    * 1987 – Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (b. 1920)
    * 1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (b. 1907)
    * 1990 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
    * 1991 – Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (b. 1907)
    * 1991 – Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b. 1903)
    * 1993 – Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923)
    * 1994 – George Peppard, American actor (b. 1928)
    * 1995 – Teresa Teng, Asian superstar (b. 1953)
    * 1996 – Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
    * 1996 – Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
    * 1996 – Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
    * 1998 – Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
    * 1999 – Dirk Bogarde, British actor (b. 1921)
    * 1999 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
    * 1999 – Shel Silverstein, american poet (b. 1930)
    * 1999 – Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
    * 2000 – Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
    * 2000 – Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (b. 1959)
    * 2000 – Henry Nicols, AIDS activist (b. 1973)
    * 2005 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
    * 2006 – Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (b. 1938)
    * 2008 – Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918)
    * 2008 – François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982)

    Holidays and observances...

    * World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
    * United Nations: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
      (continues on May 9)
    * Europe: Victory in Europe Day
    * Missouri: Truman Day
    * South Korea: Parents' Day
    * Theosophy: White Lotus Day

Have a great Friday.

~Brian


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 08, 2009, 07:24:19 AM
May 8 1999

Actress Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes, dies in Oklahoma of an overdose of Valium and Loritab. Just the previous day, Plato had appeared on the Howard Stern syndicated radio program claiming to be clean and sober.


That's like saying brian doens't look at porn anymore.......
 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 08, 2009, 07:26:42 AM
Suck it Trebeck.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 08, 2009, 07:31:15 AM
Well... Prove me wrong.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 08, 2009, 01:42:20 PM
Well... Prove me wrong.  :lol:

I plead the 5th.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 08, 2009, 09:10:06 PM
Well... Prove me wrong.  :lol:

I plead the 5th.

~Brian
Neither Brian or I look at porn except in the interests of keeping the Anything goes thread up to date with pictures that we think may be of interest to our fellow RS members.
Of coure at times the pictures may require a lot of "vetting" to ensure only the most suitable ones are posted.
We only do this out of the goodness of our hearts & as a service to our fellow men & women who share this forum... :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 08, 2009, 09:58:52 PM
 :rofl:

We all thank you from the bottom of our...... Hearts..   :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 08, 2009, 10:46:46 PM
:rofl:

We all thank you from the bottom of our...... Hearts..   :lol:
& your wrists needed the strengthening exercises so you could hang onto your Raptors better :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 09, 2009, 07:00:45 AM
Today in history...

May 9 1950

L. Ron Hubbard publishes the first edition of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. This follows on the heels of a feature article in the pulp sci-fi magazine Astounding Science Fiction. A book review in the The New Republic describes the work as "a bold and immodest mixture of complete nonsense and perfectly reasonable common sense, taken from long-acknowledged findings and disguised and distorted by a crazy, newly invented terminology." The subsequent movement goes on to become one of the scariest, most powerful pseudo-religious cults in modern history.

May 9 1978

The body of former Italian premier Aldo Moro is discovered in the back seat of a Renault. He had been kidnapped 54 days prior by the Red Brigades, who demanded the release of their incarcerated comrades. When Italian authorities refused to give in, Moro's captors killed him. Above is a photo of the hostage holding a newspaper announcing his own death.

May 9 1979

Northwestern University graduate student John Harris opens a cigar box left sitting on a table in the Technological Institute. The resulting blast only manages to inflict minor lacerations and burns. It is later determined to be the second explosive device fabricated by the Unabomber.

May 9 1980

35 people are killed in Tampa, Florida when the Liberian cargo ship Summit Venture smashes into a supporting pier of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Seven vehicles, including a Greyhound bus, topple into the water 150 feet below.

May 9 1983

The infallible Pope John Paul II retracts the Catholic Church's condemnation of astronomer Galileo Galilei, issued in 1633 by the infallible Pope Urban VIII. The Church had convicted the scientist of heresy, sentenced him to house arrest, and forced him to recant central scientific truths. In the end, this error only took 350 years to correct.

May 9 1995

The CDC in Atlanta identifies a new strain of filovirus in blood samples taken from 14 disease victims in Kikwit, Zaire. Designated "Ebola," this new pathogen proves to be so tremendously virulent that the government of Zaire is forced to place the entire city of Kinshasa under quarantine in order to contain the outbreak.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
    * 1741 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)
    * 1800 – John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
    * 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895)
    * 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)
    * 1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
    * 1873 – Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
    * 1874 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
    * 1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
    * 1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder (d. 1967)
    * 1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
    * 1886 – Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
    * 1887 – Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957)
    * 1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
    * 1893 – William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)
    * 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
    * 1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
    * 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
    * 1907 – Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)
    * 1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)
    * 1907 – Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete (d. 1950)
    * 1908 – Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (d. 2007)
    * 1909 – Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)
    * 1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)
    * 1912 – Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)
    * 1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian musician and conductor (d. 2005)
    * 1914 – Hank Snow, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
    * 1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist
    * 1918 – Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)
    * 1918 – Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek member of the World War II resistance
    * 1919 – Arthur English, English actor and comedian (d. 1995)
    * 1920 – Richard Adams, English author
    * 1920 – William Tenn, American author
    * 1921 – Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943)
    * 1921 – Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
    * 1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist
    * 1923 – Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
    * 1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (d. 1997)
    * 1927 – Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
    * 1928 – Ralph Goings, American painter
    * 1928 – Pancho Gonzalez, American tennis player (d. 1995)
    * 1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater
    * 1929 – Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
    * 1930 – Joan Sims, British actress (d. 2001)
    * 1931 – Vance Brand, American astronaut
    * 1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress
    * 1934 – Alan Bennett, British author
    * 1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (The Ventures)
    * 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English children's author (Mr. Men) (d. 1988)
    * 1936 – Albert Finney, British actor
    * 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
    * 1937 – José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
    * 1937 – David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
    * 1938 – Charles Simic, Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States
    * 1939 – Ralph Boston, American athlete
    * 1939 – Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
    * 1939 – Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis manager
    * 1940 – James L. Brooks, American film producer and writer
    * 1942 – John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
    * 1942 – Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter
    * 1943 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (d. 2009)
    * 1944 – Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield)
    * 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress
    * 1946 – Clint Holmes, English-born American singer and songwriter
    * 1948 – Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
    * 1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
    * 1949 – Billy Joel, American musician
    * 1953 – Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
    * 1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
    * 1955 – Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
    * 1955 – Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
    * 1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress
    * 1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player
    * 1962 – John Corbett, American actor
    * 1962 – David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)
    * 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer/songwriter (Beautiful South)
    * 1963 – Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)
    * 1964 – Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey
    * 1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
    * 1965 – Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant
    * 1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1968 – Marie-José Perec, French athlete
    * 1969 – Amber, Dutch musician
    * 1969 – Hudson Leick, American actress
    * 1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player
    * 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
    * 1971 – Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)
    * 1972 – Dana Perino, former White House press secretary
    * 1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
    * 1972 – Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast and Olympic Champion
    * 1973 – Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
    * 1975 – Brian Deegan, freestyle motocross innovator
    * 1975 – Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
    * 1975 – Tamia, Canadian singer
    * 1977 – Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
    * 1977 – Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
    * 1977 – Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
    * 1978 – Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
    * 1978 – Aaron Harang, American baseball player
    * 1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
    * 1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
    * 1979 – Andrew W.K., American musician
    * 1979 – Brandon Webb, American baseball player
    * 1980 – Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
    * 1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
    * 1980 – Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
    * 1980 – Tony Schmidt, German racing driver
    * 1981 – Bill Murphy, American baseball player
    * 1981 – Yu Yokoyama, Japanese actor and singer
    * 1982 – Rachel Boston, American actress
    * 1983 – Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
    * 1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
    * 1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
    * 1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
    * 1985 – Jake Long, American football player
    * 1988 – Skye Regan, Canadian actress and writer
    * 1988 – John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver
    * 1993 – Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor and singer

    Famous deaths...

    * 1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
    * 1446 – Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)
    * 1657 – William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
    * 1707 – Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer
    * 1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(b. 1663)
    * 1747 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)
    * 1760 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)
    * 1789 – Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)
    * 1790 – William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress
    * 1791 – Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)
    * 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
    * 1861 – Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
    * 1889 – William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)
    * 1914 – C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
    * 1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)
    * 1918 – George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)
    * 1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
    * 1938 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)
    * 1949 – Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)
    * 1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)
    * 1955 – Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858)
    * 1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
    * 1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902)
    * 1968 – Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
    * 1968 – Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
    * 1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)
    * 1970 – Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
    * 1970 – Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907)
    * 1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
    * 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (b. 1934)
    * 1977 – James Jones, American writer (b. 1921)
    * 1978 – Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
    * 1979 – Cyrus Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (b. 1883)
    * 1981 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
    * 1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)
    * 1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa and 1st sherpa to climb Mt. Everest (b. 1914)
    * 1989 – Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955)
    * 1993 – Jacques Dextraze, French Canadian military officer (b. 1919)
    * 1994 – Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)
    * 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
    * 1998 – Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
    * 2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
    * 2002 – Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
    * 2003 – Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918)
    * 2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)
    * 2004 – Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)
    * 2005 – Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)
    * 2007 – Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (b. 1901)
    * 2007 – Edith Rodriguez, hospital emergency room refused to treat (b. 1964)
    * 2008 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)
    * 2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Armenia: Victory Day to simultaneously mark the capture of Shusha in the Karabakh War and the victorious end of World War II.
    * Europe Day (aka the European Union Day), commemorating the Schuman Declaration.
    * Guernsey, Jersey: Liberation Day (commemorating the end of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II).
    * Romania: Independence Day
    * Roman Empire – Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae).
    * Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova and other Post-Soviet states: Victory Day (also observed by many Russophones in other parts of the world)
    * Scientology: Anniversary of Dianetics

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 09, 2009, 07:29:55 AM
May 9 1983

The infallible Pope John Paul II retracts the Catholic Church's condemnation of astronomer Galileo Galilei, issued in 1633 by the infallible Pope Urban VIII. The Church had convicted the scientist of heresy, sentenced him to house arrest, and forced him to recant central scientific truths. In the end, this error only took 350 years to correct.

F@ckTards :mad:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 09, 2009, 07:30:32 AM
9k

whoopie :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 09, 2009, 09:14:44 AM
Grats on the 9k Aaron! :thumbs:

May 9 1980

35 people are killed in Tampa, Florida when the Liberian cargo ship Summit Venture smashes into a supporting pier of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Seven vehicles, including a Greyhound bus, topple into the water 150 feet below.


Maybe they didn't hear the horn...... ???
 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 09, 2009, 09:48:14 AM
Here's our first 2010 Camaro......

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/Flynbyu1973/Corvette%20pictures/Camaro.jpg)

This is a 2LT RS 2LT= Leather

RS= 304 hp V6

I left my camera at home, so this picture is from my friend's iPhone.

Very sweet car. Love the interior and the exterior halo lights.

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/Flynbyu1973/Corvette%20pictures/Camaro3.jpg)
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/Flynbyu1973/Corvette%20pictures/Camaro2.jpg)

~Brian

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 09, 2009, 10:38:27 AM
Today in history...

May 9 1950

L. Ron Hubbard publishes the first edition of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. This follows on the heels of a feature article in the pulp sci-fi magazine Astounding Science Fiction. A book review in the The New Republic describes the work as "a bold and immodest mixture of complete nonsense and perfectly reasonable common sense, taken from long-acknowledged findings and disguised and distorted by a crazy, newly invented terminology." The subsequent movement goes on to become one of the scariest, most powerful pseudo-religious cults in modern history.


Anyone who follows this assholes teaching is a complete ferkterd!!!
Great money making scheme designed to fleece the gullable, & you gotta be damn gullable to swallow any of what this freek wrote
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 09, 2009, 11:26:52 AM
Happy scientology day.

"man is not an animal!"

yes dragonz, superdouche right there.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 09, 2009, 11:41:04 AM
Happy scientology day.

"man is not an animal!"

yes dragonz, superdouche right there.
More like "some men are worse than animals"
Ever read any of his books, crappiest low grade sci-fi sh!t you could ever waste your time reading :puke:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 09, 2009, 12:25:23 PM
Happy scientology day.

"man is not an animal!"

yes dragonz, superdouche right there.
More like "some men are worse than animals"
Ever read any of his books, crappiest low grade sci-fi sh!t you could ever waste your time reading :puke:

read the footnotes. No further comment needed. Still don't understand why anyone would follow it as a type of religious philosophy. And, I used to be a big scifi follower.  :rolleyes: I just remember the cheap commercials from the 90's.   :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 10, 2009, 12:47:11 AM
Happy scientology day.

"man is not an animal!"

yes dragonz, superdouche right there.
More like "some men are worse than animals"
Ever read any of his books, crappiest low grade sci-fi sh!t you could ever waste your time reading :puke:

read the footnotes. No further comment needed. Still don't understand why anyone would follow it as a type of religious philosophy. And, I used to be a big scifi follower.  :rolleyes: I just remember the cheap commercials from the 90's.   :lol:
Wasn't even good sci-fi ................ ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 10, 2009, 08:05:36 AM
Today in history...

May 10 1924

In perhaps the single worst mistake in the history of crime fighting, Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone selects J. Edgar Hoover to head the Bureau of Investigation, later known as the FBI. He will remain at the post until his death 48 years later.

May 10 1933

Joseph Göbbels presides over a public book burning in Berlin, which destroys more than 20,000 volumes. The collection includes books by Einstein and Freud. During the bibliocaust, Goebbels declares: "We have directed our dealings against the un-German spirit; consign everything un-German to the fire."

May 10 1941

Running out of fuel and unable to find a suitable spot to land his Messerschmitt, Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess bails out over Scotland. When Hess claims to have made the trip in order to negotiate a peace treaty with England, the Nazis declare that he was a psychotic who "lived in a state of hallucination." After the war, Hess is confined to Spandau Prison until his apparent suicide in 1987.

May 10 1969

The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.

May 10 1977

Joan Crawford succumbs to stomach cancer at the age of 73. In the early days of her career, Crawford had performed in several stag films, and later spent a considerable sum buying back the prints to destroy them.

May 10 1993

In the worst manufacturing plant fire in history, 188 employees, most of them young women, burn to death in a doll factory in Bangkok, Thailand. The management had locked the doors, so the workers could produce their Bart Simpson dolls without any distractions.

May 10 1994

Former building contractor, children's party clown, and jailhouse artist John Wayne Gacy is executed by lethal injection. Police found 28 shallow graves in the crawlspace beneath Gacy's house in 1978. After a dinner which included fried chicken, fried shrimp, and french fries, Gacy is strapped to a gurney. When asked if he has any last words, the serial killer obliges with: "Kiss my ass."

May 10 1994

300 active-duty Marines stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms receive a 46-question, multiple-choice survey. Given a hypothetical situation, more than a quarter of respondents indicate their willingness to "fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government." On the positive side, almost two-thirds recognize that the order would be patently unconstitutional.

     Birthdays today...

    * 213/214 – Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270)
    * 1265 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
    * 1604 – Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
    * 1641 – Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691)
    * 1727 – Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781)
    * 1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
    * 1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
    * 1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (d. 1836)
    * 1770 – Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (d. 1823)
    * 1775 – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (d. 1809)
    * 1775 – Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
    * 1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)
    * 1788 – Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)
    * 1810 – Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, British lexicographer (d. 1897)
    * 1813 – Montgomery Blair, American politician (d. 1883)
    * 1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
    * 1840 – Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)
    * 1841 – James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)
    * 1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)
    * 1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)
    * 1863 – Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter and composer (d. 1915)
    * 1866 – Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)
    * 1868 – Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)
    * 1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
    * 1874 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
    * 1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918)
    * 1878 – Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929)
    * 1879 – Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
    * 1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian (d. 1968)
    * 1886 – Olaf Stapledon, British author and philosopher (d. 1950)
    * 1886 – Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
    * 1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971)
    * 1889 – Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)
    * 1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
    * 1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)
    * 1898 – Ariel Durant, American historian (d. 1981)
    * 1899 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987)
    * 1899 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979)
    * 1901 – J.D. Bernal, British crystallographer (d. 1971)
    * 1902 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
    * 1902 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
    * 1903 – Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (d. 1994)
    * 1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
    * 1909 – Maybelle Carter, American musician (d. 1978)
    * 1911 – Bel Kaufman, American author
    * 1915 – Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
    * 1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer
    * 1918 – George Welch, American pilot (d. 1954)
    * 1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress (d. 1992)
    * 1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003)
    * 1923 – Clifford Wilson, Australian archaeologist, educator, academician, author
    * 1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002)
    * 1927 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
    * 1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian president
    * 1929 – Antonine Maillet, French Canadian novelist and playwright
    * 1930 – Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster
    * 1930 – Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
    * 1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
    * 1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer
    * 1934 – Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994)
    * 1934 – Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar
    * 1935 – Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (d. 1980)
    * 1936 – Gary Owens, American actor and announcer
    * 1937 – Tamara Press, Soviet athlete
    * 1937 – Jim Hickman, American baseball player
    * 1938 – Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter and actor
    * 1938 – Marina Vlady, French actress
    * 1940 – Wayne A. Downing, retired United States Army general
    * 1942 – Jim Calhoun, American men's college basketball coach for the University of Connecticut Huskies
    * 1942 – Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician
    * 1943 – David Clennon, American actor
    * 1943 – Richard Darman, American economist
    * 1944 – Jim Abrahams, American film director
    * 1944 – Maureen Lipman, English actress
    * 1944 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress
    * 1946 – Donovan Leitch, Scottish musician
    * 1946 – Graham Gouldman, British musician and songwriter (10cc)
    * 1946 – Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic)
    * 1946 – Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and musical theorist
    * 1947 – Caroline Cooney, American author
    * 1947 – Jay Ferguson, American musician and composer
    * 1947 – Thomas Tessier, American author
    * 1952 – Manuel Mora Morales, Spanish director and writer
    * 1952 – Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
    * 1953 – John Diamond, English journalist (d. 2001)
    * 1953 – Tito Santana, Mexican-American professional wrestler
    * 1954 – F. Charles Brunicardi, American surgeon
    * 1955 – Chris Berman, American sportscaster
    * 1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer of John Lennon
    * 1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist (d. 1995)
    * 1957 – Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
    * 1958 – Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator
    * 1958 – Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
    * 1958 – Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
    * 1959 – Victoria Rowell, American actress
    * 1959 – Danny Schayes, American basketball player
    * 1960 – Bono, Irish singer (U2)
    * 1961 – Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
    * 1961 – Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
    * 1962 – Brad Soderberg, American college basketball head coach
    * 1963 – Lisa Nowak, American astronaut
    * 1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian supermodel
    * 1966 – Jonathan Edwards, English athlete
    * 1967 – Scott Brison, Canadian politician
    * 1967 – Jon Ronson, British journalist and author
    * 1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
    * 1967 – Young MC, American rapper
    * 1968 – Erik Palladino, American actor
    * 1968 – Ed Sanders, British actor and television personality
    * 1968 – Al Murray, British comedian
    * 1968 – Darren Matthews, English professional wrestler
    * 1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
    * 1969 – John Scalzi, American writer
    * 1970 – Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter
    * 1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan pianist
    * 1970 – Dallas Roberts, American actor
    * 1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer
    * 1971 – Craig Mack, American rapper
    * 1971 – Adriano Giannini, Italian actor
    * 1971 – Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
    * 1972 – Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer
    * 1973 – Jerome Williams, American basketball player
    * 1973 – Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
    * 1973 – Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer/songwriter (Blackfield)
    * 1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
    * 1975 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
    * 1975 – Adam Deadmarsh, American ice hockey player
    * 1975 – Shin Jung-hwan, Korean singer
    * 1976 – Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
    * 1976 – Rob Malda, American internet writer/editor (Slashdot)
    * 1976 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
    * 1976 – Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
    * 1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
    * 1977 – Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver
    * 1977 – Denise Ho, Hong Kong singer
    * 1977 – Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
    * 1977 – Keith Murray, American singer (We Are Scientists)
    * 1978 – Kenan Thompson, American actor
    * 1979 – Lee Hyori, South Korean singer
    * 1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
    * 1981 – Namitha Kapoor, Indian actress
    * 1982 – Despina Caldis, Greek-Australian actress
    * 1982 – Jeremy Gable, American playwright
    * 1982 – Daniel Harris, Australian rules footballer
    * 1983 – Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician
    * 1983 – Natalia Zabala, Miss Spain 2007
    * 1984 – Edward Mujica. Venezuelan baseball player
    * 1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1987 – Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian football (soccer) player
    * 1989 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
    * 1992 – Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
    * 1993 – Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
    * 2000 – Shyann McClure, American actress and model


     Famous deaths...

    * 1034 – Mieszko II of Poland (b. 990)
    * 1290 – Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)
    * 1424 – Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan
    * 1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
    * 1493 – Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician
    * 1521 – Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)
    * 1566 – Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist (b. 1501)
    * 1641 – Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
    * 1657 – Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)
    * 1691 – Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
    * 1696 – Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)
    * 1717 – John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)
    * 1726 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)
    * 1733 – Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
    * 1737 – Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702)
    * 1774 – King Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
    * 1787 – William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)
    * 1792 – John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress
    * 1807 – Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)
    * 1818 – Paul Revere, American patriot (b. 1735)
    * 1829 – Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
    * 1850 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
    * 1863 – Stonewall Jackson, American Confederate general (b. 1824)
    * 1868 – Henry Bennett, American politician (b. 1808)
    * 1889 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
    * 1897 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader (b. 1863)
    * 1904 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
    * 1937 – William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876)
    * 1945 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
    * 1945 – Konrad Henlein, pro-Nazi Czechoslovakian politician (b. 1898)
    * 1950 – Belle da Costa Greene, librarian, bibliographer, archivist (b. 1883)
    * 1955 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (b. 1881)
    * 1955 – John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865)
    * 1960 – Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (b. 1899)
    * 1963 – Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American football player (b. 1931)
    * 1964 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (b. 1881)
    * 1967 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver, (b. 1935)
    * 1968 – Scotty Beckett, American child actor (b. 1929)
    * 1974 – Hal Mohr, Cinematographer, Husband of Evelyn Venable (b. 1894)
    * 1976 – Elias Aslaksen, Leader of Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1888)
    * 1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1905)
    * 1982 – Peter Weiss, German writer and artist (b. 1916)
    * 1988 – Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (b. 1902)
    * 1989 – Woody Shaw, American jazz musician (b. 1944)
    * 1990 – Walker Percy, American author (b. 1916)
    * 1990 – Susan Oliver, American actress (b. 1922)
    * 1992 – Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (b. 1917)
    * 1994 – John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (executed) (b. 1942)
    * 1997 – Joan Weston, Roller Derby Queen (b. 1935)
    * 1999 – Shel Silverstein, American poet and composer (b. 1930)
    * 2000 – Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
    * 2000 – Jules Deschênes, Quebec superior court judge (b. 1923)
    * 2001 – Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943)
    * 2002 – Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
    * 2002 – Lynda Lyon Block, convicted murderer (b. 1948)
    * 2002 – Yves Robert, French actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1920)
    * 2003 – Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and chess problem composer (b. 1937)
    * 2005 – David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
    * 2006 – Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)
    * 2006 – A. M. Rosenthal, American newspaper editor (b. 1922)
    * 2006 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer (b. 1969)
    * 2006 – Val Guest, British film director (b. 1911)
    * 2008 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
    * 2008 – Jessie Jacobs, Australian Actress (b. 1990)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Confederate Memorial Day in North Carolina and South Carolina.
    * Constitution Day in the Federated States of Micronesia.
    * Mother's Day in much of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico.

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 10, 2009, 08:30:06 AM
May 10 1994

300 active-duty Marines stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms receive a 46-question, multiple-choice survey. Given a hypothetical situation, more than a quarter of respondents indicate their willingness to "fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government." On the positive side, almost two-thirds recognize that the order would be patently unconstitutional.

Thank you Bill "f@cktard" Clinton .  For even considering using military personnel to "disarm" US citizens
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 10, 2009, 12:26:54 PM
May 10 1994

300 active-duty Marines stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms receive a 46-question, multiple-choice survey. Given a hypothetical situation, more than a quarter of respondents indicate their willingness to "fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government." On the positive side, almost two-thirds recognize that the order would be patently unconstitutional.

Thank you Bill "f@cktard" Clinton .  For even considering using military personnel to "disarm" US citizens

From a non-Americam perspective, you guys are fixated with guns!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 11, 2009, 07:58:13 AM
guten morgen fellow whores
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 11, 2009, 08:18:09 AM
May 10 1994

300 active-duty Marines stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms receive a 46-question, multiple-choice survey. Given a hypothetical situation, more than a quarter of respondents indicate their willingness to "fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government." On the positive side, almost two-thirds recognize that the order would be patently unconstitutional.

Thank you Bill "f@cktard" Clinton .  For even considering using military personnel to "disarm" US citizens

From a non-Americam perspective, you guys are fixated with guns!


yes we are.  :nod:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 11, 2009, 10:13:09 AM
May 10 1994

300 active-duty Marines stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms receive a 46-question, multiple-choice survey. Given a hypothetical situation, more than a quarter of respondents indicate their willingness to "fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government." On the positive side, almost two-thirds recognize that the order would be patently unconstitutional.

Thank you Bill "f@cktard" Clinton .  For even considering using military personnel to "disarm" US citizens

From a non-Americam perspective, you guys are fixated with guns!

Not all of us are.

I would be the exception to the rule.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 11, 2009, 10:13:29 AM
Today in history...

May 11 1820

Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that took Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.

May 11 1858

Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

May 11 1924

Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

May 11 1943

American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.

May 11 1987

In Baltimore, Maryland, The first heart-lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz, of Stanford University School of Medicine.

May 11 1996

After taking-off from Miami, Florida, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.

May 11 1996

The 1996 Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die on Mount Everest during summit attempts.

May 11 1997

IBM Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

Birthdays today...
1571 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
1720 – Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
1722 – Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. 1789)
1733 – Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1752 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
1763 – János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
1799 – John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)
1801 – Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins (d. 1874)
1811 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)
1817 – Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
1824 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
1827 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1835 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
1838 – Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
1852 – Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)
1854 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)
1861 – Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
1871 – Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician (d. 1928)
1871 – Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)
1875 – Harriet Quimby, American aviator (d. 1912)
1881 – Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964)
1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (d. 1963)
1881 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
1888 – Irving Berlin, American composer (d. 1989)
1888 – Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. 1945)
1890 – Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1961)
1892 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
1896 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer (d. 1955)
1897 – Kurt Gerron, German director (d. 1944)
1897 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
1899 – Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (d. 1963)
1903 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
1907 – Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
1907 – Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1909 – Ellis R Dungan, American born Indian film director (d. 2001)
1909 – Herbert Murrill, English composer (d. 1952)
1911 – Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
1911 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
1912 – Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
1913 – Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
1914 – Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist (d. 1998)
1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
1921 – Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
1922 – Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. 1992)
1922 – Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1924 – Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician
1924 – Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1925 – Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
1927 – Mort Sahl, Canadian comedian and political commentator
1927 – Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. 2007)
1928 – Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1928 – Brother Andrew, Dutch missionary
1928 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1930 – Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
1930 – Bud Ekins, American stuntman (d. 2007)
1933 – Louis Farrakhan, American Black Muslim leader
1934 – Jim Jeffords, former American politician
1935 – Doug McClure, American actor (d. 1995)
1935 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
1936 – Carla Bley, American musician and composer
1939 – Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
1939 – Dante Tinga, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1940 – Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
1941 – Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
1941 – Graham Miles, English snooker player
1942 – Rachel Billington, British author
1943 – Nancy Greene, Canadian alpine skier
1943 – Juliet Harmer, English actress
1946 – Robert Jarvik, American physician and inventor
1946 – Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
1947 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
1948 – Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
1948 – Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
1950 – Dane Iorg, American baseball player
1950 – Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
1952 – Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
1952 – Frances Fisher, English-born actress
1952 – Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
1952 – Renaud Séchan, French composer
1952 – Warren Littlefield, American television executive
1953 – David Gest, American television producer
1953 – Céline Lomez, Quebec singer and actress
1954 – John Gregory, English football manager
1954 – Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
1955 – John DeStefano, Jr., American politician
1956 – Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
1956 – Alex Lester, British broadcaster
1957 – Peter North, Canadian porn star
1958 – Christian Brando, American actor; son of Marlon Brando (d. 2008)
1958 – Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player
1958 – Walt Terrell, American baseball player
1959 – Martha Quinn, American television personality
1963 – Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
1963 – Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
1963 – Natasha Richardson, English-born actress (d. 2009)
1963 – Roark Critchlow, actor
1964 – John Parrott, English snooker player
1964 – Katie Wagner, American television reporter
1964 – Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
1965 – Greg Dulli, American musician
1965 – Monsour del Rosario, Filipino martial artist and actor
1966 – Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
1968 – Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
1970 – Nicky Katt, American actor
1970 – Glenn Hugill, British television presenter and producer
1972 – Anita Hegh, Australian actress
1972 – Daniel Ornellas, Zimbabwean musician
1973 – James Haven, American actor
1974 – Kevin Brown, English-born Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
1974 – Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
1974 – Benoît Magimel, French actor
1974 – Darren Ward, Welsh footballer
1975 – Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player
1977 – Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
1977 – Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
1977 – Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
1977 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
1977 – Matthew Newton, Australian actor
1978 – Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
1978 – Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist (Apocalyptica)
1979 – Erin Lang, Canadian musician
1981 – Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
1981 – Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
1981 – Austin O'Brien, American actor
1982 – Jonathan Jackson, American actor
1982 – Andrew Walter, American football player
1983 – Matt Leinart, American football player
1983 – Holly Valance, Australian-born actress and singer
1983 – Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
1984 – Gerald Clayton, Dutch-American jazz pianist
1984 – Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player
1985 – sifow, Japanese pop star and business woman
1985 – Matt Giraud, American singer
1986 – Abou Diaby, French footballer
1986 – Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Manuel Schenkhuizen, Dutch gamer
1986 – Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
1987 – Justin King, American football player
1987 – Louis Murphy, American football player
1987 – Monica Roşu, Romanian gymnast
1989 – Giovani Dos Santos, Mexican footballer
1989 – Ace Hood, American rapper

Famous deaths...
 912 – Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (b. 866)
1304 – Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)
1610 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1552)
1672 – Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
1708 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
1723 – Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
1777 – George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
1778 – William Pitt, the Elder, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
1812 – Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)
1848 – Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
1849 – Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, French socialite (b. 1777)
1871 – John Herschel, British mathematician and astronomer (b. 1792)
1887 – Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
1891 – A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
1916 – Max Reger, German composer (b. 1873)
1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
1920 – William Dean Howells, American writer (b. 1837)
1929 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
1934 – Blaise Diagne, Sengalese politician (b. 1872)
1934 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)
1939 – Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
1955 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
1960 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American philanthropist (b. 1874)
1963 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1970 – Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)
1973 – Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919)
1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
1979 – Lester Flatt, American bluegrass musician (b. 1914)
1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1945)
1985 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1986 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
1988 – Kim Philby, British spy (b. 1912)
1994 – Timothy Carey, American actor (b. 1928)
1996 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
1996 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
1998 – Oreste Kirkop, Maltese tenor and actor
2000 – Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
2001 – Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
2002 – Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
2003 – Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
2004 – Mick Doyle, Irish rugby union footballer and coach
2004 – John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
2005 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. 1917)
2006 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
2006 – Frankie Thomas, American actor (b. 1921)
2006 – Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)
2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (b. 1913)
2007 – Bernard Gordon, blacklisted American author (b. 1918)
2008 – Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)
2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b. 1953)
2008 – Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)

Holidays and observances...
Holiday of the City of Miskolc (since 1992).
National Day of Celebration in the Philippines.

Have a great Monday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 11, 2009, 10:15:11 AM
May 11 1858

Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

Wow, that much history, butstill they can't decide on a governor?  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 11, 2009, 10:22:32 AM
May 11 1997

IBM Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

A sad day for chess nerds.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 12, 2009, 05:31:53 AM
Today in history...

May 12 1797

Following Napoleon's conquest of Venice, Ludovico Manin reluctantly steps down as its last Doge. Thus ends the Most Serene Republic's 820-year history of national sovereignty.

May 12 1932

When a truck driver stops in rural New Jersey to take a leak, he stumbles upon the badly decomposed body of the Lindbergh Baby lying in a shallow grave 45 feet from the highway.

May 12 1971

Tor Johnson dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 67 in San Fernando, California. The man who once wrestled under the name "The Super Swedish Angel" leaves behind a legacy of B-movie acting roles, most famously as the bald zombie in Ed Wood's masterpiece "Plan 9 from Outer Space."

May 12 1982

During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, decided that the Pope must be killed for being an "agent of Moscow."

    Birthdays today..
.
    * 1401 – Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)
    * 1496 – Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
    * 1590 – Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
    * 1622 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
    * 1626 – Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
    * 1670 – Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
    * 1700 – Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (d. 1773)
    * 1725 – Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
    * 1767 – Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)
    * 1803 – Justus von Liebig, German chemist (d. 1873)
    * 1804 – Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (d. 1858)
    * 1806 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (d. 1881)
    * 1812 – Edward Lear, British author and poet (d. 1888)
    * 1820 – Florence Nightingale, British nurse (d. 1910)
    * 1828 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British painter (d. 1882)
    * 1829 – Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)
    * 1842 – Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
    * 1845 – Gabriel Fauré, French composer (d. 1924)
    * 1850 – Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)
    * 1867 – Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (d. 1938)
    * 1874 – Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (d. 1929)
    * 1880 – Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist (d. 1951)
    * 1889 – Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
    * 1892 – Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)
    * 1895 – William Giauque, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
    * 1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
    * 1899 – Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)
    * 1900 – Helene Weigel, German actress (d. 1971)
    * 1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (d. 1991)
    * 1907 – Leslie Charteris, British author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
    * 1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
    * 1910 – Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)
    * 1910 – Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
    * 1912 – Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
    * 1914 – Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (d. 1993)
    * 1914 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist (d. 2002)
    * 1915 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
    * 1917 – Frank Clair, Canadian football coach (d. 2005)
    * 1918 – Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy (d. 1953)
    * 1921 – Joseph Beuys, German artist (d. 1986)
    * 1921 – Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist
    * 1922 – Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
    * 1924 – Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician
    * 1924 – Tony Hancock, British comedian (d. 1968)
    * 1924 – Maxine Cooper Gomberg, American actress (d. 2009)
    * 1925 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player
    * 1928 – Burt Bacharach, American composer
    * 1928 – Henry Cosby, African-American songwriter (d. 2002)
    * 1929 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1929 – Sam Nujoma, first President of Namibia
    * 1930 – Jesús Franco, Spanish film director
    * 1933 – Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet
    * 1935 – Felipe Alou, Dominican baseball player and manager
    * 1935 – Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1936 – Guillermo Endara, President of Panama
    * 1936 – Tom Snyder, American television personality (d. 2007)
    * 1936 – Frank Stella, American painter
    * 1937 – Beryl Burton, British cyclist (d. 1996)
    * 1937 – George Carlin, American comedian (d. 2008)
    * 1937 – Susan Hampshire, British actress
    * 1938 – Millie Perkins, American film actress
    * 1939 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician
    * 1939 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league footballer
    * 1939 – Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)
    * 1939 – Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish politician
    * 1942 – Ian Dury, British musician (d. 2000)
    * 1942 – Michel Fugain, French singer and songwriter
    * 1942 – Billy Swan, American songwriter and singer
    * 1945 – Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer (d. 2007)
    * 1945 – Ian McLagan, British keyboardist (Small Faces)
    * 1945 – Patrick Ricard, French businessman
    * 1946 – L. Neil Smith, American science fiction author
    * 1946 – Daniel Libeskind, American architect
    * 1947 – Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
    * 1947 – Micheline Lanctôt, American film actor, director and screenwriter
    * 1947 – catherine yronwode, American writer and editor
    * 1948 – David Heineman, American politician, current governor of Nebraska
    * 1948 – Joe Tasker, British mountaineer (d. 1982)
    * 1948 – Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic)
    * 1950 – Bruce Boxleitner, American actor
    * 1950 – Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
    * 1950 – Billy Squier, American singer
    * 1956 – Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1956 – Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian
    * 1957 – Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
    * 1958 – Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist
    * 1958 – Eric Singer, American drummer
    * 1959 – Ving Rhames, American actor
    * 1960 – Paul Arcand, Quebec radio host, journalist and film director
    * 1960 – Ian Khan, British racing driver
    * 1961 – Paul Begala, American political commentator
    * 1961 – Billy Duffy, British guitarist (The Cult)
    * 1961 – Thomas Dooley, German-American Soccer Player
    * 1961 – Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
    * 1961 – Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor
    * 1962 – Emilio Estevez, American actor
    * 1962 – Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph)
    * 1963 – Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player, Mayor of Piraeus
    * 1963 – Gavin Hood, South African film director
    * 1963 – Stefano Modena, Italian racing driver
    * 1963 – Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001)
    * 1963 – Jerry Trimble, American actor
    * 1963 – Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
    * 1963 – Vanessa A. Williams, American actress
    * 1966 – Stephen Baldwin, American actor
    * 1966 – Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer
    * 1967 – Paul D'Amour, American bass guitarist (ex-Tool)
    * 1967 – Joe McKinney, Irish actor
    * 1968 – Mark Clark, American baseball player
    * 1968 – Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
    * 1968 – Scott Schwartz, American actor
    * 1968 – Catherine Tate, British comedian
    * 1969 – Kim Fields, American actress
    * 1969 – Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer
    * 1969 – Kevin Nalty, famed YouTuber
    * 1970 – Jim Furyk, American golfer
    * 1970 – Samantha Mathis, American actress
    * 1970 – Steve Palframan, South African cricketer
    * 1970 – Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
    * 1971 – Doug Basham, American professional wrestler
    * 1973 – Kendra Kassebaum, American stage actress
    * 1973 – Travis Lutter, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
    * 1975 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
    * 1975 – Lawrence Phillips, American football player
    * 1977 – Graeme Dott, British snooker player
    * 1977 – Rebecca Herbst, American actress
    * 1978 – Jason Biggs, American actor
    * 1978 – Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian-Canadian singer
    * 1978 – Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume)
    * 1978 – Josh Phelps, American baseball player
    * 1978 – Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
    * 1979 – Andre Carter, American football player
    * 1979 – Robert Key, English Cricketer
    * 1979 – Erdinç Saçan, Turkish-Dutch politician
    * 1979 – Steve Smith, American football player
    * 1979 – Callum Chambers, Australian rules footballer
    * 1981 – Lorena Bernal, Spanish model and actress, Miss Spain 1999
    * 1981 – Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
    * 1981 – Dennis Trillo (Abelardo Dennis Florencio Ho),Filipino Actor and Singer
    * 1983 – Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
    * 1985 – Tally Hall, American soccer player
    * 1985 – Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
    * 1986 – Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
    * 1988 – Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
    * 1988 – Marky Cielo, Filipino dancer and actor (d. 2008)
    * 1992 – Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
    * 1995 – Luke Benward, American actor

    Famous deaths...

    * 1003 – Pope Silvester II
    * 1012 – Pope Sergius IV
    * 1382 – Queen Joan I of Naples (b. 1327)
    * 1465 – Thomas Palaeologus, Titular Byzantine emperor, Despot of the Morea (b. 1409)
    * 1634 – George Chapman, English writer
    * 1641 – Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, English statesman (b. 1593)
    * 1684 – Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest
    * 1699 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
    * 1700 – John Dryden, English writer (b. 1631)
    * 1708 – Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
    * 1748 – Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)
    * 1759 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
    * 1784 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710)
    * 1792 – Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710)
    * 1796 – Johann Peter Uz, German poet (b. 1720)
    * 1798 – George Vancouver, British navy officer and explorer (b. 1757)
    * 1801 – Nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734)
    * 1842 – Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter (b. 1799)
    * 1845 – János Bacsanyi, Hungarian poet (b. 1763)
    * 1856 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786)
    * 1859 – Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (b. 1791)
    * 1860 – Charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795)
    * 1864 – J. E. B. Stuart, American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate Army general (b. 1833)
    * 1867 – Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795)
    * 1871 – Anselme Payen, French physicist (b. 1795)
    * 1876 – Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary, brutally killed by the Turks (b. 1843)
    * 1884 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (b. 1824)
    * 1889 – John Cadbury, English chocolate entrepreneur (b. 1801)
    * 1907 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
    * 1916 – James Connolly, Irish socialist (b. 1868)
    * 1925 – Amy Lowell, American poet (b. 1874)
    * 1931 – Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist (b. 1858)
    * 1935 – Józef Piłsudski, Polish statesman (b. 1867)
    * 1944 – Max Brand, American author (b. 1892)
    * 1944 – Arthur Quiller-Couch, English writer (b. 1863)
    * 1956 – Louis Calhern, American actor (b. 1895)
    * 1957 – Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
    * 1957 – Erich von Stroheim, film director and actor (b. 1885)
    * 1963 – Bobby Kerr, Canadian runner (b. 1882)
    * 1966 – Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (b. 1896)
    * 1967 – John Masefield, British writer (b. 1878)
    * 1970 – Nelly Sachs, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
    * 1971 – Heinie Manush, American baseball player (b. 1901)
    * 1973 – Art Pollard, American racecar driver (b. 1927)
    * 1985 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter (b. 1901)
    * 1986 – Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (b. 1897)
    * 1990 – Chen Kenmin, Japanese chef (b. 1912)
    * 1992 – Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
    * 1992 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (b. 1911)
    * 1992 – Lenny Montana, American actor (b. 1926)
    * 1994 – Erik Erikson, German psychoanalyst (b. 1902)
    * 1994 – John Smith, British politician (b. 1938)
    * 1995 – Mia Martini, real name: Domenica Bertè, Italian singer and song-writer (b. 1947)
    * 1999 – Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia 1993-1999 (b. 1910)
    * 1999 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (b. 1914)
    * 2000 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)
    * 2001 – Perry Como, American singer (b. 1912)
    * 2001 – Alexei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1925)
    * 2002 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. 1905)
    * 2003 – Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1933)
    * 2005 – Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (b. 1909)
    * 2005 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1937)
    * 2006 – Hussein Maziq, former Libyan prime minister (b. 1918)
    * 2006 – Gillespie V. Montgomery, former U.S. representative from Mississippi (b. 1920)
    * 2007 – Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader
    * 2007 – Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (b. 1936)
    * 2008 – Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (b. 1925)
    * 2008 – Irena Sendler, Polish social worker, WWII heroine (b. 1910)

    Holidays and observances...

    * International Nurses Day, commemorating the birthday of Florence Nightingale in 1820.

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 12, 2009, 07:25:55 AM
1975 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
Happy Birthday Jonah!


There arne't many rugby players names that I recognize, except for people that played/play on the All Blacks.
Ninja... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYt1TOSni4E
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 12, 2009, 08:17:37 AM
*chirp chirp*
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 12, 2009, 08:35:52 AM
*chirp chirp*


damned crickets.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 12, 2009, 10:36:16 AM
*chirp chirp*


<swash>

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 12, 2009, 01:43:32 PM
Swash huh ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 12, 2009, 01:46:23 PM
I hate having a cricket in the house at night.......

So much for sleeping!

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 12, 2009, 09:27:19 PM
silly Brain, you're supposed to get blown BY the cheerleaders, not blow UP the cheerleaders

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Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 12, 2009, 10:03:39 PM
Peels/Preddy smiley

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Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 12, 2009, 10:08:21 PM
newbies revenge

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Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 12, 2009, 10:10:54 PM
the Erich

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:lol:

Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 12, 2009, 10:16:20 PM
the krandall

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:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 12, 2009, 10:26:31 PM
Brian early on Sat. mornings


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Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 12, 2009, 10:48:32 PM
Aaron... are you bored hunny?    :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 13, 2009, 02:17:29 AM
surely you can find him something more constructive to do
Spare bedroom to paint or something???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 13, 2009, 07:23:04 AM
Mornin whore-mo's  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 13, 2009, 07:45:28 AM
morning indeed. Starting early today, boss injured, I will be early hours til Tuesday, which isn't bad, off at 3:00!

boo yah!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 13, 2009, 08:06:00 AM
morning indeed. Starting early today, boss injured, I will be early hours til Tuesday, which isn't bad, off at 3:00!

boo yah!

what happend to your 70-80 hour week?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 13, 2009, 08:09:14 AM
morning indeed. Starting early today, boss injured, I will be early hours til Tuesday, which isn't bad, off at 3:00!

boo yah!

what happend to your 70-80 hour week?


I had a meeting and argued, and won. :lol: Only half the job to be done by my big color printer. Apparently I am a good trainer. 2 months of training done with only 40 minutes of OT. The girl I trained, she finished the job last night. Whole day ahead of schedule. Peels looks like a hero this morning at work. :thumbs:

Now, 40 minutes of OT I guess I have to get rid of. No biggie.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 13, 2009, 08:31:38 AM
SWEEEEEET!! :clap: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

more time for makin meth!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 13, 2009, 09:06:00 AM
Trying a new format for "Today in history" Now with MORE history......Let me know if less is better.

     May 13th

     * 1497 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
     * 1515 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially married at Greenwich.
     * 1568 – Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
    * 1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
    * 1648 – Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed.
    * 1779 – War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from them (the Innviertel).
    * 1787 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts (First Fleet) to establish a penal colony in Australia.
    * 1804 – Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derne from the Americans attack the city.
    * 1830 – Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
    * 1846 – Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
    * 1848 – First performance of Finland's national anthem.
    * 1861 – American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
    * 1861 – The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia.
    * 1865 – American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – in far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
    * 1880 – In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    * 1888 – With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.
    * 1909 – The first Giro d'Italia takes place in Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna is the winner.
    * 1912 – The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.
    * 1913 – Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft.
    * 1917 – Three children report the first apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal.
    * 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
    * 1940 – World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse River. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
    * 1940 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees the Nazi invasion in the Netherlands to Great Britain. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
    * 1941 – World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
    * 1943 – World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
    * 1948 – 1948 Arab-Israeli War: the Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
    * 1950 – The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone.
    * 1952 – The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
    * 1954 – The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place.
    * 1958 – During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
    * 1958 – The trade mark Velcro is registered.
    * 1958 – May 1958 crisis: a group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers, demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
    * 1960 – Hundreds of UC Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
    * 1967 – Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He holds this position till August 24, 1969.
    * 1969 – Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
    * 1970 - Raptorsurce's own Little Buddah born on this date.
    * 1972 – Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators cause 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
    * 1980 – An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
    * 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
    * 1985 – Police storm MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
    * 1989 – Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.
    * 1992 – Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
    * 1994 – Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Night with David Letterman.
    * 1996 – Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
    * 1998 – Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
    * 1998 – India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
    * 2000 – In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
    * 2001 – Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms coalition wins the Italian general elections.
    * 2005 – The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
    * 2006 – 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
    * 2007 – Construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge between Romania and Bulgaria begins.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1024 – Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)
    * 1254 – Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)
    * 1588 – Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
    * 1638 – Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
    * 1655 – Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)
    * 1699 – Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
    * 1707 – Carl von Linné, Swedish scientist (d. 1778)
    * 1712 – Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772)
    * 1717 – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1780)
    * 1730 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1782)
    * 1742 – Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
    * 1753 – Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
    * 1792 – Blessed Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
    * 1794 – Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
    * 1795 – Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
    * 1822 – Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
    * 1830 – Zebulon Baird Vance, three-time governor of North Carolina (d. 1894)
    * 1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
    * 1842 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
    * 1856 – Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)
    * 1857 – Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1932)
    * 1882 – Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963)
    * 1883 – Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (d. 1962)
    * 1894 – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
    * 1898 – Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
    * 1904 – Louis Duffus, South African cricketer (d. 1984)
    * 1907 – Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
    * 1911 – Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (d. 1977)
    * 1912 – Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
    * 1912 – Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
    * 1913 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian president (d. 1980)
    * 1914 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
    * 1918 – T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d. 1984)
    * 1920 – Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
    * 1922 – Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
    * 1922 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress (d.2009)
    * 1923 – Red Garland, American hard bop jazz pianist (d.1984)
    * 1924 – Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid politician, lawyer and diplomat
    * 1924 – Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
    * 1926 – Wallace Breem, British author (d. 1990)
    * 1927 – Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. 1958)
    * 1927 – Herbert Ross, American director (d. 2001)
    * 1928 – Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
    * 1928 – Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
    * 1928 – Jim Shoulders, Champion rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
    * 1930 – Mike Gravel, Former Democratic Senator of Alaska and 2008 Presidential Candidate
    * 1930 – José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer
    * 1930 – Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
    * 1931 – Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
    * 1934 – Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. 2004)
    * 1935 – Dominic Cossa, American baritone
    * 1937 – Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist
    * 1937 – Roger Zelazny, American author (d. 1995)
    * 1937 – Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio
    * 1937 – Zohra Lampert, American actress
    * 1938 – Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier)
    * 1938 – Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
    * 1939 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
    * 1939 – Hildrun Claus, German athlete
    * 1940 – Bruce Chatwin, British writer (d. 1989)
    * 1941 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress
    * 1941 – Joe Brown, British singer
    * 1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
    * 1941 – Jody Conradt, American college basketball coach
    * 1943 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist
    * 1943 – Mary Wells, American singer (d. 1992)
    * 1944 – Armistead Maupin, American author
    * 1945 – Sam Anderson, American actor
    * 1945 – Magic Dick, American musician (The J. Geils Band)
    * 1947 – Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
    * 1949 – Zoë Wanamaker, English-American actress
    * 1950 – Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
    * 1950 – Danny Kirwan, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
    * 1950 – Bobby Valentine, Major League baseball manager
    * 1951 – Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
    * 1951 – Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont
    * 1951 – Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music)
    * 1952 – John Kasich, U.S. Republican Congressman
    * 1954 – Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
    * 1956 – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
    * 1956 – Richard Madeley, Television presenter
    * 1957 – Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
    * 1957 – Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer (Ring, Dark Water)
    * 1957 – Andrea Klump, German terrorist
    * 1961 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
    * 1962 – Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
    * 1962 – Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
    * 1962 – Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster
    * 1962 – Paul McDermott, Australian comedian
    * 1963 – Wally Masur, Australian former tennis player
    * 1964 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
    * 1964 – Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
    * 1964 – Tom Verica, American actor
    * 1965 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. 2006)
    * 1965 – Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
    * 1965 – Tasmin Little, English violinist
    * 1965 – Lari White, American country music singer
    * 1966 – Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
    * 1966 – Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
    * 1966 – Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
    * 1967 – Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001)
    * 1967 – Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer, former member of La Bouche. (d. 2001)
    * 1968 – Alison Goldfrapp, English musician
    * 1968 – Buckethead, Guitarist
    * 1968 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
    * 1968 – PMD, American rapper
    * 1969 – André Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk)
    * 1971 – Tom Nalen, American football player
    * 1972 – Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
    * 1974 – Brian Geraghty, American actor
    * 1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
    * 1977 – Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer
    * 1977 – Neil Hopkins, American actor
    * 1977 – Samantha Morton, English actress
    * 1977 – Robby Hammock, baseball player
    * 1978 – Mike Bibby, American basketball player
    * 1978 – Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
    * 1978 – Barry Zito, American baseball player
    * 1978 – Steve Mildenhall, English football player
    * 1978 – Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
    * 1979 – Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
    * 1979 – Lauren Phoenix, pornographic actress
    * 1979 – Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5)
    * 1980 – Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
    * 1980 – Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
    * 1980 – Chris Barker (bassist), American Bassist for the band Anti-flag
    * 1981 – Jimmy Yang, American wrestler
    * 1981 – Sunny Leone, Canadian model
    * 1981 – Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
    * 1982 – Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
    * 1982 – Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
    * 1983 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
    * 1983 – Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
    * 1983 – Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
    * 1985 – Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1986 – Giuliana Marino, Playboy Playmate of the Year Germany, 2005
    * 1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor, musician and model
    * 1986 – Scott Sutter, Swiss footballer
    * 1986 – Jared Boll American hockey player
    * 1987 – Hunter Parrish, American actor
    * 1987 – Carrie Prejean, Miss California USA, 2009
    * 1988 – Casey Donovan, Australian singer
    * 1993 – Debby Ryan, American actress
     
     Famous deaths...

    * 1162 – Géza II of Hungary
    * 1176 – Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
    * 1312 – Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)
    * 1573 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
    * 1619 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (b. 1547)
    * 1704 – Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)
    * 1742 – Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
    * 1807 – Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721)
    * 1809 – Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London (b. 1731)
    * 1832 – Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769)
    * 1835 – John Nash, English architect (b. 1752)
    * 1866 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796)
    * 1871 – Daniel Auber, French composer (b. 1782)
    * 1884 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (b. 1809)
    * 1885 – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (b. 1809)
    * 1901 – Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)
    * 1903 – Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theoretician and Prime Minister (b. 1864)
    * 1916 – Sholom Aleichem, Russian author (b. 1859)
    * 1921 – Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848)
    * 1925 – Boris Savinkov, Russian writer and terrorist (b. 1879)
    * 1926 – Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (b. 1857)
    * 1930 – Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Peace Prize winner (b. 1861)
    * 1937 – Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)
    * 1938 – Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
    * 1945 – Tubby Hall, American musician (b. 1895)
    * 1961 – Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
    * 1962 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (b. 1893)
    * 1963 – Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazi war criminals escape (b. 1885)
    * 1972 – Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
    * 1974 – Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican writer (b. 1902)
    * 1975 – Bob Wills, American musician (b. 1905)
    * 1977 – Mickey Spillane, Irish-American gangster (b. 1934)
    * 1985 – Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)
    * 1988 – Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1929)
    * 1992 – F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (b. 1909)
    * 1994 – Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (b. 1920)
    * 1999 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902)
    * 2000 – Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
    * 2000 – Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1951)
    * 2001 – R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b. 1906)
    * 2001 – Jason Miller, American playwright (b. 1939)
    * 2002 – Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
    * 2002 – Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (b. 1925)
    * 2005 – George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
    * 2005 – Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959)
    * 2005 – Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
    * 2006 – Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (b. 1923)
    * 2006 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. 1949)
    * 2008 – Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait (b. 1930)
    * 2008 – Ron Stone, American television reporter (b. 1936)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Commemoration of Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic).
    * Roman Empire – Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae).
    * Abbotsbury Garland Day, Dorset, England.
    * Rotuma Day in Fiji.
    * Our Lady of Fatima

Have a great Wednesday.


~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 13, 2009, 09:13:57 AM
SWEEEEEET!! :clap: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

more time for makin meth!


:lol:

Little Buddha's B-day?  I forgot to wear my oompa loompa wig. :(  :lol:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 13, 2009, 09:15:37 AM
SWEEEEEET!! :clap: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

more time for makin meth!

Score!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 13, 2009, 09:15:56 AM
I love the new format, more is better IMO!!!


1940 – World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse River. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.


Winston Churchill was nothing short of amazing, his political beliefs as well as war time knowledge makes him one of the best leaders I think the UK has/had ever seen!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 13, 2009, 11:06:14 AM
Churchill was awesome.

He has an incredible story.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 13, 2009, 12:16:14 PM
Am I banned from the shout box? I keep getting some weird message when I hit enter to post in the shout box.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 13, 2009, 12:25:48 PM
Am I banned from the shout box? I keep getting some weird message when I hit enter to post in the shout box.

no, you are just to lame. Shout box has it's limits.  :lol:

Server host updating
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 13, 2009, 12:32:25 PM
Thanks Peels   :(

I'm gonna go stick my head in the blender now. 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 13, 2009, 12:48:13 PM
Thanks Peels   :(

I'm gonna go stick my head in the blender now. 

:( :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 13, 2009, 01:54:42 PM
Thanks Peels   :(

I'm gonna go stick my head in the blender now. 

Can I set you on fire first ???  :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 13, 2009, 02:12:34 PM
Am I banned from the shout box? I keep getting some weird message when I hit enter to post in the shout box.

no, you are just to lame. Shout box has it's limits.  :lol:

Server host updating

Post of the Day!

Muahahahaha!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 13, 2009, 02:18:39 PM
hahahahahahaha

I'm headed out suckas. Have a great evening!!! :P :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 13, 2009, 02:40:06 PM
hahahahahahaha

I'm headed out suckas. Have a great evening!!! :P :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

If you want to score some quick loot, check the Mafia Wars thread. Cash cow!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 13, 2009, 02:50:12 PM
ta-ta nuccas! ducking outta this beyotch early.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 13, 2009, 02:51:07 PM
ta-ta nuccas! ducking outta this beyotch early.

I'm so ronrey.....

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 14, 2009, 09:20:48 AM
Today in history...

May 14

    * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
    * 1483 – Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable").
    * 1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
    * 1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
    * 1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
    * 1610 – Assassination of Henri IV of France, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
    * 1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
    * 1747 – A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre.
    * 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
    * 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
    * 1811 – Paraguay gains independence from Spain.
    * 1836 – The Treaties of Velasco were signed in Velasco, Texas.
    * 1861 – The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.
    * 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
    * 1868 – Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
    * 1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
    * 1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
    * 1889 – The children's charity the NSPCC is launched in London.
    * 1913 – New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
    * 1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
    * 1927 – Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg.
    * 1927 – The University of Chicago's local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under Illinois law as Eta Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Classical Fraternity.
    * 1929 – Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton.
    * 1931 – Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
    * 1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
    * 1935 – Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939.
    * 1939 – Lina Medina becomes the world's youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
    * 1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
    * 1940 – World War II: The Netherlands surrenders to Germany.
    * 1943 – Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine.
    * 1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
    * 1955 – Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
    * 1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
    * 1961 – Stirling Moss wins the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix.
    * 1970 – The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Skylab_launch_on_Saturn_V.jpg/180px-Skylab_launch_on_Saturn_V.jpg)

Launch of the Saturn INT-21, carrying the Skylab space station.

    * 1973 – Human Space Flight: Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
    * 1978 – First round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta.
    * 1986 – Pride of Baltimore lost at sea.
    * 1988 – Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.
    * 1998 – The final episode of Seinfeld airs on NBC.
    * 2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
    * 2005 – The former USS America (CV-66), a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.



    Birthdays today...

    * 1265 – Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (d. 1321)
    * 1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
    * 1553 – Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
    * 1666 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
    * 1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (d. 1764)
    * 1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
    * 1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
    * 1710 – King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
    * 1725 – Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
    * 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788)
    * 1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
    * 1752 – Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
    * 1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
    * 1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)
    * 1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian (d. 1873)
    * 1814 – Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
    * 1817 – Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
    * 1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)
    * 1867 – Kurt Eisner, German politician (d. 1919)
    * 1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)
    * 1878 – James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
    * 1880 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
    * 1881 – G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
    * 1881 – Ed Walsh, American baseball player (d. 1959)
    * 1885 – Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)
    * 1890 – Alex Pompez, American baseball executive (d. 1974)
    * 1893 – Louis Verneuil, French playwright (d. 1952)
    * 1897 – Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
    * 1897 – Ed Ricketts, American marine biologist (d. 1948)
    * 1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
    * 1899 – Earle Combs, American baseball player (d. 1976)
    * 1900 – Hal Borland, American author (d. 1978)
    * 1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch composer (d. 1943)
    * 1900 – Edgar Wind, German art historian (d. 1971)
    * 1900 – Walter Rehberg, Swiss concert pianist, composer and writer (d. 1957)
    * 1901 – Robert Ritter, German psychologist (d. 1951)
    * 1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
    * 1904 – Hans Albert Einstein, American professor (d. 1973)
    * 1904 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
    * 1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
    * 1905 – Herbert Morrison, American radio announcer (d. 1989)
    * 1907 – Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat (d. 2005)
    * 1907 – Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
    * 1907 – Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
    * 1916 – Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (d. 2005)
    * 1916 – Del Moore, American comedian (d. 1970)
    * 1916 – Marco Zanuso, Italian architect (d. 200´1)
    * 1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
    * 1919 – Solange Chaput-Rolland, French-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
    * 1919 – John Hope, American meteorologist (d. 2002)
    * 1921 – Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
    * 1921 – Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor (d. 2007)
    * 1922 – Franjo Tuđman, Croatian politician (d. 1999)
    * 1923 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
    * 1923 – Mrinal Sen, Indian film director
    * 1925 – Patrice Munsel, American opera soprano
    * 1925 – Al Porcino, American jazz trumpet player
    * 1926 – Eric Morecambe, British comedian (d. 1984)
    * 1927 – Herbert W. Franke, Austrian writer
    * 1928 – Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2000)
    * 1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist and inventor
    * 1929 – Henry McGee, straight man to Benny Hill (d. 2006)
    * 1929 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
    * 1929 – Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer
    * 1931 – Alvin Lucier, American composer
    * 1932 – Robert Bechtle, American painter
    * 1933 – Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector
    * 1933 – Michael Chevalier, German voice actor
    * 1934 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
    * 1935 – Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian writer and politician (d. 2004)
    * 1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
    * 1936 – Charlie Gracie, American singer
    * 1936 – Waheeda Rehman, Indian actress
    * 1940 – Troy Shondell, American singer
    * 1940 – 'H'. Jones, British Soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
    * 1942 – Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete (d. 2003)
    * 1942 – Byron Dorgan, American politician
    * 1942 – Prentis Hancock, British actor
    * 1942 – Tony Pérez, Cuban baseball player
    * 1942 – Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
    * 1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream)
    * 1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
    * 1943 – Derek Leckenby, British musician (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
    * 1943 – Elizabeth Ray, American sex scandal figure
    * 1944 – George Lucas, American film director
    * 1945 – Francesca Annis, British actress
    * 1945 – George Nicholls, British rugby league footballer
    * 1945 – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa
    * 1947 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
    * 1948 – Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach (d. 2007)
    * 1949 – Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
    * 1950 – Adolfo Dominguez, Spanish fashion designer
    * 1952 – David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician (Talking Heads)
    * 1952 – Scott Irwin, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
    * 1952 – Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut
    * 1952 – Robert Zemeckis, American film director
    * 1953 – Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician (Red Rider)
    * 1953 – Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
    * 1954 – Jens Sparschuh, German writer
    * 1955 – Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player
    * 1955 – Peter Kirsten, former South African cricketer
    * 1957 – Leon White, American professional wrestler
    * 1958 – Christine Brennan, American sports columnist
    * 1959 – Patrick Bruel, French singer
    * 1959 – Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion)
    * 1959 – Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1960 – Anne Clark, English singer
    * 1960 – Steve Williams, American wrestler
    * 1961 – Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
    * 1961 – Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian singer and songwriter
    * 1961 – Tim Roth, English actor
    * 1961 – Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey coach
    * 1962 – Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult)
    * 1962 – C. C. DeVille, American musician (Poison)
    * 1963 – Pat Borders, American baseball player
    * 1964 – James M. Kelly, American astronaut
    * 1964 – Eric Peterson, American musician (Testament)
    * 1964 – Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster
    * 1965 – Eoin Colfer, Irish writer
    * 1966 – Marianne Denicourt, French actress
    * 1966 – Mike Inez, American bassist
    * 1966 – Fabrice Morvan, French music artist (Milli Vanilli)
    * 1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American musician (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
    * 1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football player
    * 1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
    * 1969 – Danny Wood, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
    * 1971 – Sofia Coppola, American director
    * 1971 – Nasha Aziz, Malaysian actress & model
    * 1972 – Gabriel Mann, American actor
    * 1972 – Mark Ruskell, England-born Scottish politician
    * 1973 – Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
    * 1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer
    * 1973 – Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director
    * 1973 – Julian White, English rugby union footballer
    * 1973 – Shanice, American singer
    * 1974 – Jennifer Allan, American model
    * 1974 – Krister Axel, American poet and songwriter
    * 1975 – Salim Iles, Algerian swimmer
    * 1975 – Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
    * 1976 – Hunter Burgan, American musician (AFI)
    * 1976 – Brian Lawrence, American baseball player
    * 1976 – Martine McCutcheon, British actress
    * 1977 – Sophie Anderton, English model and television personality
    * 1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player
    * 1977 – Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
    * 1978 – Eddie House, American basketball player
    * 1978 – Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
    * 1978 – André Macanga, Angolan footballer
    * 1978 – Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
    * 1979 – Clinton Morrison, English-born Irish footballer
    * 1979 – Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
    * 1980 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
    * 1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
    * 1980 – Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
    * 1980 – Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union footballer
    * 1981 – Sarbel, Greek-born singer
    * 1982 – BeardyMan, English beatboxer
    * 1982 – Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
    * 1983 – Anahí, Mexican actress and singer (RBD)
    * 1983 – Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
    * 1983 – Amber Tamblyn, American actress
    * 1983 – Tom Welham, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
    * 1984 – Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian rules footballer
    * 1984 – Michael Rensing, German footballer
    * 1984 – Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
    * 1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur
    * 1985 – Sally Martin, American actress
    * 1986 – Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
    * 1987 – Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
    * 1987 – Francois Steyn, South African rugby union footballer
    * 1990 – Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
    * 1993 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer

    Famous deaths...

    *  964 – Pope John XII
    * 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
    * 1574 – Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
    * 1608 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
    * 1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
    * 1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
    * 1649 – Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian (b. 1600)
    * 1669 – Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)
    * 1688 – Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)
    * 1754 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
    * 1761 – Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (b. 1710)
    * 1818 – Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)
    * 1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
    * 1860 – Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)
    * 1873 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)
    * 1878 – Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)
    * 1887 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
    * 1889 – Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
    * 1893 – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (b. 1810)
    * 1906 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
    * 1912 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
    * 1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish author (b. 1849)
    * 1918 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1841)
    * 1919 – Henry John Heinz, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
    * 1923 – Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)
    * 1925 – H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
    * 1931 – David Belasco, American theatrical producer (b. 1853)
    * 1931 – Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (b. 1887)
    * 1934 – Lou Criger, American baseball player (b. 1872)
    * 1936 – Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (b. 1861)
    * 1940 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869)
    * 1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1854)
    * 1945 – Heber J. Grant, seventh president of the The Church of of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
    * 1954 – Heinz Guderian, German General (b. 1888)
    * 1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
    * 1959 – Sidney Bechet, American musician (b. 1897)
    * 1962 – Florence Auer, American actress (b. 1880)
    * 1968 – Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
    * 1969 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
    * 1970 – Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
    * 1973 – Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (b. 1905)
    * 1976 – Keith Relf, British singer and musician (The Yardbirds) (b. 1943)
    * 1978 – Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
    * 1980 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
    * 1982 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
    * 1983 – Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b. 1900)
    * 1983 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (b. 1900)
    * 1984 – Walter Rauff, German colonel (b. 1906)
    * 1985 – Mei Ling Barbara Yung, Hong Kong actress (b. 1959)
    * 1987 – Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
    * 1988 – Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
    * 1991 – Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong (b. 1914)
    * 1992 – Lyle Alzado, American football player (b. 1949)
    * 1992 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1899)
    * 1993 – Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
    * 1993 – William Randolph Hearst Jr., American newspaper magnate (b. 1908)
    * 1995 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
    * 1997 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (b. 1934)
    * 1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
    * 1998 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist (b. 1890)
    * 2000 – Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
    * 2003 – Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b. 1940)
    * 2003 – Wendy Hiller, British actress (b. 1912)
    * 2003 – Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
    * 2004 – Anna Lee, British actress (b. 1913)
    * 2006 – Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (b. 1922)
    * 2006 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet (b. 1905)
    * 2006 – Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
    * 2007 – Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (b. 1908)
    * 2007 – Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (b. 1921)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Liberia: National Unification Day
    * Malawi: Hastings Banda's Birthday

Have a great Thursday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 14, 2009, 03:03:14 PM
"Launch of the Saturn INT-21, carrying the Skylab space station."

What goes up, must come down..............
all over Australia whats more :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 14, 2009, 06:04:01 PM
The english sent their trash down their for years, we're just upstanding tradition.


:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 15, 2009, 01:38:35 AM
The english sent their trash down their for years, we're just upstanding tradition.


:lol:

Recent Immigrant when going through Immigration at an Australian Airport
"Criminal Convictions, no sorry, I didn't realise they were still manditory" :D
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 15, 2009, 07:21:43 AM
The english sent their trash down their for years, we're just upstanding tradition.


:lol:

Genius post  :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 15, 2009, 07:57:15 AM
The english sent their trash down their for years, we're just upstanding tradition.


:lol:

Genius post  :rofl:
So when are you getting "despatched"???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 15, 2009, 08:55:45 AM
Today in history...

May 15    


* 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
    * 1514 – Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
    * 1525 – The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War.
    * 1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on false charges of treason, adultery, incest and witchcraft. She is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
    * 1567 – Mary Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
    * 1602 – Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod.
    * 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
    * 1701 – The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
    * 1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
    * 1756 – The Seven Years' War begins when England declares war on France.
    * 1776 – American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
    * 1791 – Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
    * 1792 – War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
    * 1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights.
    * 1796 – First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
    * 1800 – George III survives two assassination attempts in one day.
    * 1811 – Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
    * 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    * 1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
    * 1849 – Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
    * 1851 – Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
    * 1858 – Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
    * 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. it is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
    * 1869 – Woman's suffrage: in New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
    * 1891 – Rerum Novarum, the first document of the Catholic Social Teaching tradition, is published by Pope Leo XIII.
    * 1897 – The Greek army retreats with heavy losses in the Greco-Turkish War.
    * 1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    * 1910 – The last time a major earthquake happened on the Elsinore Fault Zone.
    * 1911 – The United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
    * 1911 – The Georgios Averof cruiser is bought by Greece.
    * 1914 – Bolivia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
    * 1918 – The Finnish Civil War ends.
    * 1919 – The Winnipeg General Strike begins. By 11:00 a.m., almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba had walked off the job.
    * 1919 – Greek invasion of İzmir. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks. The responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades. Hasan Tahsin fires the first shot of the Turkish War of Independence.
    * 1920 – Council of Lithuania adjourns as the newly elected Constituent Assembly of Lithuania meets for the first time in Kaunas.
    * 1928 – Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
    * 1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
    * 1932 – The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
    * 1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
    * 1935 – The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
    * 1936 – Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
    * 1940 – USS Sailfish (SS-192) recommissioned, originally the USS Squalus.
    * 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
    * 1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
    * 1941 – Baseball player Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees starts his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak.
    * 1942 – World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
    * 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
    * 1945 – World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
    * 1948 – Following the demise of the British Mandate of Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel.
    * 1951 – The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum.
    * 1955 – The Austrian Independence Treaty is signed.
    * 1955 – The first ascent of Makalu, the world's fifth highest mountain.
    * 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.
    * 1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
    * 1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
    * 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
    * 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
    * 1970 – Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
    * 1972 – The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
    * 1972 – In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
    * 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: In an Arab terrorist attack and hostage taking at an Israeli school, a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchidren.
    * 1987 – The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
    * 1988 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
    * 1990 – Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
    * 1991 – Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.
    * 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
    * 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1567 – (baptism) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
    * 1608 – René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)
    * 1720 – Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
    * 1749 – Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)
    * 1770 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian entrepreneur and politician, and the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire (d. 1843)
    * 1773 – Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
    * 1786 – General Dimitris Plapoutas, a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1864)
    * 1817 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
    * 1848 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
    * 1856 – L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
    * 1856 – Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (d. 1917)
    * 1857 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (d. 1911)
    * 1859 – Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
    * 1862 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
    * 1890 – Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
    * 1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
    * 1891 – Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (d. 1971)
    * 1892 – Jimmy Wilde, boxer (d. 1969)
    * 1895 – William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (d. 1941)
    * 1898 – Arletty, French model and actress (d. 1992)
    * 1899 – Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
    * 1901 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (d. 1984)
    * 1901 – Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
    * 1902 – Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
    * 1903 – Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
    * 1905 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
    * 1907 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
    * 1909 – James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)
    * 1910 – Constance Cummings, British actress (d. 2005)
    * 1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
    * 1911 – Herta Oberheuser, Nazi doctor (d. 1978)
    * 1912 – Arthur Berger, American composer (d. 2003)
    * 1914 – Turk Broda, ice hockey goaltender (d. 1972)
    * 1914 – Tenzing Norgay, (adopted birthdate) Nepalese Sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top of Mount Everest (d. 1986)
    * 1915 – Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (d. 2006)
    * 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter
    * 1915 – Paul Samuelson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
    * 1915 – Gus Viseur, French button accordionist (d. 1974)
    * 1916 – Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress
    * 1918 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (d. 2008)
    * 1918 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor
    * 1922 – Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
    * 1923 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
    * 1923 – John Lanchbery, English composer (d. 2003)
    * 1923 – Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003)
    * 1924 – Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (d. 1971)
    * 1926 – Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (d. 2001)
    * 1926 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright
    * 1930 – Jasper Johns, American painter
    * 1931 – Ken Venturi, American golfer
    * 1935 – Utah Phillips, American labor organizer and folk singer
    * 1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
    * 1936 – Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
    * 1936 – Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
    * 1936 – Paul Zindel, American writer (d. 2003)
    * 1937 – Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
    * 1937 – Trini López, American musician
    * 1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress
    * 1938 – Diane Nash, American 1960s Civil Rights Movement leader
    * 1938 – Lenny Welch, American singer
    * 1939 – Dorothy Shirley, British athlete
    * 1940 – Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
    * 1940 – Roger Ailes, American businessman
    * 1940 – Don Nelson, American basketball coach, currently of the Golden State Warriors
    * 1941 – K.T. Oslin, American musician
    * 1942 – Jusuf Kalla, vice- president of Indonesia and Chairman of the Golkar Party.
    * 1942 – Doug Lowe, 35th Premier of Tasmania
    * 1944 – Ulrich Beck, German sociologist
    * 1944 – Bill Alter, Missouri State Senator
    * 1945 – Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer
    * 1945 – Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown
    * 1947 – Graeham Goble, Australian musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer (co-founding member of Little River Band)
    * 1948 – Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
    * 1948 – Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
    * 1948 – Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
    * 1950 – Nicholas Hammond, American actor
    * 1951 – Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
    * 1952 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor, writer and director
    * 1953 – George Brett, American baseball player
    * 1953 – Mike Oldfield, English composer
    * 1954 – Robert P. Harrison, American thinker
    * 1955 – Lee Horsley, American actor
    * 1956 – Dan Patrick, American sportscaster
    * 1957 – Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
    * 1957 – Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
    * 1958 – Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
    * 1959 – Andrew Eldritch, English singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)
    * 1959 – Kaokor Galaxy, Thai boxer
    * 1959 – Luis Perez-Sala, Spanish racing driver
    * 1960 – Rob Bowman, American film director
    * 1960 – Rhonda Burchmore, Australian Entertainer
    * 1961 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
    * 1961 – Melle Mel, American musician
    * 1962 – Lisa Curry-Kenny, Australian Ironwoman
    * 1965 – Raí, Brazilian footballer
    * 1966 – Pete Wiggs, English musician (Saint Etienne)
    * 1967 – Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
    * 1967 – John Smoltz, baseball player
    * 1968 – Cecilia Malmström, Swedish politician
    * 1968 – Seth Putnam, American musician
    * 1969 – Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player
    * 1969 – Emmitt Smith, American football player
    * 1969 – Asalah Nasri, Syrian singer
    * 1970 – Martin Rossiter, Welsh Musician
    * 1970 – Frank de Boer, Dutch football player
    * 1970 – Ronald de Boer, Dutch football player
    * 1970 – Desmond Howard, American football player
    * 1970 – Rod Smith, American football player
    * 1971 – Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
    * 1972 – David Charvet, French actor
    * 1974 – Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player
    * 1974 – Ahmet Zappa, American musician
    * 1974 – Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
    * 1975 – Peter Iwers, Swedish Musician
    * 1975 – Ray Lewis, American football player
    * 1976 – Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
    * 1976 – Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
    * 1976 – Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
    * 1976 – Ryan Leaf, American football player
    * 1976 – Tyler Walker, baseball player
    * 1978 – Amy Chow, American gymnast
    * 1978 – Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
    * 1978 – Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
    * 1978 – Edu, Brazilian footballer
    * 1978 – David Krumholtz, American actor
    * 1978 – Krissy Taylor, American model (d. 1995)
    * 1980 – Josh Beckett, American baseball player
    * 1980 – Rocky Marquette, American actor
    * 1981 – Patrice Evra, French footballer
    * 1981 – Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
    * 1981 – Zara Phillips, British royal and eventer
    * 1981 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
    * 1982 – Alex Breckenridge, American actress
    * 1982 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
    * 1982 – Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
    * 1982 – Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
    * 1982 – Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (The Pussycat Dolls)
    * 1982 – Chandan Khaira, Professional bhangra dancer
    * 1983 – Devin Bronson, American guitarist (Avril Lavigne)
    * 1984 – Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian racing driver
    * 1985 – Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
    * 1986 – Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
    * 1986 – Adam Moffat, Scottish football player
    * 1986 – Kyle Loza,Freestyle Motocross Rider
    * 1987 – Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
    * 1987 – Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress and singer
    * 1987 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
    * 1990 – Joe Mattock, English football player
    * 1995 – Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian singer

To be continued.....

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 15, 2009, 08:56:08 AM

     Famous deaths.....


    * 913 – Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
    * 1036 – Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
    * 1157 – Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
    * 1174 – Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
    * 1381 – Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
    * 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
    * 1585 – Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
    * 1591 – Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (b. 1582)
    * 1609 – Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
    * 1634 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
    * 1698 – Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
    * 1699 – Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
    * 1703 – Charles Perrault, French writer (b. 1628)
    * 1714 – Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
    * 1740 – Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
    * 1760 – Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)
    * 1773 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
    * 1782 – Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
    * 1845 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican Head of State (b. 1800)
    * 1879 – Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
    * 1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
    * 1924 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)
    * 1935 – Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
    * 1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
    * 1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902)
    * 1945 – Charles Williams, British writer (b. 1886)
    * 1948 – Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
    * 1954 – William March, American writer (b. 1893)
    * 1956 – Austin Osman Spare, English artist and magician (b. 1886)
    * 1964 – Vladko Maček, Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. 1879)
    * 1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
    * 1971 – Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
    * 1978 – Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
    * 1982 – Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
    * 1984 – Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
    * 1986 – Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
    * 1986 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
    * 1989 – Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
    * 1991 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
    * 1991 – Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian writer (b. c. 1900)
    * 1991 – Ronald Lacey, English actor (b. 1935)
    * 1992 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
    * 1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
    * 1994 – Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1905)
    * 1995 – Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
    * 1996 – Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
    * 1998 – Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
    * 2003 – June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
    * 2003 – George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)
    * 2005 – Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
    * 2007 – Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
    * 2007 – Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
    * 2008 – Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
    * 2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
    * 2008 – Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960)
    * 2009 – Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor.

    Holidays and observances...

    * Peace Officers Memorial Day
    * International Day of Families
    * International Conscientious Objectors' Day
    * Paraguay – Independence Day. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on Flag Day, 14 May.
    * Roman Empire – Mercuralia in honor of Mercury held.
    * Slovenia – Day of Slovenian armed forces.
    * Teacher's Day in Mexico (Día del Maestro) and South Korea (스승의 날).
    * Nakba Day in Palestinian communities.

Have a great Friday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 15, 2009, 10:03:52 AM
partying like a mofo in Paraguay!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on May 15, 2009, 01:04:29 PM
    * International Conscientious Objectors' Day

I thought everyday was a holiday for them.   ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 16, 2009, 09:12:08 AM
Today in history....

     May 16

    * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
    * 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
    * 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
    * 1568 – Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.
    * 1770 – 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
    * 1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
    * 1777 – Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.
    * 1811 – Peninsular War – The allies Spain, Portugal and Britain, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
    * 1815 – The Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, officially names the town of Blackheath in the upper Blue Mountains.
    * 1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
    * 1836 – Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
    * 1843 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
    * 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
    * 1866 – Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
    * 1868 – President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
    * 1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
    * 1877 – May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
    * 1910 – The United States Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
    * 1914 – The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
    * 1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
    * 1919 – A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
    * 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
    * 1929 – In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
    * 1943 – Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
    * 1948 – Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
    * 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
    * 1960 – Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris.
    * 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
    * 1965 – The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
    * 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the 'May 16 Notice', marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
    * 1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
    * 1974 – Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
    * 1975 – India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote was in favour of merging with India.
    * 1975 – Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
    * 1983 – Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
    * 1986 – The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
    * 1988 – A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
    * 1992 – STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
    * 2003 – In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
    * 2004 – The Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kiev, Ukraine. Here during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians.
    * 2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.
    * 2006 – A large earthquake (7.4 on the Richter scale) occurs near New Zealand.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1490 – Duke Albert of Prussia (d. 1568)
    * 1578 – Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)
    * 1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
    * 1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782)
    * 1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)
    * 1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (d. 1829)
    * 1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866)
    * 1801 – William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre (d. 1872)
    * 1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
    * 1824 – Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrison (d. 1920)
    * 1827 – Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (d. 1921)
    * 1831 – David E. Hughes, American musician (d. 1900)
    * 1845 – Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1916)
    * 1860 – Herman Webster Mudgett, American Serial Killer (d. 1896)
    * 1891 – Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (d. 1948)
    * 1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (d. 1980)
    * 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (d. 1956)
    * 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
    * 1906 – Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
    * 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
    * 1906 – Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996)
    * 1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
    * 1910 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
    * 1910 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (d. 1972)
    * 1912 – Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008)
    * 1913 – Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (d. 1987)
    * 1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author
    * 1916 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress (d. 1997)
    * 1916 – Ephraim Katzir, President of Israel
    * 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (d. 1986)
    * 1917 – James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999)
    * 1917 – George Gaynes, American actor
    * 1918 – Wilf Mannion, English former footballer (d. 2000)
    * 1919 – Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)
    * 1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004)
    * 1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
    * 1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor
    * 1923 – Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
    * 1925 – Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer
    * 1926 – Ronald Podrow, British peace activist (d. 2004)
    * 1927 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
    * 1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
    * 1929 – John Conyers, American politician
    * 1929 – Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
    * 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American writer
    * 1930 – Betty Carter, American jazz singer (d. 1998)
    * 1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist (d. 2000)
    * 1931 – Jack Dodson, American actor (d. 1994)
    * 1931 – Denise Filiatrault, French Canadian actress and director
    * 1931 – Natwar Singh, Indian politician
    * 1931 – Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician
    * 1931 – Hana Brady, Killed during Holocaust
    * 1935 – James Bolam, English actor
    * 1936 – Roy Hudd, English radio and television actor
    * 1936 – Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal
    * 1937 – Yvonne Craig, American actress
    * 1944 – Billy Cobham, American virtuoso drummer
    * 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
    * 1945 – Nicky Chinn, English songwriter (Sweet, Suzi Quatro)
    * 1945 – Alan Flusser, American clothing designer
    * 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist (King Crimson)
    * 1946 – Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat)
    * 1947 – Bill Smitrovich, American actor
    * 1948 – Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
    * 1948 – Judy Finnegan, English TV presenter (Richard & Judy)
    * 1948 – Adrian Legg, English guitarist
    * 1950 – J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate
    * 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician
    * 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
    * 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American proto-punk icon
    * 1952 – James Herndon, American media psychologist
    * 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
    * 1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
    * 1955 – Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast
    * 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player
    * 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English singer
    * 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress
    * 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress
    * 1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
    * 1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor
    * 1961 – Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
    * 1963 – Jon Coffelt, American artist
    * 1963 – Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
    * 1964 – John Salley, American basketball player
    * 1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American violinist (Dave Matthews Band)
    * 1964 – Edit Berces, Hungarian marathon runner
    * 1965 – Krist Novoselic, American musician, author, and activist
    * 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer
    * 1966 – Scott Reeves, American actor and singer
    * 1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player
    * 1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer (New Edition)
    * 1968 – Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
    * 1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor
    * 1969 – Tucker Carlson, American television commentator
    * 1969 – Tracey Gold, American actress
    * 1969 – Steve Lewis, American athlete
    * 1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
    * 1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer and actress
    * 1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
    * 1972 – Derek Mears, American actor
    * 1972 – Khary Payton, American actor
    * 1973 – Special Ed, American rapper
    * 1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress
    * 1973 – Jason Acuña, American television personality
    * 1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer
    * 1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
    * 1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
    * 1975 – Tonéx, American singer
    * 1976 – Brian Langtry, American lacrosse player
    * 1976 – Dirk Nannes, Dutch/Australian cricketer
    * 1977 – Dolcenera, Italian singer
    * 1977 – Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1978 – David Ford, English singer/songwriter
    * 1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer
    * 1979 – McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress
    * 1980 – Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer
    * 1980 – Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
    * 1980 – Melanie Lofton, American Journalist
    * 1981 – Jim Sturgess, English actor
    * 1982 – Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
    * 1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
    * 1982 – Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete
    * 1983 – Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
    * 1983 – Mince Fratelli, Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis)
    * 1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian football player (AFL)
    * 1984 – Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
    * 1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
    * 1985 – Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
    * 1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer
    * 1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1985 – Okura Tadayoshi, Japanese singer (Kanjani8)
    * 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
    * 1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
    * 1998 – Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress

     Famous deaths...

    *  583 – Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)
    * 1265 – Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
    * 1569 – Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
    * 1620 – William Adams, English navigator (b. 1564)
    * 1657 – Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
    * 1667 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)
    * 1669 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian architect (b. 1596)
    * 1691 – Jacob Leisler, American colonist (b. 1640)
    * 1703 – Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628)
    * 1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)
    * 1782 – Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736)
    * 1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (b. 1720)
    * 1830 – Joseph Fourier, French scientist (b. 1768)
    * 1891 – Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (b. 1821)
    * 1913 – Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1849)
    * 1920 – Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrision (b. 1824)
    * 1926 – Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861)
    * 1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)
    * 1944 – George Ade, American author (b. 1866)
    * 1947 – Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1861)
    * 1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)
    * 1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893)
    * 1955 – James Agee, American writer (b. 1909)
    * 1956 – H. B. Reese, American confectioner (b. 1876)
    * 1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
    * 1959 – Elisha Scott, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1894)
    * 1961 – George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881)
    * 1969 – Robert R., American AIDS victim (b. 1954)
    * 1975 – Al Helfer, American radio sportscaster (b. 1911)
    * 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American civil rights activist (b. 1889)
    * 1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (b. 1922)
    * 1984 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
    * 1984 – Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
    * 1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
    * 1988 – Charles Keeping, English illustrator (b. 1924)
    * 1990 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (b. 1925)
    * 1990 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (b. 1936)
    * 1992 – Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b. 1960)
    * 1993 – Marv Johnson, American R&B and soul singer (b. 1938)
    * 1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
    * 1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
    * 2000 – Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (b. 1988)
    * 2001 – Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)
    * 2002 – Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC (b. 1899)
    * 2002 – Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
    * 2003 – Mark McCormack, American businessman (b. 1930)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Iraq: Mass Graves Day
    * Malaysia: Teachers' Day
    * Southern Sudan: National Day
    * Middlesex Day

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 16, 2009, 09:28:19 AM
 * Middlesex Day
Preddy, Peels, Temptation, a day just for you :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 16, 2009, 10:02:55 AM
* Middlesex Day
Preddy, Peels, Temptation, a day just for you :nod:

:rofl:

Owned by the kiwi!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 16, 2009, 10:15:39 AM
* Middlesex Day

I love being in the "middle" of Preddy and Temptation.


They like it too. :kiss:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 16, 2009, 06:23:10 PM
* Middlesex Day

I love being in the "middle" of Preddy and Temptation.


They like it too. :kiss:
As you should well know ::)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 16, 2009, 07:40:23 PM
WOOT!
* 1965 – The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 16, 2009, 08:49:05 PM
WOOT!
* 1965 – The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
You tryin to change the subject?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 17, 2009, 09:52:08 AM
Today in history...

May 17th

    * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
    * 1536 – George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
    * 1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
    * 1642 – Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
    * 1673 – Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
    * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.
    * 1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
    * 1805 – Muhammad Ali became Wāli of Egypt.
    * 1809 – Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
    * 1814 – Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
    * 1814 – The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
    * 1849 – A fire threatens to burn St. Louis, Missouri to the ground.
    * 1860 – German football club TSV 1860 München is founded
    * 1863 – Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, her first book in the Galician language.
    * 1865 – The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established.
    * 1873 – El Paso, Texas is established by charter from the Texas Legislature.
    * 1875 – Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
    * 1895 – The first Omonoia station of the Athens metro is inaugurated in Greece.
    * 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
    * 1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    * 1914 – The Protocol of Corfu is signed recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
    * 1915 – The last British Liberal Party government (Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.
    * 1919 – War Department (UK) orders use of National Star Insignia on all airplanes.
    * 1927 – U.S. Army aviation pioneer, Major Harold Geiger, dies in the crash of his Airco DH.4 de Havilland plane at Olmstead Field, Pennsylvania
    * 1933 – Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
    * 1939 – The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the first-ever televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
    * 1940 – World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
    * 1940 – World War II: the old city centre of the Dutch town of Middelburg is bombed by the German Luftwaffe, to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland.
    * 1943 – The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC.
    * 1943 – World War II: the Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams.
    * 1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
    * 1963 – Bruno Sammartino defeats Nature Boy Buddy Rogers in 48 seconds in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. It begins the longest heavyweight championship reign in professional wrestling history.
    * 1967 – Six-Day War: President Abdul Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
    * 1969 – Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
    * 1970 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean.
    * 1973 – Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate and are televised.
    * 1974 – Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
    * 1974 – Thirty-three people are killed by terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.
    * 1980 – General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
    * 1980 – On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in the town of Chuschi, Ayacucho, starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
    * 1983 – U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
    * 1983 – Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
    * 1984 – Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
    * 1987 – An Iraqi fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. warship USS Stark (FFG-31), killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
    * 1992 – the WHO takes Homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses.
    * 1992 – In Thailand, the so-called Black May begins. Thai police and protesters start attacking one another. By midnight, the current Thai government declares a state of emergency, and military troops open fire.
    * 1994 – Malawi holds its first multiparty elections.
    * 1995 – After 18 years as the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France.
    * 1997 – Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic Of Congo
    * 2000 – In the Philippines an explosion rocks Glorietta 2 injuring 13 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video arcade.
    * 2004 – Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
    * 2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef
    * 2007 – Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.


     Birthdays today...

    * 1155 – Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)
    * 1443 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1460)
    * 1551 – Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)
    * 1628 – Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
    * 1682 – Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
    * 1706 – Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
    * 1718 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778)
    * 1743 – Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
    * 1749 – Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d. 1823)
    * 1758 – John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
    * 1768 – Caroline of Brunswick, Queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1821)
    * 1768 – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854)
    * 1794 – Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860)
    * 1821 – Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897)
    * 1836 – Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (d. 1900)
    * 1836 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)
    * 1844 – Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
    * 1866 – Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925)
    * 1868 – Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)
    * 1873 – Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d. 1935)
    * 1873 – Dorothy Richardson, English writer (d. 1957)
    * 1879 – Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (d. 1926)
    * 1886 – Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
    * 1888 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d. 1965)
    * 1891 – Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (d. 1959)
    * 1891 – Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and resistance leader during World War II (d. 1957)
    * 1897 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
    * 1898 – Alfred Joseph Casson, Canadian painter (d. 1992)
    * 1900 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Muslim cleric (d. 1989)
    * 1901 – Werner Egk, German composer (d. 1983)
    * 1903 – Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d. 1991)
    * 1904 – Jean Gabin, French actor (d. 1976)
    * 1906 – Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (d. 1989)
    * 1911 – Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-born supermodel (d. 1992)
    * 1911 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998)
    * 1913 – Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver (d. 2007)
    * 1918 – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (d. 2005)
    * 1919 – Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (d. 2007)
    * 1919 – Merle Miller, American biographer (d. 1986)
    * 1921 – Dennis Brain, English French horn player (d. 1957)
    * 1921 – Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (d. 1998)
    * 1931 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (d. 1997)
    * 1935 – Dennis Potter, English writer (d. 1994)
    * 1936 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director
    * 1937 – Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy
    * 1938 – Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996)
    * 1939 – Gary Paulsen, American author
    * 1940 – Alan Kay, American computer scientist
    * 1940 – Reynato Puno, Filipino Supreme Court Chief Justice
    * 1941 – David Cope, American composer and author
    * 1941 – Ben Nelson. American politician
    * 1941 – Grace Zabriskie, American actress
    * 1942 – Taj Mahal, American musician
    * 1943 – Johnny Warren, Australian Footballer (d. 2004)
    * 1943 – Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
    * 1945 – Tony Roche, Australian tennis player
    * 1946 – Udo Lindenberg, German musician
    * 1946 – F. Paul Wilson, American novelist
    * 1948 – Dick Gaughan, Scottish musician, singer and songwriter
    * 1949 – Bill Bruford, English musician (Yes)
    * 1950 – Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
    * 1950 – Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician (d. 2008)
    * 1950 – Valeria Novodvorskaya, Russian politician, dissident, the founder and the chairwoman of the "Democratic Union" party
    * 1951 – Simon Hughes, British politician
    * 1952 – Howard Hampton, Canadian politician
    * 1953 – Luca Prodan, Italian singer musician (Luca Prodan)
    * 1955 – Bill Paxton, American actor and film director
    * 1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
    * 1956 – Bob Saget, American actor
    * 1956 – Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist
    * 1957 – Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player
    * 1958 – Paul Di'Anno, English singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
    * 1959 – Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach
    * 1959 – Jim Nantz, American broadcaster
    * 1960 – Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter
    * 1961 – Enya, Irish singer and songwriter
    * 1962 – Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor and comedian
    * 1962 – Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer
    * 1963 – Page McConnell, American musician and songwriter (Phish)
    * 1963 – Jon Koncak, American basketball player
    * 1964 – Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
    * 1965 – Richard Baumhammers, American spree killer
    * 1965 – Trent Reznor, American musician (Nine Inch Nails)
    * 1966 – Hill Harper, American actor
    * 1966 – Danny Manning, American basketball player
    * 1966 – Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player
    * 1969 – Thom Filicia, American television personality
    * 1969 – Alan Doyle, Canadian musician (Great Big Sea)
    * 1970 – Jordan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
    * 1970 – Hubert Davis, American basketball player
    * 1970 – Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer, actress and model
    * 1970 – Matt Lindland, American mixed martial arts fighter
    * 1971 – Shaun Hart, Australian footballer
    * 1971 – Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
    * 1972 – Busta Rhymes, American Rapper
    * 1973 – Josh Homme, American musician and songwriter (Queens of the Stone Age)
    * 1973 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
    * 1973 – Sasha Alexander, American television actress
    * 1973 – Steve Barakatt, Canadian composer
    * 1974 – Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs)
    * 1974 – Wiki González, Venezuelan baseball player
    * 1974 – Eddie Lewis, American football (soccer) player
    * 1974 – Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
    * 1975 – Cheick Kongo, French martial artist
    * 1975 – Jonti Picking, British cartoonist
    * 1975 – Kostas Sommer, Greek actor
    * 1975 – Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer
    * 1975 – Alex Wright, German professional wrestler
    * 1976 – José Guillén, Dominican baseball player
    * 1976 – Lee-Hom Wang, American-born Taiwanese musician and composer
    * 1977 - Brandy Sheppard aka Mrs. Flynbyu
    * 1978 – John Foster, American baseball player
    * 1978 – Paddy Kenny, Irish goalkeeper
    * 1978 – Carlos Pena, Dominican baseball player
    * 1979 – Wayne Thomas, English footballer
    * 1980 – Davor Džalto, Serbian art historian
    * 1980 – Dallas Taylor, American singer (Underoath)
    * 1981 – Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist
    * 1981 – R. J. Helton, American Idol finalist
    * 1981 – Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer
    * 1981 – Leon Osman, English footballer
    * 1981 – Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer
    * 1981 – Lim Jeong Hee, Korean singer
    * 1982 – Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
    * 1982 – Matt Cassel, American Football player
    * 1983 – Channing Frye, American basketball player
    * 1983 – Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer
    * 1983 – Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
    * 1984 – Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player
    * 1984 – Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer
    * 1985 – Matt Ryan, American football player
    * 1985 – Derek Hough, American dancer and singer
    * 1986 – Tahj Mowry, American actor
    * 1988 – Nikki Reed, American actress
    * 1989 – Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer
    * 1990 – Leven Rambin, American actress


     Famous deaths...

    * 1189 – Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
    * 1336 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
    * 1365 – Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
    * 1395 – Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm
    * 1464 – Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)
    * 1510 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)
    * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)
    * 1536 – George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat
                 Francis Weston, English courtier and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (b. 1511)
                 Henry Norris, English courtier and groom of the stool
                 William Brereton, English courtier and Groom of the Privy Chamber
                 Mark Smeaton, English courtier and musician
    * 1575 – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1504)
    * 1626 – Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
    * 1643 – Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer
    * 1727 – Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
    * 1729 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675)
    * 1765 – Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)
    * 1797 – Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)
    * 1801 – William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)
    * 1807 – John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (b. 1745)
    * 1809 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
    * 1822 – Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766)
    * 1829 – John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
    * 1838 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)
    * 1838 – René Caillé, French explorer (b. 1799)
    * 1839 – Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757)
    * 1868 – Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834)
    * 1875 – John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
    * 1879 – Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805)
    * 1886 – John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)
    * 1888 – Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)
    * 1916 – Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862)
    * 1917 – Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)
    * 1919 – Guido von List, German occult author (b. 1848)
    * 1927 – Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)
    * 1935 – Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865)
    * 1936 – Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)
    * 1937 – Guilląme Sebastian Furrét, Portuguese dramatist and social agitator (b. 1863)
    * 1938 – Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)
    * 1947 – George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
    * 1963 – John Wilce, physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. 1888)
    * 1974 – Ernest Nash, German born archaeologist (b. 1898)
    * 1985 – Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer (b. 1910)
    * 1987 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
    * 1992 – Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903)
    * 1995 – Hector "Toe" Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and NHL coach (b. 1912)
    * 1996 – Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer and instrumentalist (b. 1966)
    * 1996 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
    * 1999 – Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949)
    * 2000 – Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909)
    * 2001 – Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
    * 2002 – Dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
    * 2002 – Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b. 1940)
    * 2002 – Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962)
    * 2002 – Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927)
    * 2003 – Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916)
    * 2004 – Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)
    * 2004 – Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
    * 2004 – Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943)
    * 2005 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)
    * 2006 – Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911)
    * 2006 – Eric Forth, British Member of Parliament (b. 1944)
    * 2006 – Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (b. 1980)
    * 2007 – Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924)

    Holidays and observances...

    * International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia aka IDAHO.
    * World Information Society Day
    * Bahá'í Faith: Feast of ‘Aẓamat
    * Argentina: Navy Day
    * Democratic Republic of the Congo: Liberation Day
    * Galicia (Spain): Galician Literature Day (Día das Letras Galegas)
    * Ireland: National Famine Memorial Day
    * Nauru: Constitution Day
    * Norway: Norwegian Constitution Day (Syttende Mai)
    * Perlis: Birthday of the Raja

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 17, 2009, 10:38:20 AM
   * 2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef

That would be cool to watch!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 18, 2009, 01:32:59 AM
News not that interesting, hows the weather?
No?
ok time for the "sports" section ;)
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Post by: Colorado700R on May 18, 2009, 07:26:10 AM
   * 2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef

That would be cool to watch!

We sunk an old WWII troop carrier ship (Massive) with Harpoon missiles and 5" guns off of HI.  Badass 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 18, 2009, 08:10:05 AM
Weather here has been weird.

Saturday we were in the mid 50's today high of 80. :help:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 18, 2009, 09:33:00 AM
Briiiiiiiiaaaaannnnnn :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 18, 2009, 09:55:18 AM
Lets hope he's busy today....selling like a mofo.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 18, 2009, 10:00:28 AM
You run FireFox or IE?

Not sure if it shows in firefox is why I'm asking. Can you see the site icon?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 18, 2009, 10:05:07 AM
Sure do, nice looking front end. 

Next year it will belong to someone else.
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Post by: Flynbyu on May 18, 2009, 10:19:47 AM
Today in history...

May 18th   

* 1152 – Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
    * 1268 – The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch.
    * 1302 – Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
    * 1498 – Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India.
    * 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
    * 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
    * 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
    * 1765 – Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
    * 1783 – First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
    * 1803 – Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
    * 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
    * 1811 – Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas.
    * 1843 – The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
    * 1848 – Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
    * 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
    * 1869 – Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan.
    * 1896 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional.
    * 1896 – Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
    * 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
    * 1900 – The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
    * 1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
    * 1917 – World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
    * 1926 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
    * 1927 – The Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
    * 1933 – New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
    * 1944 – World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers ("Fallschirmjäger") evacuate Monte Cassino.
    * 1944 – Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
    * 1948 – The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
    * 1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
    * 1956 – First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 metres, by a Swiss team.
    * 1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).
    * 1959 – Launching of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
    * 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
    * 1974 – Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
    * 1974 – Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.
    * 1980 – 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
    * 1980 – Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
    * 1983 – In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
    * 1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h.
    * 1991 – Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is unrecognised by the international community.
    * 1992 – The Archivist of the United States officially announces the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    * 1993 – EU-riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets were fired.
    * 1998 – United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.
    * 2006 – The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1048 – Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)
    * 1186 – Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
    * 1474 – Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
    * 1610 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
    * 1616 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667)
    * 1662 (O.S.) – George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
    * 1692 (O.S.) – Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752)
    * 1711 – Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787)
    * 1777 – John George Children, British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist (d. 1852)
    * 1778 – Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
    * 1785 – John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
    * 1797 – Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
    * 1850 – Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d. 1925)
    * 1851 – James Budd, Governor of California (d. 1908)
    * 1854 – Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and music teacher (d. 1924)
    * 1868 – Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1918)
    * 1872 – Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
    * 1876 – Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
    * 1882 – Babe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1968)
    * 1883 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (d. 1974)
    * 1883 – Walter Gropius, German architect (d. 1969)
    * 1887 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)
    * 1889 – Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (d. 1944)
    * 1891 – Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d. 1970)
    * 1892 – Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass (d. 1957)
    * 1897 – Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
    * 1901 – Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
    * 1902 – Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
    * 1904 – Jacob K. Javits, American politician (d. 1986)
    * 1905 – Hedley Verity, English cricketer (d. 1943)
    * 1907 – Carl Mydans, American photographer (d. 2004)
    * 1909 – Fred Perry, British former tennis player (d. 1995)
    * 1911 – Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (d. 1985)
    * 1912 – Richard Brooks, American film director, writer and producer (d. 1992)
    * 1912 – Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
    * 1912 – Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 2003)
    * 1913 – Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (d. 2000)
    * 1913 – Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
    * 1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (d. 1996)
    * 1914 – Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
    * 1918 – George Welch, American pilot and war hero (d. 1954)
    * 1918 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
    * 1919 – Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)
    * 1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
    * 1920 – Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
    * 1922 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005)
    * 1922 – Bill Macy, American actor
    * 1922 – Kai Winding, Danish-born musician (d. 1983)
    * 1923 – Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
    * 1923 – Jean-Louis Roux, French Canadian actor and artistic director
    * 1924 – Priscilla Pointer, American actress
    * 1924 – Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
    * 1926 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. 1980)
    * 1928 – Pernell Roberts, American actor
    * 1929 – Jack Sanford, American baseball player (d. 2000)
    * 1930 – Warren Rudman, American politician
    * 1931 – Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
    * 1931 – Robert Morse, American actor
    * 1933 – Bernadette Chirac, French politician
    * 1933 – Don Whillans, English mountaineer (d. 1985)
    * 1934 – Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive
    * 1937 – Brooks Robinson, American baseball player
    * 1937 – Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
    * 1939 – Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate (d. 1992)
    * 1939 – Gordon O'Connor, Canadian politician
    * 1940 – Gaston Laperse, Belgian stone sculptor
    * 1941 – Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)
    * 1941 – Miriam Margolyes, British actress
    * 1942 – Albert Hammond, British musician and composer
    * 1942 – Nobby Stiles, English footballer
    * 1943 – James Reiher, American professional wrestler
    * 1944 – W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (d. 2001)
    * 1946 – Bruce Gilbert, English musician (Wire)
    * 1946 – Frank Hsieh, former Premier of Taiwan
    * 1946 – Reggie Jackson, American baseball player
    * 1946 – Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
    * 1947 – John Bruton, ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
    * 1948 – Tom Udall, American politician
    * 1948 – Yi Munyol, South Korean writer
    * 1949 – Rick Wakeman, English composer and musician (Yes)
    * 1949 – Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who)
    * 1950 – Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host
    * 1950 – Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
    * 1951 – Jim Sundberg, American baseball player
    * 1952 – Diane Duane, American writer
    * 1952 – George Strait, American musician
    * 1952 – Jeana Yeager, American aviator
    * 1954 – Reinhold Heil, German composer
    * 1955 – Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
    * 1957 – Michael Cretu, German musician (Enigma)
    * 1958 – Toyah Willcox, English actor and singer
    * 1959 – Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1960 – Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player
    * 1960 – Yannick Noah, French tennis player
    * 1961 – Jim Bowden, American baseball executive
    * 1962 – Mike Whitmarsh, American Volleyball Player
    * 1962 – Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer
    * 1962 – Sandra Cretu, German singer
    * 1962 – Mike Darnell, American television executive
    * 1963 – Marty McSorley, hockey player
    * 1965 – Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (d. 1995)
    * 1966 – Michael Tait, American musician (dc Talk, Tait)
    * 1967 – Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German Formula One racing driver
    * 1967 – Rob Base, American rapper
    * 1969 – Martika, Cuban-American singer
    * 1970 – Tina Fey, American writer/actress
    * 1971 – Brad Friedel, American soccer player
    * 1971 – Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot/television reporter
    * 1971 – Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver
    * 1972 – Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish racecar driver
    * 1974 – Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player
    * 1975 – John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
    * 1975 – Jack Johnson, American musician
    * 1976 – Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian ice hockey player
    * 1977 – Lee Hendrie, English footballer
    * 1977 – Danny Mills, English footballer
    * 1978 – Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
    * 1978 – Marcus Giles, American baseball player
    * 1979 – Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
    * 1979 – Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoiest
    * 1979 – David Nail, country singer
    * 1979 – Julián Speroni, Argentine footballer
    * 1979 – Milivoje Novakovič, Slovenian footballer
    * 1980 – Jeff Roehl, American football player
    * 1980 – Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer and model
    * 1980 – Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician
    * 1981 – Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
    * 1982 – Jason Brown, English footballer
    * 1983 – Gary O'Neil, English footballer
    * 1983 – Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
    * 1983 – Vince Young, American football player
    * 1984 – Scarlett Keegan, American model
    * 1984 – Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
    * 1984 – Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
    * 1986 – Ryan Lamb, English rugby union player
    * 1987 – Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model
    * 1988 – Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor
    * 1988 – Koji Seto Japanese actor and singer
    * 1992 – Spencer Breslin, American actor

     Famous deaths...

    * 1401 – Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 – 1378, count palatine of Poland
    * 1450 – Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)
    * 1550 – John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
    * 1551 – Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)
    * 1584 – Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)
    * 1675 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623)
    * 1675 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
    * 1692 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617)
    * 1733 – Georg Böhm, German organist (b. 1761)
    * 1780 – Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
    * 1781 – Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)
    * 1799 – Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b. 1732)
    * 1800 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
    * 1807 – John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721)
    * 1808 – Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor
    * 1829 – Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. 1803)
    * 1844 – Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)
    * 1889 – Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823)
    * 1900 – Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813)
    * 1909 – George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
    * 1909 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
    * 1910 – Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and composer (b. 1821)
    * 1910 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b. 1841)
    * 1911 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
    * 1922 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)
    * 1927 – Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (b. 1872)
    * 1941 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
    * 1955 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
    * 1956 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
    * 1963 – Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939)
    * 1967 – Andy Clyde, American actor (b. 1892)
    * 1971 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
    * 1973 – Jeannette Rankin, first U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1880)
    * 1975 – Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908)
    * 1980 – Ian Curtis, English musician, singer and lyricist (Joy Division) (b. 1956)
    * 1980 – Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1896)
    * 1980 – David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanologist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1949)
    * 1980 – Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1952)
    * 1981 – Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
    * 1981 – William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)
    * 1988 – Daws Butler, American voice actor (b. 1916)
    * 1990 – Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
    * 1992 – Skip Stephenson, American TV personality (b. 1940)
    * 1992 – Marshall Thompson, American actor (b. 1925)
    * 1995 – Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
    * 1995 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
    * 1995 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
    * 1997 – Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
    * 1999 – Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
    * 1999 – Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)
    * 2000 – Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946)
    * 2000 – Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar
    * 2002 – Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962)
    * 2003 – Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b. 1914)
    * 2003 – Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b. 1961)
    * 2004 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)
    * 2004 – Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (b. 1946)
    * 2006 – Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" (b. 1972)
    * 2007 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932)
    * 2007 – Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. 1932)
    * 2008 – Joseph Pevney, American television director
    * 2009 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

     Holidays and observances...

    * International Museum Day
    * World AIDS Vaccine Day
    * Haiti: Flag Day
    * Somaliland: Independence Day
    * Turkmenistan: Revival, Unity, and Poetry of Magtymguly Day
    * Uruguay: Battle of Las Piedras Day
    * Canada: Victoria Day

Have a great Monday...

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 18, 2009, 10:25:24 AM
1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).

Still one of my favorite looking Jets.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 18, 2009, 10:27:54 AM
World AIDS Vaccine Day


And peels rejoices.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 18, 2009, 10:34:56 AM
1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 2,259.82 km/h (1,404.19 mph).

Still one of my favorite looking Jets.

We had two at our last airshow.....One on static display, and one for a demo. Extremely noisy bird.

Wicked fast, with a TERRIBLE turn radius with those short wings.

Yeager lost the tips of his fingers due to a flame out while tying to break an altitude record in the F104. The F104 was used up until 2004 by Italy, and the late 90's by the Luftwaffe.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 18, 2009, 10:44:09 AM
Yeah, truly an Interceptor, more than a fighter.  Fly fast and high, hit the long range bombers and get back to base.
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Post by: Flynbyu on May 18, 2009, 10:56:33 AM
Yeah, truly an Interceptor, more than a fighter.  Fly fast and high, hit the long range bombers and get back to base.

The F104 had the 20mm M61 on the nose. 6,000 rounds per minute....Nearly identical to today's F22 Raptor....Just a lighter version of the same gun.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 18, 2009, 11:05:32 AM
M61 is/has been in alot of diffrent planes over the years.  kinda the "Ain't broke, don't fix it" philosphy
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Post by: Flynbyu on May 18, 2009, 11:16:50 AM
Very small refinements only.

It's been in several birds.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 18, 2009, 03:48:35 PM
I be rollin outta here. :bye:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 18, 2009, 04:09:20 PM
World AIDS Vaccine Day


Without it, I may not be here.  :thumbs:


Race for the cure Randy. :kiss:  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 18, 2009, 04:25:59 PM
World AIDS Vaccine Day


Without it, I may not be here.  :thumbs:


Race for the cure Randy. :kiss:  :lol:


It's tough to get lab rats to buttf*ck......Amazing there's a vaccine.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 18, 2009, 04:35:26 PM
World AIDS Vaccine Day


Without it, I may not be here.  :thumbs:


Race for the cure Randy. :kiss:  :lol:


It's tough to get lab rats to buttf*ck......Amazing there's a vaccine.

:lol:

~Brian

 :lol: tough for lab rats, easy enough for Raptorsource admin. :humper:   :lol:
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Post by: dragonz on May 18, 2009, 11:13:44 PM
World AIDS Vaccine Day


Without it, I may not be here.  :thumbs:


Race for the cure Randy. :kiss:  :lol:


It's tough to get lab rats to buttf*ck......Amazing there's a vaccine.

:lol:

~Brian

 :lol: tough for lab rats, easy enough for Raptorsource admin to come see me instead. :humper:   :lol:
Good to see you know your place :D
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 19, 2009, 07:33:09 AM
World AIDS Vaccine Day


Without it, I may not be here.  :thumbs:


Race for the cure Randy. :kiss:  :lol:


It's tough to get lab rats to buttf*ck......Amazing there's a vaccine.

:lol:

~Brian


:rofl:

hillarious!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 19, 2009, 11:34:19 AM
hello fellas.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 19, 2009, 11:35:27 AM
Where be Brian?
 :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 19, 2009, 11:40:43 AM
Must be discount transgender surgery day at the local hospital.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 19, 2009, 12:18:54 PM
Today in history....

May 19th

    * 1499 – Catherine of Aragon, is married by proxy to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
    * 1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).
    * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
    * 1568 – Queen Elizabeth I of England has Mary Queen of Scots arrested.
    * 1643 – Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
    * 1649 – An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
    * 1749 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
    * 1780 – New England's Dark Day: A combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 10:30 A.M.
    * 1802 – The Légion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte.
    * 1828 – U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
    * 1848 – Mexican-American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for $15 million USD.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
    * 1897 – Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
    * 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus.
    * 1921 – The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
    * 1922 – The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.
    * 1943 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the cross-English Channel landing (D-Day would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather).
    * 1961 – Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
    * 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of Happy Birthday.
    * 1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
    * 1991 – Croatians vote for independence at their independence referendum.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
    * 1700 – José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
    * 1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
    * 1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
    * 1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
    * 1773 – Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
    * 1795 – Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
    * 1797 – Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)
    * 1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
    * 1861 – Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931)
    * 1862 – Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942)
    * 1870 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
    * 1874 – Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (d. 1955)
    * 1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (d. 1964)
    * 1880 – Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (d. 1964)
    * 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
    * 1882 – Mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
    * 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
    * 1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
    * 1897 – Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
    * 1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (d. 1974)
    * 1906 – Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. 2007)
    * 1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (d. 1982)
    * 1909 – Nicholas Winton, British Humanitarian
    * 1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1948, (d. 1983)
    * 1910 – Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949)
    * 1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2002)
    * 1914 – Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
    * 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
    * 1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (d. 2000)
    * 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist
    * 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (d. 1999)
    * 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor (d. 2002)
    * 1922 – Joe Gilmore, longest running Head Barmen at The Savoy Hotel's American Bar.
    * 1924 – Sandy Wilson, British composer
    * 1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
    * 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
    * 1925 – Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (d. 2004)
    * 1926 – Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
    * 1928 – Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
    * 1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
    * 1929 – John Stroger Chicago politician
    * 1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965)
    * 1931 – Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
    * 1931 – Bob Anderson, British racing driver (d. 1967)
    * 1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
    * 1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
    * 1932 – Claude Blanchard, French Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2006)
    * 1934 – Jim Lehrer, American television journalist
    * 1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author
    * 1935 – David Hartman, American actor and television personality
    * 1937 – Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
    * 1938 – Madge Hindle, English actress
    * 1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader (d. 1989)
    * 1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian athlete
    * 1939 – James Fox, English actor
    * 1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress
    * 1939 – Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)
    * 1940 – Mickey Newbury, American musician
    * 1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
    * 1941 – Nora Ephron, American screenwriter
    * 1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (d. 1994)
    * 1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
    * 1944 – Peter Mayhew, British-American actor
    * 1945 – Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who)
    * 1946 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
    * 1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian commissioner for children's rights
    * 1947 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
    * 1947 – Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
    * 1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
    * 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
    * 1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer and bassist (ZZ Top)
    * 1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
    * 1951 – Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
    * 1951 – Dick Slater, American professional wrestler
    * 1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer and coach
    * 1953 – Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer
    * 1953 – Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997)
    * 1953 – Victoria Wood, English comedian and actress
    * 1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC)
    * 1955 – James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer
    * 1956 – Steven Ford, American actor
    * 1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
    * 1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, American murder victim. (d. 1994)
    * 1961 – Gregory Poirier, American screenwriter and director
    * 1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer
    * 1963 – Yazz, English singer
    * 1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovakian tennis player
    * 1964 – Sean Whalen, American actor
    * 1965 – Boris, French singer
    * 1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress
    * 1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1966 – Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
    * 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American writer
    * 1966 – Polly Walker, English actress
    * 1967 – Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
    * 1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician
    * 1970 – Choi Kyung-Ju, South Korean golfer
    * 1970 – Mario Dumont, Canadian politician
    * 1970 – Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
    * 1971 – Psicosis, Mexican professional wrestler
    * 1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
    * 1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league footballer
    * 1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
    * 1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
    * 1975 – Delma Gonçalves, Brazilian footballer
    * 1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player
    * 1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
    * 1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
    * 1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
    * 1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
    * 1977 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress
    * 1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
    * 1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
    * 1979 – Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress
    * 1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
    * 1980 – Drew Fuller, American actor and model
    * 1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
    * 1981 – Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
    * 1981 – Nate Cole, American singer
    * 1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer
    * 1981 – Georges St. Pierre, Canadian mixed martial artist
    * 1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
    * 1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
    * 1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
    * 1983 – Eve Angel, Hungarian pornographic actress
    * 1983 – Jessica Fox, English actress
    * 1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
    * 1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
    * 1986 – Eric Lloyd, American actor
    * 1987 – David Edgar, Canadian footballer
    * 1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
    * 1988 – Lily Cole, English model and actress
    * 1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer

       Famous deaths...

    *  804 – Alcuin, English monk (b. c.735)
    *  988 – Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909)
    * 1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (b. c.1045)
    * 1125 – Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)
    * 1296 – Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
    * 1319 – Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)
    * 1389 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
    * 1526 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
    * 1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
    * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England
    * 1601 – Costanzo Porta, Italian composer
    * 1610 – Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550)
    * 1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
    * 1715 – Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
    * 1786 – John Stanley, English composer (b. 1712)
    * 1795 – Josiah Bartlett, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1729)
    * 1795 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
    * 1798 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (b. 1722)
    * 1821 – Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
    * 1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
    * 1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (b. 1804)
    * 1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Qing Dynasty field Marshal KIA (b. 1811)
    * 1876 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (b. 1801)
    * 1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
    * 1895 – José Martí, Cuban independence leader (b. 1853)
    * 1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
    * 1904 – Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851)
    * 1907 – Benjamin Baker, English engineer (b. 1840)
    * 1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)
    * 1915 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
    * 1918 – Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)
    * 1935 – T. E. Lawrence, English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (b. 1888)
    * 1940 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador (b. 1895)
    * 1943 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865)
    * 1945 – Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889)
    * 1946 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)
    * 1954 – Charles Ives, American composer (b. 1874)
    * 1958 – Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927)
    * 1958 – Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
    * 1965 – Tui Malila, world's oldest tortoise
    * 1969 – Coleman Hawkins, American musician (b. 1901)
    * 1971 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
    * 1983 – Jean Rey, President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
    * 1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and Poet Laureate (b. 1906)
    * 1986 – Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
    * 1987 – James Tiptree, Jr, American author (b. 1915)
    * 1989 – CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901)
    * 1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
    * 1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
    * 1998 – Sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922)
    * 1999 – James Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901)
    * 1999 – Candy Candido, American actor (b. 1913)
    * 2000 – Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
    * 2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
    * 2002 – John Gorton, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
    * 2002 – Walter Lord, American writer (b. 1917)
    * 2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
    * 2005 – Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
    * 2006 – Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (b. 1940)
    * 2007 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
    * 2008 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (b. 1928)


     Holidays and observances...

    * World Hepatitis Day (Hepatitis Awareness in New London, IA)
    * Turkey, Northern Cyprus: Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
    * Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh's Birthday
    * Canada: Victoria Day

Have a great Tuesday....

~Brian


Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on May 19, 2009, 12:46:40 PM
Whats up Bitch's??
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 19, 2009, 12:58:53 PM
Whats up Bitch's??
Where the f*ck have you been?

We were about to call the National Guard.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on May 19, 2009, 01:00:33 PM
Ah i have been pretty busy with my new job and shit.  I got hired on at Wal-Mart in the lawn & garden center. so i stay pretty damn busy through the days
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 19, 2009, 01:30:10 PM
Whats up Bitch's??

Holy hell... b-rad.. What's goin on!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 19, 2009, 01:45:02 PM
Site will be moving locations this evening.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BLU700R on May 19, 2009, 01:54:52 PM
wheres the shout box???  :'(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 19, 2009, 02:09:49 PM
working on writing up a PM to everyone.

pulling it down for a while until the server move that's happening tonight.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 19, 2009, 03:19:47 PM
Aaron, when you gonna get your ass in gear and play some COD w/ us?! :D
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 19, 2009, 03:23:44 PM
I need parts first :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 19, 2009, 04:00:54 PM
wheres the shitbox? :(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 19, 2009, 04:01:24 PM
Ah i have been pretty busy with my new job and shit.  I got hired on at Wal-Mart in the lawn & garden center. so i stay pretty damn busy through the days

no excuse. GTFOML! Beat up the new girlfriend yet in a drunken stupor? :lol:

Glad to hear you are doing ok.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 19, 2009, 04:01:47 PM
Kyle...read the thread LOL
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 19, 2009, 04:05:16 PM
Have a great night girlies.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 19, 2009, 10:04:00 PM
I haven't watched Jay Leno in awhile but I turned it on tonight since I heard Blink 182 was going to be on.  Some funny shit tonight.   :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 20, 2009, 08:40:43 AM
I get an error every time I post but then after I hit back it posts.  Is anyone else having the same problem?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 20, 2009, 08:45:09 AM
same here :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 20, 2009, 08:53:50 AM
Where the hell is Randy?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 20, 2009, 09:04:28 AM
thought this was server migration day?  :dunno:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Sand84 on May 20, 2009, 09:19:22 AM
I NEED THE SHOUT BOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 09:30:16 AM
site ended up not moving last night. I fell asleep and my friend wanted confirmation from me to move it. :help:

I wioll be doing it tonight.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 20, 2009, 09:31:05 AM
Are you getting the same errors as the rest of us?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 09:32:07 AM
test
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 20, 2009, 09:34:19 AM
still getting them here.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Sand84 on May 20, 2009, 09:36:03 AM
Error
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 20, 2009, 09:36:32 AM
same!!!

It calls geek squad or it gets the E again
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 09:40:28 AM
working on it.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 09:50:55 AM
test
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 09:53:56 AM
appears to have subsided. called host, its good to go now.. Site WILL be moving locations this evening. heads up.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 20, 2009, 09:54:57 AM
Today in history...

May 20th

    * 325 – The First Council of Nicea – the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held.
    * 526 – An earthquake kills about 300,000 people in Syria and Antiochia.
    * 685 – The Battle of Dunnichen or Nechtansmere is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
    * 1217 – The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.
    * 1293 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá.
    * 1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship  Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
    * 1498 – Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
    * 1521 – Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded.
    * 1570 – Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
    * 1609 – Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
    * 1631 – The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
    * 1802 – By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution
    * 1813 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
    * 1835 – Otto is named the first modern king of Greece.
    * 1840 – York Minster is badly damaged by fire
    * 1845 – HMS Erebus and HMS Terror with 134 men under John Franklin sail from the River Thames in England, beginning a disastrous expedition to find the Northwest Passage. All hands are lost.
    * 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state.
    * 1862 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
    * 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
    * 1882 – The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
    * 1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano's final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
    * 1891 – History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    * 1896 – The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
    * 1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the first President of Cuba.
    * 1916 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ("Boy with Baby Carriage").
    * 1916 – The small town of Codell, Kansas is struck by a tornado. The same town was also hit in 1917 and 1918 on exactly the same date.
    * 1920 – Montreal, Quebec radio station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America.
    * 1927 – By the Treaty of Jedda, the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    * 1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, touching down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
    * 1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
    * 1940 – Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
    * 1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete.
    * 1949 – In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
    * 1949 – The Kuomintang regime declares martial law in Taiwan.
    * 1956 – In Operation Redwing, (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;
    * 1965 – PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 – 040 B, crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew.
    * 1969 – The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
    * 1980 – In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
    * 1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo individually.
    * 1983 – A car-bomb explosion kills 17 and injures 197 in the centre of Pretoria, South Africa.
    * 1985 – Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
    * 1989 – The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
    * 1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
    * 1995 – In a second referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a slight majority the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
    * 1996 – Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
    * 2002 – The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself was the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).

     Birthdays today...

    * 1315 – Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)
    * 1470 – Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
    * 1554 – Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
    * 1593 – Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
    * 1660 – Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)
    * 1663 – William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
    * 1706 – Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
    * 1726 – Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
    * 1737 – William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
    * 1759 – William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)
    * 1768 – Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
    * 1769 – Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
    * 1772 – Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
    * 1799 – Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
    * 1806 – John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873)
    * 1818 – William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. 1881)
    * 1822 – Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1912)
    * 1830 – Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)
    * 1838 – Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)
    * 1851 – Emil Berliner, German-born recording pioneer (d. 1929)
    * 1860 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
    * 1882 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
    * 1883 – King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
    * 1894 – Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)
    * 1895 – R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. 1937)
    * 1897 – Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. 1983)
    * 1899 – Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969)
    * 1899 – John Marshall Harlan II, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1971)
    * 1901 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981)
    * 1906 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
    * 1908 – James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
    * 1911 – Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)
    * 1913 – William Hewlett, American engineer (d. 2001)
    * 1914 – Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995)
    * 1914 – Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995)
    * 1915 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. 1981)
    * 1916 – Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006)
    * 1916 – Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
    * 1917 – Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967)
    * 1917 – Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
    * 1918 – Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
    * 1919 – Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (d. 1983)
    * 1919 – George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)
    * 1920 – John Cruickshank, Scottish airman, Victoria Cross recipient
    * 1920 – Betty Driver, English singer and actress
    * 1921 – Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947)
    * 1921 – Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998)
    * 1924 – Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan reporter and politician (d. 1976)
    * 1925 – Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003)
    * 1926 – Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
    * 1926 – John Lucarotti, TV writer (d. 1994)
    * 1927 – Bud Grant, American football coach
    * 1927 – Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal
    * 1927 – David Hedison, American actor
    * 1930 – Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach
    * 1931 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
    * 1931 – Paul Evans, American furniture designer and sculptor (d. 1987)
    * 1932 – Bob Florence, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (d. 2008)
    * 1936 – Anthony Zerbe, American actor
    * 1936 – Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae and dub artist
    * 1938 – Marinella, Greek singer and actress
    * 1940 – Stan Mikita, Slovak-born ice hockey player
    * 1940 – Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
    * 1940 – Shorty Long, American musician (d. 1969)
    * 1941 – Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean Senior Minister
    * 1941 – John Strasberg, American actor
    * 1941 – Manuel Isaias Lopez, Mexican child psychiatrist
    * 1942 – Carlos Hathcock, American Marine sniper (d. 1999)
    * 1942 – Jill Jackson, American singer
    * 1943 – Al Bano, Italian singer
    * 1944 – Joe Cocker, British singer
    * 1944 – Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
    * 1944 – Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
    * 1945 – Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician
    * 1946 – Cher, American singer
    * 1947 – Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive
    * 1949 – Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian & actor
    * 1950 – Yvon Lambert, French Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1950 – Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer
    * 1951 – Mike Crapo, American politician
    * 1952 – Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
    * 1953 – Robert Doyle, Australian politician
    * 1954 – Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes)
    * 1954 – David Paterson, American politician
    * 1954 – Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of John McCain
    * 1954 – Robert Van de Walle, Belgian judoka
    * 1955 – Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
    * 1956 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
    * 1956 – Dean Butler, American actor
    * 1956 – William Michaelian, American novelist and poet
    * 1958 – Ron Reagan, American talk show host
    * 1958 – Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)
    * 1959 – Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer (d. 1997)
    * 1959 – Bronson Pinchot, American actor
    * 1960 – John Billingsley, American actor
    * 1960 – Chuck Brodsky, American musician
    * 1960 – Tony Goldwyn, American actor
    * 1961 – Clive Allen, English footballer
    * 1962 – Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
    * 1963 – David Wells, American baseball player
    * 1965 – Ted Allen, American television host
    * 1966 – Mindy Cohn, American actress
    * 1966 – Dan Abrams, American TV reporter
    * 1966 – Gina Ravera, American actress
    * 1967 – Gabriele Muccino, Italian film director
    * 1967 – Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
    * 1967 – Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
    * 1968 – Timothy Olyphant, American actor
    * 1968 – Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby union and rugby sevens footballer
    * 1969 – Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler
    * 1970 – Louis Theroux, British television presenter
    * 1970 – Terrell Brandon, American basketball player
    * 1971 – Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
    * 1971 – Tony Stewart, American race car driver
    * 1972 – Tina Hobley, British television actress
    * 1972 – Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper
    * 1973 – Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
    * 1975 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
    * 1975 – Mark Zupan, American quadriplegic rugby player
    * 1976 – Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
    * 1976 – Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
    * 1977 – Matt Czuchry, American actor
    * 1977 – Chad Muska, American Skateboarder for Element Skateboards
    * 1977 – Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
    * 1977 – Miriam Parrish, American television actress
    * 1977 – Angela Goethals, American actress
    * 1977 – Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player
    * 1977 – Tiger Tyson, American pornographic actor
    * 1980 – Austin Kearns, American baseball player
    * 1981 – Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
    * 1981 – Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
    * 1981 – Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
    * 1982 – Petr Čech, Czech footballer
    * 1982 – Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
    * 1983 – N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Indian film actor
    * 1983 – Roger Huerta, American mixed-martial artist
    * 1984 – Kenny Vasoli, American singer
    * 1984 – Patrick Ewing, Jr., American basketball player
    * 1986 – Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
    * 1988 – Carla Humphries, Filipina actress
    * 1993 – Caroline Zhang, American figure skater

     Famous deaths...

    * 685 – King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)
    * 1277 – Pope John XXI (b. 1215)
    * 1285 – John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)
    * 1444 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (b. 1380)
    * 1503 – Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)
    * 1506 – Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (b. 1451)
    * 1550 – Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
    * 1622 – Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1604)
    * 1648 – King Wladislaus IV of Poland (b. 1595)
    * 1677 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)
    * 1713 – Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
    * 1717 – John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)
    * 1722 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
    * 1732 – Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)
    * 1782 – William Emerson, British mathematician (b. 1701)
    * 1793 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)
    * 1812 – Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1732)
    * 1825 – Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788)
    * 1834 – Gilbert du Motier, French statesman (b. 1757)
    * 1841 – Joseph Blanco White, British theologian (b. 1775)
    * 1873 – Sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814)
    * 1896 – Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
    * 1909 – Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
    * 1917 – Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (b. 1850)
    * 1917 – Valentine Fleming, Scottish politician (b. 1887)
    * 1940 – Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
    * 1946 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871)
    * 1947 – Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
    * 1949 – Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1890)
    * 1956 – Max Beerbohm, English theater critic (b. 1872)
    * 1961 – Josef "Pips" Priller, German fighter ace (b. 1915)
    * 1971 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b. 1904)
    * 1973 – Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
    * 1975 – Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (b. 1903)
    * 1976 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
    * 1976 – Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz "disappeared"
    * 1989 – John Hicks, English economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1904)
    * 1989 – Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (b. 1946)
    * 1992 – Roger Keith Coleman, American convict (b. 1958)
    * 1996 – Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. 1919)
    * 2000 – Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (b. 1922)
    * 2000 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)
    * 2001 – Renato Carosone, Italian musician (b. 1920)
    * 2002 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (b. 1941)
    * 2005 – Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (b. 1913)
    * 2005 – William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (b. 1918)
    * 2007 – Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
    * 2008 – Hamilton Jordan, former Carter White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Germanic Neopaganism: Frigga Blót
    * Cameroon: National Day
    * East Timor: Independence Day
    * Florida: Emancipation Day
    * Massachusetts: Lafayette Day
    * North Carolina: Mecklenburg Declaration Day

Have a good Wednesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 20, 2009, 10:01:14 AM
appears to have subsided. called host, its good to go now.. Site WILL be moving locations this evening. heads up.
[/quote

What if you mommy puts you down for a nap again tonight?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 10:04:29 AM
came home early from work.... :(

I feel like shit. going to go crash now. Nyquil kicking in.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 20, 2009, 11:22:50 AM
came home early from work.... :(

I feel like shit. going to go crash now. Nyquil kicking in.

Too bad...

On a positive note: I get to go riding Saturday.  :thumbs:  :nod:

Taking the family to Nebraska to visit some friends, and going to Genoa. I will make sure I take some pics of Preddy to photochop.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 20, 2009, 12:06:11 PM
Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave. Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave. Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave, Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave, Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave, Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave, Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave, Two tweekers enter, one tweeker leave
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: preddy08 on May 20, 2009, 12:36:05 PM
came home early from work.... :(

I feel like shit. going to go crash now. Nyquil kicking in.

Too bad...

On a positive note: I get to go riding Saturday.  :thumbs:  :nod:

Taking the family to Nebraska to visit some friends, and going to Genoa. I will make sure I take some nude pics of Preddy to masterbate to.  :lol:



WTF, Peels! ^  :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 20, 2009, 03:15:16 PM
Both of you may Kiss my black a$$!  :rofl:

Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 20, 2009, 03:25:11 PM
Both of you may Kiss my black a$$!  :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU


^^^^ WTF ??? ???

:puke:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 20, 2009, 03:42:37 PM
Both of you may Kiss my black a$$!  :rofl:




I only have lips for Krandall's A$$.



Loyal to the end...  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 20, 2009, 03:53:38 PM
the only lips randys ass knows are the ones he wipes his klingons into
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 06:55:39 PM
test
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 06:59:17 PM
test
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 20, 2009, 08:27:07 PM
testicles

SPeaking what is on your mind Randy?  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: fireman5166 on May 20, 2009, 08:30:25 PM
 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 20, 2009, 09:05:06 PM
http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=4123.90  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 20, 2009, 11:07:21 PM
http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=2331.0  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:


???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 21, 2009, 08:07:19 AM
chirp chirp.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 21, 2009, 08:54:40 AM
Brian has left us for the mafia wars forum.   :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 21, 2009, 10:39:11 AM
 :( :'( :'( :'(


Just like FFG...  :'(


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 21, 2009, 10:43:55 AM
Brian is no more, if you want to see him head to the mafia wars forum.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 21, 2009, 11:14:57 AM
mafia wars forum? really? Ghay!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 21, 2009, 12:07:21 PM
I forgot, It's thursday. Maybe Brian's just busy @ home. I talked to him yesterday and he was dealin w/ fires @ work.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 21, 2009, 12:10:13 PM
I forgot, It's thursday. Maybe Brian's just busy @ home. I talked to him yesterday and he was dealin w/ fires @ work.

fires? Thought I was the only one who would deal with that at "work" 

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 21, 2009, 12:12:49 PM
I forgot, It's thursday. Maybe Brian's just busy @ home. I talked to him yesterday and he was dealin w/ fires @ work.

fires? Thought I was the only one who would deal with that at "work" 

:lol:

 :lol:

You forget where he's at.... it's those crazy meth heads tryin to find some mobile labs. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 21, 2009, 12:38:31 PM
I say peels takes over the "today in history" 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 21, 2009, 12:55:51 PM
That'd make him think.....


May 21

996   Sixteen year old Otto III is crowned the Roman Emperor.
1471   King Henry VI is killed in the Tower of London. Edward IV takes the throne. 
1506   Christopher Columbus dies.
1536   The Reformation is officially adopted in Geneva, Switzerland.
1620   Present-day Martha’s Vineyard is first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold. 
1790   Paris is divided into 48 zones.
1832   The Democratic party holds its first national convention.
1856   Lawrence, Kansas is captured and sacked by pro-slavery forces.
1863   The siege of the Confederate Port Hudson, Louisiana, begins. 
1881   The American Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton.
1927   Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris completing the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic.
1940   British forces attack German General Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division at Arras, slowing his blitzkrieg of France.
1941   The first U.S. ship, the S.S. Robin Moor, is sunk by a U-boat.
1951   The U.S. Eighth Army counterattacks to drive the Communist Chinese and North Koreans out of South Korea.
1961   Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery, Alabama.
1970   The U.S. National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State University.
1991   In Madras, India, a suicide bomber kills the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.


Here's some news, don't know where to find birth/deaths.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 21, 2009, 01:22:41 PM
I say peels takes over the "today in history" 

okay :lol: You sure that is a good idear?  :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 21, 2009, 01:36:25 PM
I say peels takes over the "today in history" 

okay :lol: You sure that is a good idear?  :nod:

You have to keep it to the facts.  None of that alternate realty you live in.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 21, 2009, 01:39:34 PM
he lives in an alternat realty?

many homes for sale?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 21, 2009, 01:41:44 PM
I say peels takes over the "today in history" 

okay :lol: You sure that is a good idear?  :nod:

You have to keep it to the facts.  None of that alternate realty you live in.

where is the fun in that? :lol:

and:

+1 Krandall. Ninja nods his head in approval. :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on May 21, 2009, 01:41:59 PM
alternate realty for alternate lifestyles   :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 21, 2009, 01:46:53 PM
I say peels takes over the "today in history" 

okay :lol: You sure that is a good idear?  :nod:

You have to keep it to the facts.  None of that alternate realty you live in.

where is the fun in that? :lol:

and:

+1 Krandall. Ninja nods his head in approval. :nod:

Sorry, typing too fast and not checking what I'm typing. 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 21, 2009, 03:44:26 PM
Outta here slackas. Have a great and safe holiday weekend.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 21, 2009, 04:30:22 PM
:sit:


Jk, have a great weekend peelz. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 21, 2009, 05:34:33 PM
Today in history....

Late edition (I worked my ass off outside today!!!!)

May 21st

    * 878 – Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.
    * 879 – Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state.
    * 996 – Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
    * 1502 – The island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese navigator João da Nova.
    * 1554 – A royal Charter is granted to Derby School in Derby, England.
    * 1674 – The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
    * 1725 – The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
    * 1758 – Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
    * 1809 – The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
    * 1851 – Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
    * 1856 – Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
    * 1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.
    * 1864 – Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
    * 1871 – French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week" some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    * 1871 – Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi-Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
    * 1879 – War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
    * 1881 – The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
    * 1894 – The Manchester Ship Canal in England is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
    * 1894 – 22-year-old French Anarchist Émile Henry is executed by guillotine.
    * 1904 – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
    * 1917 – The Great Atlanta fire of 1917.
    * 1924 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
    * 1927 – Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
    * 1932 – Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
    * 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
    * 1936 – Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
    * 1937 – A Soviet station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
    * 1941 – World War II: 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first American ship sunk by a German U-boat.
    * 1951 – The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition – a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School.
    * 1958 – United Kingdom Postmaster General Ernest Marples announces that from December, subscriber trunk dialling will be introduced in the Bristol area.
    * 1961 – American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
    * 1966 – The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
    * 1969 – Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
    * 1972 – Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
    * 1979 – White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
    * 1981 – Irish Republican hunger strikers Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara die on hunger strike in Maze prison.
    * 1991 – Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
    * 1991 – Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
    * 1994 – The Democratic Republic of Yemen secedes from the Republic of Yemen.
    * 1996 – The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1000.
    * 1996 – The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
    * 1998 – In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.
    * 1998 – Suharto, the Indonesian dictator who had ruled for 32 years, resigns.
    * 2001 – French Taubira law officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
    * 2003 – An earthquake hits northern Algeria killing more than 2,000 people.
    * 2004 – Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year.
    * 2006 – The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%.
    * 2006 – The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year.
    * 2007 – The clipper  Cutty Sark is badly damaged by fire in London, England.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1471 – Albrecht Dürer, German painter (d. 1528)
    * 1527 – King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
    * 1653 – Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
    * 1664 – Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (d. 1754)
    * 1688 – Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744)
    * 1755 – Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)
    * 1763 – Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)
    * 1775 – Lucien Bonaparte, French politician, soldier and academic (d. 1840)
    * 1780 – Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer (d. 1845)
    * 1792 – Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)
    * 1827 – William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
    * 1832 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)
    * 1835 – František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)
    * 1843 – Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
    * 1844 – Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
    * 1850 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
    * 1851 – Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel laureate (d. 1925)
    * 1853 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)
    * 1860 – Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
    * 1863 – Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1954)
    * 1864 – Princess Stephanie of Belgium (d. 1945)
    * 1873 – Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941)
    * 1878 – Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (d. 1930)
    * 1880 – Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
    * 1884 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (d. 1920)
    * 1885 – Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, wife of Prince William of Wied (d. 1936)
    * 1898 – Armand Hammer, American physician (d. 1990)
    * 1898 – Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (d. 1967)
    * 1901 – Horace Heidt, American band leader (d. 1986)
    * 1901 – Sam Jaffe, American film producer (d. 2000)
    * 1901 – Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (d. 1992)
    * 1902 – Earl Averill, baseball player (d. 1983)
    * 1902 – Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
    * 1903 – Manly Wade Wellman, American author (d. 1986)
    * 1904 – Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981)
    * 1904 – Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943)
    * 1909 – François-Albert Angers, Quebec economist (d. 2003)
    * 1912 – John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (d. 1986)
    * 1912 – Monty Stratton, baseball player (d. 1982)
    * 1913 – Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (d. 1976)
    * 1916 – Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002)
    * 1916 – Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997)
    * 1917 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (d. 1993)
    * 1918 – Dennis Day, American singer and comedian (d. 1988)
    * 1920 – Anthony Steel, British actor (d. 2001)
    * 1921 – Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (d. 1989)
    * 1923 – Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
    * 1923 – Ara Parseghian, American football coach
    * 1924 – Peggy Cass, American actress (d. 1999)
    * 1926 – Robert Creeley, American poet (d. 2005)
    * 1928 – Tom Donahue, American disc jockey (freeform radio) (d. 1975)
    * 1930 – Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician
    * 1933 – Maurice André, French trumpeter
    * 1934 – Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate
    * 1936 – Günter Blobel, German biologist, Nobel laureate
    * 1939 – Heinz Holliger, Swiss musician
    * 1941 – Martin Carthy, English musician
    * 1941 – Ronald Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers)
    * 1941 – Bobby Cox, Manager of the Atlanta Braves (MLB)
    * 1942 – Danny Ongais, American race car driver
    * 1943 – Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (The Animals)
    * 1944 – Mary Robinson, President of Ireland
    * 1944 – Marcie Blane, American singer
    * 1945 – Ernst Messerschmid, German astronaut
    * 1947 – Bill Champlin, American singer
    * 1947 – Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor
    * 1948 – Leo Sayer, English musician
    * 1951 – Al Franken, American comedian
    * 1952 – Mr. T, American actor
    * 1954 – Marc Ribot, American musician
    * 1955 – Paul Barber, British field hockey player
    * 1955 – Stan Lynch, American drummer
    * 1956 – Sean Kelly, Irish cyclist
    * 1957 – Bruce Buffer, American Mixed Martial Arts Announcer
    * 1957 – Nadine Dorries, British politician
    * 1957 – Judge Reinhold, American actor
    * 1957 – Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
    * 1958 – Jefery Levy, American television director
    * 1959 – Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director
    * 1960 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
    * 1960 – Kent Hrbek, American baseball player
    * 1960 – Mohanlal, Indian actor
    * 1963 – Richard Appel, American writer
    * 1963 – Kevin Shields, Musician (My Bloody Valentine)
    * 1964 – Danny Bailey, English footballer
    * 1964 – Danny Lee Clark, American football player and American Gladiator "Nitro"
    * 1964 – Nancy Daus, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
    * 1964 – Carolyn Lawrence, American actress
    * 1966 – Lisa Edelstein, American actress
    * 1967 – Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007)
    * 1968 – Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (d. 1985)
    * 1968 – Matthias Ungemach, German rower
    * 1969 – Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress
    * 1969 – Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
    * 1969 – Georgiy R. Gongadze, Ukrainian/Georgian journalist
    * 1970 – Dorsey Levens, former American football player
    * 1970 – Carl Veart, Australian former footballer
    * 1972 – Adriano Cintra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
    * 1972 – The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (d. 1997)
    * 1972 – Alesha Oreskovich, American model
    * 1973 – Noel Fielding, British comedian
    * 1974 – Fairuza Balk, American actress
    * 1974 – Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
    * 1975 – Lee Gaze, Welsh guitarist
    * 1976 – Deron Miller, American rock musician
    * 1976 – Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper
    * 1977 – Quinton Fortune, South African footballer
    * 1977 – Ricky Williams, American football player
    * 1978 – Briana Banks, German/American pornographic actress
    * 1978 – Adam Gontier, Canadian singer (Three Days Grace)
    * 1978 – Jamaal Magloire, Canadian basketball player
    * 1979 – Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
    * 1979 – Jesse Capelli, Canadian pornographic actress
    * 1979 – Jamie Hepburn, Scottish politician
    * 1979 – James Clancy Phelan, Australian novelist
    * 1979 – Scott Smith, American mixed martial arts fighter
    * 1980 – Chris Raab, American television personality
    * 1981 – Belladonna, American pornographic actress
    * 1981 – Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
    * 1981 – Maximilian Mutzke, German singer
    * 1984 – Lorena Ayala, Dutch/Spanish model
    * 1984 – Brandon Fields, American football player
    * 1985 – Mutya Buena, English singer (Sugababes)
    * 1985 – Marco Carta, Italian singer
    * 1985 – Kano, British rapper
    * 1985 – Andrew Miller, American baseball player
    * 1986 – Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
    * 1986 – Myra, American singer
    * 1987 – Ashlie Brillault, American actress
    * 1988 – Jonathan Howson, English footballer
    * 1991 – Sarah Ramos, American actress
    * 1992 – Olivia Olson, American singer and actress
    * 1994 – Tom Daley, English diver

     Famous deaths...

    *  987 – King Louis V of France (b. 967)
    * 1254 – Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228)
    * 1481 – King Christian I of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1426)
    * 1512 – Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena (b. 1452)
    * 1524 – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier (b. 1443)
    * 1542 – Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer
    * 1607 – John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
    * 1639 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian (b. 1568)
    * 1647 – Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet (b. 1581)
    * 1650 – James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (b. 1612)
    * 1664 – Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman (b. 1588)
    * 1670 – Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586)
    * 1686 – (N. S.) Otto von Guericke, German scientist (b. 1602)
    * 1690 – John Eliot, English Puritan missionary (b. 1604)
    * 1719 – Pierre Poiret, French mystic (b. 1646)
    * 1724 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b. 1661)
    * 1742 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
    * 1771 – Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722)
    * 1786 – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (b. 1742)
    * 1790 – Thomas Warton, English poet (b. 1728)
    * 1844 – Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (b. 1775)
    * 1862 – John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827)
    * 1879 – Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848)
    * 1894 – Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
    * 1894 – August Kundt, German physicist (b. 1839)
    * 1895 – Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b. 1819)
    * 1911 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857)
    * 1915 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875)
    * 1919 – Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853)
    * 1920 – Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
    * 1929 – Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
    * 1935 – Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel laureate (b. 1860)
    * 1949 – Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906)
    * 1952 – John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913)
    * 1957 – Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889)
    * 1964 – James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
    * 1965 – Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (b. 1882)
    * 1970 – E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885)
    * 1973 – Vaughn Monroe, American musician (b. 1911)
    * 1981 – Patsy O'Hara, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
    * 1981 – Raymond Mccreesh, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957)
    * 1983 – Kenneth Clark, English art historian (b. 1903)
    * 1984 – Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
    * 1988 – Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (b. 1900)
    * 1991 – Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
    * 1995 – Les Aspin, American politician (b. 1938)
    * 1996 – Paul Delph, American musician and producer (b. 1957)
    * 1996 – Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917)
    * 1999 – Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979)
    * 2000 – Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
    * 2000 – Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
    * 2000 – Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956)
    * 2002 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930)
    * 2003 – Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933)
    * 2003 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (b. 1928)
    * 2005 – Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919)
    * 2006 – Spencer Clark, American racecar driver (b. 1987)
    * 2006 – Katherine Dunham, American dancer (b. 1909)
    * 2006 – Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (b. 1931)
    * 2006 – Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929)

    Holidays and observances...

    * World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
    * Saint Helena: Saint Helena Day (to celebrate its discovery in 1502)
    * Cameroon: Sheep Festival
    * Chile: Navy Day (Día de las Glorias Navales)
    * Colombia: Afro-Colombian Day (marks the abolition of slavery)
    * Montenegro: Independence Day (2006)
    * Circassian Day of Mourning: Memorial Day to mourn the losses in the Russian-Circassian War and the Circassian Genocide.

Hope you had a great Thursday...

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 21, 2009, 07:45:40 PM
Colorado's favourite day
"Cameroon: Sheep Festival"
He doesn't live there, but it doesn't that doesn't let that stop him celebrating ::)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 22, 2009, 09:16:18 AM
Today in history....

May 22nd

    * 334 BC – The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
    * 1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.
    * 1377 – Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
    * 1455 – Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
    * 1762 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
    * 1807 – A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
    * 1807 – Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire
    * 1809 – On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
    * 1819 – The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
    * 1826 – HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage, carrying Charles Darwin.
    * 1840 – The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
    * 1842 – Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns when they stumble upon a large hole in the ground.
    * 1843 – Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
    * 1844 – Persian Prophet The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism. He announces to the world the coming of "He whom GERD shall make manifest". He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
    * 1848 – Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
    * 1856 – Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").
    * 1871 – The U.S. Army issued an order for abandonment of Fort Kearny in Nebraska.
    * 1872 – Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
    * 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was officially opened
    * 1903 – Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
    * 1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
    * 1906 – The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
    * 1915 – Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain, other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century.
    * 1915 – Five trains collide in the Quintinshill rail crash near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
    * 1936 – Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
    * 1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
    * 1942 – Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
    * 1942 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
    * 1942 – World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
    * 1947 – Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, each battling an internal Communist movement.
    * 1958 – Start of Sri Lankan riots of 1958, this riot was a watershed event in the race relationship of the various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total number of deaths is estimated to be 300, mostly Sri Lankan Tamils.
    * 1960 – An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
    * 1962 – Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
    * 1963 – Assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Gregoris Lambrakis, who will die five days afterwards.
    * 1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.
    * 1967 – The L'Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
    * 1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
    * 1969 – Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
    * 1972 – Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    * 1980 – Namco releases the highly influential video game Pacman.
    * 1990 – North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
    * 1990 – Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.
    * 1992 – After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.

Tornado striking Kansas during the late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence.

    * 1997 – Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
    * 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
    * 2002 – In Washington, D.C., the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park.
    * 2002 – American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
    * 2003 – In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
    * 2004 – The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado (part of the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence) that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide, which kills one resident.
    * 2008 – The Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence unleashes 235 tornadoes, including an EF4 and an EF5 tornado, between 22 May and 31 May 2008. The tornadoes struck 19 states and one Canadian province.

      Birthdays today...

    * 1381 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian Saint (d. 1457)
    * 1622 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)
    * 1715 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)
    * 1724 – Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)
    * 1770 – Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
    * 1772 – Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)
    * 1783 – William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor (d. 1850)
    * 1808 – Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
    * 1813 – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
    * 1823 – Solomon Bundy, American politician (d. 1889)
    * 1823 – Isabella Glyn Dallas, British Shakepearean actress (d. 1889)
    * 1841 – Catulle Mendès, French poet (d. 1909)
    * 1844 – Mary Cassatt, American artist (d. 1926)
    * 1849 – Louis Perrier, Swiss politician (d. 1913)
    * 1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer (d. 1930)
    * 1874 – Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
    * 1879 – Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer (d. 1947)
    * 1879 – Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born actress, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1945)
    * 1885 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (d. 1924)
    * 1885 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
    * 1891 – Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (d. 1963)
    * 1900 – Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles de Gaulle (d. 1979)
    * 1901 – Maurice J. Tobin, 56th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1953)
    * 1902 – Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
    * 1903 – Yves Rocard, French physicist (d. 1992)
    * 1904 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (d. 1962)
    * 1907 – Hergé, Belgian comic-book creator (d. 1983)
    * 1907 – Laurence Olivier, English stage and screen actor (d. 1989)
    * 1908 – Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (d. 1970)
    * 1908 – Horton Smith. American golfer (d. 1963)
    * 1910 – Johnny Olson, American game-show announcer (d. 1985)
    * 1911 – Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born mathematical psychologist and pianist (d. 2007)
    * 1912 – Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
    * 1914 – Vance Packard, American author (d. 1996)
    * 1914 – Sun Ra, American musician (d. 1993)
    * 1914 – Edward Arthur Thompson, British historian (d. 1994)
    * 1917 – Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
    * 1917 – Nathan Davis, American actor (d. 2008)
    * 1917 – Daniel Nagrin, American modern dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
    * 1920 – Thomas Gold, Austrian astrophysicist (d. 2004)
    * 1922 – Quinn Martin, American television producer (d. 1987)
    * 1924 – Charles Aznavour, Armenian-French singer, actor, and composer
    * 1925 – James King, American tenor (d. 2005)
    * 1925 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist (d. 1991)
    * 1927 – George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist, Nobel laureate
    * 1927 – Michael Constantine, American actor
    * 1927 – Phil Tucker, American director
    * 1928 – T. Boone Pickens, Jr., American businessman
    * 1930 – John Barth, American writer
    * 1930 – Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978)
    * 1930 – Kenny Ball, British musician.
    * 1934 – Peter Nero, American musician
    * 1934 – Arne Harris, American television sports director (d. 2001)
    * 1935 – Ron Piché, Quebec baseball player
    * 1936 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (d. 2005)
    * 1938 – Richard Benjamin, American actor
    * 1938 – Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
    * 1940 – Bernard Shaw, American television journalist
    * 1940 – Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor
    * 1941 – Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
    * 1941 – Sir Menzies Campbell, British politician
    * 1941 – Martha Langbein, German athlete
    * 1942 – Theodore Kaczynski, American terrorist
    * 1942 – Calvin Simon, American musician (P Funk)
    * 1942 – Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
    * 1943 – Tommy John, American baseball player
    * 1943 – Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
    * 1943 – Gesine Schwan, German politician and science professor
    * 1946 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager
    * 1946 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)
    * 1948 – Richard Baker, American politician
    * 1950 – Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician
    * 1950 – Bernie Taupin, English songwriter
    * 1952 – Bernhard Brinkmann, German politician
    * 1953 – Doris Barnett, German politician
    * 1953 – Cha Bum-Kun, Korean footballer
    * 1955 – Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist (Eddie Money)
    * 1955 – Dale Winton, British radio DJ and television presenter
    * 1955 – Jerry Dammers, English musician (The Specials)
    * 1955 – Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
    * 1956 – Al Corley, American actor and producer
    * 1956 – Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician
    * 1957 – Lisa Murkowski, American politician
    * 1957 – Gary Sweet, Australian actor
    * 1958 – Denise Welch, English actress and presenter
    * 1959 – Steven Morrissey, English singer
    * 1960 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
    * 1961 – Ann Cusack, American actress
    * 1962 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
    * 1964 – Ashley Renee, American fetish model
    * 1966 – Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative)
    * 1966 – Jose Mesa, Dominican baseball player
    * 1967 – Brooke Smith, American actress
    * 1967 – John Vanderslice, American musician
    * 1968 – Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian
    * 1970 – Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
    * 1970 – Pedro Diniz, Brazilian Formula One driver
    * 1971 – Manuel Ortiz, Mexican professional wrestler
    * 1972 – Anna Belknap, American actress
    * 1972 – Annabel Chong, Singapore actress
    * 1972 – Alison Eastwood, American actress and model
    * 1973 – Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
    * 1973 – Julián Tavárez, Dominican baseball player
    * 1973 – Danny Tiatto, Australian footballer
    * 1974 – John Bale, American baseball player
    * 1974 – Sean Gunn, American actor
    * 1974 – A. J. Langer, American actress
    * 1975 – Janne Niinimaa, Finnish ice-hockey player
    * 1975 – Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
    * 1975 – Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer.
    * 1977 – Alastair Ralphs, Canadian professional wrestler
    * 1977 – Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Irish hurler
    * 1977 – Dre Bly, American football player
    * 1977 – Vinnie Potestivo, American TV Producer
    * 1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
    * 1978 – Katie Price, British model
    * 1979 – Nadia Khan, TV Presenter
    * 1979 – Maggie Q, American actress
    * 1980 – Rhett Fisher, actor/musician
    * 1980 – Steven Baker, Australian rules footballer
    * 1980 – Chad Tracy, American baseball player
    * 1981 – Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
    * 1981 – Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
    * 1982 – Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
    * 1982 – John Bobek, American actor
    * 1983 – John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer
    * 1984 – Joe Lauzon, American martial artist
    * 1985 – Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
    * 1985 – CariDee English, American model
    * 1985 – Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice-hockey player
    * 1985 – Graham Harrell, American football player
    * 1987 – Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

     Famous deaths...

    *  337 – Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor (b. 272)
    *  748 – Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 680)
    * 1068 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)
    * 1455 – Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
    * 1455 – Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (killed in battle) (b. 1406)
    * 1457 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
    * 1538 – John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)
    * 1540 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian (b. 1483)
    * 1666 – Gaspar Schott, German scientist (b. 1608)
    * 1667 – Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
    * 1745 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
    * 1746 – Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660)
    * 1760 – Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
    * 1772 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687)
    * 1795 – Ewald Friedrich, Count von Hertzberg, Prussian statesman (b. 1725)
    * 1851 – Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (b. 1755)
    * 1859 – King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
    * 1868 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
    * 1885 – Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
    * 1901 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (b. 1869)
    * 1910 – Jules Renard, French author (b. 1864)
    * 1932 – Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (b. 1852)
    * 1939 – Ernst Toller, German author (b. 1893)
    * 1939 – Jiri Mahen, Czech author (b. 1882)
    * 1965 – Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. 1882)
    * 1966 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
    * 1967 – Langston Hughes, American writer (b. 1902)
    * 1972 – Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (b. 1904)
    * 1972 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
    * 1975 – Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (b. 1900)
    * 1983 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
    * 1988 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (b. 1914)
    * 1989 – Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)
    * 1990 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
    * 1992 – Zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)
    * 1997 – Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1908)
    * 1997 – Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (b. 1930)
    * 1998 – José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)
    * 2003 – Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim
    * 2004 – Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
    * 2004 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
    * 2005 – Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)
    * 2005 – Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
    * 2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
    * 2006 – Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)
    * 2006 – Heather Crowe, Canadian activist (b. 1945)
    * 2008 – Robert Asprin, American author (b. 1946)

     Holidays and observances...

    * International Day for Biological Diversity
    * Haiti: National Sovereignty Day
    * Israel: Yom Yerushalayim
    * Martinique: Abolition Day, celebrating the abolition of slavery
    * Sri Lanka: Republic Day
    * United States: National Maritime Day
    * Yemen: Unity Day/National Day

Have a great Friday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 22, 2009, 09:30:40 AM
Errors are back.   :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 22, 2009, 09:40:02 AM
Errors on the forum?

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 22, 2009, 10:01:26 AM
yup, they were bad the other day, looks like they are back.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 10:12:21 AM
I must be missing them.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 22, 2009, 10:13:14 AM
I must be missing them.

Likewise.

I am not getting any.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on May 22, 2009, 12:35:56 PM
whats up gents?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 22, 2009, 12:36:50 PM
Hey everyone! I just got off the phone with Aaron and he told me to tell you all he is having a great time at St. Anthony's.    :thumbs:

He also told me to tell you all to "Suck it TREBEK!"    :rofl:

He went over the handle bars last night, new brakes work really good! He is ok though, and back to riding today.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 22, 2009, 12:47:53 PM
Hey everyone! I just got off the phone with Aaron and he told me to tell you all he is having a great time at St. Anthony's.    :thumbs:

He also told me to tell you all to "Suck it TREBEK!"    :rofl:

He went over the handle bars last night, new brakes work really good! He is ok though, and back to riding today.

Sweeeeet.

I bet he was bent over the handle bars filming part II of Brokeback Mountain. Some guy named Trebeck is his co -star.

Suck it Trebeck! Suck it!

:lol:

"I just can't quit you!"

:lol:

Glad Aaron is having a good time!!!!

~Brian

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 22, 2009, 12:55:46 PM
Good one Brian!  :nod:

I think he said he was gonna call it Dirty Dick Dunes! He said he is the butch and his buddy is the bitch.

He said there will be lots of footage of "Sword Fights"    :confused:   And he wished you all could have joined him. 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 02:26:16 PM
Site will be transferring some time this evening between the times of 8:00pm Central time and done by 10:00am Central time. FYI to all yous
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 02:52:24 PM
chat will be down until tomorrow AM to prepare for the move this evening.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 03:00:51 PM
Maybe by then I'll have figured out why my damn version isn't updating on COD4...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 03:10:18 PM
Weird. you don't see any servers listed in your online list?
I don't think my COD says specifically that I'm running 1.7......
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 03:12:43 PM
I see some servers but the Raptorsource one is not appearing on the favorites list.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 03:17:49 PM
have you added it manually?

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 03:18:42 PM
Yup, I put it in the favorites mode, added server...Tried both versions of the IP...And I can't join another internet server as it says "invalid password" every time.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 22, 2009, 03:21:15 PM
Good one Brian!  :nod:

I think he said he was gonna call it Dirty Dick Dunes! He said he is the butch and his buddy is the bitch.

He said there will be lots of footage of "Sword Fights"    :confused:   And he wished you all could have joined him. 

Dirty Dick Dunes and Sword fights.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 03:22:58 PM
You'll have to change your "Source" to "Favorites"

Then on the top right, click "Add new favorite"

Type in the IP:  8.12.23.75   (you do not need the port # on the end)

Click okay or add.. (don't remember which it is off hand)

highlight the raptor server and on the bottom click "Password"

Type in the password that's needed.     a*a*a*

click okay.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 22, 2009, 03:24:45 PM
The previous message was brought to you by the Geek Squad.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 03:26:01 PM
The server does not even come up on the list...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 03:30:13 PM
doesn't come up on the list after you add it manually? Just it just show the IP?


and suck it brian. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 03:30:50 PM
Does not show anything at all...I think my copy is FUBARed...Grr, gonna try reinstalling the bitch I guess.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 03:32:20 PM
If you change your source to "internet" how many servers does it try queueing?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 03:42:40 PM
Don't remember, I uninstalled it and am reinstalling now...Gonna run the straight 1.6 digital patch again and see if it changes or not
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 22, 2009, 03:44:39 PM
roger roger.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 03:45:47 PM
One way I might've f-ed it up was I applied all the patches without rebooting in between...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 05:47:02 PM
Still getting the thing for installing previous versions...Like I have the 1.6 patch for a digital download, but it wants 1.5 then 1.5 wants 1.4 and so forth....Tried that the first time and it didn't work so I'm waiting for more info before I f-up again
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 22, 2009, 09:16:50 PM
UPDATE!
Just got off the phone with Aaron, no crashes today.   :clap:

He also said they are the only white-trash there since they are surrounded by millions of dollars in Toy haulers and him and Phil are camping in a tent.  8)

He also seen a moose standing in water that he took a pic of.  :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 22, 2009, 09:49:51 PM
where'd my chatbox go?

and whos ranger
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 22, 2009, 10:02:58 PM
Fellow Raptor owner, I usually hang out on the "other board" but I may migrate over here...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 23, 2009, 12:57:58 AM
Fellow Raptor owner, I usually hang out on the "other board" but I may migrate over here...
Be careful what you let "hang out" round here!
Brian likes to "swing" on anything that "hangs" :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 23, 2009, 08:51:38 AM
Guten morgen gents and ladies! :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 23, 2009, 09:09:35 AM
So is the site moved now?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 23, 2009, 09:23:37 AM
Guten morgen gents and ladies! :thumbs:
& what about greeting the forum dwellers? :D
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 23, 2009, 01:00:59 PM
Today in history....

Saturday, May 23, 2009

    * 1430 – Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
    * 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
    * 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
    * 1568 – The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.
    * 1568 – Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
    * 1609 – Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
    * 1618 – The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
    * 1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
    * 1706 – Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
    * 1788 – South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.
    * 1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
    * 1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
    * 1844 – Declaration of the Báb: a merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith, and Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.
    * 1846 – Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
    * 1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
    * 1863 – The Siege of Port Hudson takes place.
    * 1863 – American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner.
    * 1873 – The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
    * 1907 – The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
    * 1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.
    * 1915 – World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
    * 1923 – Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline.
    * 1929 – The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released.
    * 1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
    * 1934 – The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
    * 1939 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
    * 1945 – World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, committs suicide while in Allied custody.
    * 1945 – World War II: The Flensburg government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany.
    * 1949 – The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
    * 1951 – Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
    * 1958 – Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
    * 1960 – Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured.
    * 1967 – Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War.
    * 1970 – A fire breaks out in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and causing approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage.
    * 1977 – Two terrorist actions unfold in The Netherlands: several dozen hostages are taken on board a train, and about 100 others (mostly children) are held at a school. The train siege lasts until June 11.
    * 1984 – Methane gas explosion at Abbeystead water treatment works near Lancaster, England kills 16 people.
    * 1988 – The true day that Spartans became extinct and a greater being came into existence in the form of Jerry Astro
    * 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.
    * 1995 – The first version of the Java programming language was released.

    * 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
    * 2002 – The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
    * 2004 – Part of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
    * 2006 – Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
    * 2008– The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
    * 2009 – Former President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun commits suicide.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1052 – King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
    * 1100 – Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
    * 1606 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
    * 1617 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
    * 1707 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
    * 1718 – William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (d. 1783)
    * 1729 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian writer (d. 1799)
    * 1734 – Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician/hypnotist (d. 1815)
    * 1741 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (d. 1801)
    * 1790 – Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
    * 1795 – Charles Barry , English architect (d. 1860)
    * 1810 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (d. 1850)
    * 1820 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. 1887)
    * 1820 – Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
    * 1824 – Ambrose Burnside, American Union Civil War general (d. 1881)
    * 1834 – Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
    * 1844 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921)
    * 1848 – Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. 1896)
    * 1865 – Epitácio Pessoa, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)
    * 1875 – Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966)
    * 1879 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
    * 1883 – Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939)
    * 1884 – Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965)
    * 1887 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963)
    * 1888 – Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972)
    * 1889 – Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)
    * 1890 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)
    * 1891 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)
    * 1893 – Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
    * 1895 – Billy Smith English Footballer. (d. 1956)
    * 1896 – Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)
    * 1898 – Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989)
    * 1898 – Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (d. 1945)
    * 1900 – Hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
    * 1906 – General P.N. Thapar, 5th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (d. 1975)
    * 1908 – John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
    * 1908 – Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (d. 1934)
    * 1910 – Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
    * 1910 – Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and painter (d. 1999)
    * 1910 – Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
    * 1910 – Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004)
    * 1912 – Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997)
    * 1912 – Betty Astell, English actress (d. 2005)
    * 1912 – John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
    * 1913 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer
    * 1917 – Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
    * 1918 – Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 1997)
    * 1919 – Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer
    * 1920 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993)
    * 1921 – James Blish, American author (d. 1975)
    * 1921 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English musician (d. 2008)
    * 1923 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist
    * 1923 – Walter Wolfrum, German fighter pilot
    * 1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
    * 1925 – Mac Wiseman, American musician
    * 1928 – Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian
    * 1928 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
    * 1928 – Nigel Davenport, English actor
    * 1928 – Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998)
    * 1929 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
    * 1930 – Friedrich Achleitner, German poet
    * 1931 – Barbara Barrie, American actress
    * 1933 – Joan Collins, English actress
    * 1934 – Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
    * 1936 – Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
    * 1936 – Charles Kimbrough, American actor
    * 1938 – Peter Preston, English journalist and author
    * 1939 – Reinhard Hauff, German film director
    * 1939 – Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
    * 1939 – Jack McCarthy, American poet
    * 1940 – Giles Gordon, Scottish literary agent (d. 2003)
    * 1942 – K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
    * 1942 – Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher
    * 1943 – General Norman Johnson, American singer (Chairmen of the Board)
    * 1943 – Alan Walden, American manager, publisher, promoter, and booking agent (Outlaws and September Hase)
    * 1944 – John Newcombe, Australian tennis player
    * 1945 – Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. 1991)
    * 1946 – Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
    * 1946 – H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
    * 1947 – Bernard Comrie, English linguist
    * 1947 – Ann Hui, Hong Kong film director
    * 1947 – Jane Kenyon, American poet (d. 1995)
    * 1948 – Reggie Cleveland, Canadian baseball player
    * 1951 – Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
    * 1951 – Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
    * 1952 – Anne-Marie David, French singer
    * 1952 – "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, American boxer
    * 1955 – Luka Bloom, Irish singer/songwriter
    * 1956 – Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician
    * 1956 – Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby footballer
    * 1956 – Buck Showalter, American baseball player and manager
    * 1957 – Mark Arnold, American actor
    * 1957 – Jimmy McShane Northern Irish singer and front man of Baltimora, (d. 1995)
    * 1958 – Mitch Albom, American writer
    * 1958 – Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, and game show host
    * 1958 – François Feldman, French singer
    * 1959 – Ryuta Kawashima, Japanese neuroscientist
    * 1961 – Karen Duffy, American actress
    * 1962 – Imran Anwar, Pakistani Internet pioneer and American TV personality
    * 1963 – Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer
    * 1963 – Gregg "Opie" Hughes, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
    * 1964 – Ruth Metzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council
    * 1965 – Tom Tykwer, German film director
    * 1965 – Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
    * 1966 – Graeme Hick, English cricketer
    * 1966 – Gary Roberts, professional ice hockey player
    * 1967 – Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
    * 1967 – Phil Selway, English drummer (Radiohead)
    * 1968 – Guinevere Turner, American actress
    * 1970 – Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
    * 1970 – Nanette Burstein, American director/producer
    * 1970 – Bryan Herta, American race car driver
    * 1970 – Matt Flynn, American Musician
    * 1970 – Blake Schwendiman, American author
    * 1971 – Laurel Holloman, American actress
    * 1972 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver
    * 1973 – Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian Musician
    * 1974 – Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
    * 1974 – Matt Hindle, Canadian bobsledder
    * 1974 – Jewel, American singer
    * 1974 – Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
    * 1974 – Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
    * 1975 – Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
    * 1976 – Kelly Monaco, American actress
    * 1976 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
    * 1977 – Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
    * 1978 – Mike González, American baseball player
    * 1978 – Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
    * 1978 – Scott Raynor, American drummer (blink-182)
    * 1979 – Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1979 – Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
    * 1979 – Rasual Butler, American basketball player
    * 1980 – Lane Garrison, American actor
    * 1980 – Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
    * 1981 – Gwenno Saunders, Welsh dancer and singer (The Pipettes)
    * 1982 – Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
    * 1982 – Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
    * 1982 – Tristan Prettyman, American musician
    * 1983 – Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and film-maker
    * 1983 – Heidi Range, English singer (Sugababes)
    * 1983 – Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
    * 1984 – Adam Wylie, American actor
    * 1985 – Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
    * 1986 – Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
    * 1986 – Jordan Zimmermann, American baseball player
    * 1987 – Walker Lane, American Musician
    * 1988 – Morgan Pressel, American golfer

     Famous deaths...

    * 1125 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081)
    * 1304 – Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
    * 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. 1452)
    * 1523 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
    * 1524 – Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
    * 1662 – John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
    * 1670 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
    * 1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
    * 1701 – Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
    * 1752 – William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)
    * 1754 – John Wood, the Elder, English architect (b. 1704)
    * 1783 – James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (b. 1725)
    * 1786 – Móric Benyovszky Hungarian count (b. 1746)
    * 1813 – Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)
    * 1825 – Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
    * 1841 – Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
    * 1846 – Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
    * 1855 – Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)
    * 1857 – Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
    * 1868 – Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
    * 1886 – Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
    * 1893 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)
    * 1895 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (b. 1798)
    * 1906 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b. 1828)
    * 1908 – François Coppée, French poet and novelist (b. 1842)
    * 1920 – Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
    * 1937 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1839)
    * 1945 – Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (b. 1900)
    * 1949 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter (b. 1872)
    * 1965 – Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897)
    * 1966 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
    * 1967 – Lionel Groulx, French Canadian priest and historian (b. 1878)
    * 1975 – Moms Mabley, American comedian (b. 1894)
    * 1981 – Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
    * 1981 – Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1911)
    * 1981 – George Jessel, American actor (b. 1898)
    * 1981 – David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
    * 1986 – Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
    * 1988 – Aya Kitō, Japanese girl who inspired millions of people through her diary, titled '1 Litre of Tears' (b. 1962)
    * 1989 – Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
    * 1991 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
    * 1992 – Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (b. 1939)
    * 1994 – Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (b. 1951)
    * 1994 – Joe Pass, American jazz guitarist (b. 1929)
    * 1996 – Patrick Cargill, English actor (b. 1918)
    * 1999 – Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965)
    * 2002 – Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
    * 2003 – Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. 1933)
    * 2004 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919)
    * 2006 – Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. 1949)
    * 2006 – Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921)
    * 2006 – Frits Bernard, American activist (b. 1920)
    * 2006 – Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921)
    * 2006 – Richard Quinn, Christopher Quinn's Brother (b. 1985)
    * 2008 – David Mitton, British television director (b. 1939)
    * 2008 – Utah Phillips, American folksinger and activist (b. 1935)
    * 2009 – Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1946)

    Holidays and observances...

    * World Turtle Day
    * Bahá'í Faith: Declaration of the Báb
    * Sikhism: Birthday of Guru Amar Das
    * Jamaica: Labour Day
    * South Carolina: Statehood Day

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 25, 2009, 02:15:49 AM
wot I did the other night
St Louis at night
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 25, 2009, 09:14:58 AM
Today in history...

Monday, May 25, 2009   


 * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
    * 1420 – Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
    * 1521 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
    * 1659 – Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
    * 1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
    * 1787 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presides.
    * 1810 – In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy during the Semana de Mayo.
    * 1837 – The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.
    * 1865 – In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
    * 1878 – Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    * 1895 – Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
    * 1895 – The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.
    * 1914 – The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes the Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.
    * 1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
    * 1926 – Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.
    * 1935 – Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks five world records and ties a sixth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
    * 1936 – The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
    * 1938 – Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
    * 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk begins.
    * 1946 – The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their king.
    * 1953 – Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
    * 1953 – The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
    * 1955 – In the United States, a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
    * 1955 – First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition.
    * 1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade.
    * 1963 – In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
    * 1966 – Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
    * 1966 – The first prominent DaZiBao during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University.
    * 1977 – Star Wars is released. It rapidly becomes a cult classic and is the start of a six-movie franchise.
    * 1979 – American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.
    * 1981 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
    * 1982 – HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
    * 1985 – Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
    * 1997 – A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.
    * 1999 – The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
    * 2000 – Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
    * 2001 – 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
    * 2002 – China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
    * 2002 – A train crash in Tenga, Mozambique kills 197 people.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1048 – Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
    * 1334 – Emperor Sukō (d. 1398)
    * 1458 – Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
    * 1606 – Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
    * 1661 – Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
    * 1713 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
    * 1725 – Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
    * 1783 – Philip Pendleton Barbour, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1841)
    * 1803 – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
    * 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
    * 1818 – Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
    * 1845 – Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883)
    * 1846 – Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)
    * 1846 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900)
    * 1848 – Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, music teacher, editor and publisher (d. 1924)
    * 1852 – William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933)
    * 1856 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
    * 1860 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
    * 1865 – John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
    * 1865 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
    * 1877 – Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954)
    * 1878 – Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American entertainer (d. 1949)
    * 1879 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born publisher (d. 1964)
    * 1880 – Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
    * 1882 – Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
    * 1886 – Philip Murray, U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader (d. 1952)
    * 1886 – Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)
    * 1887 – Pio of Pietrelcina, Catholic saint (d. 1968)
    * 1888 – Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
    * 1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (d. 1972)
    * 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav resistance leader and later president (d. 1980)
    * 1897 – Gene Tunney, American heavyweight champion (d. 1978)
    * 1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher, TV personality (d. 1971)
    * 1899 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976)
    * 1900 – Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (d. 1975)
    * 1903 – Binnie Barnes, British actress (d. 1998)
    * 1907 – U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
    * 1908 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
    * 1909 – Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999)
    * 1909 – Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970)
    * 1912 – Princess Dukhye of Korea (d. 1989)
    * 1913 – Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
    * 1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian
    * 1917 – Steve Cochran, American actor (d. 1965)
    * 1918 – Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
    * 1921 – Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
    * 1921 – Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter
    * 1922 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
    * 1922 – Kitty Kallen, American big band singer
    * 1924 – István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
    * 1925 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (d. 1974)
    * 1925 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
    * 1925 – Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000)
    * 1926 – Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1991)
    * 1927 – Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001)
    * 1929 – Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. 2007)
    * 1929 – Warren Frost, American actor
    * 1931 – Georgi Grechko, Russian cosmonaut
    * 1931 – Aili Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter
    * 1931 – Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director
    * 1932 – John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003)
    * 1932 – K.C. Jones, Former professional basketball player and coach
    * 1932 – W. P. Kinsella, Canadian writer
    * 1933 – Ray Spencer, English footballer
    * 1933 – Basdeo Panday, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago
    * 1935 – Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
    * 1935 – Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
    * 1936 – Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter
    * 1938 – Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
    * 1939 – Dixie Carter, American actress
    * 1939 – Ian McKellen, English actor
    * 1941 – Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova
    * 1943 – Jessi Colter, American singer
    * 1943 – John "Poli" Palmer, British rock musician (Family)
    * 1944 – Frank Oz, English-born puppeteer and director
    * 1944 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
    * 1944 – John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality
    * 1944 – Robert MacPherson, American mathematician
    * 1946 – David A. Hargrave, RPG designer
    * 1948 – Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
    * 1948 – Klaus Meine, German musician (Scorpions)
    * 1949 – Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-born novelist
    * 1951 – Bob Gale, American screenwriter
    * 1952 – Al Sarrantonio, American writer
    * 1952 – Gordon Smith, American politician and U.S Senator from Oregon
    * 1952 – Jeffrey Bewkes, American media executive
    * 1953 – Eve Ensler, American playwright
    * 1953 – Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer
    * 1953 – Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo)
    * 1955 – Alistair Burt, British politician
    * 1956 – Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer
    * 1956 – David P. Sartor, American music composer
    * 1956 – Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
    * 1957 – Edward Lee, American writer
    * 1957 – Robert Picard, French Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1958 – Carrie Newcomer, American folksinger
    * 1958 – Paul Weller, British musician
    * 1959 – Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
    * 1959 – Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1959 – Julian Clary, British television personality
    * 1960 – Amy Klobuchar, American politician and U.S Senator from Minnesota
    * 1960 – Anthea Turner, British television personality
    * 1962 – Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1963 – Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
    * 1963 – Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
    * 1964 – Ivan Bella, Slovak cosmonaut
    * 1964 – David Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1965 – George Hickenlooper, American documentary film-maker
    * 1966 – Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
    * 1967 – Poppy Z. Brite, American author
    * 1968 – Kendall Gill, American basketball player
    * 1969 – Anne Heche, American actress
    * 1969 – Stacy London, American fashion consultant
    * 1969 – Glen Drover, Canadian guitar player (Megadeth)
    * 1970 – Joey Eischen, American baseball player
    * 1970 – Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, American actresses
    * 1970 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor
    * 1970 – Satsuki Yukino, Seiyuu
    * 1971 – Marco Cappato, Italian politician
    * 1971 – Justin Henry, American actor
    * 1972 – Octavia Spencer, American actress
    * 1973 – Demetri Martin, American comedian
    * 1973 – Molly Sims, American model and actress
    * 1973 – Daz Dillinger, American hip-hop performer
    * 1974 – Frank Klepacki, American musician
    * 1974 – Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
    * 1975 – Lauryn Hill, American singer
    * 1976 – Tarik Glenn, American football player
    * 1976 – Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
    * 1976 – Ethan Suplee, American actor
    * 1976 – Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes)
    * 1977 – Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ
    * 1978 – Brian Urlacher, American football player
    * 1979 – Carlos Bocanegra, American footballer
    * 1979 – Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
    * 1979 – Caroline Ouellette, French Canadian ice-hockey player
    * 1979 – Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
    * 1980 – Jae Hee, South Korean actor
    * 1980 – David Navarro, Spanish footballer
    * 1980 – Joe King Co-founder and guitarist for The Fray
    * 1982 – Luke Webster, Australian rules footballer
    * 1982 – Adam Boyd, English footballer
    * 1982 – Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
    * 1982 – Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
    * 1983 – Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
    * 1984 – Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M)
    * 1984 – Luke Ball, Australian rules footballer
    * 1984 – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World
    * 1984 – Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1984 – Shawne Merriman, American football player
    * 1984 – Kostas Martakis, Greek singer
    * 1985 – Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
    * 1986 – Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
    * 1986 – Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
    * 1986 – Lauren Crace, English Actress
    * 1986 – Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
    * 1987 – Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
    * 1987 – Yves De Winter, Belgian goalkeeper
    * 1990 – Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
    * 1993 – Dilley sextuplets, American sextuplets

     Famous deaths...

    *  615 – Pope Boniface IV
    *  709 – Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (b. c. 639)
    *  735 – Bede, English historian and monk
    *  967 – Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)
    *  992 – Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. c. 935)
    * 1085 – Pope Gregory VII
    * 1261 – Pope Alexander IV
    * 1452 – John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
    * 1555 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508)
    * 1555 – Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
    * 1595 – Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
    * 1632 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
    * 1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
    * 1681 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
    * 1693 – Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
    * 1741 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
    * 1786 – Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (b. 1717)
    * 1789 – Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
    * 1797 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)
    * 1805 – William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
    * 1848 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
    * 1849 – Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777)
    * 1899 – Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1822)
    * 1912 – Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
    * 1917 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
    * 1919 – Madame C. J. Walker, American philanthropist and tycoon (b. 1867)
    * 1924 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
    * 1926 – Symon Petlura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879)
    * 1927 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
    * 1930 – Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
    * 1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874)
    * 1935 – Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
    * 1940 – Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)
    * 1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American Cellist (b. 1902)
    * 1943 – Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888)
    * 1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)
    * 1954 – Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)
    * 1965 – Sonny Boy Williamson, (Alec "Rice" Miller) American Blues singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1899)
    * 1968 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
    * 1977 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
    * 1979 – John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
    * 1981 – Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898)
    * 1983 – Idris I, Libyan King (b. 1889)
    * 1983 – Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)
    * 1983 – Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
    * 1986 – Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901)
    * 1988 – Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
    * 1994 – Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (b. 1940)
    * 1995 – Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
    * 1996 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929)
    * 1996 – Bradley Nowell, American singer and guitarist (Sublime) (b. 1968)
    * 2000 – Nicholas Clay, British actor (b. 1946)
    * 2002 – Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
    * 2003 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
    * 2004 – Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917)
    * 2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
    * 2005 – Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
    * 2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
    * 2005 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
    * 2005 – Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
    * 2006 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
    * 2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and host (b. 1931)
    * 2008 – J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)

    Holidays and observances...

    * African Union: Africa Day
    * Various African countries: African Liberation Day
    * Argentina: May Revolution Day/National Day
    * Jordan: Independence Day
    * Lebanon: Liberation Day
    * Palmerston Island: Palmerston Gospel Day
    * United States: National Missing Children's Day
    * Geek Pride Day (Randy is partying like a mofo!!!)
    * Douglas Adams fans: Towel Day
    * Scientology: Integrity Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 25, 2009, 01:23:22 PM
 Douglas Adams fans: Towel Day
great books, movies never quite measured up, but lot of fun all the same
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 25, 2009, 01:38:43 PM
happy lebanese liberation day my bruthas!  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 25, 2009, 01:52:48 PM
happy lebanese liberation day my bruthas!  :thumbs:
so you're a happily "liberated" lebanese then, that explains a lot ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 26, 2009, 07:15:41 AM
Guten Morgen 8)


I'm freakin sore. Rocked Sand Volleyball last night for 4 hours straight. :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 08:34:07 AM
Guten Morgen 8)


I'm freakin sore. Rocked Sand Volleyball last night for 4 hours straight. :nod:

sore here as well

Crashed rappy first time, not bad, rolled on side after bailing from blind jump.  :lol: Then, rode a track for about an hour Sunday. Good time
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 26, 2009, 08:54:00 AM
Today in history...

Tuesday May 26th

    * 451 – The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity.
    * 1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Japan, killing about 30,000.
    * 1328 – William of Ockham, Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.
    * 1538 – Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
    * 1637 – Pequot War: A combined Protestant and Mohegan force under German Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Native Americans.
    * 1647 – Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
    * 1670 – In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover.
    * 1736 – Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the Chickasaw village of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi. The French, under Louisiana governor Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, had sought to link Louisiana with Acadia and the other northern colonies of New France.
    * 1770 – The Orlov Revolt, a first attempt to revolt against the Turks before the Greek War of Independence ends in disaster for the Greeks.
    * 1783 – A Great Jubilee Day is held in Trumbull, Connecticut to celebrate the end of the American Revolution.
    * 1805 – Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano gothic cathedral in Milan.
    * 1828 – Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
    * 1830 – The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.
    * 1857 – Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
    * 1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.
    * 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
    * 1868 – The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
    * 1869 – Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    * 1879 – Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
    * 1889 – Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public.
    * 1894 – Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
    * 1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    * 1896 – James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.
    * 1906 – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
    * 1908 – At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
    * 1917 – A powerful F4 tornado rips Mattoon, Illinois apart, killing 101 people and injuring 689. It was the world's longest-lasting tornado, lasting for over 7 hours and traveling 293 miles, spreading death and destruction along its path.
    * 1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
    * 1918 – The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
    * 1928 – The first motion picture is projected publicly in Athens, Greece.
    * 1936 – In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he spoke for 10 hours.
    * 1938 – The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
    * 1940 – World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
    * 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bir Hakeim takes place.
    * 1948 – The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
    * 1966 – British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
    * 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
    * 1970 – The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
    * 1972 – Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
    * 1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
    * 1972 – The British state-owned travel firm Thomas Cook & Son is sold to a consortium of private businesses headed by the Midland Bank.
    * 1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.
    * 1981 – The Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
    * 1983 – A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people, injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
    * 1986 – The European Community adopts the European flag.
    * 1991 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
    * 1991 – Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.
    * 1992 – Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe Systems, Inc. is kidnapped at gunpoint from the Adobe parking lot in Mountain View, California for $650,000 and is held hostage in a rented house in Hollister, California. The FBI rescues him four days later.
    * 1998 – The United States Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
    * 1999 – Manchester United become the first club in English football to win The Treble.
    * 2002 – Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.
    * 2003 – Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
    * 2004 – The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed reporting and lack of skeptism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
    * 2004 – The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
    * 2006 – The May 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people, leaves 200,000 homeless.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1264 – Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
    * 1478 – Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)
    * 1566 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
    * 1602 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
    * 1650 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722)
    * 1667 – Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)
    * 1669 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
    * 1689 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
    * 1700 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (d. 1760)
    * 1764 – Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
    * 1799 – Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (d. 1837)
    * 1822 – Edmond de Goncourt, French writer (d. 1896)
    * 1863 – Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
    * 1865 – Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
    * 1867 – Mary of Teck, queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
    * 1873 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)
    * 1883 – Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946)
    * 1886 – Al Jolson, American singer (d. 1950)
    * 1893 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (d. 1957)
    * 1893 – Eugène Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
    * 1895 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. 1965)
    * 1895 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971)
    * 1899 – Antonio Barrette, French Canadian politician (d. 1968)
    * 1904 – George Formby, English singer and comedian (d. 1961)
    * 1904 – Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
    * 1907 – Jean Bernard, French physician (d. 2006)
    * 1907 – John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
    * 1908 – Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
    * 1908 – Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
    * 1909 – Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
    * 1909 – Nikolay Guryanov, Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (d. 2002)
    * 1909 – Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (d. 1969)
    * 1911 – Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969)
    * 1912 – János Kádár, Prime minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
    * 1912 – Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. 1980)
    * 1913 – Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
    * 1914 – Frankie Manning, American Lindy Hop dancer (d. 2009)
    * 1915 – Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
    * 1915 – Antonia Forest, British children's author (d. 2003)
    * 1916 – Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999)
    * 1916 – Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)
    * 1917 – Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
    * 1918 – Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (d. 1985)
    * 1920 – Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)
    * 1923 – James Arness, American actor
    * 1923 – Roy Dotrice, British actor
    * 1926 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor
    * 1926 – Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (d. 1991)
    * 1926 – Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author
    * 1932 – Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
    * 1935 – Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress
    * 1938 – William Bolcom, American composer
    * 1938 – Pauline Parker, New-Zealandic murderess
    * 1938 – Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
    * 1938 – Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano
    * 1939 – Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader
    * 1939 – Brent Musburger, American sports broadcaster
    * 1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
    * 1940 – Levon Helm, American musician (The Band)
    * 1941 – Reg Bundy, British performer (d. 2003)
    * 1941 – Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player
    * 1941 – John Kaufman, sculptor
    * 1942 – Ganapathi Sachchidananda, Spiritual Leader
    * 1943 – Erica Terpstra, President of the Dutch Olympic Committee
    * 1944 – Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author
    * 1945 – Garry Peterson, Canadian drummer (The Guess Who)
    * 1946 – Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach.
    * 1946 – Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993)
    * 1948 – Stevie Nicks, American songwriter
    * 1949 – Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor
    * 1949 – Pam Grier, American actress
    * 1949 – Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
    * 1949 – Joe Alaskey, American voice actor
    * 1949 – Hank Williams Jr., American singer
    * 1951 – Sally Ride, American astronaut
    * 1951 – Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
    * 1952 – David Meece, Christian musician
    * 1953 – Kay Hagan, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
    * 1953 – Michael Portillo, British politician
    * 1954 – Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
    * 1954 – Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
    * 1955 – Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
    * 1955 – Wesley Walker, American football player
    * 1956 – Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
    * 1957 – Margaret Colin, American actress
    * 1957 – François Legault, French Canadian politician
    * 1957 – Kristina Olsen, American musician
    * 1957 – Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
    * 1957 – Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
    * 1959 – Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
    * 1959 – Ole Bornedal, Danish film director, actor and producer
    * 1960 – Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
    * 1960 – Rob Murphy, American baseball player
    * 1961 – Tarsem Singh, Indian film director
    * 1962 – Genie Francis, American actress
    * 1962 – Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor
    * 1964 – Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American writer
    * 1964 – Lenny Kravitz, American musician
    * 1965 – Hazel Irvine, British television presenter
    * 1966 – Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
    * 1966 – Zola Budd, South African athlete
    * 1967 – Phil Doyle, Australian writer
    * 1967 – Kevin Moore, American musician (OSI)
    * 1968 – Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
    * 1968 – Pat Kenney, American professional wrestler
    * 1968 – Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
    * 1968 – Steve Sedgley, English footballer
    * 1969 – John Baird, Canadian politician
    * 1969 – Musetta Vander, South African actress
    * 1970 – Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
    * 1971 – Timothy Allen, British Photojournalist
    * 1971 – Matt Stone, American television producer
    * 1972 – Patsy Palmer, British actress
    * 1974 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
    * 1975 – Nicki Aycox, American actress
    * 1975 – Travis Lee, American baseball player
    * 1976 – Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
    * 1977 – Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira)
    * 1977 – Misaki Ito, Japanese actress
    * 1977 – Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist
    * 1977 – Luca Toni, Italian footballer
    * 1978 – Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
    * 1979 – Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
    * 1979 – Mehmet Okur (Memo), Turkish basketball player
    * 1979 – Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler
    * 1981 – Robert Copeland, Australian Rules Football
    * 1981 – Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer
    * 1981 – Irini Merkouri, Greek singer
    * 1981 – Isaac Slade, American musician The Fray
    * 1982 – Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
    * 1982 – David Reed, British writer and comedian
    * 1984 – Andrea Smith, American artist/painter
    * 1988 – Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
    * 1991 – Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress

     Famous deaths...

    *  604 – Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
    *  818 – Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)
    *  946 – King Edmund I of England (b. 921)
    * 1055 – Margrave Adalbert of Austria
    * 1421 – Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1389)
    * 1512 – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan
    * 1536 – Francesco Berni, Italian poet
    * 1595 – Philip Neri, Italian churchman (b. 1515)
    * 1647 – Alse Young, American "witch"
    * 1648 – Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)
    * 1653 – Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
    * 1679 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
    * 1685 – Karl II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)
    * 1703 – Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist (b. 1633)
    * 1742 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)
    * 1762 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)
    * 1799 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)
    * 1818 – Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander (b. 1761)
    * 1824 – Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)
    * 1831 – Ciro Menotti, Italian patriot (b. 1798)
    * 1840 – Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
    * 1881 – Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)
    * 1883 – Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (b. 1808)
    * 1883 – Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. 1788)
    * 1902 – Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
    * 1904 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)
    * 1907 – Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b. 1847)
    * 1908 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam (b. 1835)
    * 1924 – Victor Herbert, Irish composer (b. 1859)
    * 1933 – Horatio Bottomley, British financier and politician (b. 1860)
    * 1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer (b. 1897)
    * 1939 – Charles Horace Mayo, American medical practitioner (Mayo Clinic) (b. 1865)
    * 1943 – Edsel Ford, American automobile executive (b. 1893)
    * 1943 – Alice Tegnér, Swedish composer and organist (b. 1864)
    * 1944 – Christian Wirth, commandant of Belzec extermination camp (b. 1885)
    * 1948 – Theodore Morell, Hitler's personal physician (b. 1886)
    * 1951 – Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist (b. 1880)
    * 1954 – Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete (b. 1900)
    * 1955 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver and two-time F1 world champion (b. 1918)
    * 1968 – Little Willie John, American singer (b. 1937)
    * 1969 – Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
    * 1969 – Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
    * 1974 – Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. 1941)
    * 1976 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (b. 1889)
    * 1976 – Juan Maino, Chilean leader of MAPU, "disappeared"
    * 1977 – William Powell, American singer (The O'Jays) (b. 1942)
    * 1978 – Cybele, Greek actress (b. 1887)
    * 1979 – George Brent, British actor (b. 1899)
    * 1989 – Don Revie, Former footballer and England and Leeds United Manager (b. 1927)
    * 1999 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906)
    * 1999 – Waldo Semon, American inventor (b. 1898)
    * 2001 – Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
    * 2001 – Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
    * 2001 – Moven Enock Mahachi, Defence Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
    * 2002 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
    * 2003 – Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
    * 2004 – Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
    * 2004 – Dullah Omar, South African lawyer (b. 1934)
    * 2005 – Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
    * 2005 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
    * 2006 – Édouard Michelin, CEO of Michelin (b. 1963)
    * 2006 – Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (b. 1919)
    * 2007 – J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942)
    * 2008 – Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Australia: National Sorry Day <----- Harden the f*ck up Australia
    * Denmark: Crown Prince's Birthday
    * Georgia: Independence Day
    * Guyana: Independence Day
    * Poland: Mother's Day

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 26, 2009, 08:59:10 AM
1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.

montana.... woooo f*ckin hoooooo  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 26, 2009, 09:13:47 AM
Wanna make a run for a snowmobile?

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 09:16:49 AM
Georgian Independence day?

Partying in Atlanta? :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 26, 2009, 09:17:25 AM
+1

I don't see any tanks...am I in danger?

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 09:25:35 AM
+1

I don't see any tanks...am I in danger?

~Brian

:lol: That was hilarious!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 26, 2009, 09:38:21 AM
Love Yahoo answers.

There are some real idiots out there.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 10:39:01 AM
Hey Brian...how many cars did you sell yesterday gangsta?  :rofl:

j/k
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 26, 2009, 10:44:19 AM
Hey Brian...how many cars did you sell yesterday gangsta?  :rofl:

j/k


One special finance deal I didn't have to touch.

It cost us more to open the doors than what we made yesterday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 10:47:21 AM
Hey Brian...how many cars did you sell yesterday gangsta?  :rofl:

j/k


One special finance deal I didn't have to touch.

It cost us more to open the doors than what we made yesterday.

~Brian

ain't that some bull$hit!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 01:58:29 PM
crickets
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 26, 2009, 02:22:10 PM
Chirp chirp....

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 02:23:04 PM
Work is freaking dragging!  :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 26, 2009, 02:39:48 PM
Been hecka busy here today. Got to meet the new intern. First time it's been a hot one. :nana:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 02:45:50 PM
Been hecka busy here today. Got to meet the new intern. First time it's been a hot DUDE. :nana:

Right on bro.  ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 26, 2009, 02:47:13 PM
Been hecka busy here today. Got to meet the new intern. First time it's been a hot one. :nana:

Sausage fest at Securian!

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 26, 2009, 03:37:05 PM
geez. Nearly time to go. Time fly's when you're slackin!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 26, 2009, 03:40:48 PM
Been hecka busy here today. Got to meet the new intern. First time it's been a hot one. :nana:

Sausage fest at Securian!

:lol:

~Brian

Sounds like Peel's kind of joint!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 03:43:12 PM
geez. Nearly time to go. Time fly's when you're spankin' it!

When in doubt, whip it out! :lol:

Shut up ranger. :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 26, 2009, 05:07:58 PM
Whip ???

When talking about Peels, I think you meant to say "twease" :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 26, 2009, 05:10:42 PM
Whip ???

When talking about Peels, I think you meant to say "twease" :rofl:

:bird:

Just got done complimenting your dune pics. This my thanks? Ass.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 27, 2009, 07:13:32 AM
Whip ???

When talking about Peels, I think you meant to say "twease" :rofl:

:bird:

Just got done complimenting your dune pics. This my thanks! You own my Ass.  :lol:
too easy, too easy, you got to play "harder to get" than that  :lol:
still guess you tryin to stay ahead of the new boy, Suppose we gotta start warning the kids about "Ranger Danger"  :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 27, 2009, 09:44:58 AM
Today in history...

Wednesday May 27, 2009

    * 927 – Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Croatian army, led by King Tomislav, defeats the Bulgarian Army.
    * 927 – Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies.
    * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death.
    * 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
    * 1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
    * 1647 – Peter Stuyvesant was inaugurated as Director-General of New Netherland.
    * 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
    * 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland.
    * 1812 – South American Wars of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
    * 1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
    * 1849 – The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
    * 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
    * 1863 – American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
    * 1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
    * 1895 – Oscar Wilde is imprisoned for sodomy.
    * 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD).
    * 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
    * 1907 – Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
    * 1908 – Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din is elected the first Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
    * 1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
    * 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
    * 1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
    * 1933 – New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
    * 1933 – The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
    * 1933 – The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.
    * 1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
    * 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
    * 1940 – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops. Two survive.
    * 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
    * 1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
    * 1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague.
    * 1957 – Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.
    * 1958 – The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
    * 1960 – In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
    * 1962 – The Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire starts.
    * 1965 – Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
    * 1967 – Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
    * 1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
    * 1968 – The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
    * 1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
    * 1975 – The Dibble's Bridge coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 32 - the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
    * 1980 – The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
    * 1995 – In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
    * 1996 – First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
    * 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
    * 1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
    * 1999 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
    * 2006 – The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1332 – Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (d. 1406)
    * 1519 – Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)
    * 1576 – Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)
    * 1601 – Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)
    * 1623 – William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
    * 1626 – William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
    * 1651 – Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
    * 1652 – Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1722)
    * 1738 – Nathaniel Gorham, 8th President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1796)
    * 1756 – King Maximilian I of Bavaria (d. 1825)
    * 1794 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877)
    * 1818 – Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (d. 1894)
    * 1819 – Julia Ward Howe, American composer (d. 1910)
    * 1820 – Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
    * 1827 – Samuel F. Miller, New York representative to the U.S. House of Representatives (d. 1892)
    * 1836 – Jay Gould, American financier (d. 1892)
    * 1837 – Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. 1876)
    * 1837 – Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. 1887)
    * 1860 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
    * 1864 – Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (d. 1938)
    * 1867 – Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. 1931)
    * 1871 – Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1958)
    * 1876 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)
    * 1878 – Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. 1927)
    * 1879 – Karl Bühler, German linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)
    * 1879 – Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
    * 1884 – Max Brod, Austrian author (d. 1968)
    * 1888 – Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)
    * 1891 – Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (d. 1965)
    * 1893 – Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (d. 2005)
    * 1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
    * 1894 – Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961)
    * 1897 – John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
    * 1900 – Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933)
    * 1904 – Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
    * 1907 – Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
    * 1909 – Dolores Hope, American singer, philanthropist
    * 1911 – Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States and United States Senator from Minnesota (d. 1978)
    * 1911 – Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. 2007)
    * 1911 – Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
    * 1912 – John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
    * 1912 – Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
    * 1912 – Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)
    * 1913 – Wols, German painter (d. 1951)
    * 1915 – Herman Wouk, American writer
    * 1918 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician
    * 1921 – Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (d. 1960)
    * 1922 – Christopher Lee, English actor
    * 1923 – Henry Kissinger, 56th United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
    * 1923 – Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
    * 1925 – Tony Hillerman, American writer (d. 2008)
    * 1930 – John Barth, American novelist
    * 1930 – William S. Sessions, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
    * 1933 – Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 2008)
    * 1934 – Harlan Ellison, American author
    * 1935 – Lee Meriwether, Miss America (1955) and actress
    * 1935 – Ramsey Lewis, American pianist
    * 1935 – Mal Evans, British Beatles assistant (d. 1976)
    * 1936 – Louis Gossett Jr., American actor
    * 1936 – Marcel Masse, Canadian politician
    * 1937 – Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (d. 1999)
    * 1939 – Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
    * 1942 – Lee Baca, American law enforcement official
    * 1943 – Cilla Black, English singer and presenter
    * 1943 – Bruce Weitz, American actor
    * 1944 – Christopher Dodd, United States Senator from Connecticut and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut
    * 1944 – Alain Souchon, French singer and songwriter
    * 1945 – Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician
    * 1946 – Lewis Collins, English actor
    * 1946 – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005)
    * 1947 – Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer
    * 1948 – Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
    * 1951 – Ana Belén, Spanish singer and actress
    * 1954 – Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
    * 1954 – Jackie Slater, American football player
    * 1955 – Richard Schiff, American actor
    * 1955 – Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter
    * 1956 – Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor
    * 1957 – Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
    * 1957 – Duncan Goodhew, English Olympic Games gold medalist swimmer
    * 1958 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (Split Enz, Crowded House)
    * 1958 – Linnea Quigley, American actress
    * 1961 – Peri Gilpin, American actress
    * 1962 – Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
    * 1962 – Steven Brill, American film writer and director
    * 1964 – Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
    * 1965 – Todd Bridges, American actor
    * 1965 – Patrick Cash, Australian Tennis Player
    * 1967 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
    * 1968 – Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
    * 1968 – Frank Thomas, American baseball player
    * 1969 – Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
    * 1969 – Dondre Whitfield, American actor
    * 1969 – Todd Hundley, American baseball player
    * 1970 – Tim Farron, British politician
    * 1970 – Joseph Fiennes, English actor
    * 1970 – Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
    * 1970 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
    * 1971 – Paul Bettany, English actor
    * 1971 – Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician
    * 1971 – Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
    * 1971 – Kaur Kender, Estonian author
    * 1972 – Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
    * 1972 – Todd Demsey, American golfer
    * 1973 – Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
    * 1973 – Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby union footballer
    * 1974 – Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon's Call)
    * 1974 – Danny Wuerffel, American football player
    * 1975 – André 3000, American musician (OutKast)
    * 1975 – Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
    * 1975 – Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox)
    * 1975 – Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
    * 1976 – RJD2, American hip-hop producer
    * 1976 – Anita Blonde, Hungarian pornographic actress
    * 1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
    * 1977 – Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
    * 1977 – Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer
    * 1978 – Adin Brown, American footballer
    * 1979 – Mile Sterjovski, Australian footbaler
    * 1980 – Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater
    * 1981 – Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
    * 1981 – Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
    * 1981 – David Mauro, American painter
    * 1981 – Miloy, Angolan footballer
    * 1981 – Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
    * 1983 – Bobby Convey, American footballer
    * 1984 – Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
    * 1984 – Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
    * 1985 – Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player
    * 1990 – Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure skater

     Famous deaths...

    *  366 – Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
    *  735 – Bede, English historian and theologian
    *  866 – Ordoño I of Asturias, King of Asturias (b. 831)
    *  927 – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria
    * 1039 – Dirk III, Count of Holland
    * 1444 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)
    * 1508 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)
    * 1525 – Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
    * 1541 – Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)
    * 1564 – John Calvin, French religious reformer (b. 1509)
    * 1610 – François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
    * 1615 – Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
    * 1661 – Archibald Campbell, Scottish religious dissident (b. 1607)
    * 1675 – Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)
    * 1690 – Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (b. 1626)
    * 1702 – Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
    * 1707 – Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
    * 1781 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)
    * 1797 – François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b. 1760)
    * 1831 – Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
    * 1840 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
    * 1896 – Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
    * 1910 – Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1843)
    * 1919 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848)
    * 1926 – Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
    * 1941 – Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. 1889)
    * 1941 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (b. 1894)
    * 1947 – Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885)
    * 1949 – Robert Ripley, American cartoonist (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) (b. 1890)
    * 1953 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868)
    * 1960 – James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877)
    * 1963 – Gregoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
    * 1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (b. 1889)
    * 1967 – Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
    * 1969 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (b. 1926)
    * 1973 – P.Ramlee, Malaysian actor,singer and songwriter (b. 1922)
    * 1984 – Vincent James McMahon, U.S. professional wrestling promoter. (b. 1914)
    * 1986 – Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921)
    * 1987 – John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
    * 1989 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907)
    * 1990 – Robert B. Meyner, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)
    * 1991 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
    * 1992 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
    * 1993 – Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903)
    * 1993 – Werner Stocker, German actor (b. 1955)
    * 2000 – Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917)
    * 2000 – Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
    * 2000 – Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)
    * 2001 – Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929)
    * 2003 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925)
    * 2006 – Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)
    * 2006 – Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
    * 2006 – Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928)
    * 2006 – Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949)
    * 2006 – Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
    * 2007 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
    * 2007 – Ed Yost, American inventor (b. 1919)
    * 2007 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932)
    * 2008 – Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin: Abolition Day
    * Nigeria: Children's Day
    * Bolivia: Mother's Day (Día de la Madre)

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 27, 2009, 02:01:51 PM
Wednesday may 27, 2009 - Kyle graduates 8th grade :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on May 27, 2009, 02:03:37 PM
Congrats junior...Wish I could relive my high school years.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 27, 2009, 02:04:03 PM
Wednesday may 27, 2009 - Kyle graduates 8th grade :lol:

Only took 3 years.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 27, 2009, 02:07:32 PM
Wednesday may 27, 2009 - Kyle graduates 8th grade :lol:

Only took 3 years.
just wanted to make sure I got the most out of it 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 27, 2009, 02:11:02 PM
Soon, you MAY start growing hair in strange places. Even before Krandall.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 27, 2009, 02:13:03 PM
Soon, you MAY start growing hair in strange places. Even before Krandall.
maybe someday :( :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 27, 2009, 02:21:00 PM
Wednesday may 27, 2009 - Kyle graduates 8th grade :lol:

Only took 3 years.

"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older and they stay the same age."
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 27, 2009, 02:22:28 PM
Wednesday may 27, 2009 - Kyle graduates 8th grade :lol:

Only took 3 years.

"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older and they stay the same age."

Score!

Alright alright alright!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 27, 2009, 02:24:13 PM
"I'm letting you have shotgun. But I want you to know it's because only 'cuz I'm goin' inside."

 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 27, 2009, 04:17:52 PM
Wednesday may 27, 2009 - Kyle graduates 8th grade :lol:

Only took 3 years.

"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older and they stay the same age."
& you can always hit on their mums too :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BLU700R on May 28, 2009, 05:53:12 AM
Yeah everyone and their mums has guns around here. Lol. Anywhoo I'm in Michigan bitches. In Evart for 2 weeks.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 28, 2009, 08:56:20 AM
nothin good in Michigan.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 28, 2009, 08:57:36 AM
Just some sand dunes.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 28, 2009, 10:05:07 AM
Brian. quit doing yard work. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 28, 2009, 10:23:56 AM
Brian. quit doing yard work. :lol:

The Nazis are making me work today.

I'm so pissed.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 28, 2009, 10:44:22 AM
Today in history...

May 28, 2009

    * 585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
    * 1503 – James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
    * 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
    * 1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).
    * 1644 – Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby.
    * 1754 – French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
    * 1774 – American Revolutionary War: the first Continental Congress convenes.
    * 1830 – President Andrew Jackson signs The Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
    * 1859 – Big Ben is drawn on a carriage pulled by 16 horses from Whitechapel Bell Foundry to the Palace of Westminster.
    * 1863 – American Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union.
    * 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
    * 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Togo Heihachiro and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
    * 1918 – The Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic declare their independence.
    * 1926 – 28th May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
    * 1930 – The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
    * 1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Ovila and Elzire Dionne, and later become the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
    * 1934 – The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated.
    * 1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
    * 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
    * 1937 – Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister.
    * 1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany.
    * 1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
    * 1942 – World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1800 people.
    * 1952 – Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio. The park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
    * 1952 – The women of Greece are given the right to vote.
    * 1955 – Henry Bolte becomes Premier of the state of Victoria.
    * 1961 – Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
    * 1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
    * 1970 – The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
    * 1974 – Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
    * 1975 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
    * 1977 – In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
    * 1977 - Resident sasquatch Erich Springinsguth born.
    * 1978 – Second round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. The election is won by incumbent Sangoulé Lamizana.
    * 1979 – Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
    * 1982 – Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
    * 1987 – 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained and is not released until August 3, 1988.
    * 1987 – A robot probe finds the wreckage of the USS Monitor near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
    * 1991 – The capital city of Addis Ababa, falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
    * 1995 – The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, ⅔ of total population.
    * 1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
    * 1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
    * 1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.
    * 1999 – Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklöv and Tony Olsson after a car chase.
    * 2002 – NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
    * 2002 – The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
    * 2003 – Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.
    * 2004 – The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
    * 2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1140 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
    * 1371 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419)
    * 1524 – Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)
    * 1582 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)
    * 1588 – Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
    * 1641 – Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)
    * 1660 – King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
    * 1676 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
    * 1692 – Joseph Butler, English philosopher (d. 1752)
    * 1738 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)
    * 1759 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
    * 1779 – Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)
    * 1807 – Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (d. 1873)
    * 1818 – P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (d. 1893)
    * 1836 – Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
    * 1837 – George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. 1921)
    * 1837 – Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (d. 1908)
    * 1853 – Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)
    * 1858 – Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)
    * 1872 – Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. 1917)
    * 1878 – Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)
    * 1883 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966)
    * 1883 – Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (d. 1978)
    * 1884 – Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. 1948)
    * 1886 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (d. 1954)
    * 1888 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953)
    * 1888 – Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1942)
    * 1889 – Richard Réti, Austrian-Czech chess grandmaster (d. 1929)
    * 1892 – Sepp Dietrich, German SS officer (d. 1966)
    * 1900 – Tommy Ladnier, American musician (d. 1939)
    * 1908 – Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)
    * 1909 – Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (d. 2005)
    * 1910 – T-Bone Walker, American singer (d. 1975)
    * 1910 – Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003)
    * 1911 – Thora Hird, British actress (d. 2003)
    * 1911 – Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian author (d. 1986)
    * 1912 – Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
    * 1912 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (d. 1992)
    * 1914 – W. G. G. Duncan Smith, British World War II pilot (d. 1996)
    * 1915 – Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. 2001)
    * 1916 – Walker Percy, American author (d. 1990)
    * 1917 – Papa John Creech, American musician (d. 1994)
    * 1918 – Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 1990)
    * 1921 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. 1999)
    * 1922 – Lou Duva, American boxing trainer
    * 1923 – György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
    * 1923 – Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (d. 1998)
    * 1925 – Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006)
    * 1925 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone
    * 1931 – Carroll Baker, American actress
    * 1934 – Annette Dionne, Dionne quintuplets
    * 1934 – Cecile Dionne, Dionne quintuplets
    * 1934 – Emilie Dionne, Dionne quintuplets (d. 1954)
    * 1934 – Marie Dionne, Dionne quintuplets (d. 1970)
    * 1934 – Yvonne Dionne, Dionne quintuplets(d. 2001)
    * 1936 – Betty Shabazz, American civil rights activist (d. 1997)
    * 1936 – Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician
    * 1938 – Jerry West, American basketball player
    * 1938 – Prince Buster, Jamaican musician
    * 1941 – Beth Howland, American actress
    * 1942 – Stanley B. Prusiner, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
    * 1943 – Terry Crisp, Canadian hockey coach
    * 1943 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004)
    * 1944 – Rudy Giuliani, 107th Mayor of New York City
    * 1944 – Gladys Knight, American singer and actress
    * 1944 – Patricia Quinn, Northern Irish actress
    * 1944 – Gary Stewart, American singer (d. 2003)
    * 1944 – Billy Vera, American actor and musician
    * 1944 – Faith Brown, British actress
    * 1945 – John Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
    * 1945 – Hunter "Patch" Adams, American doctor
    * 1945 – John N. Bambacus, American politician
    * 1946 – Satchidanandan, Indian poet
    * 1946 – Skip Jutze, American baseball player
    * 1947 – Sondra Locke, American actress
    * 1947 – Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist
    * 1947 – Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist
    * 1949 – Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (d. 1998)
    * 1950 – Ian Bradley, British writer and academic
    * 1950 – Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
    * 1952 – Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
    * 1953 – Arto Lindsay, American guitarist and singer
    * 1954 – John Tory, Canadian politician
    * 1954 – Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (d. 1988)
    * 1955 – John McGeoch, Scottish musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (d. 2004)
    * 1955 – Mark Howe, American ice hockey player
    * 1956 – Julie Peasgood, British actress
    * 1956 – Jerry Douglas, American dobro player
    * 1956 – Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1980)
    * 1957 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
    * 1957 – Ben Howland, American college basketball coach
    * 1959 – John Morgan, British etiquette expert (d. 2000)
    * 1960 – Mark Sanford, 115th Governor of South Carolina & former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
    * 1962 – Roland Gift, English musician (Fine Young Cannibals)
    * 1962 – Brandon Cruz, American actor
    * 1962 – James Michael Tyler, American actor
    * 1963 – Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist
    * 1963 – Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree)
    * 1964 – Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
    * 1964 – Christa Miller, American actress
    * 1964 – David Baddiel, British comedian and television presenter
    * 1964 – Phil Vassar, American country music singer
    * 1965 – Chris Ballew, American musician
    * 1967 – Glen Rice, American basketball player
    * 1968 – Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer
    * 1969 – Mike DiFelice, American baseball player
    * 1969 – Justin Kirk, American actor
    * 1970 – Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate
    * 1970 – Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator
    * 1970 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
    * 1971 – Isabelle Carré, French actress
    * 1971 – Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater
    * 1971 – Lisa Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)
    * 1971 – Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
    * 1971 – Monika Schnarre, Canadian model
    * 1971 – Brad Sugars, Australian entrepreneur
    * 1972 – Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
    * 1972 – Guidoni Junior Doriva, Brazilian footballer
    * 1974 – Alicia Minshew, American actress
    * 1975 – Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress
    * 1976 – Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
    * 1976 – Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
    * 1976 – Glenn Morrison, Rugby League Player
    * 1977 – Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer
    * 1977 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View)
    * 1977 - Erich Springinsguth, big bastard, aka Sasquatch
    * 1979 – Jesse Bradford, American actor
    * 1979 – Ronald Curry, American football player
    * 1979 – Joeri Jansen, Belgian athlete
    * 1979 – Monica Keena, American actress
    * 1980 – Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)
    * 1980 – Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
    * 1981 – Adam Green, American singer and songwriter
    * 1981 – Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
    * 1982 – Alexa Davalos, American actress
    * 1982 – Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player
    * 1983 – Steve Cronin, American soccer goalkeeper
    * 1983 – Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player
    * 1984 – Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
    * 1985 – Colbie Caillat, American folk singer-songwriter
    * 1986 – Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
    * 1986 – Joseph Cross, American actor
    * 1986 – Michael Oher, American football player at Ole Miss
    * 1986 – Berrick Barnes, Australian Rugby player
    * 1988 – David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player

     Famous deaths...

    *  576 – Saint Germain of Paris (b. 496)
    * 1357 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
    * 1556 – Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo
    * 1672 – John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
    * 1747 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
    * 1750 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
    * 1787 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1719)
    * 1805 – Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
    * 1808 – Richard Hurd, English Bishop of Worcester and writer (b. 1720)
    * 1811 – Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)
    * 1816 – Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
    * 1828 – Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)
    * 1843 – Noah Webster, American author, politician, and lexicographer (b. 1758)
    * 1849 – Anne Brontë, English author (b. 1820)
    * 1864 – Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and liberal politician (b. 1808)
    * 1878 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
    * 1916 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856)
    * 1927 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)
    * 1937 – Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. 1870)
    * 1940 – Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (b. 1868)
    * 1947 – August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1907)
    * 1948 – Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914)
    * 1953 – Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
    * 1968 – Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (b. 1908)
    * 1971 – Audie Murphy, American actor and war hero (b. 1924)
    * 1971 – Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912)
    * 1972 – King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
    * 1975 – Ezzard Charles, Heavyweight champion (b. 1921)
    * 1976 – Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
    * 1978 – Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
    * 1980 – Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
    * 1981 – Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Archbishop of Warsaw (b. 1901)
    * 1982 – Lt Col 'H'. Jones VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
    * 1983 – Erastus Corning 2nd, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (b. 1909)
    * 1984 – Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise) (b. 1926)
    * 1988 – Sy Oliver, Jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (b. 1910)
    * 1993 – Billy Conn, American boxer and actor (b. 1917)
    * 1994 – Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
    * 1994 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (b. 1916)
    * 1998 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (b. 1948)
    * 2001 – Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
    * 2001 – Joe Moakley, Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts (b. 1927)
    * 2002 – Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909)
    * 2003 – Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
    * 2003 – Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917)
    * 2003 – Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
    * 2004 – Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (b. 1934)
    * 2006 – Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. 1920)
    * 2007 – Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
    * 2007 – Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
    * 2008 – Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Azerbaijan and Armenia: Republic Day (both 1918).
    * Ethiopia: Downfall of the Derg Day
    * Philippines: National Flag Day

Have a great Thursday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 28, 2009, 10:47:53 AM
Brian. quit doing yard work. :lol:

The Nazis are making me work today.

I'm so pissed.

~Brian

what f*ckers..

time for a career change mang.




1977 - Erich Springinsguth, big bastard, aka Sasquatch


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAN! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 28, 2009, 10:50:59 AM
Trust me, I've been looking hard the past month.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 28, 2009, 11:10:31 AM
Trust me, I've been looking hard the past month.

~Brian

Anything out there for you?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 28, 2009, 11:24:27 AM
Happy Birthday E.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 28, 2009, 11:25:21 AM
Thanks man.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 28, 2009, 12:00:33 PM
Trust me, I've been looking hard the past month.

~Brian

Anything out there for you?

Mortgage business is doing well here...Trying to get back into that.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on May 28, 2009, 12:29:44 PM
Trust me, I've been looking hard the past month.

~Brian

Anything out there for you?

Mortgage business is doing well here...Trying to get back into that.

~Brian

Good time to get into that.  Hope you land something so you can get out of where you are at.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 28, 2009, 01:32:43 PM
Happy Birthday E!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 28, 2009, 04:13:20 PM
Happy birthday E
how are you celebrating?

I mean picking on the mini-ho's is a daily occurrence, what "something special" do you have lined up?

Guess there's always ranger, nothing like some fresh meat for the kill................ :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on May 29, 2009, 07:08:40 AM
Morning Gents
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 29, 2009, 08:07:45 AM
Hola beetches!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on May 29, 2009, 08:35:10 AM
Briiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn



NEWS!!!!!!


STAT!!!!!

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 29, 2009, 10:02:00 AM
sup
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 29, 2009, 10:38:02 AM
Today in history...

May 29, 2009

    * 363 – Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
    * 1167 – Battle of Monte Porzio – A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
    * 1176 – Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
    * 1414 – Council of Constance.
    * 1453 – Byzantine-Ottoman Wars: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
    * 1660 – English Restoration: Charles II (on his birthday – see below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
    * 1677 – Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.
    * 1727 – Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
    * 1733 – The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
    * 1780 – American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
    * 1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
    * 1848 – Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
    * 1864 – Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
    * 1867 – The Austro-Hungarian agreement known as Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Franz Joseph is crowned King of Hungary.
    * 1868 – The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
    * 1886 – Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
    * 1903 – May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
    * 1913 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.
    * 1914 – Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
    * 1919 – Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
    * 1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje founded
    * 1924 – AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
    * 1932 – World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
    * 1935 – The Hoover Dam is completed.
    * 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
    * 1948 – Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation
    * 1950 – The  St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia .
    * 1953 – Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
    * 1954 – First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
    * 1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian situation in Israel, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
    * 1969 – General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
    * 1972 – 26 people are killed and dozens more injured when three Japanese gunmen open fire on crowds at Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.
    * 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
    * 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
    * 1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: At the European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses after Liverpool F.C. fans breach a fence separating them from Juventus F.C. fans.
    * 1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
    * 1988 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
    * 1990 – The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of the Russian SFSR.
    * 1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
    * 1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
    * 1999 – Charlotte Perrelli wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 for Sweden in Jerusalem, Israel with the song Take Me to Your Heaven.
    * 2001 – U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
    * 2004 – The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1594 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
    * 1627 – Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and Princess(d. 1693)
    * 1630 – Charles II of England (d. 1685)
    * 1675 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
    * 1716 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
    * 1722 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
    * 1736 – Patrick Henry, American patriot, statesman, and orator (d. 1799)
    * 1773 – Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
    * 1794 – Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
    * 1823 – John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
    * 1860 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
    * 1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
    * 1874 – G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
    * 1880 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
    * 1892 – Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
    * 1893 – Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (d. 1944)
    * 1894 – Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
    * 1894 – Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
    * 1897 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
    * 1903 – Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
    * 1905 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
    * 1906 – T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
    * 1907 – Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
    * 1911 – Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989)
    * 1913 – Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
    * 1914 – Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
    * 1915 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
    * 1917 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
    * 1920 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
    * 1922 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect, major contributor to musical modernism (d. 2001)
    * 1924 – Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer (d. 1999)
    * 1926 – Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
    * 1927 – Jean Coutu, Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group)
    * 1929 – Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher
    * 1932 – Richie Guerin, former basketball player
    * 1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author who founded the group Zero Population Growth
    * 1933 – Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
    * 1937 – Charles W. Pickering, American judge
    * 1937 – Irmin Schmidt, German musician (Can)
    * 1937 – Hibari Misora, Japanese singer
    * 1938 – Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner
    * 1939 – Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver
    * 1940 – Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan
    * 1941 – Doug Scott, British mountaineer
    * 1942 – Pierre Bourque, Former mayor of Montreal
    * 1942 – Kevin Conway, American actor
    * 1943 – Robert W. Edgar, Theologian
    * 1945 – Gary Brooker, musician (Procol Harum)
    * 1946 – Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
    * 1947 – Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
    * 1947 – Anthony Geary, American actor
    * 1948 – Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
    * 1949 – Brian Kidd, English footballer
    * 1950 – Rebbie Jackson, American musician
    * 1951 – Peter Chernin, President of News Corporation
    * 1953 – Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
    * 1953 – Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008)
    * 1955 – John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin
    * 1955 – Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
    * 1955 – Ken Schrader, American race car driver
    * 1956 – LaToya Jackson, American musician
    * 1957 – Jeb Hensarling, Current Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
    * 1957 – Ted Levine, American actor
    * 1958 – Annette Bening, American actress
    * 1958 – Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
    * 1959 – Rupert Everett, English actor
    * 1959 – Adrian Paul, English actor
    * 1960 – Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter
    * 1961 – Melissa Etheridge, American musician
    * 1962 – Eric Davis, American baseball player
    * 1962 – John D. LeMay, American actor
    * 1962 – Fandi Ahmad, Singapore footballer
    * 1963 – Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
    * 1963 – Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
    * 1963 – Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
    * 1963 – Lisa Whelchel, American actress
    * 1964 – Howard Mills III, New York State politician
    * 1967 – Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
    * 1967 – Mike Keane, Canadian hockey player
    * 1969 – Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
    * 1970 – Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
    * 1971 – Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
    * 1972 – Közi, Japanese visual kei artist
    * 1972 – Stanislas Renoult, French singer
    * 1972 – Bill Curley, American basketball player
    * 1973 – Anthony Azizi, American actor
    * 1973 – Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
    * 1973 – Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
    * 1974 – Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks
    * 1974 – Marc Gené, Spanish Formula One driver
    * 1975 – Melanie Brown, English musician and actress
    * 1975 – Daniel Tosh, American comedian
    * 1975 – Anthony Wall, English golfer
    * 1976 – David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
    * 1976 – Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
    * 1976 – Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
    * 1976 – Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
    * 1977 – Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
    * 1977 – Scott Allen, American firefighter
    * 1977 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
    * 1977 – Danny Gerard, American actor
    * 1978 – Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
    * 1978 – Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
    * 1978 – Lorenzo Odone, American patient (d. 2008)
    * 1978 – Adam Rickitt, British actor
    * 1979 – Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
    * 1979 – Arne Friedrich, German football player
    * 1979 – John Rheinecker, Major League Baseball player
    * 1979 – Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
    * 1979 – Ahmad Latiff, Singapore footballer
    * 1981 – Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
    * 1982 – Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
    * 1982 – Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer
    * 1982 – Matt Macri, American baseball player
    * 1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
    * 1986 – Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican/American fashion model
    * 1986 – Hornswoggle, American professional wrestler
    * 1986 – Valy, Iranian/German singer
    * 1987 – Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer
    * 1987 – Alessandra Toreson, American actress
    * 1989 – Riley Keough, American model
    * 1991 – Kristen Alderson, American actress

     Famous deaths...

    * 1259 – King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
    * 1379 – King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
    * 1405 – Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
    * 1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
    * 1453 – Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404)
    * 1500 – Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
    * 1546 – David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
    * 1593 – John Penry, Welsh Protestant leader (b. 1559)
    * 1660 – Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
    * 1691 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
    * 1790 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
    * 1796 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
    * 1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
    * 1829 – Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)
    * 1847 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
    * 1866 – Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
    * 1868 – Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
    * 1882 – Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
    * 1892 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
    * 1896 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
    * 1903 – Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)
    * 1903 – Bruce Price, American architect (b. 1845)
    * 1910 – Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
    * 1911 – William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)
    * 1917 – Kate Harrington, American teacher, writer and poet (b. 1831)
    * 1919 – Robert Bacon, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
    * 1935 – Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)
    * 1939 – Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865)
    * 1942 – John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
    * 1946 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905)
    * 1948 – Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
    * 1951 – Fanny Brice, American singer/comedian (b. 1891)
    * 1953 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
    * 1958 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
    * 1970 – John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
    * 1972 – Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (b. 1902)
    * 1972 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
    * 1973 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
    * 1977 – Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
    * 1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
    * 1979 – John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
    * 1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
    * 1983 – Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899)
    * 1989 – John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
    * 1993 – Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
    * 1994 – Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)
    * 1996 – Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (b. 1919)
    * 1997 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)
    * 1997 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
    * 1998 – Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
    * 2002 – Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905)
    * 2003 – David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
    * 2004 – Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)
    * 2004 – Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)
    * 2005 – George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
    * 2005 – Hamilton Naki, South African medical assistant (b. 1926)
    * 2006 – Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
    * 2006 – Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930)
    * 2007 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
    * 2007 – Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian politician (b. 1927)
    * 2008 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
    * 2008 – Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)

     Holidays and observances...

    * International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
    * Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
    * Nepal: Republic Day
    * Nigeria: Democracy Day
    * Rhode Island, Wisconsin: Statehood Day
    * United Kingdom: Oak Apple Day (historic, not widely observed today)

Have a great Friday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 29, 2009, 11:59:02 AM
Happy mufuggin' Friday. I want out of here Bad! Leaving at 3!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on May 29, 2009, 02:41:06 PM
Happy mufuggin' Friday. I want out of here Bad! Leaving at 3!

What happened to 3?

It's 20 til four.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 29, 2009, 03:08:45 PM
I was outta there at 3:30
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on May 30, 2009, 10:14:54 AM
Happy Saturday ladies. What's shakin'?

:Whereinthef*ckisBrian?: :lol:

have a great day all.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on May 30, 2009, 07:10:53 PM
You too Peels!   :bye:

Hope your meth lab explodes!    :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 30, 2009, 09:19:29 PM
MULLET
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on May 30, 2009, 09:20:16 PM
mullet? where?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on May 30, 2009, 09:49:14 PM
mullet? where?
at the bar where I had dinner.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 07:16:31 AM
No news to follow up on from the weekend...  :confused:

 :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 01, 2009, 08:23:57 AM
No news to follow up on from the weekend...  :confused:

 :(

Like Brian has something more important to do than post.... :lol: Paaaalease. :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 08:39:54 AM
no doubt... :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 01, 2009, 09:09:46 AM
Don't you like us anymore Brian?   :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 09:28:51 AM
I just have other stuff to handle....

Sorry.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 09:34:27 AM
Today in history...

June 1, 2009

    * 193 – Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
    * 987 – Hugh Capet is elected King of France.
    * 1204 – King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen.
    * 1215 – Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing.
    * 1252 – Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
    * 1495 – Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
    * 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
    * 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    * 1679 – The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
    * 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance.
    * 1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
    * 1794 – The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
    * 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
    * 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
    * 1813 – James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!"
    * 1815 – Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
    * 1831 – James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
    * 1855 – American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
    * 1857 – Charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal is published.
    * 1862 – American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
    * 1868 – Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
    * 1869 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
    * 1879 – Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
    * 1886 – The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31.
    * 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
    * 1910 – Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England.
    * 1918 – World War I Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
    * 1920 – Adolfo de la Huerta becomes president of Mexico.
    * 1921 – Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
    * 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
    * 1925 – Lou Gehrig plays the first game in his streak of 2,130 consecutive games; it was the longest such streak until broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995.
    * 1935 – The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom.
    * 1939 – Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (D-OPZE) fighter aeroplane
    * 1940 – The Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR holds its first congress.
    * 1940 – The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation goes out of business, giving the City of New York full control of the subway system in the city.
    * 1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
    * 1941 – The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad.
    * 1942 – World War II: the Warsaw paper Liberty Brigade publishes the first news of the concentration camps.
    * 1943 – British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
    * 1946 – Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" (leader) of Romania during World War 2, is executed.
    * 1956 – First international flight (to Montreal YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL; now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world's busiest airport)
    * 1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
    * 1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
    * 1963 – Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
    * 1967 – The groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album by The Beatles is released
    * 1974 – Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
    * 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
    * 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
    * 1979 – Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
    * 1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
    * 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
    * 1989 – Oba Chandler murders an Ohio family on their Florida vacation by drowning them in Tampa Bay.
    * 1990 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
    * 2000 – The Patent Law Treaty is signed.
    * 2001 – Dipendra of Nepal murders his family during dinner.
    * 2001 – Dolphinarium massacre: an Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
    * 2003 – The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
    * 2005 – The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection.
    * 2005 – The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.
    * 2007 – Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.
    * 2008 – A fire at the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood destroys several icons from movies, such as Courthouse Square, the clock tower from Back to the Future, and the King Kong exhibit on the studio tour.
    * 2008- General Motors, the largest automaker in the world files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1076 – Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
    * 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
    * 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
    * 1503 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
    * 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
    * 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
    * 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
    * 1653 – Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
    * 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
    * 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
    * 1771 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
    * 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
    * 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist (d. 1832)
    * 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
    * 1801 – Brigham Young, Mormon church leader (d. 1877)
    * 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
    * 1815 – Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
    * 1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
    * 1831 – John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
    * 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
    * 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
    * 1844 – John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)
    * 1878 – John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
    * 1881 – Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
    * 1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
    * 1898 – Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
    * 1899 – Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
    * 1901 – John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
    * 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
    * 1903 – Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (d. 1973)
    * 1907 – Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine. (d. 1996)
    * 1909 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
    * 1913 – Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
    * 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
    * 1917 – William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
    * 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
    * 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
    * 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American actress (d. 1991)
    * 1922 – Joan Copeland, American actress
    * 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
    * 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher
    * 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor
    * 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
    * 1928 – Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
    * 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
    * 1929 – James Billington – American librarian
    * 1930 – John Lemmon, English logician (d. 1966)
    * 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor
    * 1933 – Charles Wilson, American politician
    * 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer
    * 1935 – Reverend Ike, American televangelist
    * 1936 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician
    * 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
    * 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor
    * 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
    * 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds)
    * 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
    * 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor
    * 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist
    * 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
    * 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
    * 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer
    * 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
    * 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, British actor
    * 1947 – Ron Dennis, F1 team principal (McLaren)
    * 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist (Rolling Stones)
    * 1948 – Tomáš Halík, Czech priest and public intellectual
    * 1948 – Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
    * 1948 – Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner
    * 1950 – Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band)
    * 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
    * 1953 – David Berkowitz, American serial killer (Son of Sam)
    * 1955 – Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
    * 1955 – Tony Snow, News Anchor, Former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush (d. 2008)
    * 1956 – Lisa Hartman, American actress
    * 1957 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
    * 1958 – Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
    * 1959 – Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator
    * 1959 – Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
    * 1960 – Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
    * 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
    * 1961 – Peter Machajdik, Slovakian composer
    * 1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
    * 1964 – Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
    * 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
    * 1965 – Nigel Short, English chess player
    * 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football coach
    * 1967 – Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
    * 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
    * 1968 – Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
    * 1969 – René Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
    * 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
    * 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
    * 1970 – Karen Mulder, Dutch supermodel
    * 1970 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor
    * 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
    * 1971 – Roldán González, Cuban singer
    * 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor
    * 1972 – Mike Dunham, American hockey player
    * 1973 – Frederik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
    * 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
    * 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
    * 1973 – Heidi Klum, German supermodel
    * 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
    * 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
    * 1974 – Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
    * 1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
    * 1975 – James Storm, American professional wrestler
    * 1975 – Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player
    * 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
    * 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
    * 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
    * 1977 – Richard Williams, British racing driver
    * 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
    * 1980 – Oliver James, British actor
    * 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
    * 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter
    * 1982 – Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
    * 1983 – Jake Silbermann, American actor
    * 1984 – Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, first Mongolian athlete win gold medal from Olympics
    * 1984 – Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
    * 1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
    * 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian Athlete
    * 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
    * 1986 – Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008
    * 1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
    * 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
    * 1988 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer

     Famous deaths...

    * 195 BC – Gaozu of Han of China
    *  193 – Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
    * 1434 – Wladislaus II of Poland
    * 1571 – John Story, English Catholic
    * 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)
    * 1625 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
    * 1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer
    * 1660 – Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred)
    * 1710 – David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
    * 1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
    * 1769 – Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
    * 1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
    * 1815 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1853)
    * 1823 – Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
    * 1826 – Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
    * 1830 – Sahajanand Swami, believed to be an incarnation of GERD by his followers, leaves his mortal body. (b. 1781)
    * 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
    * 1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
    * 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (b. 1812)
    * 1868 – James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
    * 1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1795)
    * 1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
    * 1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
    * 1879 – Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
    * 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
    * 1941 – Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
    * 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
    * 1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
    * 1946 – Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
    * 1948 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b. 1914)
    * 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
    * 1952 – John Dewey, American philosopher and educational theorist.
    * 1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
    * 1959 – Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
    * 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (b. 1883)
    * 1960 – Paula Hitler, sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
    * 1962 – Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official by execution (b. 1906)
    * 1965 – Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach (b. 1898)
    * 1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
    * 1968 – Helen Keller, American humanitarian (b. 1880)
    * 1968 – André Laurendeau, French Canadian writer, journalist and politician (b. 1912)
    * 1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904)
    * 1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
    * 1973 – Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
    * 1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
    * 1980 – Rube Marquard, baseball player (b. 1886)
    * 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
    * 1981 – Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
    * 1983 – Prince Charles of Belgium (b. 1903)
    * 1985 – Richard Greene, British actor (b. 1918)
    * 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (b. 1958)
    * 1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (b. 1921)
    * 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari (b. 1917)
    * 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
    * 1994 – Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
    * 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (b. 1913)
    * 1998 – Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
    * 1999 – Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
    * 2001 – Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
    * 2001 – King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
    * 2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
    * 2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
    * 2003 – Johnny Hopp, baseball player (b. 1916)
    * 2004 – William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
    * 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
    * 2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
    * 2007 – Arn Shein, American sports writer (b. 1928)
    * 2007 – Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)
    * 2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
    * 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)

    Holidays and observances...

    * International Children's Day
    * Cambodia: National Tree Planting Day
    * Canada: National Day Against Homophobia
    * Kentucky, Tennessee: Statehood Day
    * Kenya: Madaraka Day
    * Mongolia: Mothers' and Children's Day
    * Palau: President's Day
    * Samoa: Independence Day
    * Sarawak: First day of the Gawai Dayak festival.

Have a good Monday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 01, 2009, 09:41:04 AM
I just have other stuff to handle....

Sorry.

~Brian

Erich's love handles?  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 09:42:32 AM
1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.


Man... We coulda left that state outa the equation.... :rolleyes:

 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 10:02:44 AM
I just have other stuff to handle....

Sorry.

~Brian

Erich's love handles?  :lol:

In your case, he loves your ears.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 01, 2009, 10:45:42 AM
1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.


Man... We coulda left that state outa the equation.... :rolleyes:

 :lol:

:lol: Poor Brad. Never comes around anymore, still gets $Hit.  :lol:


Shut Up Brian. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 11:17:28 AM
Suck it Trebeck......

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/jeopardy/1105261/



~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 01:08:25 PM
 :lol:
good stuff.

Will Ferrel is hillarious :clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 01, 2009, 01:09:09 PM
He's gonna be on Man Vs. Wild with Bear Grills tomorrow nite :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 01:10:15 PM
 :lol:

that otta be good!  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 01, 2009, 01:10:28 PM
Linky: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-channel-screening-room/
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 01:24:44 PM
Linky: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-channel-screening-room/


"These would make great seat cover's in my camaro"  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 02:38:13 PM
69?

That's how I scored with your mother last night Trebeck!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 02:44:30 PM
how goes it B?

Work keepin ya busy or what?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 02:51:13 PM
how goes it B?

Work keepin ya busy or what?

Closing the month today.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 03:00:00 PM
how goes it B?

Work keepin ya busy or what?

Closing the month today.

~Brian

sounds like fun.

I hit 850 members in my mafia this AM!! :D
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 03:02:50 PM
Awesome!

I'm currently at 1450.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 01, 2009, 03:08:00 PM
We have a thread for that $hit Nerdz! :lol:

JK, carry on.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 03:14:12 PM
:sit:


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 03:30:34 PM
We have a thread for that $hit Nerdz! :lol:

JK, carry on.

I'm placing a hit on Don Pealer.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 01, 2009, 03:43:54 PM
We have a thread for that $hit Nerdz! :lol:

JK, carry on.

I'm placing a hit on Don Pealer.

:lol:

~Brian

Lets post him in the snuff thread!!! :rofl:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 01, 2009, 03:49:37 PM
:bird:

I haven't even checked my mafia wars lately. I could have been robbed blind :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 03:53:37 PM
We have a thread for that $hit Nerdz! :lol:

JK, carry on.

I'm placing a hit on Don Pealer.

:lol:

~Brian

Lets post him in the snuff thread!!! :rofl:



Yeah, nothing like getting hit by Frank (Level 642) or Lisa (Level 707)

Lights out nucca!

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 01, 2009, 04:02:11 PM
:bird:

I haven't even checked my mafia wars lately. I could have been robbed blind :lol:

$36 million. Up two levels from last time. (2 weeks) My strategy of not doing Squat is working out fine. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 01, 2009, 04:04:51 PM
Have a great evening.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 01, 2009, 04:07:14 PM
:bird:

I haven't even checked my mafia wars lately. I could have been robbed blind :lol:

$36 million. Up two levels from last time. (2 weeks) My strategy of not doing Squat is working out fine. :lol:

36 million in two weeks?

I make $49.3 million an hour after upkeep.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 01, 2009, 11:18:16 PM
:bird:

I haven't even checked my mafia wars lately. I could have been robbed blind :lol:

$36 million. Up two levels from last time. (2 weeks) My strategy of not doing Squat is working out fine. :lol:

36 million in two weeks?

I make $49.3 million an hour after upkeep.

~Brian
& back to reality, you get $4.50/hour plus tips???  :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 07:35:49 AM
Guten morgen Everyone..

It's world prostitute day!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 02, 2009, 08:25:40 AM
Guten morgen Everyone..

It's world prostitute day!!!


That is everyday for dis guy  ;)  :lol:

:bird:

I haven't even checked my mafia wars lately. I could have been robbed blind :lol:

$36 million. Up two levels from last time. (2 weeks) My strategy of not doing Squat is working out fine. :lol:

36 million in two weeks?

I make $49.3 million an hour after upkeep.

~Brian


good for you :kiss: , you also waste alot of your day playing the game, not hanging out here with us  :(  I haven't touched the game in at least 2 weeks. Probably 3.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 08:27:12 AM
I got my wife addicted. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 09:55:02 AM
I gave up on it, I just leave my auto player running on the old computer.  I check in from time to time, but it got old fast.  I would rather bs with friends here.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 09:59:47 AM
you should stop usin the auto player. :)
I play it every day. Morning before I come in to work, and once before I go to bed.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 02, 2009, 10:04:57 AM
I play it every day. Morning before I come in to work, and once before I go to bed.

Doesn't Lydia get upset about that??

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 10:06:38 AM
I play it every day. Morning before I come in to work, and once before I go to bed.

Doesn't Lydia get upset about that??

:lol:

 :lol: blah blah blah
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 10:06:58 AM
you should stop usin the auto player. :)
I play it every day. Morning before I come in to work, and once before I go to bed.

I don't really care about it, thats why I leave the auto player going.  I know some of the really hardcore people don't like it but I could care less, frickin idiots for being that addicted to the game.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 10:12:15 AM
Eh, it's like any other game/activity. People get addicted. Some take it to far. They just need to realize it's a game :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 10:14:39 AM
I have better things to do, plus it got old for me because it was the same thing over and over again. 
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 02, 2009, 10:16:02 AM
I started my own Game....How many Mafia Wars requests could I ignore per day ???

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 10:17:51 AM
I started my own Game....How many Mafia Wars requests could I ignore per day ???

:lol:

what level are you?  :lol:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 10:19:26 AM
speaking of addicted, I see Brian hasn't shown up today yet.   :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 02, 2009, 10:20:32 AM
I started my own Game....How many Mafia Wars requests could I ignore per day ???

:lol:

what level are you?  :lol:



1337 8)

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 10:24:26 AM
Ninja.
 :lol:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 10:25:38 AM
Today in history...

June 2, 2009

    * 455 – The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
    * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city. The second siege would later start on June 7.
    * 1615 – First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
    * 1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
    * 1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
    * 1774 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
    * 1780 – The Derby horse race is held for the first time.
    * 1793 – Jean-Paul Marat recites the names of 29 people to the French National Convention. Almost all of these people are guillotined, followed by 17,000 more over the course of the next year during the Reign of Terror.
    * 1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
    * 1848 – The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
    * 1855 – The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.
    * 1876 – Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
    * 1886 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
    * 1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention: the radio.
    * 1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
    * 1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
    * 1925 – Because of a lineup revision by Miller Huggins, Wally Pipp is replaced by Lou Gehrig at first base for the New York Yankees, beginning a streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, topped only by Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995. Exactly 16 years later to the day, in 1941, Gehrig passes away from Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
    * 1946 – Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia is exiled.
    * 1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the first to be televised.
    * 1955 – The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
    * 1966 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.
    * 1967 – Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
    * 1979 – Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
    * 1984 – Operation Bluestar, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6 with causalities, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
    * 1990 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Petersburg, Indiana is the hardest-hit town in the outbreak, with 6 deaths.
    * 1992 – In a national referendum Denmark rejects the Maastricht Treaty by a thin margin.
    * 1995 – United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.
    * 1997 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
    * 1999 – The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.
    * 2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
    * 2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!

     Birthdays today...

    *  926 – Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967)
    * 1535 – Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
    * 1731 – Martha Washington, First American first lady (d. 1802)
    * 1740 – Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
    * 1743 – Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795)
    * 1773 – John Randolph, U.S. Senator from Virginia (d. 1833)
    * 1774 – William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)
    * 1823 – Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905)
    * 1835 – Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
    * 1838 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (d. 1900)
    * 1840 – Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928)
    * 1857 – Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
    * 1857 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
    * 1863 – Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942)
    * 1865 – George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
    * 1869 – Jack O'Connor, baseball player (d. 1937)
    * 1887 – Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941)
    * 1891 – Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
    * 1891 – Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese "father of the kamikaze" (d. 1945)
    * 1899 – Lotte Reiniger, German film director (d. 1981)
    * 1904 – Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1974)
    * 1904 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
    * 1907 – Dorothy West, American writer (d. 1998)
    * 1913 – Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992)
    * 1913 – Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980)
    * 1915 – Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975)
    * 1915 – Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian communist (d. 1992)
    * 1917 – Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker (d. 2006)
    * 1918 – Ruth Atkinson, American cartoonist (d. 1997)
    * 1919 – Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
    * 1920 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born critic
    * 1920 – Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)
    * 1920 – Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
    * 1922 – Charlie Sifford, American golfer
    * 1922 – Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
    * 1924 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist and activist (d. 2007)
    * 1926 – Milo O'Shea, Irish actor
    * 1927 – W. Watts Biggers, American novelist and animator
    * 1929 – Norton Juster, American author and architect
    * 1929 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
    * 1930 – Pete Conrad, American astronaut (d. 1999)
    * 1930 – Bob Lillis, baseball player
    * 1931 – Larry Jackson, baseball player (d. 1990)
    * 1931 – William Donaldson, American businessman and politician
    * 1932 – Sammy Turner, American singer
    * 1935 – Carol Shields, American-born novelist (d. 2003)
    * 1935 – Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
    * 1935 – Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek turkologist
    * 1937 – Sally Kellerman, American actress
    * 1937 – Jimmy Jones (singer), American singer and songwriter
    * 1938 – Kevin Brownlow, English film historian and author
    * 1940 – King Constantine II of Greece
    * 1941 – Stacy Keach, American actor
    * 1941 – Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
    * 1941 – William Guest, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
    * 1942 – Maree Cheatham, American actress
    * 1943 – Charles Haid, American actor
    * 1943 – Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
    * 1944 – Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and musician
    * 1945 – Jane Bonnie Newman, American politician
    * 1945 – Jon Peters, American film producer and hairdresser
    * 1946 – Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer
    * 1946 – Lasse Hallström, Swedish film director
    * 1946 – Song Dae Kwan, Korean singer
    * 1947 – Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
    * 1948 – Jerry Mathers, American actor
    * 1949 – Heather Couper, British astronomer
    * 1949 – Frank Rich, American theater critic and columnist
    * 1951 – Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player
    * 1952 – Gary Bettman, American National Hockey League commissioner
    * 1953 – Keith Allen, Welsh comedian, actor, singer and writer
    * 1953 – Craig Stadler, American golfer
    * 1954 – Dennis Haysbert, American actor
    * 1955 – Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
    * 1955 – Michael Steele, American musician (The Bangles)
    * 1955 – Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
    * 1956 – Mani Ratnam, Indian director
    * 1956 – Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer
    * 1957 – King Lizzard, American entertainer
    * 1957 – Mark Lawrenson, English Football Pundit
    * 1958 – Lawrence Pfohl, American professional wrestler
    * 1959 – Charlie Huddy, Canadian hockey player
    * 1959 – Lydia Lunch, American singer
    * 1960 – Kyle Petty, American race car driver
    * 1960 – Tony Hadley, English singer (Spandau Ballet)
    * 1961 – Dez Cadena, American musician (Black Flag)
    * 1963 – Jim Burns, American entrepreneur
    * 1964 – Caroline Link, German film director and screenwriter
    * 1965 – Jim Knipfel, American autobiographer and journalist
    * 1965 – Mark Waugh Australian cricketer
    * 1965 – Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
    * 1966 – Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer
    * 1967 – Mike Stanton, baseball player
    * 1968 – Beetlejuice, American radio personality
    * 1968 – Jon Culshaw, British comedian
    * 1969 – Cy Chadwick, English actor
    * 1970 – Andy McCollum, American football player
    * 1970 – B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill)
    * 1971 – Anthony Montgomery, American actor
    * 1971 – Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician
    * 1972 – Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian
    * 1972 – Wentworth Miller, American actor
    * 1972 – Simon Staho, Danish film director
    * 1973 – Neifi Perez, Dominican baseball player
    * 1974 – Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
    * 1974 – Gata Kamsky, American chess player
    * 1976 – Earl Boykins, American basketball player
    * 1976 – Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane)
    * 1976 – Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)
    * 1976 – Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
    * 1976 – Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso, Queen consort of Lesotho
    * 1977 – Zachary Quinto, American actor
    * 1978 – Dominic Cooper, English actor
    * 1978 – Nikki Cox, American actress
    * 1978 – Justin Long, American actor
    * 1978 – A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler
    * 1980 – Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer (The Strokes)
    * 1980 – Abby Wambach, American Soccer player
    * 1981 – Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player
    * 1981 – Tucker Rountree, American guitarist and composer.
    * 1981 – Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
    * 1982 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
    * 1983 – Christopher Higgins, American ice hockey player
    * 1983 – Brooke White, American singer
    * 1983 – Leela James, American singer-songwriter
    * 1985 – Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer,composer, and actress
    * 1987 – Darin Zanyar, Swedish Singer
    * 1988 – Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player
    * 1988 – Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
    * 1989 – Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
    * 1990 – Brittany Curran, American actress

     Famous deaths...

    *  829 – Saint Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 758)
    *  910 – Richilde of Provence, Queen of Western Francia (b. 845)
    * 1418 – Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile (b. 1373)
    * 1567 – Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain (b. 1530)
    * 1581 – James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland (b. 1525)
    * 1693 – John Wildman, English soldier and politician (b. 1621)
    * 1701 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1607)
    * 1716 – Ogata Korin, Japanese painter (b. 1658)
    * 1720 – Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (b. 1648)
    * 1754 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
    * 1761 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
    * 1785 – Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician (b. 1713)
    * 1806 – William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
    * 1833 – Simon Byrne, Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter (b. 1806)
    * 1853 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (b. 1777)
    * 1865 – Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (b. 1783)
    * 1875 – Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806)
    * 1876 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
    * 1881 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer (b. 1801)
    * 1882 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionarist (b. 1807)
    * 1901 – George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary (b. 1844)
    * 1933 – Frank Jarvis, American athlete (b. 1878)
    * 1937 – Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
    * 1941 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
    * 1948 – Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
    * 1948 – Karl Brandt, personal physician of Adolf Hitler (b. 1904)
    * 1948 – Karl Gebhardt, German doctor (b. 1897)
    * 1948 – Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
    * 1948 – Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
    * 1956 – Jean Hersholt, Danish actor and humanitarian (b. 1886)
    * 1961 – George S. Kaufman, American playwright (b. 1889)
    * 1962 – Vita Sackville-West, English writer, and gardener (b. 1892)
    * 1967 – Benno Ohnesorg, German student (b. 1940)
    * 1968 – André Mathieu, Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)
    * 1969 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
    * 1970 – Albert Lamorisse, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
    * 1970 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, (b. 1937)
    * 1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
    * 1974 – Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (b. 1949)
    * 1976 – Juan José Torres, former President of Bolivia (b. 1920)
    * 1977 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (b. 1931)
    * 1979 – Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934)
    * 1982 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (b. 1904)
    * 1983 – Stan Rogers, Canadian musician (b. 1949)
    * 1984 – Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (b. 1908)
    * 1986 – Aurel Joliat, Canadian hockey player (b. 1901)
    * 1987 – Anthony de Mello, Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
    * 1987 – Sammy Kaye, American bandleader (b. 1910)
    * 1987 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
    * 1989 – Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (b. 1907)
    * 1990 – Stiv Bators, American singer (The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949)
    * 1990 – Jack Gilford, American actor (b. 1908)
    * 1990 – Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
    * 1992 – Phillip Dunne, American film director (b. 1908)
    * 1993 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player (b. 1913)
    * 1994 – David Stove, Australian philosopher (b. 1927)
    * 1996 – John Alton, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
    * 1996 – Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (b. 1956)
    * 1996 – Leon Garfield, English children's author (b. 1921)
    * 1996 – Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937)
    * 1997 – Doc Cheatham, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1905)
    * 1998 – Sylvester Ritter, American wrestler (b. 1952)
    * 1999 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (The Wailers) (b. 1949)
    * 2000 – Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist (b. 1927)
    * 2000 – Gerald Whitrow, British mathematician (b. 1912)
    * 2001 – Imogene Coca, American actress (b. 1908)
    * 2001 – Frank Stagg, Baptist Theologian (b. 1911)
    * 2001 – Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922)
    * 2003 – Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b. 1918)
    * 2004 – Loyd Sigmon, American amateur radio broadcaster (b. 1909)
    * 2005 – Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier and sports official (b. 1930)
    * 2005 – Chloe Jones, Model and pornographic actress (b. 1975)
    * 2005 – Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950)
    * 2005 – Melita Norwood, British spy (b. 1912)
    * 2006 – Keith Smith, English rugby player (b. 1952)
    * 2006 – Vince Welnick, musician, keyboardist (The Grateful Dead) (b. 1951)
    * 2007 – Huang Ju, Chinese Vice-Premier (b. 1938)
    * 2007 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949)
    * 2008 – Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
    * 2008 – Mel Ferrer, American actor, film director and film producer (b. 1917)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Bulgaria: The death of Hristo Botev, a national hero.
    * Isabel Province: Province Day
    * Italy: Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day), which commemorates the birth of the Repubblica Italiana and the end of the monarchy.
    * North Korea: Children's Day
    * Sarawak: Second day of the Gawai Dayak festival.

Have a good Tuesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 02, 2009, 10:26:14 AM
speaking of addicted, I see Brian hasn't shown up today yet.   :rofl:

With two of his brands in bankruptcy, I imagine their scrambling
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 10:28:06 AM
speaking of addicted, I see Brian hasn't shown up today yet.   :rofl:

With two of his brands in bankruptcy, I imagine their scrambling

No, we aren't scrambling. Both of our franchises are safe.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 10:28:23 AM
1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.


I look forward to making it to Salem some time. They have some really unique history dealing w/ the witch hangings :)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 02, 2009, 10:29:16 AM
speaking of addicted, I see Brian hasn't shown up today yet.   :rofl:

With two of his brands in bankruptcy, I imagine their scrambling

No, we aren't scrambling. Both of our franchises are safe.

~Brian

Good news bud :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 10:37:17 AM
We have customers, but we don't have credit.

Our focus is shifting too much to bruised credit customers, and we are overlooking buyers on new. That's what's pissing me off.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 10:38:19 AM
still looking outside your industry?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 10:45:47 AM
you need a sign out front of your pool brian I just saw..

"Welcome to our OOL,   Notice there's no P in it.... Let's keep it that way"  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 10:56:01 AM
you need a sign out front of your pool brian I just saw..

"Welcome to our OOL,   Notice there's no P in it.... Let's keep it that way"  :lol:

Those signs are funny!

E- Yes....I have sent my info to a bank that has been in Arkansas since 1903. They've been looking for a mortgage originator since February.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 11:08:57 AM
How are your chances with that job?  And would the pay be less or more?  I'm sure the hours would be less.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 11:10:53 AM
How are your chances with that job?  And would the pay be less or more?  I'm sure the hours would be less.

There was a mortgage loan officer at Brandy's bank that made $17,000 last month. She did 4.3 million in loans.

All with weekends and holidays off.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 11:15:36 AM
M-F  Can't complain w/ that. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 11:18:58 AM
How are your chances with that job?  And would the pay be less or more?  I'm sure the hours would be less.

There was a mortgage loan officer at Brandy's bank that made $17,000 last month. She did 4.3 million in loans.

All with weekends and holidays off.

~Brian

Well I hope you get in there.  With that much time off you wouldn't know what to do with yourself. 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 11:25:12 AM
How are your chances with that job?  And would the pay be less or more?  I'm sure the hours would be less.

There was a mortgage loan officer at Brandy's bank that made $17,000 last month. She did 4.3 million in loans.

All with weekends and holidays off.

~Brian



Well I hope you get in there.  With that much time off you wouldn't know what to do with yourself.  
I know I would finally have a life, that's for sure. I'm just sick of the bullshit here.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 02, 2009, 11:27:53 AM
Its time for you to move on, you're not happy there and you really need more time off...to come up here.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 11:30:29 AM
WEEKEND IN CHI-TOWN!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 11:34:37 AM
That would be very cool.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 02, 2009, 01:01:25 PM
How are your chances with that job?  And would the pay be less or more?  I'm sure the hours would be less.

There was a mortgage loan officer at Brandy's bank that made $17,000 last month. She did 4.3 million in loans.

All with weekends and holidays off.

~Brian



Well I hope you get in there.  With that much time off you wouldn't know what to do with yourself.  
I know I would finally have a life, that's for sure. I'm just sick of the bullshit here.

~Brian
Maybe I should get a job in a used car dealership, probably far less hours than I'm doing now!!!
Bet you get paid better too.

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 02, 2009, 01:04:57 PM
If you enjoy working 60-70 hour weeks, then you might want to sign up!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 02, 2009, 01:07:25 PM
w/out compensation too..... yea.. f that.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 02, 2009, 01:11:28 PM
If you enjoy working 60-70 hour weeks, then you might want to sign up!

~Brian
60-70 would be a reduction on what I do now.

Would be bored without my robots to play with though
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 02, 2009, 02:17:34 PM
If you enjoy working 60-70 hour weeks, then you might want to sign up!

~Brian
60-70 would be a reduction on what I do now.

Would be bored without my weiner to play with though


Me too man, me too. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 02, 2009, 07:42:26 PM
If you enjoy working 60-70 hour weeks, then you might want to sign up!

~Brian
60-70 would be a reduction on what I do now.

Would be bored without my weiner to play with though


Me too man, me too. :lol:

go get your own weiner to play with!
(or talk to me & I can sell you a robot instead) :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 03, 2009, 10:03:08 AM
Guten morgen (Almost Afternoon)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 03, 2009, 10:17:20 AM
<Yawn>  Morning, these night shifts are murder
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 03, 2009, 10:48:25 AM
<Yawn>  Morning, these night shifts are murder

don't miss it one bit.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 03, 2009, 10:53:58 AM
<Yawn>  Morning, these night shifts are murder

don't miss you one bit.

slightly ammended for accuracy. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 03, 2009, 11:55:59 AM
<Yawn>  Morning, these night shifts are murder

don't miss you one bit.

slightly ammended for accuracy. :lol:

:lol:

krandall da ninja.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 03, 2009, 12:29:03 PM
:ninja:

BEANS!!! Where you be!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 03, 2009, 12:29:50 PM
Today in history...

June 3, 2009

    * 350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
    * 1098 – First Crusade: Antioch falls to the crusaders after an eight-month siege.
    * 1140 – French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
    * 1326 – Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
    * 1539 – DeSoto claims Florida for Spain.
    * 1608 – Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
    * 1620 – Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
    * 1621 – The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands.
    * 1658 – Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
    * 1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch Fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
    * 1770 – Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is founded in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
    * 1800 – U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, D.C. (in a tavern – the White House was not yet completed).
    * 1839 – Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium in Humen, confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a Casus belli to open hostilities with China, resulting in the First Opium War.
    * 1850 – The traditional founding date of Kansas City, Missouri. This was the date on which it was first incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "City of Kansas".
    * 1861 – Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the American Civil War.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
    * 1866 – Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States.
    * 1885 – Last military engagement fought on Canadian soil: Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police.
    * 1888 – The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
    * 1889 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast.
    * 1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.
    * 1916 – The Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC is established by the U.S. Congress.
    * 1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
    * 1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.
    * 1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
    * 1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
    * 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
    * 1956 – British Railways renames 'Third Class' passenger facilities as 'Second Class' (Second Class facilities had been abolished in 1875, leaving just First Class and Third Class).
    * 1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashed after aborted takeoff from Paris, killing 130.
    * 1963 – A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101.
    * 1965 – Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk (EVA).
    * 1968 – Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
    * 1969 – Melbourne-Evans collision: Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.
    * 1973 – A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
    * 1979 – A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date.
    * 1982 – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
    * 1984 – The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), the most sacred shrine of Sikhism, near Amritsar.
    * 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
    * 1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Japan in Kyūshū killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
    * 1998 – Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
    * 2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
    * 2007 – USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia.
    * 2008 – Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, making him the first black candidate to lead his party.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1540 – Charles II of Austria (d. 1590)
    * 1635 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688)
    * 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
    * 1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)
    * 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
    * 1770 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician (d. 1820)
    * 1808 – Jefferson Davis, American politician and President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
    * 1818 – Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889)
    * 1819 – Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
    * 1832 – Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. 1918)
    * 1840 – Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1867)
    * 1843 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
    * 1844 – Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
    * 1844 – Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909)
    * 1853 – William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
    * 1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (d. 1905)
    * 1864 – Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (d. 1950)
    * 1865 – George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)
    * 1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
    * 1873 – Otto Loewi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1961)
    * 1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953)
    * 1878 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946)
    * 1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940)
    * 1881 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)
    * 1888 – Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)
    * 1899 – Georg von Békésy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1972)
    * 1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
    * 1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
    * 1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984)
    * 1905 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German, commandant of Dachau concentration camp (d. 1946)
    * 1906 – Josephine Baker, American dancer (d. 1975)
    * 1907 – Paul Rotha, English director (d. 1984)
    * 1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990)
    * 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999)
    * 1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
    * 1917 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
    * 1918 – Patrick Cargill, English actor (d. 1996)
    * 1918 – Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999)
    * 1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete
    * 1922 – Alain Resnais, French director
    * 1923 – Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician
    * 1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991)
    * 1924 – Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999)
    * 1924 – Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
    * 1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American blues guitarist (d. 1997)
    * 1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor
    * 1925 – Thomas Joseph Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2001)
    * 1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
    * 1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (d. 2007)
    * 1929 – Werner Arber, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
    * 1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host
    * 1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999)
    * 1930 – Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (d. 2007)
    * 1930 – Ben Wada, Japanese television producers
    * 1931 – Françoise Arnoul, French actress
    * 1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban statesman
    * 1931 – John Norman, American author
    * 1931 – Lindy Remigino, American athlete
    * 1933 – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, emir of Bahrain (d. 1999)
    * 1934 – Rolland D. McCune, American theologian
    * 1936 – Jim Gentile, baseball player
    * 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American author
    * 1937 – Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
    * 1937 – Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001)
    * 1939 – Steve Dalkowski, baseball player
    * 1939 – Ian Hunter (singer), English musician
    * 1939 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, U.S.American novelist
    * 1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American musician (d. 1999)
    * 1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player
    * 1944 – Edith McGuire, American runner
    * 1944 – Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete
    * 1945 – John Derbyshire, British-American mathematician and political commentator
    * 1946 – Michael Clarke American musician (d. 1993)
    * 1946 – Eddie Holman, American singer
    * 1946 – Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
    * 1947 – Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003)
    * 1947 – Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (d. 1986)
    * 1947 – John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
    * 1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
    * 1950 – Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress
    * 1950 – Christos Verelis, Greek politician
    * 1950 – Deniece Williams, American singer
    * 1952 – Billy Powell, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
    * 1952 – David Richards, CBE, British motor racing entrepreneur
    * 1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian singer and songwriter
    * 1954 – Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player
    * 1956 – Brad Nessler, American sports broadcaster
    * 1956 – George Burley, Scottish football player and manager
    * 1957 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
    * 1959 – John Carlson, American talk radio host
    * 1961 – Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author
    * 1962 – Susannah Constantine, British fashion guru
    * 1963 – Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician
    * 1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
    * 1964 – Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)
    * 1964 – Doro Pesch, German singer
    * 1964 – James Purefoy, British actor
    * 1965 – Mike Gordon, American musician
    * 1965 – Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor
    * 1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer
    * 1967 – Anderson Cooper, American reporter, journalist and anchorman
    * 1968 – Jamie O'Neal, American singer
    * 1968 – Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer
    * 1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician
    * 1969 – Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician
    * 1970 – Esther Hart, Dutch singer
    * 1970 – Julie Masse, French Canadian singer
    * 1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer
    * 1970 – Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
    * 1971 – Carl Everett, American baseball player
    * 1971 – John Hodgman, American author and humorist
    * 1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)
    * 1974 – Arianne Zuker, American actress
    * 1975 – Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
    * 1976 – Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver
    * 1976 – Yuri Ruley, American drummer
    * 1976 – Enda Markey, Irish/Australian entertainer
    * 1977 – Cris, Brazilian footballer
    * 1977 – Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
    * 1977 – Travis Hafner, American baseball player
    * 1978 – Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and song-writer
    * 1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
    * 1982 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
    * 1982 – Dihan Slabbert, South African singer and composer
    * 1983 – Janine Habeck, German model and Playmate
    * 1985 – Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Mongolian olympic champion boxer
    * 1986 – Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
    * 1986 – Brenden Richard Jefferson, African-American actor
    * 1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
    * 1986 – Tomas Verner, Czech Republic ice skater
    * 1986 – Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver
    * 1986 – Al Horford, American basketball player
    * 1987 – Lalaine, American actress and singer
    * 1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
    * 1989 – Katie Hoff, American swimmer
    * 2002 – Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
    * 2006 – Countess Leonore, Member of the Dutch Royal Family

     Famous deaths...

    * 1395 – Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria
    * 1397 – William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328)
    * 1411 – Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)
    * 1548 – Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)
    * 1594 – John Aylmer, English political theorist (b. 1521)
    * 1615 – Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
    * 1640 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)
    * 1657 – William Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)
    * 1649 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
    * 1659 – Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)
    * 1780 – Thomas Hutchinson, American colonial governor of Massachusetts (b. 1711)
    * 1826 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766)
    * 1858 – Julius Reubke, German composer (b. 1834)
    * 1861 – Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. 1813)
    * 1865 – Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
    * 1875 – Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)
    * 1877 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1800)
    * 1882 – Christian Wilberg, German painter (b. 1839)
    * 1894 – Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)
    * 1899 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. 1825)
    * 1924 – Franz Kafka, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
    * 1928 – Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)
    * 1933 – William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
    * 1955 – Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. 1923)
    * 1963 – Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. 1902)
    * 1963 – Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
    * 1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
    * 1970 – Hjalmar Schacht, Nazi official (b. 1877)
    * 1971 – Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (b. 1894)
    * 1973 – Dory Funk, professional wrestler (b. 1919)
    * 1975 – Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. 1906)
    * 1975 – Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901)
    * 1977 – Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
    * 1977 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906)
    * 1983 – Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore
    * 1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi'ite leader (b. 1902)
    * 1989 – John McCauley, NHL official (b. 1945)
    * 1990 – Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)
    * 1990 – Robert Noyce, American inventor (b. 1927)
    * 1991 – Katia Krafft, French volcanologist (eruption) (b. 1942)
    * 1991 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (eruption) (b. 1946)
    * 1991 – Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913)
    * 1992 – Robert Morley, English actor (b. 1908)
    * 1994 – Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (b. 1925)
    * 1997 – Dennis James, American television personality (b. 1917)
    * 1998 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)
    * 2001 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (b. 1915)
    * 2003 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
    * 2004 – Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936)
    * 2004 – Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (b. 1966)
    * 2005 – Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (b. 1945)
    * 2006 – Johnny Grande, original accordion/piano/keyboard player for Bill Haley's Comets (b. 1932)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Roman Empire – Festival to Bellona.
    * Confederate Memorial Day observed in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

Have a good Wednesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 03, 2009, 12:34:31 PM
Bout time, all that stuff is old news now. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 03, 2009, 01:43:04 PM
Sorry.

Just not in the mood.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 03, 2009, 01:47:28 PM
Sorry.

Just not in the mood.

~Brian

fookin ninja post. :ninja:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 03, 2009, 04:31:04 PM
ninjas.....  8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 07:34:58 AM
Guten Morgen suckas :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 04, 2009, 08:17:14 AM
Guten Morgen suckas :)

who you callin sucka, sucka?  :lol:

2 weeks today until dunes bitches!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 08:22:03 AM
I will officially be there in 2 weeks!  :clap:


Here's the pic E:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 04, 2009, 08:26:43 AM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 08:34:23 AM
thank ya kind sir. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 04, 2009, 08:57:24 AM
Nice work bro.   :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 04, 2009, 09:10:27 AM
Today in history...

June 4, 2009

    * 781 BC – The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
    * 1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
    * 1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh establishes the first English colony on Roanoke Island, old Virginia (now North Carolina).
    * 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
    * 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.
    * 1769 – A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history.
    * 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
    * 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    * 1794 – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
    * 1802 – Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
    * 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
    * 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
    * 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
    * 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    * 1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
    * 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
    * 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies a few days later.
    * 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
    * 1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
    * 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
    * 1928 – President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents.
    * 1939 – Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, many of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
    * 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 300,000 troops from Dunkirk in France.
    * 1940 – World War II: Nazi forces enter the city of Paris, they finish taking control of the city 10 days later. (June 14, 1940)
    * 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
    * 1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
    * 1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
    * 1944 – World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
    * 1967 – Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
    * 1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
    * 1973 – A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
    * 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
    * 1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
    * 1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected the new Supreme Leader of Islamic republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
    * 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army.
    * 1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
    * 1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
    * 1989 – The victims of murderer Oba Chandler are found floating in Tampa Bay, Florida. Chandler would not be arrested until 1992.
    * 1991 – The United Kingdom's Conservative government announces that some British regiments would disappear or be merged into others — the largest armed forces cuts in almost twenty years.
    * 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 20 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
    * 1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
    * 2001 – Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1394 – Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)
    * 1489 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
    * 1604 – Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)
    * 1665 – Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
    * 1694 – François Quesnay, French economist (d. 1774)
    * 1704 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)
    * 1738 – King George III of Great Britain (d. 1820)
    * 1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer (d. 1780)
    * 1754 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian editor and astronomer (d. 1832)
    * 1787 – Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856)
    * 1801 – James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)
    * 1821 – Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (d. 1897)
    * 1866 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952)
    * 1867 – C.G.E. Mannerheim, Marshal, Supreme Commander and later President of Finland (d. 1951)
    * 1877 – Heinrich Wieland, German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
    * 1879 – Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children's author and illustrator (d. 1964)
    * 1880 – Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962)
    * 1881 – Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (d. 1962)
    * 1887 – Tom Longboat, marathon runner (d. 1949)
    * 1894 – Madame Bolduc, French Canadian singer (d. 1941)
    * 1899 – Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (d. 1989)
    * 1907 – Rosalind Russell, American actress (d. 1976)
    * 1907 – Jacques Roumain, Haitian writer (d. 1944)
    * 1907 – Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
    * 1910 – Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (d. 1999)
    * 1912 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (d. 1993)
    * 1916 – Robert F. Furchgott, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
    * 1916 – Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (The Automatistes)
    * 1917 – Robert Merrill, American baritone (d. 2004)
    * 1921 – Emilio Komar, Slovenian-born Argentine philosopher (d. 2006)
    * 1921 – Bobby Wanzer, American professional basketball player and coach
    * 1923 – Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (d. 2007)
    * 1924 – Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006)
    * 1924 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
    * 1926 – Robert Earl Hughes, American man who became the heaviest known human (d. 1958)
    * 1927 – Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
    * 1928 – Ruth Westheimer, German-born American sex therapist and author
    * 1929 – Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
    * 1930 – Morgana King, American actress
    * 1930 – Viktor Tikhonov, Russian hockey player and coach
    * 1932 – Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (d. 1975)
    * 1932 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer
    * 1932 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
    * 1934 – Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971)
    * 1935 – Colette Boky, Quebec operatic soprano
    * 1936 – Bruce Dern, American actor
    * 1937 – Freddy Fender, American musician (d. 2006)
    * 1937 – Robert Fulghum, American author
    * 1937 – Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
    * 1937 – Mortimer Zuckerman, American publisher
    * 1938 – Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
    * 1940 – Cliff Bennett, British singer with the Rebel Rousers
    * 1940 – Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian bishop
    * 1943 – Joyce Meyer, American religious leader
    * 1944 – Michelle Phillips, American singer (The Mamas & the Papas) and actress
    * 1945 – Anthony Braxton, American composer and instrumentalist
    * 1945 – Gordon Waller, Scottish musician (Peter and Gordon)
    * 1947 – Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
    * 1948 – Bob Champion, English Jump Jockey
    * 1949 – Gabriel Arcand, French Canadian actor
    * 1950 – Dagmar Krause, German singer (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears)
    * 1950 – George Noory, American radio personality
    * 1950 – Kevin Woodford, English celebrity chef
    * 1951 – Charles Dickinson, American author
    * 1951 – Wendy Pini, American comic book writer and artist
    * 1952 – Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
    * 1953 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish musician (d. 1979)
    * 1953 – Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)
    * 1953 – Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
    * 1955 – Paul Stewart, English writer
    * 1955 – Mary Testa, American stage actress
    * 1956 – Martin Adams, English darts player
    * 1956 – Keith David, American actor
    * 1956 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio talkshow host
    * 1956 – John Hockenberry, American journalist
    * 1956 – Terry Kennedy, American baseball player
    * 1957 – John Treacy, Irish athlete
    * 1957 – Yoon Suk-ho, South Korean director
    * 1960 – Bradley Walsh, British actor
    * 1961 – Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary
    * 1961 – El DeBarge, American singer (DeBarge)
    * 1962 – Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
    * 1962 – John P. Kee, American Gospel singer
    * 1963 – Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player
    * 1964 – Eva Fampas, Greek guitarist
    * 1964 – Sean Pertwee, English actor
    * 1965 – Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
    * 1965 – Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player
    * 1966 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
    * 1966 – Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
    * 1967 – Robert Shane Kimbrough, American astronaut
    * 1968 – Scott Wolf, American actor
    * 1968 – Al B. Sure, American R&B singer
    * 1969 – Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born comedian
    * 1970 – Richie Hawtin, Canadian musician
    * 1970 – David Pybus, British musician
    * 1971 – Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician
    * 1971 – James Callis, British actor
    * 1971 – Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer
    * 1971 – Noah Wyle, American actor
    * 1972 – Nikka Costa, American singer
    * 1972 – Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player
    * 1972 – Rob Huebel, American comedian
    * 1973 – Mikey Whipwreck, American professional wrestler
    * 1974 – Darin Erstad, American baseball player
    * 1974 – Andrew Gwynne, British politician
    * 1974 – Stefan Lessard, American musician
    * 1974 – Buddy Wakefield, American poet
    * 1975 – Russell Brand, British comedian and television personality
    * 1975 – Henry Burris, American Football Quarterback
    * 1975 – Angelina Jolie, American actress
    * 1977 – Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
    * 1977 – Berglind Icey, Icelandic actor
    * 1977 – Quinten Hann, Australian former snooker player
    * 1977 – Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
    * 1979 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
    * 1979 – Daniel Vickerman, Australian rugby union player
    * 1980 – Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
    * 1980 – François Beauchemin, French Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1981 – T. J. Miller, American actor and comedian
    * 1981 – Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
    * 1982 – Ronnie Prude, National Football League player
    * 1982 – Jin, Chinese-American rapper
    * 1982 – Jamie Dornan, Irish model and actor
    * 1983 – Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
    * 1984 – Ian White, Canadian hockey player
    * 1984 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress
    * 1984 – Jenaveve Jolie, Mexican-American pornographic actress
    * 1985 – Lukas Podolski, German footballer
    * 1985 – Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
    * 1985 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model
    * 1985 – Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
    * 1985 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (d. 2006)
    * 1986 – Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
    * 1986 – Micky Yoochun Park, member of South Korean cross-cultural boyband TVXQ
    * 1987 – Mollie King, British singer (The Saturdays)
    * 1988 – Leigh Adams, Australian Footballer
    * 1992 – Dino Jelusić, Croatian singer

     Famous deaths...

    * 1039 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
    * 1135 – Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
    * 1206 – Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France
    * 1257 – Duke Przemysl I of Poland
    * 1394 – Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)
    * 1463 – Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist (b. 1392)
    * 1585 – Muretus, French humanist (b. 1526)
    * 1663 – William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1582)
    * 1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian womanizer and writer (b. 1725)
    * 1801 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (b. 1750)
    * 1830 – Antonio José de Sucre, Great Marshall of Ayacucho (b. 1795)
    * 1872 – Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (b. 1798)
    * 1875 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)
    * 1922 – William Halse Rivers Rivers, English doctor (b. 1864)
    * 1926 – Fred Spofforth, Australian cricketer (b. 1853)
    * 1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
    * 1929 – Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (b. 1881)
    * 1939 – Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b. 1900)
    * 1941 – Wilhelm II of Germany, German emperor (b. 1859)
    * 1942 – Reinhard Heydrich, German SS senior officer and Nazi official, by assassination (b. 1904)
    * 1951 – Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (b. 1874)
    * 1956 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress (b. 1881)
    * 1962 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
    * 1964 – Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
    * 1968 – Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
    * 1970 – Sonny Tufts, American actor (b. 1911)
    * 1971 – Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1885)
    * 1973 – Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician (b. 1878)
    * 1973 – Murry Wilson, father of Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson (b. 1917)
    * 1989 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
    * 1992 – Carl Stotz, American Little League Founder (b. 1910)
    * 1994 – Derek Leckenby, British guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (b. 1943)
    * 1994 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (b. 1953)
    * 1997 – Ronnie Lane, British bass player (b. 1946)
    * 2001 – Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971)
    * 2001 – John Hartford, American musician (b. 1937)
    * 2002 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician (b. 1912)
    * 2004 – Steve Lacy, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
    * 2004 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
    * 2004 – Marvin Heemeyer, American muffler owner (b. 1952)
    * 2007 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
    * 2007 – Jim Clark, American sheriff and segregationist (b. 1922)
    * 2007 – Bill France Jr., NASCAR pioneer (b. 1933)
    * 2007 – Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (b. 1940)
    * 2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
    * 2007 – Craig L. Thomas, United States Senator (b. 1933)
    * 2008 – Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
    * 2009 – David Carradine, American actor, (b. 1936)

    Holidays and observances...

    * International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
    * Sikhism: Bhagat Puran Singh's Birthday
    * Finland: Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces
    * Tonga: Emancipation Day (its National Day/Independence Day)

Have a good Thursday.

~Brian
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Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 09:13:50 AM
were they nice enough to grace you with a day off Brian?
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Post by: Peelz on June 04, 2009, 10:00:48 AM
So....had a meeting yesterday. Good one. Normal capacity for June is 3 million. 6 million pcs scheduled. On top of the special print projects I do, which is getting ready to blow up as well. Taking this as a good sign. However, I am certain by the end of July, I will be bitching about OT. :lol:

Damn glad I scheduled vaca. already.
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Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 10:16:27 AM
Did I mention... 2 weeks!!! :clap:
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Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 12:22:06 PM
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.


Awesome map in BF2 :thumbs:
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Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 02:01:44 PM
*chirp chirp*
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Post by: socalrappy700 on June 04, 2009, 02:24:41 PM
daytime tv sucks
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Post by: Krandall on June 04, 2009, 02:27:38 PM
lol,

Its because normal peeps are working :)

or have cable!  :lol:
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Post by: Colorado700R on June 04, 2009, 10:12:27 PM
:crickets: :'(
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Post by: NaturalRaptor on June 04, 2009, 10:25:57 PM
:crickets: :'(

Exterminate!  It helps.  :lol:
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Post by: dragonz on June 04, 2009, 10:35:54 PM
:crickets: :'(

Exterminate!  It helps.  :lol:
Just ask a Darlek!  :nod:
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Post by: Colorado700R on June 04, 2009, 10:40:52 PM
Holy Dr. Who reference !!!!
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Post by: dragonz on June 04, 2009, 10:57:22 PM
Great Scott! Holy Dr. Who reference !!!! Batman!
Edited for content :nod:
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Post by: Colorado700R on June 04, 2009, 10:58:57 PM
let me go get my 19ft scarf and we'll talk in the police call box.

:lol:
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Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 08:18:56 AM
I used to watch the old Dr. Who when Tom Baker was the Dr.


(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GEvI0BkV9mw/R64Ixl3UkLI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/TOLyPT3iLqM/s1600/tom_baker_scarf.jpg)
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Post by: Flynbyu on June 05, 2009, 09:25:49 AM
Today in history...

June 5, 2009

    *  70 – Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
    * 1257 – Kraków, Poland receive city rights.
    * 1798 – The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
    * 1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
    * 1829 – HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
    * 1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis-Philippe.
    * 1837 – Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
    * 1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
    * 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
    * 1888 – The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
    * 1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
    * 1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
    * 1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
    * 1917 – World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
    * 1933 – The U.S. Congress abrogates the United States' use of the gold standard by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in gold.
    * 1941 – Four thousands Chongqing residents were asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
    * 1944 – World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
    * 1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
    * 1946 – A fire in the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois kills 61 people.
    * 1947 – Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
    * 1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
    * 1959 – The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
    * 1963 – British Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigns in a sex scandal.
    * 1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protest against arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
    * 1967 – Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
    * 1968 – U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy dies the next day.
    * 1969 – The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
    * 1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
    * 1975 – The United Kingdom holds its first and only country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
    * 1976 – Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho, United States.
    * 1977 – A coup takes place in Seychelles.
    * 1977 – The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.
    * 1981 – The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five people in Los Angeles, California have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
    * 1984 – Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
    * 1989 – The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
    * 1995 – The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created.
    * 1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).
    * 2001 – U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican Party, an act which shifts control of the United States Senate from the Republicans to the Democratic Party.
    * 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
    * 2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
    * 2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1341 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)
    * 1493 – Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)
    * 1523 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
    * 1553 – Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
    * 1554 – Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of Charles IX of France (d. 1592)
    * 1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)
    * 1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
    * 1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
    * 1718 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779)
    * 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist (d. 1790)
    * 1757 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)
    * 1760 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852)
    * 1771 – Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)
    * 1781 – Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
    * 1819 – John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
    * 1850 – Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)
    * 1862 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
    * 1868 – James Connolly, Irish socialist (d. 1916)
    * 1876 – Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
    * 1878 – Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)
    * 1879 – Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985)
    * 1879 – René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)
    * 1883 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
    * 1884 – Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)
    * 1894 – Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)
    * 1895 – William Boyd (actor), American actor (d. 1972)
    * 1898 – Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoemaker (d. 1960)
    * 1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
    * 1899 – Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor (d. 1992)
    * 1900 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
    * 1905 – John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996)
    * 1905 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 (d. 1935)
    * 1912 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
    * 1919 – Richard Scarry, American author/illustrator (d. 1994)
    * 1920 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)
    * 1923 – Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (d. 1963)
    * 1923 – Daniel Pinkham, American composer, organist, and harpsichordist (d. 2006)
    * 1925 – Art Donovan, American football star
    * 1928 – Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
    * 1928 – Tony Richardson, British film director (d. 1991)
    * 1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
    * 1931 – Jacques Demy, French film director (d. 1990)
    * 1931 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher
    * 1932 – Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981)
    * 1934 – Bill Moyers, American journalist
    * 1936 – Connie Hines, American actress
    * 1938 – Karin Balzer, German hurdler
    * 1939 – Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada
    * 1939 – Margaret Drabble, English novelist
    * 1941 – Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist
    * 1941 – Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer and songwriter
    * 1941 – Spalding Gray, American actor and writer (d. 2004)
    * 1941 – Robert Kraft, American owner of the New England Patriots
    * 1942 – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean politician
    * 1943 – Matthew Lesko, American author
    * 1944 – Tommie Smith, American athlete
    * 1944 – Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer
    * 1945 – John Carlos, American athlete
    * 1945 – Patrick Head, English F1 technical director and team co-owner (WilliamsF1)
    * 1946 – John Bach, Welsh actor
    * 1946 – Freddie Stone, American guitarist (Sly & the Family Stone)
    * 1947 – Laurie Anderson, American performance artist
    * 1947 – Tom Evans, English musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
    * 1949 – Ken Follett, Welsh author
    * 1950 – J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
    * 1950 – Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
    * 1950 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist (d. 1977)
    * 1951 – Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer, and television personality.
    * 1952 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)
    * 1952 – Daniel Katzen, American classical musician
    * 1952 – Nicko McBrain, English drummer (Iron Maiden)
    * 1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer
    * 1954 – Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
    * 1955 – Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player
    * 1956 – Richard Butler, English singer (Psychedelic Furs)
    * 1956 – Kenny G, American saxophonist
    * 1958 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Comoros
    * 1959 – Robert Lloyd, English musician (The Nightingales)
    * 1960 – Leslie Hendrix, American actress
    * 1960 – Margo Lanagan, Australian author
    * 1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
    * 1961 – Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d. 2006)
    * 1962 – Princess Astrid of Belgium
    * 1962 – Jeff Garlin, American comedian
    * 1963 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
    * 1964 – Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)
    * 1965 – Sandrine Piau, French soprano
    * 1967 – Joe DeLoach, American athlete
    * 1967 – Ray Lankford, American baseball player
    * 1967 – Ron Livingston, American actor
    * 1969 – Brian McKnight, American musician
    * 1970 – Martin Gelinas, Canadian hockey player
    * 1971 – Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
    * 1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
    * 1971 – Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor
    * 1972 – Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler
    * 1972 – Chuck Klosterman, American journalist
    * 1972 – Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
    * 1973 – Lamon Brewster, American boxer
    * 1973 – Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter
    * 1973 – Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
    * 1974 – Chad Allen, American actor
    * 1974 – Russ Ortiz, American baseball player
    * 1975 – Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
    * 1975 – Sandra Stals, Belgian athlete
    * 1976 – Torry Holt, American football player
    * 1976 – Ross Noble, English comedian
    * 1976 – Jack Ross, Scottish footballer
    * 1977 – Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter
    * 1977 – Christian Martucci, American musician
    * 1977 – Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
    * 1977 – Navi Rawat, American actress
    * 1977 – Liza Weil, American actress
    * 1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese football player
    * 1979 – David Bisbal, Spanish singer
    * 1979 – Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
    * 1979 – Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
    * 1979 – Jason White, American NASCAR driver
    * 1980 – Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani constitutional lawyer
    * 1980 – Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player
    * 1980 – Mike Fisher, Canadian Ice Hockey Player (Ottawa Senators)
    * 1981 – Jade Goody, British television personality (d. 2009)
    * 1981 – Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
    * 1983 – Bill Bray, American baseball player
    * 1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
    * 1984 – Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress
    * 1985 – Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist
    * 1987 – Charlie Clements, English actor
    * 1992 – Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
    * 1995 – Troye Mellet, Australian actor and singer
    * 2005 – Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

     Famous deaths...

    *  535 – Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
    * 1017 – Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)
    * 1118 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1049)
    * 1296 – Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)
    * 1316 – King Louis X of France (b. 1289)
    * 1383 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
    * 1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522)
    * 1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer (b. 1583)
    * 1667 – Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
    * 1688 – Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667)
    * 1716 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682)
    * 1722 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist, and harpsichordist (b. 1660)
    * 1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659)
    * 1791 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born colonial governor (b. 1718)
    * 1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)
    * 1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1788)
    * 1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786)
    * 1866 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815)
    * 1900 – Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871)
    * 1902 – Louis J. Weichmann, American witness to Abraham Lincoln's assassination (b. 1842)
    * 1906 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
    * 1910 – O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)
    * 1913 – Chris von der Ahe, German-born baseball pioneer (b. 1851)
    * 1916 – Lord Horatio Kitchener, British field marshal (b. 1850)
    * 1920 – Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
    * 1921 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
    * 1930 – Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885)
    * 1975 – Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916)
    * 1976 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
    * 1993 – Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
    * 1998 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
    * 1998 – Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
    * 1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer, composer, and actor (b. 1925)
    * 2000 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
    * 2001 – Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish medical researcher and humanist (b. 1908)
    * 2002 – Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912)
    * 2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1952)
    * 2003 – Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945)
    * 2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
    * 2004 – Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
    * 2004 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
    * 2005 – Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
    * 2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
    * 2006 – Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
    * 2007 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922)

     Holidays and observances...

    * World Environment Day
    * Bahá'í Faith: Feast of Núr (First day of the fifth month of the Bahá'í calendar.)
    * Denmark: Constitution Day and Father's Day
    * Equatorial Guinea: President's Day
    * Iran: Khordad Movement Anniversary
    * New Zealand, Yemen: Arbor Day
    * Seychelles: Liberation Day
    * Suriname: Indian Arrival Day

Have a good Friday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 05, 2009, 09:27:48 AM
Happy Danish Father's Day mofos!!

It is Friday! booyah!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 05, 2009, 09:48:04 AM
Happy Danish Father's Day mofos!!

It is Friday! booyah!

It is Friday....

Friday = Thursday for me.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 05, 2009, 09:53:34 AM
Happy Danish Father's Day mofos!!

It is Friday! booyah!

It is Friday....

Friday = Thursday for me.

:lol:

~Brian

Brian is a Ruiner! :lol: sorry mano. How long has it been since you actually got time to go ride your quad?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 05, 2009, 10:02:34 AM
Happy Danish Father's Day mofos!!

It is Friday! booyah!

It is Friday....

Friday = Thursday for me.

:lol:

~Brian

Brian is a Ruiner! :lol: sorry mano. How long has it been since you actually got time to go ride your quad?

I have only been out in the field behind my house. I haven't been to the river in over a year.

=(

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 10:08:20 AM
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).


Boy, if they only had known then whats going on now.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 05, 2009, 10:38:35 AM
Happy Danish Father's Day mofos!!

It is Friday! booyah!

It is Friday....

Friday = Thursday for me.

:lol:

~Brian

Brian is a Ruiner! :lol: sorry mano. How long has it been since you actually got time to go ride your quad?

I have only been out in the field behind my house. I haven't been to the river in over a year.

=(

~Brian

say it with me

" I love my job, I love my job, I love my job." nice daily affirmation. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 05, 2009, 10:39:27 AM
You're time is coming Brian, just hold out a bit longer till you land something else.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 05, 2009, 10:41:40 AM
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).


Boy, if they only had known then whats going on now.

I remember that. No trucks.

We had to order conversion trucks, and our inventory soared to 15.7 million.

After the strike, trucks were plentiful and we were stuck with high priced shit.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 10:47:50 AM
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).


Boy, if they only had known then whats going on now.

I remember that. No trucks.

We had to order conversion trucks, and our inventory soared to 15.7 million.

After the strike, trucks were plentiful and we were stuck with high priced shit.

~Brian


that's crazy that a couple thousand workers could have such an impact.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 05, 2009, 11:51:46 AM
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants (the strike lasted seven weeks).


Boy, if they only had known then whats going on now.

I remember that. No trucks.

We had to order conversion trucks, and our inventory soared to 15.7 million.

After the strike, trucks were plentiful and we were stuck with high priced shit.

~Brian


that's crazy that a couple thousand workers could have such an impact.

It's not necessarily that....It affects the guys that build parts too. You can only build so many until you run out of parts....When you run out of parts, you're done until items are off constraint.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 05, 2009, 02:36:59 PM
Have a great day all,.



:bye:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 03:00:57 PM
Have a great evening Peels!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 05, 2009, 03:08:48 PM
Peels is to RS, what mosquitoes are to malaria

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 03:12:25 PM
Carries a disease?

 :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 05, 2009, 03:13:53 PM
bzzzzz, SMACK..............oops, sorry Eric :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 03:14:36 PM
 :lol:

speaking of... Mosquitos are out in force in Minn.  :'( :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 05, 2009, 03:17:00 PM
:lol:

speaking of... Mosquitos are out in force in Minn.  :'( :(

Go take a blood bath and have a seat in your front yard.     >:D
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 05, 2009, 03:17:26 PM
always are, WI too !!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 03:18:56 PM
:lol:

speaking of... Mosquitos are out in force in Minn.  :'( :(

Go take a blood bath and have a seat in your front yard.     >:D

thanks for the sound advice...... :rolleyes:



 :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 05, 2009, 03:19:44 PM
If you just stab the guy next to you, they don't bother you much
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 03:20:20 PM
If you just stab the guy next to you, they don't bother you much

Noted.  Find my cousin...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 05, 2009, 03:25:47 PM
Aaron... you are hardcore! Now come stab the Schwan's Guy.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 03:35:27 PM
Dulche' De Leche' from Schwans is heavenly!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 05, 2009, 03:36:57 PM
Douche' De Leche' from Schwans is heavenly!

I'll just have to take your word on that :confused:


:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 05, 2009, 03:45:22 PM
:sit:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 05, 2009, 07:52:47 PM
1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
Is that somewhere close to cleveland? :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 06, 2009, 08:53:33 AM
Today in history...

June 6, 2009

    * 1508 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice.
    * 1513 – Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
    * 1523 – Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union.
    * 1644 – The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. The Manchus would rule China until 1912 when the Republic of China is established.
    * 1654 – Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin Queen Christina to the Swedish throne.
    * 1674 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire was coronated.
    * 1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
    * 1752 – A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
    * 1808 – Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain.
    * 1809 – Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of Enlightened absolutism.
    * 1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
    * 1832 – The June Rebellion of Paris is put down by the National Guard.
    * 1833 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train.
    * 1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
    * 1857 – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.
    * 1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
    * 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
    * 1882 – More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
    * 1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and heir victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
    * 1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle, Washington.
    * 1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
    * 1906 – Paris Métro Line 5 is inaugurated with a first section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (today known as Gare d'Austerlitz).
    * 1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
    * 1918 – World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry.
    * 1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
    * 1921 – The Southwark Bridge in London, is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
    * 1925 – The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
    * 1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold.
    * 1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
    * 1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
    * 1939 – German dictator Adolf Hitler gives a public address to returning German volunteers who fought as Legion Kondor during the Spanish Civil War.
    * 1939 – Judge Joseph Force Crater is declared legally dead.
    * 1942 – World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma.
    * 1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
    * 1944 – Alaska Airlines commences operations.
    * 1946 – The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
    * 1946 – Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Argentina.
    * 1950 – Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized.
    * 1956 – David Marshall, Singapore's first Chief Minister, resigns.
    * 1964 – Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume.
    * 1966 – James Meredith, civil rights activist, is shot while trying to march across Mississippi.
    * 1968 – Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws his record 58th consecutive scoreless inning, a major league record until 1988.
    * 1968 – Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night.
    * 1971 – Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 launches.
    * 1971 – A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives.
    * 1974 – A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
    * 1981 – A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed.
    * 1982 – 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
    * 1984 – The Indian Army attacks the Golden Temple in Amritsar following an order from Indira Gandhi. Official casualties are 576 combatants killed and 335 wounded; independent observers estimate that thousands of unarmed Sikh civilians are also killed in the crossfire. A total death count adds up to almost 6,000.
    * 1984 – Tetris was released.
    * 1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is exhumed in Embu, Brazil; the remains found are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February, 1979.
    * 1990 – U.S. District court judge Jose Gonzales rules that the rap album As Nasty As They Wanna Be by 2 Live Crew violates Florida's obscenity law; he declares that the predominant subject matter of the record is "directed to the 'dirty' thoughts and the loins, not to the intellect and the mind."
    * 1993 – Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
    * 1999 – In Australian Rules Football, Tony Lockett breaks the record for career goals, previously 1299 by Gordon Coventry and which had stood since 1937.
    * 1999 – At the Putim maximum security prison in Brazil, 345 prisoners run from the main gate in the largest jailbreak in Brazilian history, marking the 10th escape for the three-year-old facility. In the ensuing manhunt, two fugitives are killed and five innocent bystanders are accidentally jailed.
    * 2002 – Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
    * 2004 – Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
    * 2005 – The United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning marijuana, including medical marijuana, in Gonzales v. Raich.
    * 2007 – A German man jumps on to the Popemobile in Vatican City, Rome. It was a possible attempt to injure or kill Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope was not injured and Bodyguards wrestled the man to the ground.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1236 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)
    * 1296 – Władysław of Legnica, Duke of Legnica (d. 1352)
    * 1436 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d. 1476)
    * 1502 – King John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
    * 1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)
    * 1542 – Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d. 1591)
    * 1576 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)
    * 1580 – Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)
    * 1599 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
    * 1606 – Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1684)
    * 1622 – Claude-Jean Allouez, French missionary and explorer (d. 1857)
    * 1714 – King Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
    * 1755 – Nathan Hale, American writer and patriot (d. 1776)
    * 1756 – John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843)
    * 1772 – Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1807)
    * 1799 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837)
    * 1810 – Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German classical scholar (d. 1856)
    * 1829 – Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)
    * 1841 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d. 1910)
    * 1844 – Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905)
    * 1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1918)
    * 1857 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (d. 1918)
    * 1862 – Henry John Newbolt, English author (d. 1938)
    * 1867 – David Abercrombie, American entrepreneur (d. 1931)
    * 1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (d. 1912)
    * 1872 – Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (d. 1918)
    * 1875 – Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
    * 1878 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (d. 1956)
    * 1890 – Ted Lewis, American bandleader (d. 1971)
    * 1892 – Donald F. Duncan Sr., American entrepreneur (d. 1971)
    * 1896 – Henry Allingham, English first world war veteran
    * 1898 – Ninette de Valois, Irish dancer (d. 2001)
    * 1898 – Walter Abel, American actor (d. 1987)
    * 1900 – Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d. 1957)
    * 1901 – Sukarno, first President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
    * 1902 – Jimmie Lunceford, American bandleader (d. 1947)
    * 1903 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d. 1978)
    * 1906 – Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician (d. 1993)
    * 1907 – Bill Dickey, American baseball player (d. 1993)
    * 1913 – Carlo L. Golino, American scholar (d. 1991)
    * 1915 – Vincent Persichetti, American composer (d. 1987)
    * 1916 – Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)
    * 1917 – Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman
    * 1918 – Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist, Nobel laureate
    * 1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author (d. 1986)
    * 1924 – Jinyong, Chinese novelist
    * 1926 – Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (d. 2009)
    * 1926 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)
    * 1929 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005)
    * 1932 – David Scott, American astronaut
    * 1933 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel laureate
    * 1934 – King Albert II of Belgium
    * 1934 – Roy Innis, American civil rights activist
    * 1936 – Levi Stubbs, American musician (The Four Tops)
    * 1936 – A. Venkatesh Naik, Indian politician
    * 1938 – Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne
    * 1939 – Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer
    * 1939 – Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician
    * 1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds, American musician
    * 1939 – Ed Giacomin, Canadian hockey player
    * 1940 – Larry Lujack, American disc jockey
    * 1941 – Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist
    * 1943 – Ken Hatfield, American football coach
    * 1943 – Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel laureate
    * 1944 – David Penhaligon, British politician
    * 1944 – Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, Nobel laureate
    * 1945 – David E. Bonior, American politician
    * 1945 – David Dukes, American actor (d. 2000)
    * 1947 – David Blunkett, English politician
    * 1947 – Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
    * 1948 – Tony Levin, American bassist (King Crimson)
    * 1948 – Richard Sinclair, English musician (Caravan)
    * 1949 – Robert Englund, American actor
    * 1949 – Holly Near, American folksinger
    * 1950 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian film director
    * 1951 – Noritake Takahara, Japanese racing driver
    * 1952 – Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
    * 1952 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor
    * 1952 – Jean Hamel, Canadian hockey player
    * 1953 – Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician
    * 1954 – Cynthia Rylant, American author
    * 1955 – Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian
    * 1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
    * 1956 – Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer and songwriter
    * 1957 – Mike Gatting, English cricketer
    * 1958 – Danny Webb, English actor
    * 1959 – Jimmy Jam, American record producer
    * 1959 – Colin Quinn, American comedian
    * 1959 – David Schultz, American wrestler (d. 1996)
    * 1959 – Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician
    * 1960 – Gary Graham, American actor
    * 1960 – Lola Forner, Spanish actress
    * 1960 – Jozef Pribilinec, Slovak athlete
    * 1960 – Steve Vai, American musician
    * 1961 – Bill Bates, American football player
    * 1961 – Tom Araya, Chilean musician (Slayer)
    * 1961 – Nir Brand, Israeli composer
    * 1961 – Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
    * 1963 – Eric Cantor, American politician, US House minority whip
    * 1963 – Wolfgang Drechsler, German social scientist
    * 1963 – Jason Isaacs, English actor
    * 1964 – Konnan, Mexican wrestler
    * 1965 – Cam Neely, Canadian hockey player
    * 1966 – Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
    * 1966 – Sean Yseult, American musician (White Zombie)
    * 1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor
    * 1967 – Max Casella, American actor
    * 1968 – François Avard, Canadian writer and scenarist
    * 1968 – Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist
    * 1970 – Eugeni Berzin, Russian cyclist
    * 1970 – Sarah Dessen, American author
    * 1970 – Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer
    * 1970 – Anthony Norris, American wrestler
    * 1970 – James Shaffer, American rock musician (Korn)
    * 1972 – Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer (Lacuna Coil)
    * 1973 – Kat Swift, American politician
    * 1974 – Danny Strong, American actor
    * 1974 – Sonya Walger, British actress
    * 1974 – Uncle Kracker, American musician
    * 1975 – Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician
    * 1975 – Nina Kaczorowski, American actress
    * 1975 – Staci Keanan, American actress
    * 1975 – Niklas Sundström, Swedish hockey player
    * 1976 – aKido, Canadian musician
    * 1976 – Geoff Rowley, British skateboarder
    * 1976 – Z-Ro, American rapper
    * 1977 – David Connolly, Irish footballer
    * 1977 – Bryn Williams, Welsh chef
    * 1978 – Carl Barât, English musician
    * 1978 – Judith Barsi, American actress (d. 1988)
    * 1978 – Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer
    * 1978 – Andrew Reynolds, American professional skater
    * 1980 – Matt Belisle, American baseball player
    * 1980 – Martin Devaney, English footballer
    * 1981 – Johnny Pacar, American film actor
    * 1981 – Philip McGinley, English Actor
    * 1983 – Gemma Bissix, British actress
    * 1983 – Gianna Michaels, American porn actress
    * 1983 – Joe Rokocoko, Fijian rugby player
    * 1984 – Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballer
    * 1984 – Shannon Stewart, American model
    * 1985 – Drew Galloway, Scottish wrestler
    * 1986 – Bhavana Balachandran, Indian actress
    * 1986 – Kim Hyun Joong, Korean singer (SS501)
    * 1987 – Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician
    * 1987 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor
    * 1987 – Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer

     Famous deaths...

    * 1393 – Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)
    * 1480 – Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect
    * 1548 – João de Castro, Portuguese noble and explorer (b. 1500)
    * 1563 – Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
    * 1583 – Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)
    * 1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646)
    * 1740 – Alexander Spotswood, British Crown Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
    * 1784 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
    * 1799 – Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736)
    * 1813 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
    * 1815 – Samuel Whitbread, English Politician
    * 1832 – Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
    * 1840 – Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
    * 1843 – Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770)
    * 1861 – Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
    * 1865 – William Quantrill, American confederate raider (b. 1837)
    * 1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (b. 1790)
    * 1881 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (b. 1820)
    * 1891 – John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
    * 1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese military officer and politician (b. 1859)
    * 1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress (b. 1860)
    * 1934 – Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)
    * 1935 – Julian Byng, British army officer (b. 1862)
    * 1941 – Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer (b. 1878)
    * 1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
    * 1948 – Louis Lumière, French movie pioneer (b. 1864)
    * 1951 – Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
    * 1955 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-born painter (b. 1875)
    * 1961 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
    * 1962 – Yves Klein, French artist (b. 1928)
    * 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, 64th United States Attorney General & former U.S. Senator from New York (b. 1925)
    * 1968 – Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911)
    * 1974 – Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
    * 1975 – Larry Blyden, American actor (b. 1925)
    * 1976 – J. Paul Getty, American industrialist (b. 1892)
    * 1976 – Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (b. 1891)
    * 1979 – Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1898)
    * 1981 – Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904)
    * 1982 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (b. 1905)
    * 1984 – A. Bertram Chandler, Australian author (b. 1912)
    * 1991 – Stan Getz, American musician (b. 1927)
    * 1992 – Larry Riley, American actor (b. 1952)
    * 1994 – Mark McManus, Scottish actor (b. 1935)
    * 1994 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (b. 1912)
    * 1996 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
    * 1999 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)
    * 2000 – Frédéric Dard, French writer (b. 1921)
    * 2002 – Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (b. 1959)
    * 2003 – Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
    * 2003 – Dave Rowberry, British musician (The Animals) (b. 1940)
    * 2005 – Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
    * 2005 – Dana Elcar, American actor (b. 1927)
    * 2006 – Billy Preston, American musician (b. 1946)
    * 2006 – Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican jazz pianist (b. 1952)
    * 2006 – Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Queensland: Queensland Day
    * South Korea: Memorial Day
    * Sweden: National Day
    * United States: National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day

Have a good Saturday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 06, 2009, 04:51:34 PM
You got the Famous Birthdays, what about the "Shameless Birthdays"
Todays Pornstar Birthdays:
6 June
Caroline Cage
Gianna Michaels
Rikki Roxx
Stoya
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 06, 2009, 06:35:06 PM
I am now officially pissed off at TRF...Not only did they take 2 weeks to ship an intake, they sent it using the slowest and cheapest method possible and won't get here for another week...What the F.U.C.K? I am definitely NOT using them for any more business anytime soon...I can understand the circumstances surrounding the delay (whatshisface got sick) but they're supposed to be a COMPANY and companies should have more than 1 person shipping crap...And to add insult to injury they want to cheap out on the shipping after I'd already been waiting 2 weeks? Very bad call TRF, I don't give a shit how vaunted you are here, you screw with me like that and you will not be getting any more business from me.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dabigbratj on June 06, 2009, 07:11:56 PM
I am now officially pissed off at TRF...Not only did they take 2 weeks to ship an intake, they sent it using the slowest and cheapest method possible and won't get here for another week...What the F.U.C.K? I am definitely NOT using them for any more business anytime soon...I can understand the circumstances surrounding the delay (whatshisface got sick) but they're supposed to be a COMPANY and companies should have more than 1 person shipping crap...And to add insult to injury they want to cheap out on the shipping after I'd already been waiting 2 weeks? Very bad call TRF, I don't give a shit how vaunted you are here, you screw with me like that and you will not be getting any more business from me.
that is bull man.i believe they have done that type of thing in the past
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 06, 2009, 07:16:43 PM
I can't say that this is the norm and I know it's just a simple intake but still I don't like how it went down and I got other crap I'm waiting on too...I know they're in NV too but I've shipped crap to California that took only 3 days and only cost like 12 bucks...So YMMV with them but I just wanted to rant somewhere...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 08, 2009, 07:37:37 AM
bummer, I haven't used them for quite a while. Actually. that's where I got my barkers at. They did a group buy on them. but it was posted UPS.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 08, 2009, 09:54:45 AM
Today in history...

June 8, 2009

    * 68 – The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba.
    * 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England.
    * 1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade.
    * 1405 – Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
    * 1690 – Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.
    * 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
    * 1783 – The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
    * 1789 – James Madison introduces 12 proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the United States House of Representatives; 10 of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights
    * 1856 – The community of Pitcairn Islands and descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty consisting of 194 people arrived on the Morayshire at Norfolk Island commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
    * 1861 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
    * 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
    * 1887 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.
    * 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
    * 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
    * 1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing.
    * 1941 – World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
    * 1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
    * 1948 – Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
    * 1949 – Celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
    * 1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Austrailian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
    * 1953 – Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado hits Flint, Michigan, and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives.
    * 1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
    * 1959 – The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
    * 1966 – One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and United States Air Force test pilot Carl Cross were both killed.
    * 1966 – Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
    * 1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
    * 1968 – James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    * 1968 – The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
    * 1974 – An F4 tornado strikes Emporia, Kansas, killing six.
    * 1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australia state of New South Wales
    * 1986 – Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, is elected president of Austria.
    * 1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987
    * 1992 – The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    * 1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
    * 1995 – The first release of the PHP programming language is released by Rasmus Lerdorf.
    * 2001 – Mamoru Takuma stabs 8 elementary school pupils to death during the Osaka school massacre.
    * 2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
    * 2008 – The Akihabara massacre takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Katō drives a two-ton truck into a crowded pedestrianised area before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife, killing seven and injuring ten.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist (d. 1712)
    * 1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
    * 1717 – John Collins, American politician (d. 1795)
    * 1724 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (d. 1794)
    * 1743 – Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (d. 1795)
    * 1745 – Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (d. 1818)
    * 1757 – Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824)
    * 1810 – Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856)
    * 1831 – Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (d. 1917)
    * 1842 – John Q. A. Brackett, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
    * 1847 – Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
    * 1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (d. 1940)
    * 1854 – Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (d. 1921)
    * 1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure (d. 1947)
    * 1860 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (d. 1940)
    * 1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
    * 1872 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter (d. 1949)
    * 1885 – Karl Genzken, Nazi physician (d. 1957)
    * 1897 – John G. Bennett, British scientist and author (d. 1974)
    * 1901 – Lena Baker, American murderer (d. 1945)
    * 1903 – Ralph Yarborough, U.S. Senator from Texas (d. 1996)
    * 1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987)
    * 1910 – John W. Campbell, American publisher and editor (d. 1971)
    * 1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (d. 2003)
    * 1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentine singer (d. 1986)
    * 1912 – Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist (d. 1987)
    * 1912 – Maurice Bellemare, French Canadian politician (d. 1989)
    * 1916 – Francis Crick, English molecular biologist; Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
    * 1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (d. 2007)
    * 1917 – Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (d. 2002)
    * 1918 – Robert Preston, American actor (d. 1987)
    * 1918 – John D. Roberts, American chemist
    * 1920 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (d. 1995)
    * 1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American painter
    * 1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (d. 1993)
    * 1921 – Suharto, President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
    * 1923 – Malcolm Boyd, American Episcopal Priest and author
    * 1924 – Lyn Nofziger, American political operative (d. 2006)
    * 1925 – Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States
    * 1925 – Eddie Gaedel, American baseball player (d. 1961)
    * 1925 – Del Ennis, baseball player (d. 1996)
    * 1927 – Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor
    * 1930 – Robert Aumann, German-born Israeli mathematician; Nobel laureate
    * 1930 – Marcel Léger, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
    * 1931 – Dana Wynter, German-born American actress
    * 1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedian and author
    * 1934 – Millicent Martin, English singer and actress
    * 1936 – James Darren, American actor and singer
    * 1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel laureate
    * 1939 – Bernie Casey, American football player and actor
    * 1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer
    * 1940 – Jim Wickwire, American mountaineer
    * 1941 – Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician (d. 1981)
    * 1941 – Fuzzy Haskins, American musician (P Funk)
    * 1942 – Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
    * 1942 – Chuck Negron, American singer (Three Dog Night)
    * 1943 – Colin Baker, British actor
    * 1943 – William Calley, American war criminal
    * 1943 – Willie Davenport, American athlete (d. 2002)
    * 1944 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
    * 1944 – Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec City
    * 1944 – Boz Scaggs, American singer and songwriter
    * 1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
    * 1949 – Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist
    * 1949 – Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (d. 1986)
    * 1950 – Kathy Baker, American actress
    * 1950 – Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress
    * 1951 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer and guitarist
    * 1951 – Tony Rice, American acoustic guitarist
    * 1953 – Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
    * 1953 – Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist
    * 1954 – Sergei Storchak, Russian deputy finance minister
    * 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English internet developer
    * 1955 – Griffin Dunne, American actor
    * 1955 – Greg Ginn, American guitarist (Black Flag)
    * 1957 – Scott Adams, American cartoonist
    * 1957 – Don Robinson, American baseball player
    * 1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor and director
    * 1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red)
    * 1960 – Thomas Steen, Swedish hockey player
    * 1962 – Nick Rhodes, English musician (Duran Duran)
    * 1962 – Kristine W, American musician
    * 1963 – Keti Garbi, Greek singer
    * 1964 – Butch Reynolds, American former 400m runner
    * 1965 – Kevin Farley, American actor
    * 1965 – Rob Pilatus, German-American singer and dancer (d. 1998)
    * 1965 – Chris Chavis, American professional wrestler
    * 1966 – Julianna Margulies, American actress
    * 1966 – Doris Pearson, singer, Five Star
    * 1968 – Rob Ray, American hockey player
    * 1969 – J.P. Manoux, American actor
    * 1969 – Marcos Siega, American director
    * 1969 – David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor
    * 1970 – Gabrielle Giffords, American politician
    * 1970 – Teresa Strasser, American Morning Radio Host
    * 1970 – Seu Jorge, Brazilian musician and actor
    * 1970 – Kelli Williams, American actress
    * 1970 – Troy Vincent, American footballer
    * 1971 – Mark Feuerstein, American actor
    * 1972 – Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer
    * 1973 – Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
    * 1973 – Lucija Šerbedžija, Croatian actress
    * 1975 – Bryan McCabe, Canadian hockey player
    * 1975 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
    * 1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
    * 1976 – Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
    * 1977 – Kanye West, American rapper
    * 1978 – Maria Menounos, American actress and television host
    * 1979 – Pete Orr, Canadian baseball player
    * 1979 – Derek Trucks, American guitarist
    * 1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican football player
    * 1979 – Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player
    * 1981 – Alex Band, American singer (The Calling)
    * 1981 – Matteo Meneghello, Italian racing driver
    * 1981 – Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actor
    * 1981 – Sara Watkins, American fiddle player
    * 1981 – Jess Weixler, American actress
    * 1982 – Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
    * 1982 – Irina Lazareanu, Romanian-Canadian model
    * 1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
    * 1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
    * 1983 – Lee Harding, Australian punk-rock singer
    * 1983 – Mamoru Miyano, Japanese seiyuu
    * 1984 – Andrea Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco
    * 1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentine footballer
    * 1985 – Alexandre Despatie, French-Canadian diver
    * 1986 – Patrick Kaleta, American hockey player

     Famous deaths...

    *  218 – Macrinus, Roman Emperor (b. 165)
    *  632 – Muhammad, Prophet of Islam (b. 570)
    * 1042 – Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018)
    * 1376 – Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)
    * 1383 – Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
    * 1384 – Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)
    * 1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and statesman (b. 1432)
    * 1505 – Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470)
    * 1611 – Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
    * 1612 – Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (b. 1562)
    * 1621 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)
    * 1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
    * 1714 – Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630)
    * 1716 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658)
    * 1727 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663)
    * 1768 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German scholar and archaeologist (b. 1717)
    * 1771 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716)
    * 1795 – King Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
    * 1809 – Thomas Paine, American revolutionary and writer (b. 1737)
    * 1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
    * 1845 – Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
    * 1857 – Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803)
    * 1874 – Cochise, Apache leader
    * 1876 – George Sand, French author (b. 1804)
    * 1885 – Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)
    * 1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English Poet(b. 1844)
    * 1924 – Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (b. 1902)
    * 1924 – George Leigh Mallory, English mountain climber (b. 1886)
    * 1929 – Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (b. 1861)
    * 1945 – Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903)
    * 1951 – Eugène Fiset, Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)
    * 1956 – Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883)
    * 1965 – Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)
    * 1966 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)
    * 1969 – Robert Taylor, American actor (b. 1911)
    * 1970 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)
    * 1972 – Jimmy Rushing, American blues singer
    * 1980 – Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)
    * 1982 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906)
    * 1984 – Gordon Jacob, English composer (b. 1895)
    * 1993 – Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (b. 1945)
    * 1997 – George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916)
    * 1998 – Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
    * 1998 – Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
    * 2000 – Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (b. 1948)
    * 2003 – Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940)
    * 2004 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
    * 2006 – Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931)
    * 2006 – Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919)
    * 2007 – Kenny Olsson, Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977)
    * 2007 – Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931)
    * 2008 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936)

     Holidays and observances...

    * World Brain Tumor Day
    * World Oceans Day
    * Germanic Neopaganism: Lindisfarne Day, commemorating the Viking raid on Lindisfarne in 793
    * Norfolk Island: Bounty Day
    * Temotu Province: Province Day

Have a good Monday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 08, 2009, 10:03:54 AM
there you are punkin. ;)

* 1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australia state of New South Wales

Also, same day strangely, Dragonz decides he would like to move there.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 08, 2009, 10:07:38 AM
1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle

what did the aussies do to the japs?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 08, 2009, 10:09:11 AM
Japan was pissed at everyone that had anything to do with cutting the supply routes of oil to Japan.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 08, 2009, 10:10:03 AM
The aussies just sit on their porch sippin Fosters watchin Kangaroo's hop by... damn japs.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 08, 2009, 10:11:24 AM
1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle

what did the aussies do to the japs?

they talk weird, and they pick up their footballs with their hands. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 08, 2009, 10:12:57 AM
1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle

what did the aussies do to the japs?

they talk weird, and they pick up their footballs with their hands. :lol:

They don't call a huddle after a tackle.....They get too many downs per play.....They are all the offspring of prisoners of England.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 08, 2009, 10:56:54 AM
can I bring back the winter thread?

It's fookin cold out..

high of 57 today and rain.. :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 08, 2009, 11:18:18 AM
It's about 85 here right now...And rainy but not til 4 or 5.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 08, 2009, 12:36:41 PM
Mainly for Brian, but check this!!!

http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/01/dogfight-pilot-air-combat-business-aviation.html
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 08, 2009, 09:51:36 PM
Hi and Bye Ladies. Headed to bed!!

see you all tomorrow! :thumbs:


:bye:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 08, 2009, 10:17:35 PM
I was in bed, but couldn't sleep.  Mind wont shut down and I forgot to take my meds...now its too late.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 08, 2009, 11:58:25 PM
I was in bed, but couldn't sleep.  Mind wont shut down and I forgot to take my meds...now its too late.
It's a full moon & I want to HHooouuwwwLL
:nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 07:15:32 AM
I was in bed, but couldn't sleep.  Mind wont shut down and I forgot to take my meds...now its too late.

I hate when that happens.. (mind not shutting down)


I know it's nerdy, but I got super hooked on Call of Duty World at War. The first night playing it, It was super intense, I went to bed. couldn't stop thinking about it!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 09, 2009, 08:48:57 AM
for me its a medical problem, I take meds to sleep since I need something to turn my brain off.  I forgot to take them and I didn't want to take them at 12 because I would be junk today.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 08:59:06 AM
Dang, that would suck :(

how are the little ones doing? Owen happy being a big bro? and trying to be mr. helper?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 09, 2009, 09:17:19 AM
Owen is feeling better now, poor little guy had a double ear infection last week, then Cami got my cold so she's feeling like crap right now.  But in a few days all should return to normal.  But Owen loves being a big brother, when she starts to cry he picks up a toy and brings it to her.  Her blanket fell off the other day and he covered her back up.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 09:20:28 AM
Owen is feeling better now, poor little guy had a double ear infection last week, then Cami got my cold so she's feeling like crap right now.  But in a few days all should return to normal.  But Owen loves being a big brother, when she starts to cry he picks up a toy and brings it to her.  Her blanket fell off the other day and he covered her back up.

Awesome!! I bet you can't wait until he can cruize w/ dad on his own quad!!!

That's one of the biggest things I'm looking forward to!! :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 09, 2009, 09:26:58 AM
I had him in the yard the other day with his mini raptor.  It was my most proud moment when I saw the smile on his face.  I had to stop him so I could give him a hug.

Jenee' said last night she really doesn't want me to sell my quad and she thinks we should sell hers and just fork out the extra cash for a rhino when I start working again.  She said I need it for weekends with the guys.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 09:29:31 AM
I had him in the yard the other day with his mini raptor.  It was my most proud moment when I saw the smile on his face.  I had to stop him so I could give him a hug.

Jenee' said last night she really doesn't want me to sell my quad and she thinks we should sell hers and just fork out the extra cash for a rhino when I start working again.  She said I need it for weekends with the guys.


You gotta keep a camera w/ y ou 24x7 w/ little ones.  :thumbs:


And amen for the weekends w/ the guys. :thumbs:  A Good woman you got there. ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 09, 2009, 09:31:57 AM
Owen is feeling better now, poor little guy had a double ear infection last week, then Cami got my cold so she's feeling like crap right now.  But in a few days all should return to normal.  But Owen loves being a big brother, when she starts to cry he picks up a toy and brings it to her.  Her blanket fell off the other day and he covered her back up.

wait til he starts poking her eyes, or bodyslamming her, and whacking her on the head. Colin, my youngest has turned into a unholy terror when he gets wound up, I blame his older brother for harassing him when he was still tiny. :lol:

Those moments like you describe though, when all is serene, make your entire life worth living in an instant. Still remember when Nichole was still in the hospital after delivery. Aidan climbed into the hospital bed with Colin, and took a nap while holding onto his tiny hand...he was 3.  :thumbs:  Yep, Nichole and I were reduced to mushy sniveling babies right then. :lol:

Also, after the addition of the second kid, sickness seems to just stick around now :lol: It is cyclical :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 09:32:48 AM
Owen is feeling better now, poor little guy had a double ear infection last week, then Cami got my cold so she's feeling like crap right now.  But in a few days all should return to normal.  But Owen loves being a big brother, when she starts to cry he picks up a toy and brings it to her.  Her blanket fell off the other day and he covered her back up.
Also, after the addition of the second kid, sickness seems to just stick around now :lol: It is cyclical :lol:


You're house is a living petri dish  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 09, 2009, 09:34:00 AM
I had him in the yard the other day with his mini raptor.  It was my most proud moment when I saw the smile on his face.  I had to stop him so I could give him a hug.

Jenee' said last night she really doesn't want me to sell my quad and she thinks we should sell hers and just fork out the extra cash for a rhino when I start working again.  She said I need it for weekends with the guys.

Excellent. My wife is the same way, and I love her for it. She probably worked harder than I did to get me the new 700 :lol:

also, soon your pride will turn into terror when he starts to test the limits of his machine :lol:

nice post....shut up Krandall :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 09, 2009, 09:34:49 AM
Having him has been by far the greatest thing in my life.  Once you see your child having fun like that you'll get all choked up.  I'll get him out on it again today and snap some pics or vids.  

And she's a good chick, she puts up with me and wants me to keep the quad.  If I can land an ok job we should be able to swing a rhino...we'll see.  

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 09, 2009, 10:35:37 AM
Brian...put down the freakin mafia wars game, and come visit your buddies!!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 09, 2009, 11:35:57 AM
 Saw today that more white kids suffer from Tourette's syndrome. Probably just because some black kids are misdiagnosed as "rappers."

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 09, 2009, 11:42:24 AM
Today in history...

June 9, 2008

    * 53 – Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia
    * 62 – Claudia Octavia commits suicide
    * 68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after Homer's Iliad.
    * 721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
    * 1310 – Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
    * 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
    * 1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
    * 1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
    * 1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
    * 1772 – The British ship Gaspee is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
    * 1815 – End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set.
    * 1856 – Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
    * 1863 – American Civil War: the Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
    * 1873 – Alexandra Palace burns down after being open for only 16 days.
    * 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, in fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.
    * 1915 – William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
    * 1922 – First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University.
    * 1923 – Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
    * 1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
    * 1930 – Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
    * 1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
    * 1944 – World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
    * 1946 – King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
    * 1953 – Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
    * 1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army – giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
    * 1957 – First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
    * 1958 – Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
    * 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
    * 1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
    * 1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
    * 1973 – Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
    * 1974 – Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
    * 1978 – The Church of of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
    * 1979 – The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park, North Sydney, kills seven.
    * 1985 – Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he is not released until 1991).
    * 1986 – The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
    * 1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.
    * 2008 – In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drained as a result of heavy flooding breaking the dam holding the lake back.

      Birthdays today...

    * 1508 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
    * 1580 – Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)
    * 1588 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (d. 1666)
    * 1595 – King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
    * 1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
    * 1661 – Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
    * 1672 – Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
    * 1686 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
    * 1768 – Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
    * 1781 – George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer (d. 1848)
    * 1810 – Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
    * 1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
    * 1843 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
    * 1845 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)
    * 1849 – Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
    * 1851 – Charles Joseph Bonaparte, French politician (d. 1921)
    * 1865 – Albéric Magnard, French composer (d. 1914)
    * 1865 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (d. 1931)
    * 1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
    * 1882 – Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
    * 1890 – Leslie Banks, British actor (d. 1952)
    * 1891 – Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (d. 1964)
    * 1893 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
    * 1898 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian racecar driver (d. 1952)
    * 1900 – Fred Waring, American bandleader (d. 1984)
    * 1906 – Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and entrepreneur (d. 1997)
    * 1911 – George Webb, British actor (d. 1998)
    * 1912 – Ingolf Dahl, American composer (d. 1970)
    * 1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist
    * 1916 – Robert McNamara, U.S. Defense Secretary and President of the World Bank
    * 1921 – Arthur Hertzberg, American scholar (d. 2006)
    * 1922 – George Axelrod, American producer, playwright and director (d. 2003)
    * 1922 – John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
    * 1922 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist (d. 1988)
    * 1924 – Ed Farhat, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
    * 1925 – Keith Laumer, American author (d. 1993)
    * 1929 – Johnny Ace, American singer (d. 1954)
    * 1930 – Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)
    * 1931 – Jackie Mason, American comedian
    * 1931 – Joe Santos, American actor
    * 1931 – Bill Virdon, American baseball player and manager
    * 1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer (d. 1984)
    * 1936 – Mick O'Dwyer, Irish footballer and manager
    * 1937 – Harald Rosenthal, German biologist
    * 1938 – Charles Wuorinen, American composer
    * 1939 – Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano
    * 1939 – David Hobbs, English racecar driver and commentator
    * 1939 – Dick Vitale, American sportscaster
    * 1939 – Charles Webb, American author
    * 1941 – Jon Lord, English musician (Deep Purple)
    * 1943 – Joe Haldeman, American author
    * 1945 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
    * 1945 – Nike Wagner, German art festival director
    * 1947 – Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer
    * 1947 – John Gurda, American historian
    * 1948 – Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
    * 1951 – James Newton Howard, American film composer
    * 1951 – Dave Parker, American baseball player
    * 1952 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004)
    * 1954 – Gregory Maguire, American author
    * 1954 – George Pérez, American comic book artist
    * 1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American author
    * 1959 – Christian Wulff, German politician, Prime minister of Lower Saxony
    * 1960 – Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist
    * 1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-born actor
    * 1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American writer
    * 1962 – Yuval Banai, Israeli musician and singer
    * 1963 – Gilad Atzmon, Israeli jazz musician and author
    * 1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor
    * 1963 – David Koepp, American screenwriter and director
    * 1964 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress
    * 1964 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and guitar musician (d. 2009)
    * 1964 – Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
    * 1968 – Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper
    * 1969 – Eric Wynalda, American footballer
    * 1971 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
    * 1971 – John McKeown, Scottish musician (Yummy Fur, 1990s)
    * 1971 – Rick Renstrom, American guitarist
    * 1972 – Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress
    * 1972 – Matt Horsley, Australian footballer
    * 1973 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player
    * 1973 – Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
    * 1973 – Laura Ponte, Spanish model and royal
    * 1974 – Samoth, Norwegian guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon)
    * 1974 – Tim Shaw, British radio personality
    * 1974 – Randy Winn, American baseball player
    * 1975 – Otto Addo, German-born footballer
    * 1975 – Jeff Saturday, American football player
    * 1975 – Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer
    * 1977 – Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
    * 1977 – Amisha Patel, Indian actress
    * 1977 – Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
    * 1978 – Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse)
    * 1978 – Michaela Conlin, American actress
    * 1978 – Shandi Finnessey, American beauty queen
    * 1978 – Miroslav Klose, German footballer
    * 1980 – Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
    * 1980 – Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
    * 1980 – Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
    * 1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-born actress
    * 1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-born sitarist and daughter of Ravi Shankar
    * 1981 – Vic Zhou, Taiwanese actor, singer and model
    * 1982 – Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer
    * 1982 – Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
    * 1983 – Alektra Blue, American porn star
    * 1983 – Danny Richar, Dominican baseball player
    * 1983 – Firas Al Khatib, Syrian football player
    * 1983 – Jim Tang, Hong Kong actor
    * 1984 – Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
    * 1984 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
    * 1984 – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
    * 1984 – Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
    * 1985 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
    * 1985 – Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
    * 1986 – Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress
    * 1986 – Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
    * 1988 – Mae Whitman, American actress and voice actress
    * 1993 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress

    Famous deaths...

    *   62 – Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero (b. 40)
    *   68 – Nero, Roman Emperor (b. 37)
    *  373 – Ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist (b. 306)
    *  597 – St. Columba, Christian missionary (b. 521)
    *  630 – King Shahrbaraz of Persia
    * 1361 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)
    * 1563 – William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
    * 1572 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528)
    * 1583 – Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
    * 1656 – Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (b. 1572)
    * 1716 – Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (b. 1670)
    * 1717 – Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (b. 1648)
    * 1834 – William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
    * 1870 – Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)
    * 1875 – Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795)
    * 1892 – Taiso Yoshitoshi, Woodblock print artist (b. 1839)
    * 1892 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)
    * 1912 – Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (b. 1852)
    * 1946 – Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII, king of Thailand (b. 1925)
    * 1952 – Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)
    * 1958 – Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905)
    * 1959 – Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1876)
    * 1961 – Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872)
    * 1964 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born tycoon and politician (b. 1879)
    * 1968 – Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
    * 1973 – Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)
    * 1974 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
    * 1979 – Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1884)
    * 1981 – Allen Ludden, American game show host (b. 1917)
    * 1989 – Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
    * 1989 – George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
    * 1991 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (b. 1903)
    * 1993 – Thomas Ammann, Swiss art dealer and collector (b. 1950)
    * 1993 – Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
    * 1994 – Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
    * 1997 – Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
    * 2000 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b. 1917)
    * 2004 – Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)
    * 2004 – Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist (b. 1945)
    * 2006 – Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
    * 2007 – Frankie Abernathy, American reality TV personality (b. 1981)
    * 2008 – Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Germanic Neopaganism: Day of Remembrance for Sigurd the Volsung
    * Åland Islands: Autonomy Day
    * La Rioja: La Rioja Day
    * Murcia: Murcia Day
    * Uganda: National Heroes' Day
    * Roman Empire: Third day of the Vestalia

Have a good Tuesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 09, 2009, 11:43:56 AM
bout friggin' time grandpa......did your pacemaker stall this morning???

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 12:04:48 PM
 2008 – In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drained as a result of heavy flooding breaking the dam holding the lake back.

It still hasn't been refilled.
They are working on trying to but, no dice.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 09, 2009, 02:43:18 PM
Any idea if this intake should come with screws and what that bracket's for? Supposed to be a Trinity intake...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 02:57:21 PM
I don't know what the bracket is for... I know my pro-design intake came w/ the screws (bolts actually) to mount it to my air box. Id' assume that would as well.  ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 09, 2009, 03:00:40 PM
I don't think the stock intake has any bolts like that on it...I'd check but raining like hell right now...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 03:03:10 PM
I don't think the stock intake has any bolts like that on it...I'd check but raining like hell right now...

It doens't the stock intake is actually riveted in. you have to drill the rivets out and then bolt that bad boy into place.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 09, 2009, 03:07:31 PM
Didn't come with bolts, so I gotta go find some...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 09, 2009, 03:12:41 PM
Dumb question, anyone know the right pc3 map to use for a stock exhaust and this intake? looked at the site but nothing jumped out at me...
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 09, 2009, 03:18:23 PM
are you running the stock SA ??  if not, my Phoenix map should be good for you
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 09, 2009, 03:33:20 PM
Yeah, running stock exhaust with stock sparkies etc...Want to go up to Duals eventually or maybe a full trinity single.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 09, 2009, 05:25:05 PM
Whats up ladies?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 05:27:31 PM
Whats up ladies?

senior dick!!!!

word on the street is you're joining us @ Silver Lake!!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 09, 2009, 05:29:34 PM
I think i will be there. I hope my friend dont pick up his 450 till after that. It has been in my dads garage since last year when i went.
But the question is how much beer should i bring for 4 days and how many cigars. Im thinking 4 cases of beer and 4 cigars. What do you think?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 09, 2009, 07:17:44 PM
I wanna go to Silver Lake
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 09, 2009, 07:34:30 PM
You cant!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 09, 2009, 08:14:29 PM
You cant!
:(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 09, 2009, 08:22:45 PM
You cant!

How is mister quadless going to go?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 09, 2009, 08:57:29 PM
Real easy. Get in ryans truck and ride up there. If u went to the page b4 this one you would see.  :lol:
There is a 450 sitting in my dads garage that has been there since the last time i went to silver lake that i more than likely will take.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 09, 2009, 09:04:51 PM
Real easy. Get in ryans truck and ride up there. If u went to the page b4 this one you would see.  :lol:
There is a 450 sitting in my dads garage that has been there since the last time i went to silver lake that i more than likely will take.
kick some ass. please.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 09, 2009, 09:09:50 PM
I say.. lots of beer, and 4 sticks should be plenty, maybe bring a few extra and I'll bring a fwe extra for trade :)  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 09, 2009, 09:17:34 PM
I'm bringing two sticks, one for each night.  I think I'll be burning a Cuban one of those nights.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 09, 2009, 09:19:35 PM
I say.. lots of beer, and 4 sticks should be plenty, maybe bring a few extra and I'll bring a fwe extra for trade :)  :thumbs:

Sound like a plan to me.
Are you coming this way on wendsday???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 09, 2009, 09:21:22 PM
Im not sure what sticks im going to bring yet. Ill have to figure that out and buy a case for them. Any ideas where i could buy one that isnt $$$$$?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 09, 2009, 09:25:18 PM
You're local cigar shop will have something.  Or order it online.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 09, 2009, 09:30:02 PM
Guess ill have to get up early tomorrow and go shoping. I sure hope they dont have any cigars that i might want or ill be broke and get yelled at by the GF.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 10, 2009, 01:14:34 AM
I won't be going!
However finally made it back to the west coast, so a bit closer to going home!
Stgill 5 sites to get round before I go, so will be a few busy days.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 10, 2009, 07:04:55 AM
Morning all <Yawn>
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 07:33:43 AM
I say.. lots of beer, and 4 sticks should be plenty, maybe bring a few extra and I'll bring a fwe extra for trade :)  :thumbs:

Sound like a plan to me.
Are you coming this way on wendsday???


Not sure....  It's 9 hours to your guy's place. I told Ryan I was lookin @ taking the ferry across the lake that drops off in Muskegon. I'm gonna do some # crunchin and figure out which way to go.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 10:29:20 AM
Today in history....

June 10, 2009

    * 1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
    * 1539 – Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
    * 1619 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
    * 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
    * 1719 – Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.
    * 1770 – Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
    * 1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
    * 1793 – The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
    * 1793 – French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
    * 1805 – First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States.
    * 1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place.
    * 1838 – Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
    * 1854 – The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads – Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
    * 1871 – Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
    * 1886 – Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
    * 1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
    * 1918 – The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat.
    * 1924 – Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
    * 1925 – Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in Toronto Arena.
    * 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
    * 1940 – World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
    * 1940 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
    * 1940 – World War II: German forces, under General Erwin Rommel, reach the English Channel.
    * 1940 – World War II: Canada declares war on Italy.
    * 1940 – World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
    * 1942 – World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
    * 1944 – World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
    * 1944 – World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
    * 1944 – In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
    * 1945 – Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
    * 1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
    * 1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
    * 1967 – Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
    * 1967 – Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
    * 1973 – John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
    * 1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
    * 1977 – Apple ships its first Apple II personal computer.
    * 1978 – Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention.
    * 1980 – The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
    * 1996 – Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
    * 1997 – Before fleeing his northern stronghold Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
    * 1999 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
    * 2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint Saint Rafqa
    * 2002 – The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
    * 2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1213 – Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher
    * 1632 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710)
    * 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
    * 1657 – James Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721)
    * 1688 – James Francis Edward Stuart (d. 1766)
    * 1706 – John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
    * 1710 – James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)
    * 1753 – William Eustis, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
    * 1803 – Henry Darcy, French scientist (d. 1858)
    * 1804 – Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (d. 1884)
    * 1825 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d. 1897)
    * 1819 – Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)
    * 1825 – Princess Hildegard of Bavaria d. 1864
    * 1835 – Rebecca Latimer Felton, U.S. Senator (d. 1930)
    * 1839 – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (d. 1912)
    * 1840 – Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (d. 1920)
    * 1843 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1900)
    * 1861 – Pierre Duhem, French physicist (d. 1916)
    * 1862 – Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)
    * 1863 – Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist (d. 1923)
    * 1880 – André Derain, French painter (d. 1954)
    * 1889 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (d. 1973)
    * 1891 – Al Dubin, American lyricist (d. 1945)
    * 1895 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d. 1952)
    * 1901 – Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born composer (d. 1988)
    * 1907 – Fairfield Porter, American painter (d. 1975)
    * 1908 – Robert Cummings, American actor (d. 1990)
    * 1910 – Howlin' Wolf, American musician (d. 1976)
    * 1910 – Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
    * 1910 – Robert Still, English composer (d. 1971)
    * 1911 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician and musicologist (d. 1984)
    * 1911 – Terence Rattigan, British playwright (d. 1977)
    * 1912 – Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
    * 1913 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (d. 2007)
    * 1915 – Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
    * 1918 – Barry Morse, British-born Canadian actor (d. 2008)
    * 1919 – Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (d. 2006)
    * 1919 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian Negotiator and community leader (d. 2007)
    * 1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
    * 1921 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)
    * 1922 – Judy Garland, American musical actress (d. 1969)
    * 1923 – Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born newspaperman (d. 1991)
    * 1925 – Nat Hentoff, American historian, novelist, jazz critic, and columnist
    * 1926 – Lionel Jeffries, British actor
    * 1927 – Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician
    * 1927 – Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002)
    * 1928 – Maurice Sendak, American writer
    * 1929 – Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d. 2005)
    * 1929 – Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician
    * 1929 – E. O. Wilson, American biologist
    * 1931 – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer and guitarist
    * 1932 – Branko Lustig, film producer
    * 1933 – Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian Prime Minister
    * 1933 – F. Lee Bailey, American attorney
    * 1935 – Vic Elford, British racing driver
    * 1940 – Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (d. 2007)
    * 1940 – John Stevens, British drummer (d. 1994)
    * 1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
    * 1941 – Mickey Jones, American musician and actor
    * 1941 – Shirley Owens, American singer (Shirelles)
    * 1941 – David Walker, Australian racing driver
    * 1942 – Preston Manning, Canadian politician
    * 1947 – Ken Singleton, American baseball player
    * 1949 – John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
    * 1950 – Elias Sosa, Major League Baseball pitcher
    * 1951 – Dan Fouts, American football player
    * 1953 – John Edwards, American politician and lawyer
    * 1956 – Georg Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    * 1957 – Lindsay Hoyle, British politician
    * 1957 – Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
    * 1959 – Eliot Spitzer, American politician
    * 1959 – Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager
    * 1960 – Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor
    * 1960 – Maxi Priest, English musician
    * 1961 – Kim Deal, American musician (Pixies), (The Breeders)
    * 1961 – Kelley Deal, American musician (The Breeders)
    * 1962 – Gina Gershon, American actress
    * 1962 – Koma Wong Ka-Kui, Hong Kong musician (Beyond) (d. 1993)
    * 1962 – Vincent Perez, Swiss actor
    * 1962 – Akie Abe, former First Lady of Japan
    * 1962 – Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1963 – Brad Henry, American politician (current Oklahoma governor)
    * 1963 – Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
    * 1964 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
    * 1964 – Ben Daniels, British actor
    * 1964 – Tony Martin, Australian comedian
    * 1965 – Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress
    * 1965 – Joey Santiago, American Musician (Pixies)
    * 1966 – David Platt, English footballer
    * 1967 – John Yoo, American attorney
    * 1967 – Emma Anderson, British guitarist and songwriter (Lush, Sing-Sing)
    * 1968 – Bill Burr, American comedian
    * 1968 – Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer
    * 1968 – The D.O.C., American rapper
    * 1969 – Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
    * 1969 – Kate Snow, American TV journalist
    * 1970 – Mike Doughty, American singer
    * 1971 – Joel Hailey, American singer
    * 1971 – Erik Rutan, Singer/Guitarist
    * 1971 – Bobby Jindal, American politician, current governor of Louisiana
    * 1971 – Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer
    * 1971 – Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio host and TV personality
    * 1972 – Steven Fischer, American film producer and director
    * 1972 – Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician
    * 1973 – Faith Evans, American singer
    * 1973 – Pokey Reese, American baseball player
    * 1973 – Flesh-N-Bone, American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
    * 1975 – Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
    * 1975 – Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper
    * 1976 – Freddy García, American baseball player
    * 1976 – Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Persian taekwondoka
    * 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
    * 1976 – Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician, parliamentarian for the Party for the Animals
    * 1977 – Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress
    * 1977 – Adam Darski, Polish musician most known for being the leader of Behemoth
    * 1977 – Mike Rosenthal, American football player, sports radio talk show host
    * 1978 – Shane West, American actor
    * 1978 – Brian West, American soccer player
    * 1979 – Konstantinos Loumpoutis, Greek footballer
    * 1979 – Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-Greek basketball player
    * 1980 – Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
    * 1980 – Ovie Mughelli, American football player
    * 1980 – Jessica DiCicco, American actress
    * 1980 – Wang Yuegu, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
    * 1981 – Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
    * 1981 – Hoku, American singer and actress
    * 1981 – Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein, of Jordan
    * 1981 – Samin, Persian-American Optometrist
    * 1981 – Jonathan Bennett, actor (Mean Girls)
    * 1981 – Albie Morkel, South African cricketer
    * 1982 – Princess Madeleine of Sweden
    * 1982 – Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
    * 1982 – Ana Lucia Souza, Brazilian ballet dancer
    * 1983 – Leelee Sobieski, American actress
    * 1983 – Josh Ramsay, leader singer (Marianas Trench)
    * 1984 – Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian judoka
    * 1984 – Dean Leacock, English footballer
    * 1985 – Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
    * 1985 – Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
    * 1987 – Lyssa Chapman, American bounty hunter
    * 1987 – Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer
    * 1987 – Amobi Okoye, Nigerian/American football player
    * 1988 – Kelly Vitz, American actress
    * 1989 – Mustapha Carayol, Gambian/English footballer

      Famous deaths...

    * 323 BC – Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (b. 356 BC)
    * 1075 – Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)
    * 1190 – Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1122)
    * 1424 – Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
    * 1552 – Alexander Barclay, English poet
    * 1556 – Martin Agricola, German composer (b. 1486)
    * 1580 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet
    * 1607 – John Popham, English politician
    * 1654 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
    * 1680 – Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)
    * 1735 – Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (b. 1678)
    * 1776 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)
    * 1791 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1720)
    * 1831 – Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
    * 1836 – André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b. 1775)
    * 1849 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (b. 1784)
    * 1896 – Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829)
    * 1898 – Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language.
    * 1899 – Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
    * 1901 – Robert Williams Buchanan, British dramatist (b. 1841)
    * 1902 – Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
    * 1909 – Edward Everett Hale, American author (b. 1822)
    * 1912 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet (b. 1856)
    * 1918 – Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (b. 1842)
    * 1923 – Pierre Loti, French sailor (b. 1850)
    * 1926 – Antoni Gaudí, Spanish, Catalan architect (b. 1852)
    * 1930 – Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b. 1851)
    * 1934 – Frederick Delius, English composer (b. 1862)
    * 1937 – Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
    * 1940 – Marcus Garvey, American civil rights activist (b. 1887)
    * 1944 – Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (b. 1910)
    * 1946 – Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
    * 1947 – Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician (b. 1852)
    * 1949 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
    * 1958 – Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist (b. 1880)
    * 1959 – Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi (b. 1883)
    * 1967 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
    * 1971 – Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)
    * 1973 – William Inge, American playwright (b. 1913)
    * 1973 – Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)
    * 1974 – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)
    * 1976 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-born producer (b. 1873)
    * 1982 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German author (b. 1945)
    * 1982 – Addie "Micki" Harris, American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1940)
    * 1986 – Merle Miller, American biographer (b. 1919)
    * 1987 – Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (b. 1943)
    * 1988 – Louis L'Amour, American author (b. 1908)
    * 1991 – Vercors, French writer (b. 1902)
    * 1992 – Zak Hernández, American soldier (b. 1970)
    * 1992 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (b. 1931)
    * 1993 – Les Dawson, English Comedian (b. 1934)
    * 1996 – George Hees, Canadian politician (b. 1910)
    * 1996 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914)
    * 1998 – Hammond Innes, English author (b. 1914)
    * 1998 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
    * 2000 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b. 1930)
    * 2000 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)
    * 2001 – Princess Leila of Iran (b. 1970)
    * 2001 – Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder (b. 1951)
    * 2002 – John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940)
    * 2003 – Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (b. 1918)
    * 2003 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929)
    * 2003 – Dr Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939)
    * 2004 – Ray Charles, American musician (b. 1930)
    * 2005 – Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b. 1915)
    * 2007 – Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (b. 1940)
    * 2008 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani-Soviet writer (b. 1928)

    Holidays and observances...

    * French Guiana: Abolition Day
    * Portugal: Portugal Day ("Day of Camões, Portugal, and the Portuguese Communities")
    * Republic of the Congo: Reconciliation Day
    * Roman Empire – fourth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta

Have a good Wednesday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 10:34:07 AM
1940 – World War II: Canada declares war on Italy.

Yeah they did.......... :rolleyes:  :confused:

 :lol:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 10:36:36 AM
Prepare the maple syrup bomb!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 10:43:02 AM
Prepare the maple syrup bomb!

~Brian

:lol:

Maple Syrup vs. Meatballs!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 10:48:40 AM
Can you split a maple syrup atom?

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 10:58:24 AM
only if someone is willing to split their flapjack. :help:

Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 10, 2009, 11:03:55 AM
not Lydia, she shares here pancakes with no one :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 11:04:29 AM
not Lydia, she shares here pancakes with no one :rofl:

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 11:16:32 AM
I'm starting to like crepes more and more. Love the Swedish pancakes.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 10, 2009, 11:23:51 AM
crepes are gay. and so is anybody who eats them.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 12:06:03 PM
crepes are gay. and so is anybody who eats them.  :lol:

No way man.....Chicken Florentine crepes rock.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 10, 2009, 12:09:46 PM
"Say I love Crepes, or I'll Break you arm"

"I will not"

"Say it"

"What the hell is a crepe?"

"It's those really thin pancakes"

"those are delicious"

"see it's not much of a concesion"

"Hell no....Break it Pepe!!!"
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 12:15:35 PM
Just say I like really thin pancakes.....It is a fair compromise, no?

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 12:47:59 PM
Mmmm, Strawberry and whipped creme crepes ROCK
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 01:08:24 PM
Mmmm, Strawberry and whipped creme crepes ROCK

Brandy had that for breakfast at Village Inn on Sunday.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 10, 2009, 02:27:40 PM
crepes are gay. and so is anybody who eats them.  :lol:

VVVVVV

Mmmm, Strawberry and whipped creme crepes ROCK


'Nuff said.   :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 02:36:16 PM
Whereas Peels just likes the sausage for breakfast.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 02:39:57 PM
Whereas Peels just likes the sausage for breakfast.

:lol:

~Brian

He likes it, German, Polish, and smoked.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 02:41:40 PM
Smoke that sausage Pealer.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 03:06:32 PM
One of my friends on Facebook lost her battle with cancer today.

She was only 25 years old.

Kind of strange, but we met playing Mafia Wars.....Imagine that. We called a truce from battle, and became friends. She commented on my photos, and talked about her photos. She told me up front she didn't have long, and if I ever sent her a message that she didn't respond to she would be gone. We talked about trips, our favorite places, and living in Japan.

Even though I never met her, I'm saddened by her departure at such a young age. Her mother died of cancer two years earlier.

She was a Stanford grad, spoke two two languages and worked as a liaison for US companies that did business in Japan, and had been living in Japan until she found out she was sick. She moved back to the states to undergo treatment. From what I've read about her, and from what her other 26 friends have posted about her, she was an incredible human being.

~Brian

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 10, 2009, 03:08:39 PM
A: I hate you both  :lol:


B: very sad when somebody dies young.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 03:27:50 PM
One of my friends on Facebook lost her battle with cancer today.

She was only 25 years old.

Kind of strange, but we met playing Mafia Wars.....Imagine that. We called a truce from battle, and became friends. She commented on my photos, and talked about her photos. She told me up front she didn't have long, and if I ever sent her a message that she didn't respond to she would be gone. We talked about trips, our favorite places, and living in Japan.

Even though I never met her, I'm saddened by her departure at such a young age. Her mother died of cancer two years earlier.

She was a Stanford grad, spoke two two languages and worked as a liaison for US companies that did business in Japan, and had been living in Japan until she found out she was sick. She moved back to the states to undergo treatment. From what I've read about her, and from what her other 26 friends have posted about her, she was an incredible human being.

~Brian




Sorry to hear B..

Isnt' it amazing how tied we can get to an electronic persona? I'd be crushed if I found out one of you fellas died. I mean, I hate you all, but in all seriousness. Sad. Especially at my age!!! Scary to know something like that at such a young age :( May her soul rest in peace, but at least she's in a better place :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 10, 2009, 03:40:15 PM
I think about that too Krandall :lol:

What if one of you dies...We might never know, you can't log on and tell us... :lol: Sad but true.

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 03:43:16 PM
I think about that too Krandall :lol:

What if one of you dies...We might never know, you can't log on and tell us... :lol: Sad but true.



I'll haunt the shit outta you guys.  :lol:  :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 10, 2009, 04:25:10 PM
Yeah. I'd hate that shit....She was prepared, and was at peace when she died. Her sister did a lot of posting on her page, stuf Ellie wanted posted when she died. She posted a lot of quizzes, like you get in emails so you can see her sarcastic side, and her side she wanted to fulfill, like getting married and having children.

Tragic.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 10, 2009, 05:25:21 PM
I say.. lots of beer, and 4 sticks should be plenty, maybe bring a few extra and I'll bring a fwe extra for trade :)  :thumbs:

Sound like a plan to me.
Are you coming this way on wendsday???


Not sure....  It's 9 hours to your guy's place. I told Ryan I was lookin @ taking the ferry across the lake that drops off in Muskegon. I'm gonna do some # crunchin and figure out which way to go.

You need to come here and pick up these damn cards. It was gona cost alot to ship them. They are heavy as hell.
Bought me a new travel cigar case today.  :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 09:17:57 PM
I say.. lots of beer, and 4 sticks should be plenty, maybe bring a few extra and I'll bring a fwe extra for trade :)  :thumbs:

Sound like a plan to me.
Are you coming this way on wendsday???


Not sure....  It's 9 hours to your guy's place. I told Ryan I was lookin @ taking the ferry across the lake that drops off in Muskegon. I'm gonna do some # crunchin and figure out which way to go.

You need to come here and pick up these damn cards. It was gona cost alot to ship them. They are heavy as hell.
Bought me a new travel cigar case today.  :clap:


why don't you bring them with to the dunes ??????? :) :) :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 10, 2009, 09:20:21 PM
Cause you have to come pick them up if u want them for free.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 09:21:29 PM
Jackass :(    I thought you guys were a bit closer to Chicago.. You're nearly 9 hours away :help: 5 horus to milwaukee. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 10, 2009, 09:24:01 PM
Were maybe a little over an hour from chicago. You will drive right past us if you go strait threw chicago to the dunes. You will go right pass my dads if you take 94 to michigan.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 09:33:52 PM
The address Ryan gave me las tnight was 8 hours 42 mins. :help:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 10, 2009, 09:36:00 PM
If you are driving to silver lake you have to go around the tip of lake michigan and if you take I-94 you will run right past my dads house.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 09:37:39 PM
Don't think I'm goin that route anywho... :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 10, 2009, 09:39:56 PM
Don't think I'm goin that route anywho... :thumbs:

Your a homo!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 10, 2009, 09:40:47 PM
Taking the ferry Randy?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 09:41:14 PM
Don't think I'm goin that route anywho... :thumbs:

Your a homo!  :lol:


I can cut my drive time literally in half by going via boat... and I'm going by myself... seems like a good option. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 10, 2009, 09:41:35 PM
Taking the ferry Randy?

If you were giving Randy a ride, you'd be taking the "fairy"
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on June 10, 2009, 09:47:27 PM
Taking the ferry Randy?

If you were giving Randy a ride, you'd be taking the "fairy"


:rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 10, 2009, 09:48:41 PM
fu-ck
and

you...

On that note. I'm outta here gents. Nice rockin it w/ the evening crew. Been a while. Catch most of you tomorrow AM!

GOOD NIGHT RAPTOR SOURCE!!!  :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 10, 2009, 09:51:54 PM
Same for me, Socal out. 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 10, 2009, 11:28:43 PM
fu-ck
and

you...

On that note. I'm outta here gents. Nice rockin it w/ the evening crew. Been a while. Catch most of you tomorrow AM!

GOOD NIGHT RAPTOR SOURCE!!!  :clap: :clap: :clap:
Sorry, were you offering a job involving sex & travel?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 11, 2009, 07:21:57 AM
something like that......  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 11, 2009, 07:23:00 AM
All hands were on deck last night, busy place.

So how much is the boat ride going to cost Randy?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 11, 2009, 07:28:56 AM
All hands were on deck last night, busy place.

So how much is the boat ride going to cost Randy?

I am going to call them today. I want to say when we had checked last year, it would be around $250 round trip.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 11, 2009, 08:06:19 AM
The gay boat? Sounds like Peels' idea of a vacation....
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 11, 2009, 08:25:12 AM
The gay boat? Sounds like MY idea of a vacation....

"The gaaaaay boat...Exciting and new, come aboard, we've been expecting you...."
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 11, 2009, 09:34:08 AM
something like that......  :lol:
This job has no lack of travel, the sex a bit lacking though!
2 days ago was in  Houston TX, yesterday Los Angeles CA, today Modesto CA, tomorrow Tulare CA................
Next week, home I hope (won't be getting sex any more there either)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 11, 2009, 10:22:27 AM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 11, 2009, 10:27:24 AM
Seen that show but I heard it's a sham and those most of the girls that work there are mistreated...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 11, 2009, 02:56:26 PM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Your shout??
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 11, 2009, 03:12:00 PM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Your shout??

huh?  ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 11, 2009, 03:21:17 PM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Your shout??

huh?  ???
never mind,
I'd have done the same for you in my country (if the boot was on the other foot)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 11, 2009, 03:23:26 PM
I really have no idea what you're talking about...... :confused: :confused: :confused:


Seriously.

can you dumb it down? :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 11, 2009, 04:32:56 PM
I really have no idea what you're talking about...... :confused: :confused: :confused:


Seriously.

can you dumb it down? :)
you pay hookers, I get laid
you give money to girls, girls make me happy
Oh, I give up
1/ You probably don't have any money
2/ you probably think girls = sheep
 :rolleyes: ;)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 11, 2009, 05:53:57 PM
you lost him at "girls"


:rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 11, 2009, 08:19:22 PM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Your shout??


He lost me at "Your Shout"  ::)

damn kiwi's
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 11, 2009, 09:02:01 PM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Your shout??


He lost me at "Your Shout"  ::)

damn kiwi's
Damn tight-ass yank!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 11, 2009, 09:24:55 PM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Your shout??


He lost me at "Your Shout"  ::)

damn kiwi's
mmm, mmm  Damn I love me some tight-ass yanks! Glad to be in the states.


Krandall has that effect on foreigners.


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 11, 2009, 09:54:28 PM
Swing over to vegas and hit up the bunny ranch before you leave. :thumbs:
Your shout??


He lost me at "Your Shout"  ::)

damn kiwi's
mmm, mmm  Damn I love me some tight-ass yanks! Glad to be in the states.


I hate sharing Krandall with foreigners.



Jealousy will get you nowhere
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 12, 2009, 07:49:40 AM
I'm not your type anyways Phil. I don't bend over and go Baaaaa
 :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 12, 2009, 09:07:19 AM
Today in history...

June 12, 2009

    * 1381 – Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.
    * 1418 – An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.
    * 1429 – Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.
    * 1560 – Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
    * 1653 – First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.
    * 1665 – England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
    * 1758 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
    * 1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
    * 1776 – The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
    * 1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.
    * 1860 – The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.
    * 1864 – American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
    * 1889 – 78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.
    * 1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
    * 1899 – New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
    * 1922 – At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded – the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
    * 1935 – Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
    * 1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
    * 1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
    * 1940 – World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
    * 1942 – Holocaust: Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
    * 1943 – Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Berezhany, western Ukraine. 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
    * 1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.
    * 1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
    * 1967 – The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
    * 1967 – Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).
    * 1978 – David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
    * 1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
    * 1987 – The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
    * 1987 – Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
    * 1990 – Russia Day – the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
    * 1991 – Russians elect Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic.
    * 1991 – 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
    * 1993– An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim_Babangida.
    * 1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit.
    * 1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.
    * 1997 – Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
    * 1999 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
    * 2000 – Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.
    * 2004 – A 1.3 kilogram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries.
    * 2009 – All television broadcasts in the United States switch from analog to digital transmission.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1107 – Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187)
    * 1519 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)
    * 1577 – Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)
    * 1775 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851)
    * 1777 – Robert Clark, American politician (d. 1837)
    * 1802 – Harriet Martineau, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist (d. 1876)
    * 1806 – John A. Roebling, German-America civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge) (d. 1869)
    * 1812 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist (d. 1890)
    * 1819 – Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875)
    * 1827 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)
    * 1861 – William Attewell, English cricketer (d. 1927)
    * 1875 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor (d. 1953)
    * 1888 – Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (d. 1920)
    * 1890 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
    * 1892 – Djuna Barnes, American author (d. 1982)
    * 1897 – Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977)
    * 1899 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
    * 1902 – Hendrik Elias, Flemish politician (d. 1973)
    * 1903 – Emmett Hardy, American musician (d. 1925)
    * 1905 – Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. 1988)
    * 1906 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. 1977)
    * 1908 – Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian TV pioneer and president of the CBC (d. 1988)
    * 1908 – Marina Semenova, Russian ballerina
    * 1908 – Otto Skorzeny, Famous WWII German SS commando (d. 1975)
    * 1910 – Bill Naughton, English playwright (d. 1992)
    * 1913 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general (d. 1996)
    * 1915 – Christopher Mayhew, British politician (d. 1997)
    * 1915 – David Rockefeller, American banker
    * 1916 – Irwin Allen, American film producer (d. 1991)
    * 1918 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (d. 2001)
    * 1919 – Uta Hagen, American actress (d. 2004)
    * 1920 – Dave Berg, American cartoonist (d. 2002)
    * 1920 – Peter Jones, English actor (d. 2000)
    * 1920 – Jim Siedow, American actor (d. 2003)
    * 1921 – Christopher Derrick, British writer (d. 2007)
    * 1921 – James Archibald Houston, Canadian artist (d. 2005)
    * 1923 – Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (d. 2007)
    * 1924 – George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
    * 1926 – Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler (d. 2006)
    * 1928 – Vic Damone, American singer
    * 1928 – Richard M. Sherman, American songwriter
    * 1929 – Brigid Brophy, British writer (d. 1995)
    * 1929 – Anne Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (d. 1945)
    * 1929 – Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist
    * 1930 – Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976)
    * 1930 – Jim Nabors, American actor
    * 1930 – Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (d. 1993)
    * 1932 – Mimi Coertse, South African soprano
    * 1932 – Rona Jaffe, American novelist
    * 1932 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian athlete (d. 2002)
    * 1933 – Eddie Adams, American photographer, won Pulitzer Prize (d. 2004)
    * 1934 – John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (d. 2001)
    * 1937 – Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician
    * 1937 – Antal Festetics, Austrian biologist
    * 1938 – Tom Oliver, Australian actor
    * 1939 – Frank McCloskey, American politician (d. 2003)
    * 1941 – Marv Albert, American sportscaster
    * 1941 – Chick Corea, American musician
    * 1941 – Roy Harper, English musician
    * 1942 – Bert Sakmann, German physiologist, Nobel laureate
    * 1942 – Len Barry, American singer and musician (The Dovells)
    * 1945 – Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer
    * 1946 – Harry Glasper, English writer
    * 1946 – Michel Bergeron, NHL head coach
    * 1948 – Hans Binder, Austrian racing driver
    * 1949 – Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1949 – John Wetton, English musician (Asia)
    * 1951 – Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 2007)
    * 1951 – Bun E. Carlos, American musician (Cheap Trick)
    * 1951 – Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (d. 2007)
    * 1952 – Pete Farndon, English musician (The Pretenders) (d. 1983)
    * 1952 – Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy under George W. Bush
    * 1953 – Allan Weiner, American radio station owner
    * 1954 – Neil Oatley, English engineer
    * 1956 – Terry Alderman, Australian cricketer
    * 1956 – Rob Collins, English musician (The Charlatans) (d. 1996)
    * 1957 – Timothy Busfield, American actor
    * 1957 – Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
    * 1958 – Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer
    * 1959 – Jenilee Harrison, American actress
    * 1959 – John Linnell, American musician (They Might Be Giants)
    * 1959 – Scott Thompson, Canadian comedian (Kids in the Hall)
    * 1959 – Jervis Johnson, Games Designer for Games Workshop, Nottingham
    * 1961 – Jim Goad, American author
    * 1962 – Paul Clark, English musician (The Bolshoi)
    * 1962 – John Enos III, American actor
    * 1963 – Warwick Capper, Australian rules footballer
    * 1963 – Tim DeKay, American actor
    * 1963 – Jerry Lynn, American professional wrestler
    * 1963 – Johnny Weiss, American professional wrestler
    * 1963 – Philippe Bugalski, French rally driver
    * 1964 – Paula Marshall, American actress
    * 1964 – Derek Higgins, Irish racing driver
    * 1965 – Filip Topol, Czech musician and writer
    * 1965 – Vicky Vette, Norwegian-born adult film actress
    * 1967 – Frances O'Connor, Australian actress
    * 1967 – Icíar Bollaín, Spanish actress, director and writer
    * 1968 – Scott Aldred, American baseball player
    * 1968 – Bobby Sheehan, American musician (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999)
    * 1969 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (d. 2007)
    * 1969 – Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
    * 1969 – Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
    * 1970 – Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor
    * 1971 – Mark Henry, American professional wrestler
    * 1971 – Ryan Klesko, American baseball player
    * 1972 – Bounty Killer, Jamaican deejay
    * 1973 – Takis Fyssas, Greek footballer
    * 1973 – Darryl White, Australian rules footballer
    * 1974 – Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
    * 1974 – Jason Mewes, American actor
    * 1974 – Kerry Kittles, American basketball player
    * 1976 – Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
    * 1976 – Antawn Jamison, American basketball player
    * 1977 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd, American blues-rock guitarist
    * 1977 – Wade Redden, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1978 – DJ Qualls, American model and actor
    * 1979 – Dallas Clark, American football player
    * 1979 – Wil Horneff, American actor
    * 1979 – Robyn, Swedish musician
    * 1980 – Larry Foote, American football player
    * 1980 – Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby union player
    * 1980 – Carrie Davis, American Author
    * 1981 – Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel
    * 1981 – Nora Tschirner, German television presenter
    * 1982 – Ben Blackwell, American musician
    * 1982 – Jason David, American football player
    * 1982 – Loïc Duval, French racing driver
    * 1983 – Josh Dies, American author and musician (Showbread)
    * 1983 – Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
    * 1983 – Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player
    * 1985 – Blake Ross, American software developer
    * 1985 – Kendra Wilkinson, American Playboy bunny/Playmate/Television Personality
    * 1985 – Sam Thaiday, Australian professional rugby league player
    * 1985 – Chris Young, American musician
    * 1986 – Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player
    * 1987 – Ryu Deok-hwan, South Korean actor
    * 1988 – Courtney Galiano, American dancer
    * 1990 – Kevin Wu, American comedian
    * 1992 – Allie DiMeco American musician and actress (The Naked Brothers Band)
    * 1992 – Ryan Malgarini, American actor
    * 1992 – Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian football player
    * 1997 – William Cuddy, Canadian actor

     Famous deaths...

    *  816 – Pope Leo III
    *  918 – Ethelfleda, Lady of the Mercians
    * 1020 – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
    * 1036 – Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo
    * 1418 – Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)
    * 1435 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1408)
    * 1560 – Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1519)
    * 1560 – Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (b. 1506)
    * 1565 – Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (b. 1512)
    * 1567 – Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)
    * 1647 – Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian
    * 1675 – Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b. 1634)
    * 1734 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander (b. 1670)
    * 1758 – Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (b. 1722)
    * 1772 – Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
    * 1778 – Philip Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1716)
    * 1816 – Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (b. 1757)
    * 1818 – Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia
    * 1904 – Camille de Renesse, Belgian Count (b. 1836)
    * 1912 – Frédéric Passy, French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1822)
    * 1917 – Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan pianist (b. 1853)
    * 1937 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)
    * 1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, American musician (b. 1904)
    * 1962 – John Ireland, English composer (b. 1879)
    * 1963 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
    * 1966 – Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (b. 1891)
    * 1969 – Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)
    * 1978 – Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892)
    * 1980 – Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904)
    * 1980 – Billy Butlin, Founder of the brand of holiday venues known as Butlins (b. 1899)
    * 1980 – Masayoshi Ohira, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1910)
    * 1982 – Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)
    * 1982 – Ian McKay, British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)
    * 1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (b. 1902)
    * 1989 – Lou Monte, American singer (b. 1917)
    * 1994 – Ronald Goldman, American actor and model (b. 1968)
    * 1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson, American ex-wife of O.J. Simpson (b. 1959)
    * 1994 – Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher Rebbe (b. 1902)
    * 1994 – Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
    * 1995 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920)
    * 1997 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924)
    * 2000 – P. L. Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919)
    * 2002 – Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)
    * 2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)
    * 2005 – Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)
    * 2006 – György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923)
    * 2006 – Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923)
    * 2007 – Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard", American television host (b. 1917)
    * 2008 – Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (b. 1932)

    Holidays and observances...

    * World Day Against Child Labour
    * Brazil: Dia dos Namorados
    * Paraguay: Chaco Armistice Day
    * Philippines: Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan)
    * Russia: Russia Day
    * United States: Loving Day, celebrates the legalization of interracial marriage
    * Roman Empire – sixth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta

Have a good Friday

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 12, 2009, 09:08:44 AM
Happy Loving Day in the usa!  :lol:


Sup slackas!

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 12, 2009, 09:21:13 AM
When it rains, it pours.

Over the past 4 months....

Refridgerator out..... food lost $300, $85 fix. Total $385

Dishwasher breaks same week. $85 fix

Dryer goes out a week later     $118 fix

Poo pump motor goes out.       $300 fix

A week ago my 57'' Sony TV goes out. I found out yesterday it's going to be a  $700 fix.

So, it looks like I'll be in the market for a new TV soon.

F*ck.

~Brian

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 12, 2009, 09:33:05 AM
When it rains, it pours.

Over the past 4 months....

Refridgerator out..... food lost $300, $85 fix. Total $385

Dishwasher breaks same week. $85 fix

Dryer goes out a week later     $118 fix

Poo pump motor goes out.       $300 fix

A week ago my 57'' Sony TV goes out. I found out yesterday it's going to be a  $700 fix.

So, it looks like I'll be in the market for a new TV soon.

F*ck.

~Brian



poo pump.. I think I need one of those.  :lol:


Damn B. on the bright side. it's a GREAT time to buy a TV. The new LED TV's are IN-SANE! :nana:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 12, 2009, 09:37:42 AM
Good time to buy anything in a poor economy.

I just don't want to turn loose of any cash.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 12, 2009, 09:53:08 AM
Took this after Wednesday's storm.....We had a 3.5 mile wide path of destruction to the north of us 95-100 mph winds. No tornado has been confirmed yet. They are saying it was straight-line winds.

(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs084.snc1/4893_1067765739187_1377381687_30140110_1300156_n.jpg)

It was still raining..I jumped outside to snap the pic.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 12, 2009, 09:58:54 AM
Beautiful pic man.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 12, 2009, 10:08:20 AM
It was a wicked sunset.....What's crazy is the force of the winds that we had 15 minutes before that.....65 mph at our house.

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 12, 2009, 10:11:43 AM
Dang, Straight line winds are crazy. We had some last year. took out our neighbors entire corn field. all laying flat. National Weather Service reported 80+ winds. :help:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 12, 2009, 11:25:18 AM
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Sequoyah County in east central Oklahoma
southern Crawford County in northwest Arkansas
northeastern Haskell County in southeast Oklahoma
northeastern Le Flore County in southeast Oklahoma
Sebastian County in west central Arkansas

* until 115 PM CDT

* at 1213 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing baseball size
hail and destructive winds to 80 mph. These storms were located
along a line extending from short to 6 miles southwest of
Sallisaw... moving southeast at 40 mph.

* Some locations near the path of these storms include... Gans...
Muldrow... Cedarville... Roland... Figure Five... Rudy... Van Buren...
Moffett... Fort Smith... Arkoma... Spiro... Alma... Dyer... Barling...
Pocola... Bonanza... Mulberry... Cameron... Jenny Lind... Lavaca...
Hackett... Excelsior... Greenwood... Bloomer... Burnville... Midland...
Huntington and Mansfield.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Tornadoes can develop suddenly from severe thunderstorms. Take cover
on the lowest floor in an interior room and stay away from windows.

This storm has a history of producing large hail. Seek shelter
immediately inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows.

Persons near the path of this dangerous storm should prepare for
large destructive hail and violent straight line winds. This storm
has the potential to cause serious injury and significant damage to
property. If no underground shelter is available take cover on the
lowest floor in an interior room and stay away from windows.


Lat... Lon 3555 9404 3549 9403 3544 9407 3529 9407
      3508 9419 3507 9423 3503 9422 3495 9426
      3541 9497 3560 9479 3565 9461 3565 9448
      3558 9402
time... Mot... loc 1717z 308deg 34kt 3558 9447 3536 9482





1205 PM CDT Fri Jun 12 2009

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
southeastern Sequoyah County in east central Oklahoma
northeastern Le Flore County in southeast Oklahoma
Sebastian County in west central Arkansas

* until 100 PM CDT

* at 1204 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing Golf Ball size hail and
damaging winds to 70 mph. This storm was located near Pocola...
moving east at 30 mph.

* Some locations near the path of this storm include... Pocola...
Bonanza... Hackett... Midland... Jenny Lind... Excelsior... Barling...
Greenwood... Huntington... Mansfield... Burnville... Lavaca and
Bloomer.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Tornadoes can develop suddenly from severe thunderstorms. Take cover
on the lowest floor in an interior room and stay away from windows.

This storm is likely producing large hail and damaging winds. Seek
shelter immediately inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.


Lat... Lon 3498 9427 3520 9471 3533 9468 3534 9408
time... Mot... loc 1706z 273deg 24kt 3523 9451





   Severe Thunderstorm Watch    

Statement as of 12:19 PM CDT on June 12, 2009


Severe Thunderstorm Watch 388 remains valid until 7 PM CDT this
evening for the following areas

In Arkansas this watch includes 7 counties

In northwest Arkansas

Benton Carroll Crawford
Madison Washington

In west central Arkansas

Franklin Sebastian

In Oklahoma this watch includes 9 counties

In east central Oklahoma

Cherokee Muskogee Sequoyah

In northeast Oklahoma

Adair

In southeast Oklahoma

Haskell Latimer Le Flore
McIntosh Pittsburg

This includes the cities of... Bentonville... Berryville...
Charleston... Eufaula... Eureka Springs... Fayetteville...
Fort Smith... Huntsville... McAlester... Muskogee... Ozark... Poteau...
Rogers... Sallisaw... Springdale... Stigler... Stilwell... Tahlequah...
Van Buren and Wilburton.


We have 47 mph wind gusts and it's raining HARD!!!! Lots of lightning.

~Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 12, 2009, 11:39:45 AM
step one, grab camera

step two, drive to trailer park

step three, stop for beer

step four, park safely outside the local trailer park and enjoy the white trash cleansing :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 12, 2009, 11:47:44 AM
We had every redneck in the joint standing outside as it blew in looking skyward.

 :lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 12, 2009, 12:24:25 PM
:lol:

that's what happens here when storms come out. Most people run to the porch to watch
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 12, 2009, 03:02:30 PM
We had every redneck in the joint standing outside as it blew in looking skyward.

 :lol:

~Brian
Perhaps you shouldn't of worn your "Wife Beater" to work today, you're blending to well :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 12, 2009, 03:24:03 PM
we're slow this afternoon, just finished a nice game of Lux :clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 12, 2009, 03:47:37 PM
slow like Kyle and the rest of his "special" class
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 12, 2009, 04:35:39 PM
slow like Kyle and the rest of his "special" class
fucker
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 12, 2009, 05:00:55 PM
slow like Kyle and the rest of his "special" class
F-Worder

YUou have been moderated.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 12, 2009, 05:30:54 PM
slow like Kyle and the rest of his "special" class
F-Worder

YUou have been kranderated.  :lol:
:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 12, 2009, 08:45:41 PM
slow like Kyle and the rest of his "special" class
F-Worder

YUou have been moderated.  :lol:
oh that is sooooo gay.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 12, 2009, 08:48:41 PM
neighbor bought a new car :clap:  motherf*cker moves!!! 2006 Mercedes SLR McLaren. 3900 miles. supercharged V8. one hell of a car. pure sex on wheels.

(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn244/kyledvor61/c2.jpg)
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn244/kyledvor61/c3.jpg)
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn244/kyledvor61/c4.jpg)
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn244/kyledvor61/c1.jpg)




I still prefer the gallardo
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Livingmylife93 on June 12, 2009, 09:15:26 PM
Godamn..

Are these the same neighbors that complain about the noise from your fourwheelers?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 12, 2009, 09:35:42 PM
Ever try a Murcielago (Lambo)?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 12, 2009, 09:44:40 PM
Suddenly I feel the need for GTA :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 12, 2009, 09:52:44 PM
Is your neighbor a dealer?  Car has dealer plates on it.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: DECEPTiON21 on June 12, 2009, 10:47:31 PM
I didn't see anything special til the hood popped open. That car is filthy. That is a good thing for you old people. I do like the Gallardo a lot though.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 12, 2009, 10:51:50 PM
Godamn..

Are these the same neighbors that complain about the noise from your fourwheelers?
my GERD no! This is my next door neighbor, very cool people. Its us 2 against all the neighbors pretty much. Theyride as well.           Ranger, never been in a murciealago. Been in a galardo, 911 turbo, viper, zo6,vanquish, bentley continental gt, mercedes sl55 s600 with rentech package etc. I prefer the gallardo out of all, but my dad likes the continental gt.                          Erich, hes not a dealer. Used to own an insurance company, now in real estate and investing. I know he used to be part owners in a dealership, im assuming thats where he got tjis from. Ill post more about the car later im tirer qnd have a race tommorrow
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 12, 2009, 11:36:33 PM
Damn that is one very classy car!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 13, 2009, 12:47:06 AM
So...let me get this straight. They can afford a McClaren Mercedes...but can't afford decent landscaping, or paving. Lame.  :lol:  JK And.....what's with the POS jag in the background? Looks like it is stuck in the mud. And what is under the tarp? Is that where they store all their nice cars? :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 13, 2009, 12:50:12 AM
Thats McHenry people for you.  Car costs 10 times as much as the house.  You'll see a busted down trailer with a benz in the driveway.   :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 13, 2009, 01:26:21 AM
if I can't keep the house from my breakup, that will be me, maybe not quite that level of car though............. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 13, 2009, 06:06:59 AM
Thats McHenry people for you.  Car costs 10 times as much as the house.  You'll see a busted down trailer with a benz in the driveway.   :rofl:


That's the way it is in West Virginia. We did  amissions trip there a few years ago.. I asked one of the people about it, it's because it's easier to get a loan for an expensive car vs a house.

There were MULTIPLE beamers parked outside tailers... (Peelz? ??? )
 :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 13, 2009, 09:07:11 AM
24 hours of Leman is on today.  I think the Puegots are gonna hand the Audi R-12 teams their asses.....again
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 13, 2009, 09:47:35 AM
So...let me get this straight. They can afford a McClaren Mercedes...but can't afford decent landscaping, or paving. Lame.  :lol:  JK And.....what's with the POS jag in the background? Looks like it is stuck in the mud. And what is under the tarp? Is that where they store all their nice cars? :lol:

well that road is going to there 300sq.ft. double level addition. :lol:

and the Jag is also theres. your not gonna believe this, but it has a built 454 in it. He just lost interest and its been sitting in my yard for awhile.

thats our tarp. its housing 3 sleds, about 20 GM motors 350-454 misc. atv tires and about 3 dead raccoons.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 13, 2009, 09:49:36 AM
So...let me get this straight. They can afford a McClaren Mercedes...but can't afford decent landscaping, or paving. Lame.  :lol:  JK And.....what's with the POS jag in the background? Looks like it is stuck in the mud. And what is under the tarp? Is that where they store all their nice cars? :lol:

well that road is going to there 300sq.ft. double level addition. :lol:

and the Jag is also theres. your not gonna believe this, but it has a built 454 in it. He just lost interest and its been sitting in my yard for awhile.

thats our tarp. its housing 3 sleds, about 20 GM motors 350-454 misc. atv tires and about 3 dead raccoons.

you live next kenny ???

nope, kenny would have stewed those raccoons by now :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 13, 2009, 11:36:16 AM
So...let me get this straight. They can afford a McClaren Mercedes...but can't afford decent landscaping, or paving. Lame.  :lol:  JK And.....what's with the POS jag in the background? Looks like it is stuck in the mud. And what is under the tarp? Is that where they store all their nice cars? :lol:

well that road is going to there 300sq.ft. double level addition. :lol:

and the Jag is also theres. your not gonna believe this, but it has a built 454 in it. He just lost interest and its been sitting in my yard for awhile.

thats our tarp. its housing 3 sleds, about 20 GM motors 350-454 misc. atv tires and about 3 dead raccoons.

wow, 300 sq ft really?  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 13, 2009, 06:24:51 PM
"about 3 dead raccoons." :lol: :nod:
bet they're ripening nicely!
Recon Arron will be on his way round to clean them up for you quick smart, if kenny hasn't already

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 13, 2009, 08:53:45 PM
So...let me get this straight. They can afford a McClaren Mercedes...but can't afford decent landscaping, or paving. Lame.  :lol:  JK And.....what's with the POS jag in the background? Looks like it is stuck in the mud. And what is under the tarp? Is that where they store all their nice cars? :lol:

well that road is going to there 300sq.ft. double level addition. :lol:

and the Jag is also theres. your not gonna believe this, but it has a built 454 in it. He just lost interest and its been sitting in my yard for awhile.

thats our tarp. its housing 3 sleds, about 20 GM motors 350-454 misc. atv tires and about 3 dead raccoons.

wow, 300 sq ft really?  :lol:
3000 asshole :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 14, 2009, 01:05:44 AM
So...let me get this straight. They can afford a McClaren Mercedes...but can't afford decent landscaping, or paving. Lame.  :lol:  JK And.....what's with the POS jag in the background? Looks like it is stuck in the mud. And what is under the tarp? Is that where they store all their nice cars? :lol:

well that road is going to there 300sq.ft. double level addition. :lol:

and the Jag is also theres. your not gonna believe this, but it has a built 454 in it. He just lost interest and its been sitting in my yard for awhile.

thats our tarp. its housing 3 sleds, about 20 GM motors 350-454 misc. atv tires and about 3 dead raccoons.

wow, 300 sq ft really?  :lol:
3000 assholes :lol:
Thats a lot of assholes!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 14, 2009, 12:44:37 PM
So...let me get this straight. They can afford a McClaren Mercedes...but can't afford decent landscaping, or paving. Lame.  :lol:  JK And.....what's with the POS jag in the background? Looks like it is stuck in the mud. And what is under the tarp? Is that where they store all their nice cars? :lol:

well that road is going to there 300sq.ft. double level addition. :lol:

and the Jag is also theres. your not gonna believe this, but it has a built 454 in it. He just lost interest and its been sitting in my yard for awhile.

thats our tarp. its housing 3 sleds, about 20 GM motors 350-454 misc. atv tires and about 3 dead raccoons.

wow, 300 sq ft really?  :lol:
3000 assholes :lol:
Thats a lot of assholes, MY IDEA OF A PARTY!

rock on dragonz. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on June 14, 2009, 03:09:20 PM
Check out this raptor on craigslist! it's sexy!
http://stcloud.craigslist.org/rvs/1209944424.html
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 14, 2009, 04:16:56 PM
Check out this raptor on craigslist! it's sexy!
http://stcloud.craigslist.org/rvs/1209944424.html

whoa! I need a moist towelette.

Needs bigger non-mx tires but.....DAMN!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 14, 2009, 11:07:59 PM
Check out this raptor on craigslist! it's sexy!
http://stcloud.craigslist.org/rvs/1209944424.html

whoa! I need a moist towelette.

Needs bigger non-mx tires but.....DAMN!
only $12,000
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 07:22:24 AM
dang, and he's only like an hour and a half away from me!!!

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 07:27:57 AM
Happy Birthday Peelz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 15, 2009, 07:30:50 AM
+1

Happy birthday bro.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 15, 2009, 08:07:29 AM
Happy Birthday Eric.  Good luck blowing out your candles and not igniting the ether :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 08:16:08 AM
Happy Birthday Eric.  Good luck blowing out your candles and not igniting the ether :rofl:

Word on the street is he's good at blowing. So he should be fine.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 15, 2009, 08:55:07 AM
Happy Birthday Eric.  Good luck blowing out your candles and not igniting the ether :rofl:

Word on the street is he's good at blowing. So he should be fine.  :lol:
Sounds like you want him to "blow" out your "candle" :jaw:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 08:55:59 AM
Happy Birthday Eric.  Good luck blowing out your candles and not igniting the ether :rofl:

Word on the street is he's good at blowing. So he should be fine.  :lol:
Sounds like you want him to "blow" out your "candle" :jaw:

sometimes you can't pass up a deal. :lol:  :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 15, 2009, 10:45:22 AM
Today in history...

    * 763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
    * 923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
    * 1184 – King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the battle of Fimreite.
    * 1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
    * 1246 – With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
    * 1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
    * 1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
    * 1580 – Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
    * 1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
    * 1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.
    * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
    * 1776 – Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
    * 1785 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
    * 1804 – New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
    * 1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
    * 1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
    * 1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
    * 1846 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
    * 1859 – Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg begins.
    * 1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
    * 1867 – Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
    * 1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
    * 1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II and is the last emperor of the German Empire.
    * 1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000.
    * 1905 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.
    * 1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
    * 1911 – Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.
    * 1913 – The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines concludes.
    * 1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
    * 1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
    * 1920 – Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
    * 1920 – A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
    * 1934 – The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
    * 1937 – A German expedition led by Karl Wien lost sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. The worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
    * 1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.
    * 1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government of North America.
    * 1945 – The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    * 1954 – UEFA (Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland.
    * 1955 – The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.
    * 1975 - Raptorsource's own drug supplier Eric Pealer born on this day
    * 1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
    * 1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
    * 1991 – Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois.
    * 1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the USA to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
    * 1994 – Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
    * 1996 – In Manchester, United Kingdom, a terrorist bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre.
    * 2002 – Near earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon

     Birthdays today...

    * 1330 – Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales (d. 1376)
    * 1519 – Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)
    * 1594 – Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
    * 1623 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
    * 1624 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
    * 1640 – Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715)
    * 1755 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)
    * 1765 – Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (d. 1831)
    * 1767 – Rachel Donelson Jackson, First Lady of the United States (d. 1828)
    * 1777 – David Daniel Davis, British politician (d. 1841)
    * 1789 – Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
    * 1801 – Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)
    * 1805 – William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)
    * 1809 – François-Xavier Garneau, French-Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
    * 1843 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (d. 1907)
    * 1848 – Parumala Thirumeni ,Gheevarghese Mor Gregorios (d. 1902)
    * 1875 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier (d. 1987)
    * 1882 – Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1946)
    * 1884 – Harry Langdon, American actor (d. 1944)
    * 1888 – Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (d. 1921)
    * 1894 – Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
    * 1894 – Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger (d. 1981)
    * 1900 – Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
    * 1900 – Otto Luening, German-American composer (d. 1996)
    * 1902 – Erik Erikson, psychoanalyst (d. 1994)
    * 1906 – Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
    * 1908 – Sam Giancana, American mafioso (d. 1975)
    * 1910 – David Rose, American songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990)
    * 1911 – W.V. Awdry, British children's writer (d. 1997)
    * 1914 – Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (d. 1984)
    * 1914 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian/American cartoonist (d. 1999)
    * 1914 – Hilda Terry, American Cartoonist (d. 2006)
    * 1915 – Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2008)
    * 1916 – Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
    * 1917 – John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
    * 1917 – Lash La Rue, American actor (d. 1996)
    * 1917 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (d. 2005)
    * 1920 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and director (d. 2003)
    * 1920 – Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (d. 2008)
    * 1921 – Errol Garner, American musician (d. 1977)
    * 1922 – John Veale, English composer (d. 2006)
    * 1924 – Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician (d. 2005)
    * 1926 – Mac McGarry, American quiz show host
    * 1926 – Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006)
    * 1927 – Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978)
    * 1927 – Hugo Pratt, Italian comic book creator (d. 1995)
    * 1930 – Marcel Pronovost, Canadian professional ice hockey player
    * 1932 – Mario Cuomo, American politician
    * 1933 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (d. 2005)
    * 1933 – Mark Jones, English footballer (d. 1958)
    * 1934 – Jerry Buss, American basketball team owner
    * 1934 – Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter. (d. 2008)
    * 1936 – Claude Brasseur, French actor
    * 1936 – William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate
    * 1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer (d. 2002)
    * 1938 – Billy Williams, baseball player
    * 1939 – Ward Connerly, American political figure
    * 1939 – Brian Jacques, British author
    * 1941 – Harry Nilsson, American singer and composer (d. 1994)
    * 1942 – John E. McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
    * 1943 – Xaviera Hollander, Dutch author
    * 1943 – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark
    * 1943 – Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
    * 1943 – Muff Winwood, British songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group)
    * 1943 – Lee Shallat-Chemel, American television director
    * 1944 – Robert Keppel, American criminologist
    * 1945 – Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator
    * 1945 – Nicola Pagett, British actress
    * 1945 – Lawrence Wilkerson, American retired military officer
    * 1946 – Noddy Holder, British singer (Slade)
    * 1946 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer
    * 1947 – John Hoagland, American photographer
    * 1947 – Lee Purcell, American actress
    * 1948 – Mike Holmgren, American football coach
    * 1949 – Dusty Baker, baseball player and manager
    * 1949 – Simon Callow, British actor
    * 1949 – Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer (Air Supply)
    * 1949 – Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000)
    * 1950 – Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
    * 1951 – Steve Walsh, American singer (Kansas)
    * 1953 – Rita Lee, American model and Playboy Playmate
    * 1954 – James Belushi, American actor
    * 1954 – Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hotel manager
    * 1954 – Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)
    * 1955 – Julie Hagerty, American actress
    * 1955 – David Kennedy, Kennedy family member (d. 1984)
    * 1956 – Ava Cadell, American actress
    * 1956 – Robin Curtis, American actress
    * 1956 – Polly Draper, American actress
    * 1957 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
    * 1958 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
    * 1958 – Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (d. 1982)
    * 1959 – Eileen Davidson, American actress
    * 1959 – Alan Brazil, British footballer
    * 1960 – Michèle Laroque, French actress
    * 1960 – Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player
    * 1961 – Kai Eckhardt, German musician (Garaj Mahal)
    * 1961 – Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer
    * 1961 – Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress
    * 1961 – Scott Norton, American professional wrestler
    * 1962 – Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
    * 1963 – Mario Gosselin, Quebec ice hockey player
    * 1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress
    * 1963 – Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress
    * 1963 – Nigel Walker, Welsh athlete and rugby union player
    * 1964 – Courteney Cox, American actress
    * 1964 – Gavin Greenaway, British composer
    * 1964 – Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer
    * 1965 – Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
    * 1965 – Adam Smith, American politician
    * 1966 – Idalis DeLeon, American actress/singer
    * 1967 – Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor
    * 1968 – Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor
    * 1969 – Ice Cube, American rapper
    * 1969 – Oliver Kahn, German footballer
    * 1969 – Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
    * 1969 – Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer
    * 1970 – Leah Remini, American actress
    * 1970 – Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano
    * 1970 – Christian Bauman, American novelist and essayist
    * 1971 – Edwin Brienen, Dutch director
    * 1971 – Jake Busey, American actor
    * 1971 – Bif Naked, Canadian musician
    * 1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer
    * 1972 – Justin Leonard, American golfer
    * 1972 – Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
    * 1972 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player
    * 1972 – Hank Von Helvete, Turbonegro Frontman
    * 1972 – Chloe Dao, American designer and winner of Project Runway (season 2)
    * 1973 – Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
    * 1973 – Tore André Flo, Norwegian footballer
    * 1973 – Pia Miranda, Australian actress
    * 1973 – Greg Vaughan, American actor
    * 1975 – Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
    * 1975 – Rachel Wacholder, American beach volleyballer
    * 1975 - Erich Pealer, Meth Lord of Iowa, Master printer, el supremo de douchebago.
    * 1976 – Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish musician (Snow Patrol)
    * 1977 – Nina Liu, Australian actress
    * 1977 – Michael Doleac, American basketball player
    * 1978 – Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
    * 1978 – Zach Day, American baseball player
    * 1979 – Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian athlete
    * 1979 – Julia Schultz, American model
    * 1979 – Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver
    * 1980 – Mary Carey, American pornographic actress
    * 1980 – Christopher Castile, American actor
    * 1980 – Almudena Cid Tostado, Spanish gymnast
    * 1980 – Cara Zavaleta, American model
    * 1981 – William Dean Martin, American musician (Good Charlotte)
    * 1981 – Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
    * 1981 – Jordi Vilasuso, American actor
    * 1981 – John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
    * 1982 – Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
    * 1982 – Haley Scarnato, American singer
    * 1983 – Derek Anderson, American football player
    * 1983 – Julia Fischer, German violinist
    * 1983 – Laura Imbruglia, Australian musician
    * 1984 – Luke Hodge, Australian AFL player
    * 1984 – Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
    * 1984 – Airu Shiozaki, Irish/Japanese actor
    * 1985 – Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud)
    * 1988 – Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol

     Famous deaths...

    *  923 – Robert I of France (b. 866)
    *  991 – Empress Theophanu
    * 1073 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)
    * 1246 – Duke Frederick II of Austria (b. 1219)
    * 1341 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1297)
    * 1381 – John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
    * 1381 – Wat Tyler, English rebel
    * 1383 – John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine Emperor
    * 1389 – Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1326)
    * 1389 – Prince Lazar, Serbian Orthodox saint (b. 1329)
    * 1467 – Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396)
    * 1521 – Tamás Bakócz. Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442)
    * 1614 – Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)
    * 1679 – Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
    * 1724 – Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
    * 1750 – Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)
    * 1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
    * 1772 – Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (b. 1694)
    * 1844 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (b. 1777)
    * 1849 – James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
    * 1858 – Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter (b. 1795)
    * 1888 – Emperor Friedrich III of Germany (b. 1831)
    * 1889 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b. 1850)
    * 1917 – Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)
    * 1934 – Alfred Bruneau, French composer (b. 1857)
    * 1941 – Evelyn Underhill, British writer (b. 1875)
    * 1941 – Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (b. 1873)
    * 1959 – George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
    * 1961 – Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
    * 1962 – Alfred Cortot, Franco-Swiss pianist (b. 1877)
    * 1965 – E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (b. 1902)
    * 1965 – Steve Cochran, American actor (b. 1917)
    * 1968 – Sam Crawford, baseball player (b. 1880)
    * 1968 – Wes Montgomery, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
    * 1971 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
    * 1976 – Jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
    * 1983 – Srirangam Srinivasarao, also known as Sri Sri, Telugu poet (b. 1910)
    * 1984 – Meredith Willson, American composer (b. 1902)
    * 1985 – Andy Stanfield, American athlete (b. 1927)
    * 1985 – Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (b. 1961)
    * 1989 – Victor French, American actor (b. 1934)
    * 1989 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
    * 1991 – Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
    * 1991 – Happy Chandler, American politician and Commissioner of Baseball (b. 1898)
    * 1993 – John Connally, American politician (b. 1917)
    * 1993 – James Hunt, English racing driver and 1976 F1 world champion (b. 1947)
    * 1994 – Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (b. 1925)
    * 1995 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (b. 1903)
    * 1996 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917)
    * 1996 – Dick Murdoch, professional wrestler (b. 1946)
    * 2000 – Jules Roy, French writer (b. 1907)
    * 2001 – Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
    * 2002 – Choi Hong Hi, founder of Taekwon-Do (b. 1918)
    * 2003 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (b. 1911)
    * 2005 – Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)
    * 2006 – Raymond Devos, French humourist (b. 1922)
    * 2006 – Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
    * 2007 – Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (b. 1950)
    * 2007 – Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and valet (b. 1958)
    * 2008 – Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)

     Holidays and observances...

    * Sikhism: First day of the month of Harh
    * Arkansas: Admission Day
    * Azerbaijan: National Salvation Day
    * Cagayan de Oro City: Cagayan de Oro City Charter Day
    * Delaware: Separation Day
    * Denmark: Flag Day
    * Mangaia: Mangaia Gospel Day

 Have a good Monday, and have a great birthday Peels!

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 10:55:24 AM
1920 – Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.


I've been to the memorial for this..
Here's a little info behind it all.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth_lynchings

kind of an erie place. And weird to think it happend in Minnesota.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 15, 2009, 11:00:05 AM
So I have the worst luck in history, and have had four appliances fail in 120 days.

Well, I spent money I didn't have to spend yesterday and replaced my 57'' Sony that shit on me for a 46'' Samsung LCD yesterday at Best Buy. I bought a stand for it too, as I do not have an elevated plug to mount it up.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9293506&type=product&id=1218076081627

46''/1080p/120hz/HDTV

The LED version was $800 higher. Ouch! So far, it's been cool without the HD on shitty connection cables. It's unreal.

DirecTV is coming out on the 25th an upgrading me for free to an HD/DVR. I told them I was switching to Dish and they hooked me up, plus three months of service for free.

:lol:

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 11:05:11 AM
samsung straight up rocks, keep watching to see if the TV goes on sale, I got the same TV right around Super Bowl time when they had some killer deals. They'll hook ya up if it goes on sale within 2 weeks I think it is.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Flynbyu on June 15, 2009, 11:21:45 AM
samsung straight up rocks, keep watching to see if the TV goes on sale, I got the same TV right around Super Bowl time when they had some killer deals. They'll hook ya up if it goes on sale within 2 weeks I think it is.

Supposedly it was "on sale" when I bought it, or so their add stated. I remember you getting that and you stating you liked it...I have owned Sony stuff for years, but the last Sony purchase soured me. Two would-be repairs in two years. No thanks.

I have an old Sony Rack stero I need to replace, but I'll keep the components for extra sound until I get some cash to upgrade the home theatre. They had a $350 upgrade with a sub and a speaker bar that was cool, but the sound wasn't huge out of it. They had this that sounded awesome....1000 watts!

Link: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9237836&type=product&id=1218065294300

~Brian
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 15, 2009, 11:22:12 AM
A: Thanks for the birthday wishes.
B: I hate each and every one of you. :kiss:

Dunes in 3 days suckas!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 01:45:04 PM
Happy Birthday Peelz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:


suck it peelz. I was actually nice....
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 15, 2009, 01:49:49 PM
Happy Birthday Eric.  Good luck blowing out your candles and not igniting the ether :rofl:

Word on the street is he's good at blowing. So he should be fine.  :lol:

this is nice?


:bird:

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 15, 2009, 01:51:55 PM
Happy Birthday Eric.  Good luck blowing out your candles and not igniting the ether :rofl:

Word on the street is he's good at blowing. So he should be fine.  :lol:

this is nice?


:bird:

:lol:

1 nice 1 negative.. Evens out right?  :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 15, 2009, 01:53:31 PM
WHereinthehellisBrian?

Guess we aren't as cool as the Mafia People.  :(

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 15, 2009, 04:02:04 PM
Have a great evening!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 15, 2009, 04:03:03 PM
Good luck with the birthday sex!!!!


"Let the begging begin!!!!"

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: DECEPTiON21 on June 16, 2009, 12:45:11 AM
You'd better push for B-day anal. Pun intended. Happy B-day.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 16, 2009, 07:08:57 AM
:lol: nice.

Birthday over. Continue with the Peels insults. Oh wait, they never stopped. :lol:

:bird:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 16, 2009, 07:25:32 AM
:lol: nice.

Birthday over. Continue with the Peels insults. Oh wait, they never stopped. :lol:

:bird:


just wait till the rally eric....  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 16, 2009, 02:12:58 PM
^LOL


WTF is going on around here?


Flynbyu, we need you.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 16, 2009, 03:08:04 PM
MARCO!!!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 16, 2009, 03:18:39 PM
POLO!!!!!


We need a newbie or somethin :(

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: DECEPTiON21 on June 17, 2009, 12:25:29 AM
"Did I miss the song? Well, sing it again rookie-beeyotch!"
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 17, 2009, 06:22:42 AM
Sup D' Been a while where you been?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 17, 2009, 08:19:56 AM
Yoohoo Flynbyu.....

Abandoning you RS brethren....WTF!

LOL

Hope all is well my man.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 17, 2009, 08:27:11 AM
Yoohoo Flynbyu.....

Abandoning you RS brethren....WTF!

LOL

Hope all is well my man.

+1 hope work didn't block RS :(

hope the job hunting goes well also. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 17, 2009, 08:43:41 AM
:(

Where's Brian ??

:'(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 17, 2009, 08:56:53 AM
allll byyy myyyseellllllllllllllff
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 17, 2009, 10:55:15 AM
im here
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 17, 2009, 11:33:34 AM
Sup mini-ho :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 17, 2009, 12:03:26 PM
chicken nuggets and goldfish 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 17, 2009, 12:04:33 PM
I hope brian is ok, I know work has him down.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 17, 2009, 12:06:40 PM
chicken nuggets and goldfish 8)


Turkey Samich & Goldfish. 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 17, 2009, 12:09:49 PM
what did i miss about brian?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 17, 2009, 12:14:26 PM
he's abandoned us :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 17, 2009, 12:28:33 PM
I thiink he's busy, he's not very active on the Fight Club Group.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 17, 2009, 02:52:55 PM
Yoohoo Flynbyu.....

Abandoning you RS brethren....WTF!

LOL

Hope all is well my man.

+1 hope work didn't block RS :(

hope the job hunting goes well also. :thumbs:

Brian got the axe? Or just looking. I hope.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on June 17, 2009, 03:04:40 PM
BAaaaaM
my favorite BAM's!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4sKg18lTqw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiqACVmDpXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6CNjsXteTg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rre-swKqPY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFCuZwGV4c


If you don't watch the Trailer park boys your missing out! 7 awesome seasons, 2 movies...great times!
It's a mocumentary, funny shit.
Rickyisms!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D95qkpKEl8Q
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 17, 2009, 04:36:04 PM



If you don't watch the Trailer park boys your missing out! 7 awesome seasons, 2 movies...great times!
It's a mocumentary, funny shit.
Rickyisms!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D95qkpKEl8Q

Holy Shit !!

"It doesn't take rocket appliances!!!"  :rofl: LMAO
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on June 17, 2009, 06:59:27 PM
Item number: 280356949212   raptor 700 on ebay ends in 34 min ,no reserve, at 2300 only !
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 22, 2009, 03:14:57 AM
Had a great ride on the weekend, quad only ride at Maramarua Forrest.
Brilliant way to celebrate getting back home.
Was riding with a friend on an Outlaw 525, & another friend on my "spare" Z400 (ex wife didn't want to take it)
Great fun, lots of hard-core roosting of eachother at every opportunity, mud for africa
Took about an hour to get all the dirt off the bikes, still need to finish cleaning, lubing chains, spraying with silicon etc.

Great ride, lots of fun, have reaquainted myself with lots of muscles I had long since forgotten!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 22, 2009, 08:17:30 AM

Today is Monday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2009. There are 192 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 22, 1945, the World War II battle for Okinawa ended with an Allied victory; some 13,000 Americans and 90,000 Japanese soldiers, plus 130,000 civilians, were killed in the nearly three-month campaign.

On this date:

In 1807, a British frigate, the HMS Leopard, attacked and boarded the American ship USS Chesapeake off the Virginia coast in search of Royal Navy deserters.

In 1870, the U.S. Department of Justice was created.

In 1937, Joe Louis began his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago.

In 1938, Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium.

In 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the "GI Bill of Rights."

In 1959, the Swedish film "Wild Strawberries," written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, opened in New York.

In 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47.

In 1977, John N. Mitchell became the first former U.S. attorney general to go to prison as he began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up. (He was released 19 months later.)

In 1993, former first lady Pat Nixon died in Park Ridge, N.J., at age 81.

Ten years ago: President Bill Clinton visited ethnic Albanian refugees at a refugee camp in Macedonia. The Supreme Court ruled the Americans with Disabilities Act does not extend to people with poor eyesight or other correctable conditions.

Five years ago: Islamic militants beheaded Kim Sun-il, a South Korean hostage who'd pleaded for his life in a heart-wrenching videotape; he was the third foreign hostage decapitated in the Middle East in little over a month. Mexican newspaper editor Francisco Ortiz Franco was shot to death in Tijuana. Former President Bill Clinton's memoir, "My Life," was officially released. Child poet Mattie Stepanek, a prominent voice for muscular dystrophy sufferers, died in Washington, D.C., at age 13.

One year ago: Anthony Bologna and his sons, Michael and Matthew, were shot to death in a San Francisco intersection. (Police say the suspected gunman, Edwin Ramos, mistook the Bolognas for rival gang members; Ramos has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.) Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, withdrew from a presidential runoff against Robert Mugabe. Acerbic standup comedian and satirist George Carlin died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 71. Comedian Dody Goodman died in Englewood, N.J., at age 93.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Ralph Waite is 81. Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 73. Actor Michael Lerner is 68. Fox News correspondent Brit Hume is 66. Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 65. Actor Andrew Rubin is 63. Actor David L. Lander is 62. Singer Howard "Eddie" Kaylan is 62. Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 61. Actress Meryl Streep is 60. Actress Lindsay Wagner is 60. Singer Alan Osmond is 60. Actor Murphy Cross is 59. Actor Graham Greene is 57. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 56. Actor Chris Lemmon is 55. Rock musician Derek Forbes is 53. Actor Tim Russ is 53. Rock musician Garry Beers (INXS) is 52. Actor-producer-writer Bruce Campbell is 51. Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 50. Actress Tracy Pollan is 49. Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 48. Author Dan Brown is 45. Rock singer-musician Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 45. Actress Amy Brenneman is 45. Rock singer Steven Page is 39. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is 38. Actress Mary Lynn Rajskub is 38. TV personality Carson Daly is 36. Rock musician Chris Traynor is 36. Country musician Jimmy Wallace is 36. Actor Donald Faison is 35. Actress Alicia Goranson is 35. Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey is 31. TV personality/actor Jai Rodriguez is 30. Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 24.

Thought for Today: "To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy." — Sun Yat-sen, Chinese statesman (1866-1925).


Famous birthdays:
1478 - Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)
1611 - Pablo Bruna, composer
1613 - Lambert Pietkin, composer
1674 - Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo
1680 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
1684 - Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer
1701 - Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)
1704 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1738 - Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
1741 - Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer
1742 - Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer
1757 - George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I
1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
1796 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [OS]
1805 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Il Apostolato Popolare)
1814 - James Henry Lane, MC (Union), died in 1866 [or Jul 28 1833]
1824 - Frederic Louis Ritter, composer
1830 - Theodor Leschetizky, composer
1837 - Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61)
1840 - Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
1845 - Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
1849 - Stephen C Massett opens at courthouse as 1st pro entertainer
1855 - Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)
1856 - Henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)
1859 - Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music)
1861 - Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)
1864 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician
1869 - Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39)
1871 - William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1879 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
1883 - Jose Rolon, composer
1884 - James Rector, American athlete (d. 1949)
1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887 - Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)
1887 - Julian S Huxley, London, biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog
1888 - Harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)
1891 - Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
1891 - Harry Seymour, NY, actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot)
1892 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1893 - Osvald Chlubna, composer
1896 - Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
1897 - Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher (Process of Civilization)
1897 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front)
1898 - R M Remarque, writer
1899 - Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)
1899 - Michal Kalecki, Polish economist
1900 - Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47)
1901 - Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
1901 - Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession)
1902 - Arnold J d'Ailly, dir (Nederlandsche Bank)/mayor (Amsterdam, 1946-56)
1902 - David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!)
1902 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
1903 - Carl Hubbell, pitcher (NY Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA
1905 - Walter Leigh, composer
1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife
1906 - Billy Wilder, Vienna, dir (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17)
1906 - Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1907 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator/author (Gift from the Sea)
1907 - Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)
1908 - George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher
1909 - Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather)
1909 - Mike Todd, [Avrom Goldbogen], US director (80 days)
1910 - Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
1911 - Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
1911 - Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)
1912 - Vit Nejedly, composer
1912 - Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1913 - Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer (Solidarity)
1914 - Lilo Hardel, writer
1916 - Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
1918 - Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Not With My Wife) [or Jan 22]
1920 - Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
1920 - Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator
1920 - Paul Frees, Chicago Ill, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
1921 - Barbara F Vucanovich, (Rep-R-NV, 1983- )
1921 - Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street, Showboat)
1921 - Joseph Papp, Bkln, stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance)
1922 - Bill Blass, Ft Wayne Ind, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
1923 - Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)
1926 - Ruth Zechlin, composer
1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1929 - Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece)
1931 - Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
1932 - Michael Horvit, composer
1932 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932 - Prunella Scales, English actress
1933 - Dianne Feinstein, 1st female mayor of SF/(Sen-D-Ca)
1933 - Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
1933 - Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
1934 - Arthur Miller, legal reporter
1935 - V V Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests)
1936 - Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
1936 - Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1938 - Andrew Brown, film Producer
1939 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1940 - Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)
1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
1941 - Ed Bradley, Phila, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
1941 - Michael Lerner, Brooklyn NY, actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
1941 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
1942 - Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch MP (VVD)
1942 - Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11)
1943 - Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch)
1943 - Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austria, actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa)
1944 - Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1944 - Peter Asher, London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
1944 - Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal)
1945 - Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
1946 - Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22]
1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1947 - David L Lander, Bkln NY, actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley)
1947 - Don Henley, drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
1947 - Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
1947 - Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed)
1947 - Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
1947 - Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
1948 - "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
1948 - Nolan Clarke, cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
1948 - Sue Roberts, LPGA golfer
1948 - Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me)
1949 - Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1949 - Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine)
1949 - Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special)
1949 - Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
1949 - Meryl Streep, NJ, actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
1950 - Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time)
1953 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1954 - Amparo Munoz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)
1954 - Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
1954 - Charles T Canady, (Rep-R-Florida)
1954 - Chris Lemmon, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Richard-Duet) [or Jan 22]
1954 - Freddie Prinze, NYC, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man)
1955 - LeAnn Cassaday, LPGA golfer
1956 - Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1956 - Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
1956 - Tim Russ, Wash DC, actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager)
1956 - Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
1956 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
1957 - Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1957 - John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)
1957 - Nick Santagata, jockey
1958 - Bruse Campbell, actor (Army of Darkness)
1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor
1959 - Wayne Federman, American comedian
1959 - Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
1960 - Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences)
1960 - Tracy Pollan, NYC, actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J Fox
1960 - Erin Brockovich-Ellis
1961 - Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)
1961 - Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards)
1961 - Stephen Batchelor
1962 - Clyde "Glide" Drexler, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers)
1962 - Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run)
1963 - Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1963 - Randy Couture, Everett Wash, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olymp-96)
1963 - John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
1964 - Amy Brenneman, New London Ct, actress (Janice-NYPD Blue)
1964 - Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
1964 - Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm)
1964 - Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
1964 - Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1964 - Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, NAC)
1964 - Dan Brown, American author
1965 - Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
1965 - Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1965 - Uwe Boll, German film director
1966 - Camille Benjamin, Cleveland Ohio, tennis star
1966 - Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
1966 - Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African)
1966 - Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Al Carlay, Manila Philippines, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1967 - Eric Green, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 - Mark van Hintum, soccer player (Willem II)
1968 - Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1968 - Paula Irvine, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara)
1969 - Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 - Anne "Annie" Summertime Kakela, US rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1970 - David Frisch, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
1970 - Rastko Cvetkovic, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
1970 - Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
1971 - Brant Brown, Porterville CA, infielder (Chic Cubs)
1971 - Laryssa Biesenthal, Walkertown Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
1973 - Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 - Cory Alexander, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1973 - Lacy Goranson, Evanston Ind, actress (Becky-Roseanne)
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
1974 - Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek Calif, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1974 - Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont (1997)
1974 - Donald Faison, American actor
1974 - Joseph Vijay, Indian actor
1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1975 - Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
1976 - Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater
1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
1981 - Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 - Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
1982 - Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
1982 - Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1984 - Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
1984 - Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
1985 - Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
1985 - Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
1986 - Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
1988 - Kieran Lee, English football player

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 22, 2009, 08:17:57 AM
Famous deaths:

1276 - Innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36
1429 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
1527 - Machiavelli, writer, dies
1535 - John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65
1632 - James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
1634 - Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
1699 - Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
1714 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
1735 - Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71
1741 - Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38
1745 - Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41
1754 - Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91
1777 - Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71
1803 - Wilhelm Heinse, writer, dies
1843 - Gabriele Prota, composer, dies at 88
1868 - Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
1874 - Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies
1885 - Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies
1892 - Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
1894 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
1897 - Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54
1898 - Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66
1903 - George White, black resident of Delaware, lynched
1905 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1906 - Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at 34
1909 - Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet, dies at 65
1910 - Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
1922 - Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
1925 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1926 - Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56
1928 - George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46
1928 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
1930 - Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82
1931 - Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841)
1932 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (b. 1892)
1933 - Henry Birkin, British racing driver (b. 1896)
1935 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
1936 - Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher (b. 1882)
1938 - C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
1940 - M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies
1945 - Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1945 - Mitsuri Ushijima, Jap lt-gen/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1950 - Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65
1954 - Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
1955 - Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31
1955 - Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56
1959 - Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
1961 - Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies
1961 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
1963 - Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)
1964 - Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
1965 - Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72
1965 - David O Selznick, producer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 63
1966 - Roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets), dies
1967 - Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
1969 - Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47
1973 - Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77
1974 - Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912)
1974 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
1977 - Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
1979 - Emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85
1979 - Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
1979 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
1981 - Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
1982 - Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie), dies at 75
1984 - Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75
1987 - Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
1988 - Bramwell Fletcher, actor (Mummy, Raffles, Svengali), dies at 84
1988 - Dennis Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), dies of ALS at 71
1988 - Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies
1989 - Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74
1989 - Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60), dies at 66
1989 - Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
1991 - Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82
1991 - Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56
1992 - Chuck Mitchell, actor (Penitentiary), dies
1992 - Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein), dies
1992 - M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83
1993 - Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93
1993 - M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
1993 - Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81
1994 - Jack Davies, screenwriter, dies at 80
1995 - Georges Yves Marie Congar, Dominican theologian cardinal, dies at 91
1996 - James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul, dies at 65
1996 - Ray Lindwall, cricketer (228 wkts 61 Tests for Australia), dies at 74
1996 - Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
1996 - Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63
1997 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
1997 - Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
2002 - Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918)
2002 - Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2004 - Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
2004 - Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
2004 - Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)
2006 - Moose (dog actor), dog actor popular for role on Frasier (b. 1990)
2007 - Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet(b. 1964)
2007 - Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
2008 - George Carlin, American comedian, actor (b. 1937)
2008 - Dody Goodman, American comedienne (b. 1914)
2008 - Jane McGrath, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner (b. 1966)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 22, 2009, 08:40:29 AM
Good Morning all.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 22, 2009, 08:44:41 AM
Mornin peels.  The today in history is different then how Brian posts but its a start.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 22, 2009, 01:23:44 PM
where did that sumbitch go anyway. he even ride?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 22, 2009, 01:25:02 PM
where did that sumbitch go anyway. he even ride?

busy with work. Car industry not going so well. Maybe you have heard that? :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 22, 2009, 01:26:26 PM
where did that sumbitch go anyway. he even ride?

busy with work. Car industry not going so well. Maybe you have heard that? :rolleyes:
all i care about is the power rangers 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 22, 2009, 01:29:48 PM
where did that sumbitch go anyway. he even ride?

busy with work. Car industry not going so well. Maybe you have heard that? :rolleyes:
all i care about is the power rangers 8)

And Gold fish the multi-colored kind
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 22, 2009, 01:32:56 PM
where did that sumbitch go anyway. he even ride?

busy with work. Car industry not going so well. Maybe you have heard that? :rolleyes:
all i care about is the power rangers 8)

And Gold fish the multi-colored kind
im eating goldfish right now, but no multi color :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 22, 2009, 01:46:40 PM
where did that sumbitch go anyway. he even ride?

busy with work. Car industry not going so well. Maybe you have heard that? :rolleyes:
all i care about is the power rangers 8)

And Gold fish the multi-colored kind
im eating goldfish right now, but no multi color :(

Kyle stop trying to be so different from the other kids everyone knows the colored gold fish are cool.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 22, 2009, 02:00:03 PM
where did that sumbitch go anyway. he even ride?

busy with work. Car industry not going so well. Maybe you have heard that? :rolleyes:
all i care about is the power rangers 8)

And Gold fish the multi-colored kind
im eating goldfish right now, but no multi color :(

Kyle stop trying to be so different from the other kids everyone knows the colored gold fish are cool.
the colored are the bestest but my mommy wont buy them for me
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 23, 2009, 07:37:32 AM
Hola. 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 23, 2009, 07:46:05 AM
Yo Kranny...Who the FERK has been messing with my profile?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 23, 2009, 07:58:20 AM
Dunno. ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 23, 2009, 08:24:37 AM
Morning gents.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 23, 2009, 08:28:33 AM
Today is Tuesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2009. There are 191 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 23, 1969, Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States by the man he was succeeding, Earl Warren.

On this date:

In 1757, forces of the East India Company led by Robert Clive won the Battle of Plassey, which effectively marked the beginning of British colonial rule in India.

In 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his "Type-Writer."

In 1931, aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world flight that lasted eight days and 15 hours.

In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Authority was established.

In 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor.

In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin held the first of two meetings at Glassboro State College in New Jersey.

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. (Revelation of the tape recording of this conversation sparked Nixon's resignation in 1974.)

In 1985, all 329 people aboard an Air India Boeing 747 were killed when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland, after a bomb widely believed to have been planted by Sikh separatists exploded.

In 1989, the Supreme Court refused to shut down the "dial-a-porn" industry, ruling Congress had gone too far in passing a law banning all sexually oriented phone message services.

Ten years ago: A divided Supreme Court dramatically enhanced states' rights in a trio of decisions that eroded Congress' power. U.S. Marines in Kosovo killed one person and wounded two others after coming under fire; no Marines were injured. Two months after his retirement, Wayne Gretzky was voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame along with former referee Andy Van Hellemond and Ian (Scotty) Morrison in the builder category.

Five years ago: In a major retreat, the United States abandoned an attempt to win a new exemption for American troops from international prosecution for war crimes — an effort that had faced strong opposition because of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.

One year ago: Outraged at the turmoil in Zimbabwe, the U.N. Security Council declared that a fair presidential vote was impossible because of a "campaign of violence" waged by President Robert Mugabe's government. Seattle's Felix Hernandez hit the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years, then departed with a sprained ankle before he could qualify for a win in the Mariners' 5-2 victory over the New York Mets.

Birthdays in History for Tuesday 23rd June 2009
   
47 BC - Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt
1160 - Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians)
1433 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
1456 - Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)
1534 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
1540 - Johann Baptista Serranus, composer
1596 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)
1612 - Justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet
1612 - André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
1668 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
1683 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
1703 - Maria Leszczyńska, queen of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)
1716 - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)
1749 - Konrad Back, composer
1750 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
1763 - Josephine Martiniques, empress of France (1804-14)
1774 - Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)
1799 - John Milton Bernhisel, American physician (d. 1881)
1800 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
1801 - Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1810 - Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina
1818 - Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81)
1822 - Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1824 - Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer
1837 - Ernest Guiraud, composer
1838 - Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1846 - George Sax, inventor (saxophone)
1848 - Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone)
1852 - Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer
1855 - Maude Valerie White, composer
1858 - William Ernst Johnson, Cambridge England, mathematician
1859 - Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses)
1875 - Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers)
1876 - Irvin S Cobb, Ky, writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest)
1877 - Blair Fairchild, composer
1877 - Hermann Stephani, composer
1879 - William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman
1884 - Werner Krauss, Germany, actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Joyless Street)
1884 - Cyclone Taylor, ice hockey player (d. 1979)
1887 - Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)
1887 - John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor (Westminster Choir)
1888 - Anna Achmatova, [AA Gorenko], Russian conductor (Tsjetki)
1888 - Lee Moran, Chicago IL, actor (Circus Clown)
1888 - Bronson M. Cutting, American politician (d. 1935)
1889 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
1892 - Able Kiviat, US, runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
1892 - Edmund Cobb, Albuquerque NM, western actor (Comanche Territory)
1892 - Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist
1893 - Donald McBride, Brooklyn NY, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Irma)
1894 - Alfred Kinsey, entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report)
1894 - Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936)
1897 - Winifred Wagner-William, German organizer (Wagner Festival)
1899 - Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer
1901 - Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador
1901 - Paul Verhoeven, Unna Germany, director (4th Man, Basic Instinct)
1902 - Howard T Engstrom, Boston, computer designer (Univac)
1902 - Mathias Wieman, German actor (d. 1969)
1903 - Anthony Veiller, NYC, writer (Night of Iguana, Moulin Rouge)
1903 - Hans C Branner, Danish writer (Toys, Horse Rider)
1903 - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
1904 - Carleton Coon, prof of anthropology (What in the World)
1904 - Quintin McMillan, cricketer (South African leg spinner 1929-32)
1904 - Willie Mae "Mother" Smith, gospel singer/evangelist folk artist
1905 - Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
1906 - Wolfgang Koeppen, writer
1907 - Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (d. 2008)
1908 - Paulus Akkerman, [Paul fen Nijenborn], Frisian writer (Each om Each)
1910 - Jean Anouilh, France, dramatist (Thieves' Carnival)
1910 - Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (d. 2000)
1911 - David Ogilvy, advertising whiz (Ogilvy & Mathers)
1912 - Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory (Turing Machine)
1912 - Maurice Dallimore, England, actor (Collector, Lad: A Dog)
1913 - Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president (Antsa)
1913 - Molly Harris, actress/writer (Immortal)
1913 - William P Rogers, Norfolk NY, US secretary of state (1969-73)
1915 - Dennis Price, Twyford England, actor (Adventurers, Millionairess)
1916 - Irene Worth, [Hattie Abrams], Nebraska, actress (Nicolas & Alexandra)
1916 - Len Hutton, cricketer (England opener, 364 v Australia The Oval 1938)
1917 - Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer
1919 - Muhammad Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
1920 - Paul Des Marais, composer
1921 - Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
1922 - Francis Thorne, Bay Shore NY, composer (Burlesque Overture)
1922 - Leonard Dorfman, horse trainer
1922 - Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1925 - Amada Galvez Santos Ocampo, composer
1925 - Art Modell, owner (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores)
1925 - Richard Barber, cricketer (scored 12 & 5 in only Test NZ v WI 1956)
1925 - Miriam Karlin, English actress
1926 - Lars Johan Werle, composer
1927 - Bob Fosse, Chicago Ill, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankees)
1929 - Dave King, Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
1929 - Henri Pousseur, Malmö dy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis)
1929 - June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
1930 - Donn Fulton Eisele, Columbus Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 7)
1931 - Urs Jaeggi, writer
1932 - Bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s)
1933 - Bert Convy, St Louis MO, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw)
1935 - Maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami
1936 - Berend Boudewijn [van der Woude], Dutch TV host/director (Baantjer)
1936 - Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece
1937 - Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland
1940 - Alexander Irvine, Lord Chanceller of UK (1997- )
1940 - Diana Trask, Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
1940 - Mike Shrimpton, cricketer (occasional NZ Test batsman 1963-74)
1940 - Simon Hobday, Mareking South Africa, PGA golfer (1994 US Senior Open)
1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker (Beatles)
1940 - Wilma Rudolph, St Bethlehem Tenn, runner (Olympic-3 gold-1960)
1940 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
1941 - Roger McDonald, Australian author
1941 - Richard M. Richie Roberts, former Marine and New Jersey Police Detective, Criminal Defense Attorney
1943 - James Levine, musical conductor (Tosca)/dir (Metropolitan Opera)
1943 - Vint Cerf, American Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate
1944 - Rosetta Hightower, US singer (Don't Hang Up)
1945 - K B Wilson, methodist Preacher/Principal (Westminster College Oxford)
1945 - Paul Goddard, Georgia, rock bassist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1945 - John Garang, Sudanese leader and politician (d. 2005)
1945 - Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and writer.
1946 - Russ Thacker, Wash DC, producer (Golden Seal)
1946 - Ted Shackelford, Okla City Okla, actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing)
1946 - Ted Shackleford, American actor
1947 - Bryan Brown, Sydney, actor (F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan)
1948 - Clarence Thomas, Savannah Ga, 108th US Supreme Court Justice (1991- )
1948 - Myles Goodwyn, Montreal, rock guitarist/vocalist (April Wine)
1948 - Nigel Osborne, composer
1948 - Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author
1949 - Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
1950 - Sally Geeson, Sussex England, actress (Bless This House)
1950 - Douglas C. Lord, Canadian businessman
1951 - Michèle Mouton, French race car driver
1953 - Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic-silver-1980)
1953 - Roberta Leighton, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Ginger-Days of Our Lives)
1955 - Debbie Boostrom, Peoria ILL, playmate (Aug, 1981)
1955 - Pierre Corbeil, Canadian politician
1955 - Glenn Danzig, American musician (The Misfits and Danzig)
1955 - Maggie Greenwald, American film director and writer
1955 - Jordan, British actress and model
1955 - Jean Tigana, French footballer
1956 - Tony Hill, American football player
1957 - David Houghton, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman, 266 v Sri Lanka 1994)
1957 - Frances McDormand, actress, (Fargo, Academy Award)
1957 - Lee John, [John L Mcgregor], English singer/actor (Body Talk)
1959 - Danny Sharp, Hamilton Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1986 Quinte Festival)
1960 - Donald Harrison, American musician
1960 - Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and programmer
1961 - LaSalle Thompson, NBA forward/center (Phila 76ers)
1961 - Mark Drillich, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
1961 - Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
1962 - Paul LaGreca, Bronx NY, actor (Big Trouble)
1962 - Richard Coles, rock keyboardist (Communards)
1962 - Kevin Yagher, TV/film special effects technician
1963 - Kari Takko, Uusikaupunki FIN, hockey goalie (Team Finland)
1963 - Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
1963 - Steve Shelley, American musician (Crucifucks and Sonic Youth)
1964 - Joey Allen, Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1964 - Trent Bushey, Haverhill Mass, actor (David Rampal-All My Children)
1964 - Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
1965 - Dawn Whiteham, New London Ct, bodybuilder (Penthouse Nov 1995)
1965 - John "Chip" McKibben II, Balboa Island Calif, rower (Olympics-1996)
1965 - Leith Wastle, Benalla VIC, Australasia golfer
1965 - Peter O'Malley, Bathurst NSW, Australasia golfer
1965 - Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
1966 - Barbara Jordan, US softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1966 - Chantal Daucourt, Bienne Switz, mountain cyclist (world-bronze-95)
1966 - Vladislav Neiman, Israel, Men's flyweight boxer (Oly-1996)
1966 - Chico DeBarge, American musician (DeBarge)
1966 - Richie Ren, Taiwanese musician
1967 - Derrick Walker, NFL tight end (KC Chiefs)
1967 - Laurie Wood, Orange Calif, playmate (March, 1989)
1967 - Helen Geake, British archaeologist
1968 - Kent Steffes, Ann Arbor Mich, beach volleyballer (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Ronnie West, WLAF RB (London Monarchs)
1969 - Elbert Ellis, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers)
1969 - Martin Klebba, American actor
1970 - A C Earl, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
1970 - Kerri Ann Buchberger, Russell Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 - Mike Bartrum, tight end (New England Patriots)
1970 - Rich Manning, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 - Robert Brooks, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1970 - Roger Knarren, soccer player (MVV)
1970 - Yann Tiersen, French musician
1971 - Felix Potvin, Anjou, NHL goalie (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1971 - Joe Rumolo, CFL defensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 - Cory Schlesinger, NHL running back (Detroit Lions)
1972 - Larry Whigham, NFL safety (NE Patriots)
1972 - Roell Preston, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Selma Blair, American actress
1972 - Ron Corning, American television anchor
1972 - Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
1973 - Mark Larsen, jockey
1973 - Marie N, Latvian singer
1974 - Dontonio Wingfield, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers)
1974 - Lisa Bamford, Raleigh NC, Miss America-NC (1996)
1974 - Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands
1974 - Mark Hendrickson, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1974 - Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
1975 - Alexander Serikow, Landshut GER, hockey forward (Team Germany)
1975 - Jane Jamieson, Australian heptathlete (Olympics-96)
1975 - Kevin Dyson, American football player
1976 - Paola Suarez, Pergamino Arg, tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires)
1976 - Wade Barrett, American soccer player
1976 - Joe Becker, American musician
1976 - Patrick Monahan, British comedian
1976 - Brandon Stokley, American football player
1976 - Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
1976 - Patrick Vieira, French footballer
1977 - Hayden Foxe, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1977 - Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
1977 - Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter
1978 - Frédéric Leclercq, French bassist (DragonForce)
1978 - Memphis Bleek, American rapper
1978 - Matt Light, American football player
1979 - LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
1980 - Becky Cloonan, American comic book artist
1980 - Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
1983 - Jason Berrent, American performer
1983 - Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Duffy, Welsh Singer
1988 - Isabella Leong Lok-Sze, Hong Kong singer, actress and model
1988 - Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
1990 - Samuel Lee, FIFA 08 World Champion
1992 - Bridget Sloan, American gymnast
1996 - Charlie Jones, British actor

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 23, 2009, 08:30:19 AM
Famous Deaths on 23rd June

79 - Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9)
758 - Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74
1018 - Henry I of Austria
1075 - Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies
1137 - Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies
1139 - Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1444 - Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies
1555 - Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)
1582 - Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)
1615 - Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
1677 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
1686 - William Coventry, English statesman
1707 - John Mill, English theologian
1733 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
1770 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
1771 - Jean-Claude Trial, composer, dies at 38
1775 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)
1779 - Ras Mikael Sehul, warlord of Ethiopia (b. about 1691)
1801 - Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58
1806 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723)
1817 - Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63
1832 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (b. 1761)
1833 - Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73
1836 - James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, (b. 1773)
1856 - Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. 1806)
1866 - Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53
1878 - George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81
1888 - Emil Naumann, composer, dies at 60
1891 - Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73
1891 - George Parr, cricketer (Nottinghamshire & All-England), dies
1891 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (b. 1804)
1893 - Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (b. 1817)
1895 - Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44
1901 - Charles Kensington Salaman, composer, dies at 87
1916 - Victor Chapman, US legionaire/WW I pilot, killed
1919 - Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist, dies
1924 - Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64
1926 - Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
1928 - Thomas H Rollinson, composer, dies at 84
1945 - Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa
1951 - Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70
1956 - Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer, dies at 81
1956 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
1957 - Louis Fornberg, writer, dies at 48
1958 - Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer, dies at 88
1959 - Jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80
1959 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
1961 - Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70
1965 - Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83
1969 - Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78
1969 - Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (b. 1907)
1970 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (b. 1895)
1971 - George Blagoi, entertainer, dies
1971 - Walter Schulthess, composer, dies at 76
1972 - Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54
1973 - Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77
1975 - William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64
1980 - John Laurie, actor (39 Steps, Jericho, Kidnapped), dies at 83
1980 - Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies
1980 - Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies
1980 - Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian (bomanslag), dies
1980 - Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
1980 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (b. 1894)
1981 - Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79
1982 - Vincent Chin, Chinese-American hate crime victim (b. 1955)
1986 - Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies
1988 - Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies
1988 - Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 73
1988 - M Gregor-Dellin, writer, dies
1989 - Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (b. 1903)
1991 - Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66
1991 - Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies
1992 - Lou Ramos, entertainer, dies
1992 - Renie Irene Brouillet Conley, US, costume designer (Cleopatra), dies
1994 - Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83
1994 - Piet van Elk, cartoonist, dies at 74
1994 - Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker, dies at 50
1995 - Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure
1995 - Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
1996 - Andreas George Papandreou, PM of Greece (1981-89, 93-96), dies at 76
1996 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72
1996 - Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge, dies at 98
1996 - Pasqualino de Santis, cinematographer, dies at 69
1996 - William Walsh, academic, dies at 80
1997 - "Wino" Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77
1997 - Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, suffering from burns, dies at 63
1998 - Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)
1999 - Buster Merryfield, British actor (b. 1920)
2001 - Yvonne Dionne, one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
2002 - Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
2003 - Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. 1938)
2005 - Shana Alexander, American columnist (b. 1926)
2005 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (b. 1925)
2006 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
2006 - Luke Graham, American wrestler (b. 1940)
2006 - Harriet, Galápagos tortoise (b. 1830)
2007 - Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2009 - Ed McMahon, American TV star (b. 1923)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 23, 2009, 08:31:59 AM


Sad News....Listening to an Ed Mcmahon tribute on the radio this morning. Funny dude.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 23, 2009, 08:32:12 AM
weird.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 24, 2009, 03:22:49 AM


Sad News....Listening to an Ed Mcmahon tribute on the radio this morning. Funny dude.
Not the wrestling chappy then!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 24, 2009, 05:36:09 AM
Nah, he's the publisher's clearinghouse thing haha
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 24, 2009, 07:04:58 AM
Today is Wednesday, June 24, the 175th day of 2009. There are 190 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

Five hundred years ago, on June 24, 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

On this date:

In 1314, the forces of Scotland's King Robert I defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.

In 1497, the first recorded sighting of North America by a European took place as explorer John Cabot spotted land, probably in present-day Canada.

In 1793, the first republican constitution in France was adopted.

In 1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor. (He was later acquitted).

In 1908, the 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland, died in Princeton, N.J., at age 71.

In 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.

In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift. The Republican National Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president.

In 1968, "Resurrection City," a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People's March on Washington, D.C., was closed down by authorities.

In 1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger _ carrying America's first woman in space, Sally K. Ride _ coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Ten years ago: Union organizers claimed victory after workers at six Fieldcrest Cannon mills in North Carolina voted to be represented by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees. (Fieldcrest Cannon's parent company, Pillowtex, went bankrupt in 2003.) Testimony wound to an end after 76 days in the landmark Microsoft antitrust trial.

Five years ago: Federal investigators questioned President George W. Bush for more than an hour in connection with the news leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. A federal appeals court struck down an FCC effort to make sweeping changes in media ownership rules. In a bizarre conclusion to a huge upset, the chair umpire called the wrong score in the second tiebreaker, and Venus Williams fell 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to Karolina Sprem in the second round at Wimbledon.

One year ago: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe refused to give into pressure from Africa and the West, saying the world can "shout as loud as they like" but he would not cancel an upcoming runoff election even though his opponent had quit the race. Leonid Hurwicz, who shared the Nobel Prize in economics in 2007, died in Minneapolis at age 90.

Famous Birthdays on this Day in History

1244 - Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen (1256-1308)
1322 - Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg (Joyful Entry)
1343 - Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
1386 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
1485 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)
1499 - Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)
1519 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)
1533 - Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester/English commander-in-chief in Neth
1535 - Joan of Spain, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1573)
1542 - Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint
1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite mystic and poet (d. 1591)
1546 - Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure)
1561 - Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden
1572 - Jan Campanus, composer
1590 - Samuel Ampzing, poet (Taelbericht der Neth Spellinge)
1619 - Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general (Neth East Indies)
1663 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)
1669 - Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname/Algeria)
1687 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
1694 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (d. 1748)
1704 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)
1746 - Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer
1747 - Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer
1762 - Johann Paul Wessely, composer
1771 - E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)
1774 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)
1777 - John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1856)
1795 - Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)
1797 - John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx
1803 - George James Webb, composer
1804 - Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist
1804 - Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
1808 - Anna Caroline Oury, composer
1811 - John Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889
1813 - Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield Ct, clergyman/orator (Independent)
1820 - Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1822 - Birkett Davenport Fry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1825 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)
1826 - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)
1832 - Edward Harland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1915
1838 - Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (Lectern Socialism)
1839 - Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift & Co
1840 - Louis Brassin, composer
1842 - Ambrose Bierce, US, satirist (Devil's Dictionary)
1847 - Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer
1848 - Brooks Adams, US philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions)
1850 - Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member
1852 - Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister (1918)
1860 - Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
1873 - Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer
1877 - Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren)
1879 - Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer
1882 - Carl Diem, German Olympic official (d. 1962)
1882 - Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (d. 1953)
1886 - George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949)
1888 - Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion)
1891 - Irving Pichel, Pitts PA, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist)
1893 - Roy O. Disney, a founder of the Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
1895 - Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26)
1897 - Daniel K. Ludwig, American shipping magnate (d. 1992)
1899 - Bruce Marshall, writer
1899 - Chief Dan George, actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!)
1900 - Memphis Minnie, rocker
1900 - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
1901 - Harry Partch, Oakland Calif, composer (Oedipus)
1903 - Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver
1903 - Phil Harris, Linton In, actor (Anything Goes, Robin Hood)
1904 - Kurt Kusenberg, German writer (Wein Auf Lebenszeit)
1906 - Pierre Fournier, Paris France, violon cellist (Paris Conservatoire)
1906 - Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (d. 1971)
1907 - Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer
1907 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)
1908 - Hugo Distler, composer
1908 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)
1908 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976)
1909 - Milton Katims, NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC)
1909 - William G Penney, British physicist (1st British Atom Bomb)
1910 - Denis Dowling, baritone
1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing driver
1911 - Ernesto Sábato, Argentinian writer
1912 - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur)
1912 - Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review)
1912 - Selwyn Powell, art editor
1913 - John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter
1913 - Max van Praag, Dutch singer
1914 - Pearl Witherington CBE, British WW II secret agent (d. 2008)
1915 - Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar
1915 - Fred Hoyle, cosmologist (proposed steady-state universe theory)
1916 - John Ciardi, poet/critic (translated Dante)
1919 - Al Molinaro, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Murray-Odd Couple, Al-Happy Days)
1920 - Bernhard Krol, composer
1920 - James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot
1921 - Billy Casper, golfer
1922 - Aadje [Alida WM] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?)
1922 - Rietje [Maria SC] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik(?)
1922 - Roy Elihu Travis, NYC, composer (Passion of Dedipus)
1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1923 - Jack Carter, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon)
1924 - Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka (1989-93)
1924 - Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 2008)
1924 - Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1991)
1925 - Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire
1927 - Joseph Pierce Jr, horse trainer
1930 - Herbert C Klien, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
1930 - William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (d. 2006)
1931 - Billy Casper, SD Ca, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year ('66, '68, '70)
1932 - David McTaggart, co-founder (Greenpeace)
1934 - Bob Holthus, horse trainer
1935 - Pete Hamill, Brooklyn, NY, journalist (NY Post)
1935 - Terry Riley, Colfax Calif, composer (Spectra)
1938 - Boris Lagutin, USSR, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1938 - Lowell Cross, composer
1938 - Lawrence Block, American writer
1939 - Henry Lawrence Garett III, Miami Fla, Sect of Navy (1989-92)
1941 - Graham McKenzie, cricketer (prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71)
1941 - Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and novelist
1942 - Gerhart Roth, writer
1942 - Michele Lee, LA Calif, actress/singer (Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug)
1942 - Mick Fleetwood, London, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way)
1943 - Georg Stanford Brown, Havana Cuba, actor (Terry Webster-Rookies)
1944 - Arthur Brown, England, rocker (Fire) [or May 24]
1944 - Bruce Johnston, singer/bassist (Beachboys-Surfin' Girl) [or Apr 26]
1944 - Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic)
1944 - Jeff Beck, Surrey England, singer/guitarist (Jeff Beck Group)
1945 - Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972)
1945 - Colin Blunstone, England, rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1945 - George E Pataki, Peekskill NY, (Gov-R-NY, 1995- )
1946 - Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast (STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster)
1946 - Robert Reich, US Sec of Labor (Clinton)
1946 - David Collenette, Canadian politician
1947 - Walter Willison, Monterrey Park Calif, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog)
1947 - Marianne Delgorge, singer/actress (Ice Cream Soda)
1947 - Peter Weller, Stevens Point WI, actor (Robocop, Of Unknown Origin)
1948 - Patrick Morza, Morges Switzerland, rock keyboardist (Yes)
1948 - Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes)
1949 - John Illsley, Leicester England, rock bassist (Dire Straits)
1950 - Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru)
1950 - Leon J P M Frissen, Dutch MP (CDA)
1950 - Mercedes R Lackey, US, sci-fi author (Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn)
1950 - Nancy Allen, NYC, actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill)
1951 - Ivar Formo, Norway, 50K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 - Raelene Boyle, Australia, sprinter (Oly-Silver-72)
1951 - David Rodigan, radio DJ/actor
1952 - Stephen Pusey, British-born artist
1953 - Ivo Lill, Estonian artist
1955 - Loren Lloyd Roberts, San Luis Obispo CA, PGA golfer (Nestle-1994, 95)
1955 - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga
1955 - Betsy Randle, American actress
1956 - Joe Penny, English actor
1957 - Astro, [Terrence Wilson], England, rock vocalist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1958 - Victor M Gerena, NYC, security guard robbed $7 million (FBI wanted)
1959 - Andy McClusky, rocker (Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity)
1959 - Rob Delahaye, soccer player (MVV)
1960 - Juli Inkster, Santa Cruz CA, LPGA golfer (Dinah Shore-1984, 89)
1960 - Nate Carr, Erie Pa, freestyle wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1960 - Trisha Meili, the "Central Park Jogger"
1960 - Karin Pilsäter, Swedish politician
1960 - Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director
1961 - Bernie Nicholls, Haliburton, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1961 - Curt Smith, Bath England, rock bassist/vocalist (Tears For Fears)
1961 - Jim Laver Carter, Spring Lake NC, PGA golfer (1995 Anheuser-Busch)
1961 - Natalya Shaposhnikova, USSR, sidehorse vaulter (Olympic-gold-1980)
1963 - Duval Love, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
1963 - Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, Russian writer
1963 - Preki, Serbian-born American soccer player
1963 - Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (d. 2007)
1964 - David Daniel, jockey
1964 - Gary Suter, Madison WI, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, USA)
1965 - Danielle Spencer, Bronx, actress (Dee Thomas-What's Happening)
1965 - Patrick Jeffrey, Morristown NJ, diver (Olympics-5th-96)
1965 - Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
1965 - Uwe Krupp, Cologne Ger, NHL defenseman (Colo Avalanche, Germany 98)
1965 - Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player
1966 - John Randle, Chicoutimi Que, golfer (1992 Canadian Tour Fall-3rd)
1966 - Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1967 - Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
1967 - Crystal Carson, Spaulding NE, actress (Cartel, Julia-General Hospital)
1967 - Jeff Cease, Nashville, guitarist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1967 - Olaf Hampel, WLAF offensive linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire)
1967 - Sherry Stringfield, Colo Springs Colo, actress (Laura-NYPD Blue, ER)
1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German musician (Rammstein)
1967 - Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director
1969 - Melissa Gurney, Calif, tennis player (Virginia Slims of SD, 1986)
1969 - Sean Maye, 400m/800m runner
1969 - Todd Lewis, Flint Michigan, 10k runner
1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer
1970 - Carlos Yancy, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
1970 - Glenn Medeiros, singer (Someday Love)
1971 - LaMonte Coleman, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
1971 - Christopher Showerman, American actor
1972 - Jose Simon, WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Mitch Berger, punter (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 - Shawn King, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
1972 - Denis Zvegelj, Slovenian rower
1973 - Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars, Oly-bronze-98)
1973 - Michael Cheever, corner (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1973 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
1973 - Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor
1974 - Adam Treu, guard/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1974 - Carrie Zarse, Chicago Il, diver (Olympics-96)
1975 - Carla Gallo, American actress
1975 - Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player
1976 - Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver (Olympics-96)
1976 - Louisa Leaman, English author
1977 - Cliff Bayer, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1977 - Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
1977 - Cas Jansen, Dutch actor
1978 - Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
1978 - Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
1978 - Ariel Pink, American musician
1978 - Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
1978 - Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)
1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer
1979 - Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject
1979 - Petra Němcová, Czechoslovakian-born model
1979 - Mindy Kaling, American actress and TV producer
1980 - Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1996)
1980 - Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
1980 - Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
1980 - Andrew Jones, Australian racing driver
1980 - Minka Kelly, American actress
1982 - Brian Fitzgerald, American writer
1982 - Kevin Nolan, English footballer
1982 - Mark Penney, Canadian film director
1982 - Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Clint Bajada, Maltese television and radio presenter
1983 - John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino Actor
1984 - J.J. Redick, American basketball player
1985 - Kyle Searles, American actor
1985 - Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol
1986 - Kaitlin Cullum, LA Calif, actress (Libby Kelly-Grace Under Fire)
1986 - Stuart Broad, English cricketer
1986 - Phil Hughes, American baseball player
1986 - Solange Knowles, American singer
1987 - Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
1987 - Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
1990 - Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
1993 - Primera, an Andean condor, hatched at Cleve Zoo, 5th born in captivity

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 24, 2009, 07:05:20 AM
Famous Deaths on this Day in History

803 - Higbald of Lindisfarne
1398 - Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328)
1439 - Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
1475 - Albrecht von Eyb, German parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt), dies at 54
1519 - Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander, dies at 39
1520 - Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
1572 - Adrianus van Gouda, lay brother, hanged
1572 - Cornelis van Diest, lay brother, hanged
1572 - Daniel van Arendonck, clergyman, hanged
1572 - Joannes van Naarden, priest, hanged
1572 - Ludovicus Voets, priest, hanged
1604 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)
1629 - Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67
1637 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)
1643 - John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48
1652 - Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65
1673 - John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle
1707 - Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74
1712 - Simon van der Stel, Dutch gov of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72
1724 - Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77
1766 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)
1778 - Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64
1778 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714)
1803 - Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88
1817 - Thomas McKean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 83
1835 - Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician, commander of Greek naval forces in Greek War of Independence (b. 1769)
1882 - Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60
1891 - Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80
1894 - M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56
1908 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), dies at 71
1909 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
1913 - Frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55
1922 - Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
1933 - Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", US singer, dies at about 64
1935 - Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890)
1936 - Nandor Zsolt, composer, dies at 49
1938 - "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1944 - Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36
1946 - Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
1947 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
1952 - Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer, dies at 84
1959 - Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69
1962 - Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83
1969 - Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies
1969 - Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies
1969 - Willey Ley, US science writer, dies at 62
1971 - Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies
1971 - John Dunning, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1933-37), dies
1971 - Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 53
1973 - Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99
1977 - André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
1978 - Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909)
1984 - William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94
1984 - Clarence Campbell, Canadian NHL president (b. 1905)
1987 - Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies
1987 - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71
1991 - Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74
1991 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies at 91
1991 - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (b. 1917)
1992 - Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
1992 - Tom Alexander, model/actor (Kurt-Forbidden Dance), dies of AIDs
1992 - Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29
1994 - Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder of the LSE, dies at 83
1995 - Inshan Ali, cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies
1995 - John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer, dies at 66
1995 - John Richard Brinsley Norton, landowner, dies at 71
1996 - Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76
1997 - Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75
1997 - Don Hutson, American athlete (b. 1913)
2000 - Vera Atkins, Romanian-born British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
2000 - David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
2002 - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
2003 - Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (b. 1987)
2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957)
2005 - Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
2005 - Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
2006 - Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956)
2007 - Byron Baer, American politician (b. 1929)
2007 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
2007 - Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
2007 - Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dancehall artist (b. 1974)
2008 - Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1919)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 24, 2009, 07:30:21 AM
In a bizarre conclusion to a huge upset, the chair umpire called the wrong score in the second tiebreaker, and Venus Williams fell 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to Karolina Sprem in the second round at Wimbledon.



So... whatever the ump says no matter what goes? ???
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on June 24, 2009, 07:50:14 AM
morning guys.  whats up?  its been awhile since i have been here
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 24, 2009, 08:06:15 AM
Holy crap!!!!!

B-Rad What's shakin?! :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 24, 2009, 08:07:20 AM
Holy hell!!!  Welcome back Brad!!  :clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 24, 2009, 08:11:17 AM
we thought you had an accident :rofl:


Holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!    I think I know what happened to Brad :rofl:


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7844424155532314523&ei=aKIoSu_7KZ62qQLA39TjDw&q=redneck&hl=en
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 24, 2009, 08:13:35 AM
video no longer available. :(

It was funny though!!! :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on June 24, 2009, 08:16:24 AM
whats up guys? hows life been?  i got a job at Wal-Mart so its been keeping me pretty damn busy with some f***ed up work hours
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 24, 2009, 08:18:46 AM
DUDE!!!!!!!!   Walmart in Kentucky ??  You should have some epic photos for the mullet watch thread!!  :clap:
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Post by: kyledvor61 on June 24, 2009, 08:19:27 AM
DUDE!!!!!!!!   Walmart in Kentucky ??  You should have some epic photos for the mullet watch thread!!  :clap:
ERMAHGERD that was my first thought :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on June 24, 2009, 08:46:35 AM
dude i have seen some pretty wild mullets lately.  but i just havent thought of snapping any pics.  i will try to remember that next time i see one.  well guys its time for me to get to work. later guys
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 24, 2009, 09:01:50 AM
take it easy man, don't be a stranger  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 24, 2009, 09:21:20 AM
B-Rizzle! holy redneck biscuits!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 24, 2009, 09:27:42 AM
red neck biscuits.... sounds like something erich had for breakfast. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on June 24, 2009, 06:46:31 PM
Ninja turtle I saw on the road this past weekend.


(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r243/nicks700raptor/random%20stuff/100_1958.jpg)

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r243/nicks700raptor/random%20stuff/100_1959.jpg)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on June 24, 2009, 07:20:38 PM
video
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r243/nicks700raptor/random%20stuff/th_100_1960.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r243/nicks700raptor/random%20stuff/?action=view&current=100_1960.flv)


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Post by: Peelz on June 24, 2009, 08:41:52 PM
you have time to make a video of a snapping turtle crossing the road, but not time to go to SIlver Lake?


F.A.I.L.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 24, 2009, 09:21:05 PM
you have time to make a video of a snapping turtle crossing the road, but not time to go to SIlver Lake?


F.A.I.L.

Thats an uber preddy!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on June 24, 2009, 10:32:23 PM
you know your life is sad when you stop and take pictures of a turtle in the middle of the road and post it on teh internet forums
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Diggs59 on June 25, 2009, 02:46:08 AM
you know your life is sad when you stop and take pictures of a turtle in the middle of the road and post it on teh internet forums







Brutal......... :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 25, 2009, 06:29:24 AM
Today in History: June 25th

Today is Thursday, June 25, the 176th day of 2009. There are 189 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South.

On this date:
In 1788, Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution.
In 1868, Congress passed an Omnibus Act allowing for the readmission of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to the Union.
In 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his Seventh Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.
In 1906, architect Stanford White was shot to death atop New York's Madison Square Garden, which he had designed, by millionaire Harry K. Thaw, the jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit. (Thaw was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity.)
In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.
In 1942, some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany, during World War II.
In 1959, spree killer Charles Starkweather, 20, was put to death in Nebraska's electric chair. Eamon de Valera was inaugurated as president of Ireland.
In 1962, the Supreme Court, in Engel v. Vitale, ruled that recital of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.
In 1973, former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee.
In 1996, a truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.

Ten years ago: During a news conference, President Bill Clinton said the people of Serbia had to "get out of denial" about the atrocities blamed on Slobodan Milosevic and decide if he was fit to remain president of Yugoslavia. The San Antonio Spurs won their first NBA title as they defeated the New York Knicks, 78-77, in Game 5 of their championship series.

Five years ago: Republican Jack Ryan withdrew from the U.S. Senate race in Illinois after allegations of sex-club visits with his then-wife, actress Jeri Ryan. President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, opened a European trip as they arrived in Ireland. Taliban fighters killed up to 16 men after learning they had registered for Afghanistan's U.S.-backed national elections.

One year ago: A divided Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that allowed capital punishment for people convicted of raping children under 12; the ruling also invalidated laws in five other states that allowed executions for child rape that did not result in the death of the victim. A jury in Woburn, Mass., convicted Neil Entwistle of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, Rachel, 27, and their 9-month-old baby, Lillian Rose. (Entwistle was sentenced the next day to two life prison terms without possibility of parole.) Wesley N. Higdon, 25, shot and killed five workers and himself at a western Kentucky plastics plant; a sixth victim survived.

Today's Birthdays:

    * Movie director Sidney Lumet is 85.
    * Actress June Lockhart is 84.
    * Rhythm-and-blues singer Eddie Floyd is 72.
    * Actress Barbara Montgomery is 70.
    * Basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed is 67.
    * Writer-producer-director Gary David Goldberg is 65.
    * Singer Carly Simon is 64.
    * Rock musician Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult) is 63.
    * Rock musician Ian McDonald (Foreigner; King Crimson) is 63.
    * Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 62.
    * Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 61.
    * TV personality Phyllis George is 60.
    * Rock singer Tim Finn is 57.
    * Rock musician David Paich (Toto) is 55.
    * Actor Michael Sabatino is 54.
    * Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 48.
    * Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 46.
    * Rock singer George Michael is 46.
    * Actress Erica Gimpel is 45.
    * Basketball player Dikembe Mutombo is 43.
    * Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 42.
    * Rapper Candyman is 41.
    * Contemporary Christian musician Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) is 38.
    * Actress Angela Kinsey (TV: "The Office") is 38.
    * Rock musician Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) is 37.
    * Rock musician Mario Calire is 35.
    * Actress Linda Cardellini is 34.
    * Actress Busy Philipps is 30.

Famous Deaths on this Day in History

635 - Emperor Gaozu, first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566)
1134 - King Niels of Denmark
1142 - Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies
1212 - Simon de Montfort, a leader of the crusades, dies at 67
1218 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (b. 1160)
1423 - Reinald IV, duke of Gelre & Gulik (Reinoud I), dies
1483 - Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered
1483 - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English writer
1514 - Berta Jacobsdr, [Suster Bertken], Dutch hermit, dies at 87
1522 - Franchinus Gaffurius, composer, dies at 71
1533 - Mary Tudor, queen consort of Louis XII of France (b. 1496)
1579 - Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541)
1593 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician and gardener (b. 1541)
1634 - John Marston, English playwright (b. 1576)
1665 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (b. 1630)
1669 - François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (b. 1616)
1671 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (b. 1598)
1673 - Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan, Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV of France (b. 1611)
1686 - Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
1710 - Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 74
1715 - Jean du Casse, French admiral (b. 1646)
1767 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German late-barok composer, dies at 86
1785 - Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63
1785 - Pieter Kintsius, VOC-supercarga/chief on Macau, dies at 53
1792 - Thomas Peters, Early Sierra Leonean founder (b. 1738)
1798 - Thomas Sandby, English architect (b. 1721)
1822 - Ernst T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46
1838 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)
1840 - Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82
1861 - Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1823)
1866 - Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (b. 1803)
1868 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (b. 1811)
1875 - Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
1876 - Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - George A Custer, US general (Little Bighorn), dies at 36
1876 - John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - Myles Keogh, US officer, dies at Little Bighorn
1876 - Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
1882 - François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
1884 - Hans Rott, composer, dies at 25
1896 - Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58
1898 - Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist, dies at 70
1906 - Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit
1912 - Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65
1916 - Thomas Eakins, American artist (b. 1844)
1918 - Jake Beckley, baseball player (b. 1867)
1926 - Symon Petljoera, pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris
1929 - Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies
1937 - Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39
1942 - Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1943 - Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68
1944 - Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (b. 1906)
1948 - William C. Lee, U.S. general (b. 1895)
1949 - Buck Freeman, baseball player (b. 1871)
1953 - Algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies
1954 - Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
1956 - Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62
1956 - Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
1959 - Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
1959 - Charles Starkweather, spree killer (b. 1938)
1960 - WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1962 - Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies
1964 - Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76
1968 - Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43
1971 - Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88
1971 - John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1880)
1974 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1893)
1976 - Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
1977 - Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65
1977 - Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80
1978 - Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
1979 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (b. 1906)
1983 - Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1984 - Michel Foucault, philosoph (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDs at 57
1985 - Morris Mason, American murderer (b. 1954)
1986 - Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1987 - Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
1988 - Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies
1988 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
1990 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
1992 - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
1992 - Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Phila Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
1992 - William E Harris, entertainer, dies
1994 - Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74
1994 - Robert Millar, journalist, dies at 72
1995 - Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
1996 - Nicholas John, dramaturge, dies at 43
1996 - Ray Howard-Jones, artist, dies at 93
1996 - Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (b. 1914)
1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Fren oceanographer, dies of heart attack at 87
1997 - William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51
1998 - Lounès Matoub, a famous Berber Kabyle singer (b. 1956)
1999 - Fred Feast, English actor (b. 1929)
2002 - Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2003 - Lester Maddox, American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
2005 - John Fiedler, American Actor (b. 1925)
2006 - Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect (b. 1918)
2007 - Mahasti, Persian singer (b. 1946)
2007 - J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 25, 2009, 07:37:13 AM
One year ago: A divided Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that allowed capital punishment for people convicted of raping children under 12; the ruling also invalidated laws in five other states that allowed executions for child rape that did not result in the death of the victim.

LOVE IT.. That's the way it should be
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 25, 2009, 07:44:39 AM
One year ago: A divided Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that allowed capital punishment for people convicted of raping children under 12; the ruling also invalidated laws in five other states that allowed executions for child rape that did not result in the death of the victim.

LOVE IT.. That's the way it should be

:confused:

That's fucked, kill the child molesting bastards. Period.The end. Finitio
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 25, 2009, 07:47:31 AM
Don't worry none, there's other kinds of justices and higher courts around to deal with scum like that...
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 25, 2009, 08:02:18 AM
One year ago: A divided Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that allowed capital punishment for people convicted of raping children under 12; the ruling also invalidated laws in five other states that allowed executions for child rape that did not result in the death of the victim.

LOVE IT.. That's the way it should be

:confused:

That's fucked, kill the child molesting bastards. Period.The end. Finitio


Oop, I mis-read the last part. Sorry, I'm all for the capital punishment, death or not of the victim.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 25, 2009, 11:25:23 AM
you know your life is sad when you stop and take pictures of a turtle in the middle of the road and post it on teh internet forums

exceptionally brutal...because it is a miniho pointing this out. :lol:


and child molesters should be...well molested....by horses...then shot. in the knee first followed by a fatal shot.  :thumbs:





Brutal......... :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 26, 2009, 07:57:36 AM
363 – Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
1284 – the legendary Pied Piper leads 130 children out of Hamelin, Germany
1409 – Western Schism: the Roman Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1483 – Richard III is crowned king of England.
1541 – Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1718 – Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1848 – End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
1917 – The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain, France, Italy, and Russia against Germany, and Austria-Hungary in World War I.
1918 – World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
1924 – American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
1940 – World War II: under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
1948 – The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.
1948 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland .
1960 – Madagascar gains its independence from France.
1963 – John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" on a visit to West Berlin.
1973 – At Plesetsk Cosmodrome 9 people are killed in an explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket.
1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
1975 – Indira Gandhi establishes emergency rule in India.
1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
1976 – The CN Tower, the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, is opened to general public.
1977 – The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she was the first victim who was not a prostitute.
1978 – Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.
1991 – Ten-Day War: the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
1993 – The United States launches a missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H.W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
1994 – Microsoft no longer supports MS-DOS and the development of FreeDOS begins.
1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.
1996 – Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional.

Births

1575 – Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)
1681 – Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
1689 – Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)
1694 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
1702 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)
1703 – Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)
1730 – Charles Messier, French Astronomer (d. 1817)
1817 – Branwell Bronte, British painter and poet (d. 1848)
1819 – Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893)
1824 – Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907)
1835 – Thomas W. Knox, American author (d. 1896)
1838 – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali Novelist (d. 1894)
1854 – Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
1865 – Bernard Berenson, American art historian (d. 1959)
1866 – George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923)
1869 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)
1880 – Natalia, Princess Brassova (d. 1952)
1892 – Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1895 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950)
1898 – Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)
1898 – Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (d. 1971)
1899 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
1901 – Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)
1902 – Hugues Cuénod, Swiss Tenor
1904 – Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
1904 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964)
1906 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)
1906 – Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008)
1907 – Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1908 – Salvador Allende, Former President of Chile (1970-1973) (d. 1973)
1909 – Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
1911 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
1913 – Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (d. 2008)
1914 – Kathryn Johnston, US victim of police shooting (d. 2006)
1914 – Laurie Lee, British writer (d. 1997)
1915 – Paul Castellano, American mafia boss (d. 1985)
1915 – Charlotte Zolotow, American author
1919 – Richard Neustadt, American political historian (d. 2003)
1921 – Violette Szabo, French WWII secret agent (d. 1945)
1922 – Eleanor Parker, American actress
1923 – Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955)
1924 – Costas Axelos, Greek philosopher
1925 – Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1970)
1928 – Jacob Druckman, American composer (d. 1996)
1928 – Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
1929 – Milton Glaser, American Designer
1933 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
1933 – Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1934 – Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
1934 – Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist
1936 – Robert Maclennan, British politician
1936 – Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal
1937 – Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor
1937 – Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1938 – Gerald North, American climatologist
1940 – Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The Fifth Dimension)
1941 – Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist
1942 – Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture
1942 – James J. Dillon, American professional wrestling manager
1943 – John Beasley, American actor
1943 – Georgie Fame, British singer
1943 – Warren Farrell, Men's Rights Activist
1945 – Malachi York, Nuwaubian leader
1951 – Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
1953 – Robert Davi, American actor
1954 – Steve Barton, American actor (d. 2001)
1955 – Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
1956 – Chris Isaak, American singer
1957 – Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal)
1957 – Philippe Couillard, Quebec neurosurgeon and politician
1959 – Mark McKinney, Canadian actor
1960 – Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (d. 1997)
1961 – Greg LeMond, American cyclist
1961 – Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin)
1962 – Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter and film director
1963 – Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman
1963 – Richard Garfield, American game designer
1966 – Minaguchi Yuko, japanese voice actress
1967 – Todd Pletcher, American horse trainer
1968 – Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
1968 – Shannon Sharpe, American football player
1969 – Colin Greenwood, British musician
1969 – Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
1969 – Mike Myers, American baseball player
1970 – Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker
1970 – Irv Gotti, American record producer
1970 – Sean Hayes, American actor
1970 – Matt Letscher, American actor
1970 – Chris O'Donnell, American actor
1970 – Nick Offerman, American actor
1971 – Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
1972 – Garou, Canadian singer
1972 – Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper
1973 – Gretchen Wilson, American singer
1973 – Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor
1973 – Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1974 – Matt Striker, American professional wrestler
1974 – Derek Jeter, American baseball player
1974 – Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys)
1974 – Jason Kendall, American baseball player
1974 – Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer
1975 – Jonah Sorrentino, American hip hop artist
1975 – Terry Skiverton, English football player
1976 – Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Chad Pennington, American football player
1977 – Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist
1977 – Mark Jindrak,American Professional Wrestler
1978 – Alexandra, French singer, L5's singer
1979 – Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
1979 – Andy O'Brien, English footballer
1979 – Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver
1979 – Ryan Tedder, American Musician
1980 – Jason Schwartzman, American actor
1980 – Michael Vick, American football player
1980 – Chris Shelton, American baseball player
1980 – Sinik, French singer and rapper
1981 – Damien Sargue, French singer
1984 – Elijah Dukes, American baseball player
1984 – Raymond Felton, American basketball player
1984 – Deron Williams, American basketball player
1984 – Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player
1984 – Gabrielle Walcott, winner of Miss Trinidad & Tobago World 2008
1985 – Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader
1986 – Casey Desmond, American singer
1987 – Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver
1987 – Samir Nasri, French footballer
1992 – Jennette McCurdy, American actress
2005 – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

Deaths

363 – Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
1291 – Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
1541 – Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru
1688 – Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (b. 1617)
1784 – Caesar Rodney, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1728)
1793 – Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720)
1810 – Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740)
1836 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (b. 1760)
1856 – Max Stirner, German philosopher (b. 1806)
1878 – Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)
1918 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
1922 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
1939 – Ford Madox Ford, English writer (b. 1873)
1943 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1868)
1945 – Emil Hácha, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
1946 – Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. 1880)
1946 – Max Kögel, SS officer (b. 1895)
1947 – Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
1948 – Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (b. 1924)
1949 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
1956 – Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1930)
1957 – Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
1958 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
1958 – Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. 1888)
1964 – Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (b. 1889)
1964 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (b. 1888)
1967 – Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
1975 – St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902)
1990 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
1992 – Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
1993 – William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
1993 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921)
1994 – Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and activist (b. 1929)
1996 – Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
1997 – Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
2001 – Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
2002 – Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
2002 – Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
2003 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
2003 – Denver Randleman, U.S. Army Seargent (b. 1920)
2003 – Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
2003 – Sir Dennis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915)
2004 – Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
2004 – Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer and song-writer (b. 1930)
2005 – Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
2006 – Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)
2007 – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (b. 1929)
2007 – Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914)
2007 – Natasja Saad, Danish Reggae singer (b. 1974)

Holidays and observances

International Day in Support of Torture Victims
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Madagascar: Independence Day
Thailand: Sunthorn Phu Day
Romania: Flag Day
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 07:59:57 AM
mmm, Thailand :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 26, 2009, 08:02:28 AM
1994 – Microsoft no longer supports MS-DOS and the development of FreeDOS begins.

:(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 08:14:53 AM
10 Print /Suck it Trebeck/
20 Return to 10

Run
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 26, 2009, 08:23:24 AM
@echo Aaron Sucks Ballz

:loop
set /p answer=Is Aaron Gay?
if %answer%== yes goto :yes
if %answer%== Yes goto :yes
if %answer%== no goto :no
if %answer%== No goto :no

:yes
Echo I knew it!!!
goto :end

:no
@echo Liar
goto :loop

:end
pause




does this make me a nerd? :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Hefe on June 26, 2009, 09:24:04 AM
10 Print /Suck it Trebeck/
20 Return to 10

Run


should be 20 goto 10 (not return to)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 26, 2009, 10:49:12 AM
10 Print /Suck it Trebeck/
20 Return to 10

Run


Yeah baby! :lol: high school flashback.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 26, 2009, 11:03:33 AM
@echo Aaron Sucks Ballz

:loop
set /p answer=Is Aaron Gay?
if %answer%== yes goto :yes
if %answer%== Yes goto :yes
if %answer%== no goto :no
if %answer%== No goto :no

:yes
Echo I knew it!!!
goto :end

:no
@echo Liar
goto :loop

:end
pause




does this make me a nerd? :lol:

No it doesn't make you a nerd... It makes you a freak geek of nature. WTF are you talking about with this mumbo jumbo?     :confused:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 01:29:08 PM
Just stopped in to a pet store (a good one, that doesn't use puppy mills :mad: )  and they had the puppy I want :'(

It's a Cane' Corso (Roman War Dog)

(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/Cololrado700R/Photo0009.jpg)

(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/Cololrado700R/Photo0008.jpg)

(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/Cololrado700R/Photo0007.jpg)

And if you were wondering what they loo0k like as adults.....


They're the bodybuilders of the dog world :nod: but gentle giants unless you're trespassing

(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o198/covarrubiasrufino/CaneCorso.jpg)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 26, 2009, 01:31:55 PM
Cute, but be careful, those kind of dogs snap pretty easy. I have seen a "gentle giant" turn into an uncontrolled carnivore. And bite a kids arm. It's in their genetics.

If you can't tell, I am pretty anti -dog right now. lol

We had a pitbull when I was a kid...that was a gentle giant... watched it "gently" tear our cocker spaniel in half.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 01:45:31 PM
Cute, but be careful, those kind of dogs snap pretty easy. I have seen a "gentle giant" turn into an uncontrolled carnivore. And bite a kids arm. It's in their genetics.

If you can't tell, I am pretty anti -dog right now. lol

We had a pitbull when I was a kid...that was a gentle giant... watched it "gently" tear our cocker spaniel in half.

Not Sold on the Genetics issue, although they do reveal tendancies.  I've raised Pits, Shepperds, dobi's, and a few others.  Proper precautions are obvious, but dogs learn temperament as well as obedience
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 26, 2009, 01:49:20 PM
that's a badass dog for sure!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm stuck on boxers!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 01:50:45 PM
that's a badass dog for sure!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm stuck on boxers!

My buddy has an awesome boxer named Hickson (Named for Hickson Gracie of Brazilian Jujitsu lore)

Great dog
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 26, 2009, 01:52:34 PM
that's a badass dog for sure!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm stuck on boxers!

always figured you a tighty- whitey guy. :lol:

I don't know Aaron, they were bred to kill, hard to get rid of instinct like that. But I agree, good behavior can be learned.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 26, 2009, 01:53:49 PM
that's a badass dog for sure!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm stuck on boxers!

always figured you a tighty- whitey guy. :lol:

I don't know Aaron, they were bred to kill, hard to get rid of instinct like that. But I agree, good behavior can be learned.

feed em' meth.. What can go wrong?  ???


 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 01:54:02 PM
that's a badass dog for sure!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm stuck on boxers!

always figured you a tighty- whitey guy. :lol:

I don't know Aaron, they were bred to kill, hard to get rid of instinct like that. But I agree, good behavior can be learned.

So was I
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 26, 2009, 01:58:15 PM
LOL were you bred that way, or trained that way?  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 02:00:00 PM
4th generation combat Marine....you make the call :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 26, 2009, 02:03:47 PM
psh. girl.    :lol:


j/k!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 26, 2009, 02:07:15 PM
nice. so...don't let you near my children then? :lol:


JK.

not sure this day can go any slower....
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 02:08:37 PM
I had to leave work, the constant MJ music was killing, plus I got my project done ahead of time
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 26, 2009, 02:26:22 PM
You know the potato chips.. Brand is "Andy Capp's" "Hot Fries"

Super cheap. Man these things are amazing!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 26, 2009, 02:42:49 PM
??? I think so, haven't had them in a long time
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 26, 2009, 10:52:13 PM
You know the potato chips.. Brand is "Anal Gap's" "Hot Fries"

Super ghey. Man these things are amazing!
more SL camp flashbacks :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 27, 2009, 08:44:49 AM
Have a great day, Nikki and I are heading for the mountains for some trail riding :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 27, 2009, 09:00:48 AM
June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1358 – Republic of Dubrovnik is founded
1709 – Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
1743 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: On the battlefield in Bavaria, George II personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
1759 – General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
1806 – The British capture Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Church of of Latter Day Saints, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
1867 – The Bank of California is created.
1893 – Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
1905 – (June 14 according to the Julian calendar): Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
1941 – Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iaşi, (Romania), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
1941 – German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1954 – The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1957 – Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
1966 – The first broadcast of Dark Shadows is aired on ABC-TV.
1967 – The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.
1969 – The Stonewall riots that mark the beginning of the gay liberation movement begin in Greenwich Village in Manhattan.
1973 – The President of Uruguay dissolves Parliament and heads a coup d'état.
1974 – U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R..
1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti.
1980 – A commercial DC-9 (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870) crashes near Ustica, Italy, killing 81.
1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on the final test flight mission, STS-4.
1984 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
1985 – U.S. Route 66 ceases to be an official U.S. highway.
1986 – The International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in Nicaragua v. United States.
1987 – A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio City, Philippines, killing 50.
1991 – Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before, is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
1998 – Opening of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.
2001 – The International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.
2001 – Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country.
2003 – The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
2005 – AMD files broad antitrust complaints against Intel Corporation in U.S. Federal District Court, alleging abuse of monopoly powers and antitrust violations.
2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
2008 – Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2009 – Mamma Mia! becomes the fifteenth longest-running Broadway show at the matinee performance.

Births

862 – Hindu saint Manikkavacakar
1040 – King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
1350 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor
1462 – King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
1550 – King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
1696 – William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)
1717 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)
1838 – Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer (d. 1914)
1846 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
1850 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (d. 1919)
1865 – Sir John Monash, Australian military commander (d. 1931)
1869 – Kate Carew, American caricaturist (d. 1961)
1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian/American anarchist and feminist (d. 1940)
1869 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
1880 – Helen Keller, American deaf and blind activist (d. 1968)
1882 – Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and educator (d. 1963)
1884 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
1888 – Antoinette Perry, American theater director (d. 1946)
1888 – Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian (d. 1960)
1892 – Paul Colin, French poster designer (d. 1985)
1899 – Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
1905 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1907 – John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
1908 – João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
1913 – Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d. 1993)
1914 – Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
1914 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (d. 1988)
1921 – Muriel Pavlow, British actress
1923 – Jacques Berthier, French composer (d. 1994)
1924 – Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (d. 2003)
1924 – Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
1925 – Doc Pomus, American blues singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
1927 – Bob Keeshan, American actor (d. 2004)
1928 – Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
1929 – William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
1930 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician
1931 – Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist
1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
1932 – Eddie Kasko, baseball player
1932 – Magali Noël, French actress
1935 – Laurent Terzieff, French actor
1935 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (d. 2007)
1936 – Lucille Clifton, American poet
1938 – Tommy Cannon, British comedian
1938 – Shirley Anne Field, British actress
1938 – Kathryn Beaumont, British voice actress
1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American politician and Secretary of the Interior
1939 – Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994)
1941 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (d. 1996)
1941 – Bill Baxley, American politician
1941 – James P. Hogan, British science fiction author
1941 – Avi Lerner, Israeli-born American film producer
1942 – Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1942 – Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
1943 – Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player
1943 – Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress
1944 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
1948 – Camile Baudoin, American musician
1949 – Vera Wang, American fashion designer
1951 – Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
1951 – Julia Duffy, American actress
1952 – Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
1955 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1956 – Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
1956 – Brad Childress, American football coach
1956 – Ted Haggard, American evangelical preacher
1958 – Lisa Germano, American singer, songwriter and musician
1958 – Brian Helicopter, Musician, bass guitarist (The Shapes, HellsBelles, Rogue Male)
1958 – Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
1958 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (d. 1996)
1959 – Dan Jurgens, American comic book writer
1959 – Lorrie Morgan, American country music singer
1960 – Craig Hodges, American basketball player
1961 – Meera Syal, British-Indian comedienne and actress
1961 – Margo Timmins, Canadian folk-rock singer (Cowboy Junkies)
1962 – Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
1963 – Paul Roos, Australian rules footballer
1963 – Johnny Benson, American NASCAR driver
1964 – Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch film producer and director
1964 – Chuck Person, American basketball player
1966 – J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
1967 – Sylvie Fréchette, French-Canadian synchronized swimmer
1968 – Pascale Bussières, French-Canadian actress
1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukranian figure skater
1970 – John Eales, Australian Rugby Player
1970 – Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
1971 – Yancey Arias, American actor
1971 – Jo Frost, English nanny and television host
1971 – Kieren Keke, Nauruan politician
1971 – DJ Screw, American musician (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2000)
1972 – Dawud Wharnsby Ali, Canadian poet and singer/songwriter
1974 – Big Moe, American musician (Screwed Up Click) (d. 2007)
1974 – Christian Kane, American actor and singer
1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
1975 – Daryle Ward, American baseball player
1975 – Ace Darling, American professional wrestler
1975 – Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
1976 – Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
1977 – Raúl, Spanish footballer
1977 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
1978 – Anna Kumble, British singer, also known as Lolly
1979 – Kim Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
1979 – Benjamin Speed, Australian musician and film composer
1979 – John Warne, American musician (Relient K; Ace Troubleshooter)
1980 – Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
1980 – Jennifer Goodridge, American Musician (Seaspin, Your Enemies Friends)
1980 – Craig Terrill, American football player
1981 – Andrew Embley, Australian rules footballer
1983 – Alsou, Russian singer
1983 – Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
1983 – Evan Taubenfeld, American musician
1984 – Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model
1984 – Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
1984 – D.J. King, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Julie Ordon, Swiss model
1984 – Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress
1984 – Khloe Kardashian, American reality television star
1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
1985 – Coby Linder, American musician (Say Anything)
1985 – Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
1985 – James Hook, Welsh rugby player
1986 – Drake Bell, musician/ songwriter / American actor
1986 – LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
1987 – Ed Westwick, English actor
1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
1988 – Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer
1989 – Matthew Lewis, English actor
1990 – Aselin Debison, Canadian singer
1991 – Madylin Sweeten, American actress
1996 – Tanay Chheda , Indian actor

Deaths

1162 – Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
1458 – King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
1603 – Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)
1627 – John Hayward, English historian
1636 – Date Masamune founder of Sendai Japan, passes away.
1655 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)
1672 – Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597)
1720 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
1773 – Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. c. 1706)
1794 – Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
1794 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French nobleman (b. 1715)
1794 – Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (b. 1729)
1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
1829 – James Smithson, English scientist and philanthropist (b. 1765)
1831 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)
1844 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)
1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
1912 – George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
1917 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (b. 1896)
1935 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (b. 1857)
1944 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
1947 – Frank Smythe, British mountaineer (b. 1900)
1952 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878)
1954 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b. 1881)
1957 – Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
1960 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
1962 – Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1986 – George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer, British philosopher (b. 1910)
1991 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (b. 1953)
1991 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
1998 – Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (b. 1935)
1999 – George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)
2000 – Molly Bish, American Abductee (b. 1983)
2001 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914)
2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
2002 – John Entwistle, English bassist (The Who) (b. 1944)
2003 – David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
2004 – George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)
2004 – Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)
2005 – Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
2005 – Frank Harte, Traditional Irish Singer and song collector
2005 – John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
2005 – Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
2005 – Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
2006 – Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer, known as "The Railway Killer" (b. 1959)
2007 – Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
2007 – William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
2008 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshall (b. 1914)

Holidays and observances

Mixed Race Day in Brazil
National HIV Testing Day in United States
National Veterans' Day in the United Kingdom
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Saint Ladislas
Seven Sleepers Day (Siebenschläfertag) in Germany
Armed Forces Day In Great Britain
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 27, 2009, 09:57:18 AM
Happy saturday ladies. Looks like yard work today.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 28, 2009, 05:56:20 AM
Happy saturday ladies. Looks like yard work today.
You are soo behind the times, it's sunday here!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on June 28, 2009, 07:51:26 AM
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 186 days remaining until the end of the year.

In common years it is always in ISO week 26.

This date is the only date each year where both the month and day are different perfect numbers, June 6 being the only date where the month and day are the same perfect number.

Today in history

1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
1389 – Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).
1519 – Charles V elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1635 – Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
1651 – Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.
1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Monmouth fought between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.
1807 – Second British invasion; John Whitelock lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the fierce resistance of the locals.
1838 – The coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
1841 – The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle
1859 – First conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
1865 – The Army of the Potomac is disbanded
1880 – Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan.
1881 – Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
1895 – El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Central American Union.
1896 – An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania resulted in a massive cave-in that killed 58 miners.
1902 – The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
1904 – The SS Norge Runs aground and sinks
1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria Hungary on the other side.
1922 – The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
1936 – The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
1940 – Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union.
1948 – Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.
1948 – Boxer Dick Turpin beat Vince Hawkins at Villa Park, Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
1950 – Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.
1956 – Protests and demonstrations in Poznań. Also called Poznański czerwiec (June of Poznań).
1964 – Malcom X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1967 – Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1969 – Stonewall riots begin in New York City.
1973 – Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
1976 – The Angolan court sentenced US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
1978 – The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
1983 – The Mianus River Bridge collapses over the Mianus River in Connecticut, killing 3 drivers in their vehicles.
1986 – ¡A Luchar! holds its first congress in Bogotá, Colombia.
1990 – Paperback Software International Ltd. found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.
1992 – The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas attack at Matsumoto, Japan, 7 persons killed, 660 injured.
1996 – The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
1997 – Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece from Holyfield's ear.
2000 – Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2004 – The 17th NATO Summit starts in Istanbul.
2004 – Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
2004 – Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
2005 – Operation Red Wing, involving four U.S. Navy SEAL members, took place. Three of the SEALs are killed during the operation, whilst a fourth is protected by local villagers and is rescued by the US military. In addition, an MH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying 8 Nightstalkers – members of the Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) – and 8 US Navy SEALs is shot down while attempting to come to their rescue to provide extraction in the mountains of the Kunar province, Afghanistan. All 16 on board were killed.
2006 – The Republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264.
2007 – The Spice Girls announce plans for a reunion tour.

Births

1476 – Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
1490 – Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
1491 – King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
1503 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
1547 (baptism) – Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (d. 1599)
1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
1641 – Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien, queen of Poland (d. 1716)
1703 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
1719 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785)
1806 – Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
1824 – Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
1831 – Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
1867 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1873 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1944)
1875 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941)
1883 – Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
1884 – Lamina Sankoh, early Sierra Leonean nationalist (d. 1964)
1891 – Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)
1891 – Esther Forbes, American writer (d. 1968)
1891 – Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (d. 1974)
1902 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1972)
1909 – Eric Ambler, English writer (d. 1998)
1912 – Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (d. 1996)
1912 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
1913 – Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (d. 2007)
1913 – Walter Oesau, German pilot (d. 1944)
1914 – Aribert Heim, Austrian physician (d. 1992)
1917 – Katherine Rawls, American swimming champion (d. 1982)
1918 – Willie Whitelaw, British Deputy Prime Minister 1979-88 (d. 1999)
1920 – A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright
1921 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
1922 – Michael Vale, American actor (d. 2005)
1923 – Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver
1926 – Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
1927 – Corelli Barnett, British military historian
1927 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1928 – Hans Blix, Swedish diplomat and politician
1928 – Harold Evans, English journalist and writer; editor of The Sunday Times
1930 – Itamar Franco, President of Brazil
1931 – Junior Johnson, American NASCAR driver
1931 – Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (d. 1995)
1932 – Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
1933 – Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician
1934 – Carl Levin, United States Senator
1935 – John Inman, English actor (d. 2007)
1936 – Chuck Howley, American football player
1937 – Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
1937 – George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
1937 – Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (d. 1995)
1938 – John Byner, American comedian
1938 – Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (d. 2001)
1938 – Leon Panetta, current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1940 – Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1940 – Roderick Wright, ex-Scottish bishop (d. 2005)
1941 – Al Downing, American baseball player
1941 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (d. 2006)
1942 – Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party (d. 1993)
1942 – David Miner, American musician and record producer
1942 – Frank Zane, American bodybuilder
1943 – Donald Johanson, American paleoanthropologist
1943 – Jens Birkemose, Danish painter
1943 – Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1945 – David Knights, English musician (Procol Harum)
1946 – Bruce Davison, American actor
1946 – Gilda Radner, American comedienne (d. 1989)
1946 – Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician.
1947 – Robert Bondi, American politician
1947 – Mark Clark (Black Panther), murdered in 1969 Chicago Police raid
1947 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef
1947 – Anny Duperey, French film and television actress
1947 – Mark Helprin, American writer
1948 – Kathy Bates, American actress
1950 – Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician
1952 – Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete
1954 – A. A. Gill, British writer and columnist
1954 – Alice Krige, South African actress
1955 – Shirley Cheriton, English actress
1955 – Eric Gates, English footballer
1955 – Thomas Hampson, American baritone
1956 – Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
1957 – Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1957 – Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
1957 – Mike Skinner, American racecar driver
1958 – Félix Gray, French singer and songwriter
1960 – John Elway, American football player
1963 – Beverley Craven, English singer-songwriter
1963 – Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director
1964 – Mark Grace, American baseball player
1964 – Sanjeev Bhaskar, British actor and comedian
1965 – Jessica Hecht, American actress
1966 – John Cusack, American actor
1966 – Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress
1967 – Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
1967 – Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
1968 – Adam Woodyatt, English actor
1968 – Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer
1969 – Danielle Brisebois, American actress
1969 – Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
1970 – Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
1970 – Steve Burton, American actor
1970 – Mike White, American filmmaker and actor
1971 – Tichina Arnold, American actress
1971 – Louise Bagshawe, British novelist and politician
1971 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer
1971 – Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer
1971 – Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality
1971 – Ron Mahay, American baseball player
1971 – Aileen Quinn, American actress
1972 – Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
1972 – Alessandro Nivola, American actor
1973 – Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete
1974 – Rob Dyrdek, Professional skateboarder
1975 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician, Dissection
1976 – Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
1976 – Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
1977 – Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
1977 – Chris Spurling, American baseball player
1977 – Harun Tekin, Turkish musician, Mor ve Ötesi
1978 – Simon Larose, Canadian professional tennis player
1979 – Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer
1979 – Randy McMichael, American football player
1979 – Florian Zeller, French novelist and playwright
1981 – Michael Crafter, Australian musician (Confession)
1983 – Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer
1985 – Phil Bardsley, English football player
1986 – Kellie Pickler, American singer
1986 – Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
1987 – Terrence Williams, American Basketball Player
1988 – Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer
1990 – Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
1994 – Madeline Duggan, English actress
1994 – Prince Hussein bin Al Abdullah II, Prince of Jordan

Deaths

548 – Theodora, Byzantine empress
767 – Pope Paul I
928 – Louis the Blind, King of Provence and Holy Roman Emperor
1061 – Floris I, Count of Holland
1175 – Andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince
1194 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)
1385 – Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1348)
1389 – Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329)
1586 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (b. 1508)
1598 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish-born cartographer (b. 1527)
1716 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)
1813 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
1834 – Joseph Bové, Russian architect (b. 1784)
1836 – James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
1880 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (b. 1846)
1881 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)
1889 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (b. 1818)
1892 – Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (b. 1810)
1913 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1863)
1914 – Countess Sophie Chotek, wife of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1868)
1915 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (b. 1877)
1916 – Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
1922 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (b. 1885)
1929 – Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)
1960 – Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898)
1962 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1962 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
1965 – Red Nichols, American musician (b. 1905)
1971 – Franz Stangl, Austrian commandant of concentration camps (b. 1908)
1974 – Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923)
1975 – Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
1975 – Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
1975 – Rod Serling, American television scriptwriter (b. 1924)
1976 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and film producer (b. 1927)
1978 – Clifford Dupont, First President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
1980 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
1981 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
1985 – Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (b. 1913)
1989 – Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1898)
1992 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
1993 – GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
2000 – Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (b. 1913)
2000 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (b. 1908)
2001 – Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
2001 – Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
2003 – Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
2004 – Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
2005 – Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist (b. 1946)
2006 – Jim Baen, American science fiction publisher and editor (b. 1943)
2006 – George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
2006 – Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English barrister, politician and author (b. 1919)
2006 – George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
2007 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey, American Navy Submariner (b. 1913)
2007 – Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
2008 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)

Holidays and observances

Vidovdan, Orthodox religious holiday commemorating St. Vitus
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Post by: dragonz on June 29, 2009, 02:42:02 AM
1997 – Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece from Holyfield's ear.

Hnnuugngng "tastes like pork"
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Post by: socalrappy700 on June 29, 2009, 06:56:52 AM
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 185 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1149 – Raymond of Antioch is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din.
1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
1444 – An Ottoman invasion force is defeated by Skanderbeg at Torvioll.
1534 – Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
1644 – Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
1659 – The Russians, led by Prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.
1749 – New Governor Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).
1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1850 – Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island.
1850 – Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1864 – Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
1874 – Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
1880 – France annexes Tahiti.
1888 – First (known) recording of classical music, Handel's "Israel in Egypt," made on a wax cylinder.
1891 – Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.
1895 – Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
1914 – Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
1916 – Sir Roger Casement, Irish Nationalist and British diplomat is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1922 – France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes."
1925 – Canada House opens in London, England.
1926 – Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
1927 – First test of Wallace Turnbull's Controllable pitch propeller.
1928 – The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened.
1937 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Canada receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles.
1945 – Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by Soviet Union.
1956 – The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
1972 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment".
1974 – Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband President Juan Peron had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.)
1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
2002 – Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
2007 – Two car bombs are found in the heart of London at Picadilly Circus.

Births

1397 – John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
1482 – Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
1517 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585)
1596 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
1798 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
1803 – John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
1849 – John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926)
1858 – George Washington Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928)
1861 – William James Mayo, American physician (d. 1939)
1863 – Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player and hall-of-famer (d. 1934)
1865 – Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 1986)
1866 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)
1868 – George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
1880 – Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
1881 – Harry Frazee, American baseball team owner (d. 1929)
1881 – Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959)
1886 – Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
1889 – Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
1893 – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958)
1893 – Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian scientist and statistician (d. 1972)
1895 – Olivia Patricia Thomas, American supercentenarian
1897 – Fulgence Charpentier, French-Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
1901 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
1903 – Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942)
1906 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
1908 – Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
1910 – Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
1910 – Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1911 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1911 – Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
1912 – John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
1912 – Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
1914 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
1914 – Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
1915 – Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
1919 – Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
1919 – Lloyd Richards, American director (d. 2006)
1920 – Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker
1921 – Frédéric Dard, French writer (d. 2000)
1922 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)
1923 – Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer
1924 – Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
1924 – Ezra Laderman, American composer
1925 – Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician
1925 – Hale Smith, American composer and editor
1925 – Cara Williams, American actress
1925 – Chan Parker, American author; wife of Charlie Parker and Phil Woods (d. 1999)
1926 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1928 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
1928 – Radius Prawiro, Indonesia Finance Minister (d. 2005)
1929 – Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)
1930 – Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress
1931 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
1930 – Robert Evans, American film producer
1932 – Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British politician
1933 – Bob Shaw, baseball player
1933 – John Bradshaw, American theologian
1934 – Corey Allen, American filmmaker and actor
1935 – Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
1936 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player
1939 – Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
1939 – Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial arts actor (d. 2002)
1940 – Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
1941 – John Boccabella, American baseball player
1941 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)
1942 – Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter
1943 – Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
1944 – Gary Busey, American actor
1944 – Sean O'Malley, American Roman Catholic bishop
1945 – Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
1946 – Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
1946 – Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
1947 – Michael Carter, British actor
1947 – Richard Lewis, American comedian
1948 – Ian Paice, English drummer
1949 – Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician
1949 – Ann Veneman, American politician
1951 – Don Rosa, American illustrator
1952 – Joe Johnson, English snooker player
1953 – Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer
1954 – Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player
1955 – Terence M. O'Sullivan, American activist
1955 – Charles J. Precourt, American astronaut
1956 – Pedro Guerrero, baseball player
1956 – Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal
1957 – María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
1957 – Michael Nutter, American politician
1957 – Robert Forster, Australian musician
1958 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese athlete
1958 – Jeff Coopwood, American actor, broadcaster and singer
1961 – Kimberlin Brown, American actress
1961 – Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist
1961 – Sharon Lawrence, American actress
1962 – Amanda Donohoe, British actress
1962 – George Zamka, American astronaut
1963 – Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
1964 – Stedman Pearson, British singer
1965 – Tripp Eisen, American musician
1966 – John Part, Canadian darts player
1966 – Yoko Kamio, Japanese manga artist
1967 – Jeff Burton, American racing driver
1967 – Murray Foster, Canadian musician
1967 – Melora Hardin, American actress, singer
1968 – Theoren Fleury, Canadian hockey player
1969 – Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
1969 – Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
1969 – Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician
1970 – Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
1970 – Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
1971 – Kaitlyn Ashley, American pornographic actress
1971 – Matthew Good, Canadian musician
1971 – Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
1972 – Samantha Smith, American activist (d. 1985)
1972 – Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
1973 – George Hincapie, American cyclist
1976 – Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician
1977 – Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
1977 – DealZ, American singer
1978 – Sam Farrar, American bassist
1978 – Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress
1979 – Abs Breen, English singer
1979 – Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
1979 – Matthew Bode, Australian Rules football player
1979 – Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007)
1980 – Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
1980 – Mel Peachey, British television personality
1980 – Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
1981 – Joe Johnson, American basketball player
1981 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
1983 – Aundrea Fimbres, American singer
1984 – Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
1984 – Christopher Egan, Australian actor
1984 – Derek Lee Rock, American drummer
1985 – Quintin Demps, American football player
1986 – Austin Drage, English singer
1986 – Iya Villania, Filipina actress
1987 – Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
1987 – Ana Free, Portuguese singer/songwriter
1988 – Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
1992 – Adam G. Sevani, American actor
1993 – George Sampson, English dancer

Deaths

1059 – Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
1252 – King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
1315 – Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
1509 – Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)
1725 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
1744 – André Campra, French composer (b. 1660)
1764 – Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
1852 – Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777)
1855 – John Gorrie, American scientist (b. 1802)
1861 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806)
1873 – Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)
1875 – Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (b. 1825)
1900 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1827)
1919 – José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)
1921 – Otto Seeck German classical historian (b. 1850)
1931 – Nérée Beauchemin, Quebec poet (b. 1850)
1933 – Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)
1935 – Jack O'Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
1940 – Paul Klee, Swiss artist (b. 1879)
1941 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
1958 – Charles Spencelayh, English painter (b. 1865)
1960 – Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)
1964 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)
1967 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
1967 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
1969 – Shorty Long, American singer (b. 1940)
1969 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919)
1973 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1915)
1975 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
1977 – Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (b. 1895)
1978 – Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
1979 – Lowell George, American country-rock singer (b. 1945)
1982 – Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (b. 1914)
1982 – Henry King, American film director (b. 1886)
1990 – Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
1993 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
1994 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908)
1995 – Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
1997 – William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
1998 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936)
1999 – Allan Carr, American film producer (b. 1937)
2000 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)
2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
2002 – Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
2002 – François Périer, French actor (b. 1919)
2003 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
2004 – Bernard Babior, American biochemist (b. 1935)
2006 – Randy Walker, American football coach (b. 1954)
2006 – Fabián Bielinsky, Argentine film director (b. 1959)
2006 – Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
2007 – Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)
2007 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (b. 1947)
2008 – Don S. Davis, American actor and artist (b. 1942)

Holidays and observances

Seychelles – Independence Day.
The Netherlands – Veterans Day.
Malta – l-Imnarja
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, i.e., the Apostles Peter and Paul of Tarsus; also a local holiday in Rome, of which they are patron saints, as well as of the Antiochian Orthodox Church and diamond workers.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 29, 2009, 07:56:47 AM
2002 – Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel



Jeez NK sucks.  :mad:
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Post by: Colorado700R on June 29, 2009, 07:58:00 AM
you have no idea :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on June 29, 2009, 09:33:59 AM
2002 – Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel


So no North Korean deaths?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 29, 2009, 10:06:21 AM
NK never admits it's losses
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Post by: Krandall on June 29, 2009, 10:11:19 AM
It never will either.

So, how long before we go to war w/ NK and/or Iran? :help:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 29, 2009, 10:35:32 AM
3,2,1................
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 29, 2009, 10:45:22 AM
3,2,1................

scary stuff.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on June 29, 2009, 11:41:17 AM
3,2,1................

Go ahead and push the button.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 29, 2009, 11:42:31 AM
+1  I'm sick of hearing about it.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 29, 2009, 03:05:55 PM
NK's Kim Jong Il is an epic dictator douche bag that builds and buys weapons instead of feeding his starving people.

Iran's Religious zealot has a hard-on for Isreal.......


This won't end well
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Post by: Peelz on June 29, 2009, 03:40:54 PM
NK's Kim Jong Il is an epic dictator douche bag that builds and buys weapons instead of feeding his starving people.

Iran's Religious zealot has a hard-on for Isreal.......


This won't end well

I hear Kim Jong Douche is damn close to death. Probably going to appoint his douchbag son to the office. :Morons:
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Post by: disco on June 29, 2009, 04:31:03 PM
Air Force test fires missile from Calif coast

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_missile_test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force says it has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, firing it to targets in the Pacific Ocean.

Lt. Raymond Geoffroy (JEFF-rey) said the ICBM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:01 a.m. Monday.

He said it carried three unarmed re-entry vehicles that hit their targets near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, some 4,200 miles away.

On clear mornings, missile launchings from Vandenberg can be seen as far away as Los Angeles, 140 miles to the southeast, but fog along the coast made Monday's launch difficult to see even in the immediate area, Geoffroy said.

The Air Force said the launch was an operational test to check the weapon system's reliability and accuracy.

Test data will be used by United States Strategic Command planners and Department of Energy laboratories.
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Post by: Colorado700R on June 29, 2009, 05:30:08 PM
:batman:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on June 29, 2009, 06:48:52 PM
Yessir.   :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 30, 2009, 01:53:51 AM
Bring back Buck Brian
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on June 30, 2009, 05:40:45 AM
morning crew reporting as ordered :thud:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on June 30, 2009, 06:32:22 AM
f**k morning.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 30, 2009, 08:13:38 AM
amen... :(


was tough getting up this AM.

weather has been very mild! woke up and it was 57 outside. freakin beautiful!
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Post by: Peelz on June 30, 2009, 09:01:55 AM
amen... :(


was tough getting up this AM.

weather has been very mild! woke up and it was 57 outside. freakin beautiful!

word. Could go back to sleep.
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Post by: Krandall on June 30, 2009, 09:37:38 AM
Everyone must be super busy.

I know here we've been swamped. tis the season for vacations!
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Post by: Peelz on June 30, 2009, 09:41:51 AM
Pretty busy at work, AC took a crap at home, sunburnt like all hell, house is a mess...Oh, in-laws on their way this weekend for holiday. :help:

But.....I have part of tomorrow, and all of Friday off. BOOYAH!

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Post by: Krandall on June 30, 2009, 09:46:08 AM
I don't think we get a day off :(

bastards


my arms got a bit burnt @ SL. started peeling last week. :help:
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Post by: Peelz on June 30, 2009, 10:06:17 AM
I don't think we get a day off :(

bastards


my arms got a bit burnt @ SL. started peeling last week. :help:

Mine did really bad. Rockin the "mailman tan". Where you take your shirt off, but it still looks like you have one on.... So saturday I pressure washed the siding, no shirt, hoping to get rid of it. Now I look like a lobster. .  :lol: Soon, I wll be earning my last name.  "pealer" :lol:
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Post by: Krandall on June 30, 2009, 10:13:55 AM
my wife refuses to go to the beach with me due to my horrid farmers tan... :(
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Post by: Peelz on June 30, 2009, 10:15:58 AM
my wife refuses to go to the beach with me due to my horrid farmers tan... :(

:lol:

did you see preddy's wifebeater tan? :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 30, 2009, 10:17:16 AM
my wife refuses to go to the beach with me due to my horrid farmers tan... :(

:lol:

did you see preddy's wifebeater tan? :rofl:


that was Horrible :lol:

So bad!!!
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Post by: socalrappy700 on June 30, 2009, 11:28:17 AM
Sorry I’m late guys, been a busy day around here.


June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 184 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome.
1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
1520 – The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
1559 – King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising – the Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, continuing the struggle for English independence from Rome which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
1758 – Seven Years' War: The Battle of Domstadtl takes place.
1794 – Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
1805 – The U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.
1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of President James Garfield.
1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
1905 – Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", in which he introduces special relativity.
1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
1908 – The Tunguska event occurs in Siberia.
1912 – The Regina Cyclone hits Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.
1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abbysinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Mussolinis invasion of his country
1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa – Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 (Flight 718) collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing all 128 on board the two planes.
1960 – Congo gains independence from Belgium.
1963 – Ciaculli massacre: A car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near Palermo.
1968 – Credo of the People of GERD by Pope Paul VI.
1969 – Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
1971 – Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
1977 – MGR is first actor to become chief minister of Tamilnadu a state in India
1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.
1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
1991 – 32 miners are killed when a coal mine fire in the Donbass region of the Ukraine releases toxic gas.
1992 – Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
2007 – A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, in an attempted terrorist attack.

Births

1286 – John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)
1470 – Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
1503 – John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
1641 – Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)
1685 – John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
1755 – Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
1789 – Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1803 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
1807 – Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d.1887)
1817 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
1823 – Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
1843 – Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
1884 – Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
1891 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1891 – Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
1892 – Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
1893 – Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
1899 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
1899 – Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
1906 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
1906 – Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
1907 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian politician (d. 1950)
1908 – Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
1911 – Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
1912 – Dan Reeves – Owner of the Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (d. 1971)
1913 – Harry Wismer, owner of the New York Jets (d. 1967)
1913 – Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)
1914 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (d. 2001)
1917 – Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
1917 – Lena Horne, American actress and singer
1919 – Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
1926 – Paul Berg, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
1929 – Hans Krondahl, Swedish painter and textile designer
1931 – Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
1931 – Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1933 – Lea Massari, Italian actress
1933 – M. J. K. Smith, English cricketer
1933 – Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
1934 – Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. 1997)
1935 – John Harlin, American mountaineer (d. 1966)
1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress
1936 – Tony Musante, American actor
1936 – Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002)
1938 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
1939 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
1940 – Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer (d. 2007)
1941 – Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
1942 – Robert Ballard, Oceanographer
1942 – Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 – Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
1944 – Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
1944 – Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
1944 – Glenn Shorrock, Australian singer-songwriter; co-founding member of Little River Band
1944 – Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
1950 – Leonard Whiting, British actor
1951 – Stanley Clarke, American musician
1952 – David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
1952 – Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
1953 – Hal Lindes, British-American musician (Dire Straits)
1954 – Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
1954 – Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
1955 – David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
1957 – Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)
1958 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
1959 – Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
1959 – Brendan Perry, British musician (Dead Can Dance)
1960 – Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)
1962 – Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
1963 – Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
1964 – Alexandra Christina Manley, Former Danish princess, now countess
1965 – Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
1965 – Steve Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Gary Pallister, English footballer
1966 – Mike Tyson, American former boxer
1966 – Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
1967 – David Busst, English former footballer
1968 – Philip Anselmo, American musician
1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
1970 – Brian Bloom, American actor
1970 – Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer
1970 – Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player
1971 – Anette Michel, Mexican actress
1971 – Monica Potter, American actress
1972 – Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer
1972 – James Martin, English celebrity chef
1973 – Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
1973 – Frank Rost, German footballer
1974 – Melanie Lambert American ice skater
1975 – Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1)
1975 – Rami Shaaban, Swedish footballer
1975 – James Bannatyne, New Zealander footballer
1977 – Justo Villar, Paraguayan footballer
1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player
1978 – Claudio Rivalta, Italian footballer
1979 – Matisyahu, American reggae singer
1979 – Rick Gonzalez, American actor
1979 – Travis Minor, American football running back
1980 – Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
1980 – Seyi Olofinjana, Nigerian footballer
1981 – Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
1981 – Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
1981 – Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
1981 – Ben Utecht, American football Player
1982 – Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
1982 – Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1982 – Mitch Maier, American baseball player
1982 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
1983 – Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
1983 – Marlin Jackson, American football player
1983 – Patrick Wolf, British musician
1983 – Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
1984 – Fantasia Barrino, American singer
1984 – Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
1985 – Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
1985 – Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 – Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
1985 – Cody Runnels, American wrestler
1986 – Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
1986 – Allegra Versace, Italian heiress and stakeholder of the Versace empire
1986 – Nicola Pozzi, Italian footballer
1986 – Freddy Guarín, Colombian footballer
1989 – Miguel Vítor, Portuguese footballer
1991 – Kaho, Japanese actress

Deaths

350 – Nepotianus, Roman usurper
1181 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)
1364 – Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
1538 – Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
1579 – Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary (b. 1506)
1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
1660 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
1666 – Alexander Brome, English poet (b. 1620)
1670 – Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)
1704 – John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)
1709 – Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
1785 – James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)
1796 – Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1857 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)
1882 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of President James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
1882 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (b. 1827)
1890 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (b. 1819)
1917 – Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (b. 1861)
1919 – John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842)
1934 – Night of the Long Knives murders
o Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)
o Gregor Strasser, former German Nazi politician (b. 1892)
o Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria (b. 1862)
o Karl Ernst, German SA-gruppenführer (b. 1904)
o Erich Klausener, German catholic politician (b. 1885)
1953 – Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
1956 – Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (b. 1880)
1959 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
1961 – Lee DeForest, American inventor (b. 1873)
1966 – Giuseppe Farina, Italian Formula One champion. First person to win an F1 championship. (b. 1906)
1971 – Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
1971 – Soviet crew of Soyuz 11
o Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
o Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
o Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
1973 – Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Ukrainian-born Canadian Bishop and Martyr (b. 1903)
1974 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
1976 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1984 – Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
1993 – George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (b. 1928)
1993 – Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1962)
1995 – Gale Gordon, American actor (b. 1906)
1995 – Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1921)
1995 – Phyllis Hyman, American jazz vocalist (b. 1949)
1997 – Larry O'Day, Australian wrestler (b. 1944)
2001 – Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
2001 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
2002 – Chico Xavier, popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement (b. 1910)
2003 – Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
2003 – Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
2004 – Jamal Abro, Pakistani writer (b. 1924)
2006 – Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
2007 – Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
First Martyrs of the See of Rome.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on June 30, 2009, 11:40:51 AM
Leave it to the canadians to make a coin named after 95% of the population...

1987 – The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.
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Post by: Peelz on June 30, 2009, 12:41:15 PM
happy congolese independence day. ;)
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Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 30, 2009, 02:03:51 PM
happy congolese independence day. ;)

WTF is that?   ???
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Post by: dragonz on June 30, 2009, 02:09:32 PM
happy congolese independence day. ;)

WTF is that?   ???

the day you celebrate that your "congos" can move independantly of eachother :rolleyes:
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Post by: Peelz on June 30, 2009, 02:12:40 PM
happy congolese independence day. ;)

WTF is that?   ???


read facts of the day: Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


but I like dragonz explanation better. :nod:  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on June 30, 2009, 02:14:18 PM
happy congolese independence day. ;)

WTF is that?   ???


read facts of the day: Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


but I like dragonz explanation better. :nod:  :lol:
Don't say that too loud, people will start thinking we're friends or something :jaw:
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Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 30, 2009, 02:27:34 PM
Krandall!!! Quit Banning Me!!!!   
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Post by: Krandall on June 30, 2009, 02:32:32 PM
Krandall!!! Quit Banning Me!!!!   


:sit:

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Post by: Lady4Fiddy on June 30, 2009, 02:40:53 PM
Krandall!!! Quit Banning Me!!!!   


:sit:



It's on like Donkey Kong!!!    >:D
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Post by: dragonz on July 01, 2009, 05:01:33 AM
Krandall!!! Quit Banning Me!!!!   


:sit:



It's on like Donkey Kong!!!    >:D
ding ding, let the fight begin!!
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Post by: Colorado700R on July 01, 2009, 05:31:18 AM
I hate these early mornings.....grrrr

I wanna go back to bed :'(
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Post by: Krandall on July 01, 2009, 07:19:11 AM
Krandall!!! Quit Banning Me!!!!   


:sit:



It's on like Donkey Kong!!!    >:D


ohhhhh puh-leaaaaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeeeeeee!

Don't even start woman, won't end well for you.
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Post by: socalrappy700 on July 01, 2009, 07:27:09 AM
Krandall!!! Quit Banning Me!!!!   


:sit:



It's on like Donkey Kong!!!    >:D


ohhhhh puh-leaaaaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeeeeeee!

Don't even start woman, won't end well for you.

+1  You're in our world right now.

 :lol:
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Post by: socalrappy700 on July 01, 2009, 07:27:23 AM
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of the year. The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in a leap year.

Today in history

1097 – Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army under Qilich Arslan I.
1520 – La Noche Triste: Joint Mexican Indian force led by Aztecs under Cuitláhuac defeat Spanish Conquistadors under Hernán Cortés.
1569 – Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland (Polish Crown) and Great Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union, the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.
1690 – Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian calendar.
1782 – American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
1837 – A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
1858 – The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
1862 – The Russian State Library is founded.
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place, the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of the George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
1863 – Keti Koti, Emancipation Day in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
1867 – The British North America Act, 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation; John A. Macdonald is sworn in as first Prime Minister.
1870 – The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
1873 – Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
1878 – Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
1881 – The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
1881 – General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
1885 – The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
1890 – Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
1892 – The Homestead Strike, a strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers against the Carnegie Steel Company, begins.
1898 – Spanish-American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.
1908 – SOS is adopted as the international Distress signal.
1916 – World War I: First day on the Somme – On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
1921 – The Communist Party of China is founded.
1931 – United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
1933 – The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
1935 – Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in On-to-Ottawa-Trek.
1941 – The first television commercial in the U.S. is broadcast.
1942 – World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
1942 – Australian Federal Government becomes sole collector of Income Tax (State Income Tax Abolished).
1943 – Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo". (Present-day Tokyo is not a city.)
1947 – The Philippine Air Force is established.
1948 – Quaid-i-Azam inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
1949 – Merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore to become the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in Indian Union.
1957 – The International Geophysical Year begins.
1958 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
1958 – Flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway begins.
1959 – The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference.
1959 – Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S., U.K. and other commonwealth countries.
1960 – Independence of Somalia.
1960 – Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceases to be the Head of state.
1962 – Independence of Rwanda.
1962 – Independence of Burundi.
1963 – ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.
1963 – The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
1966 – The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
1967 – The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
1967 – Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867.
1968 – The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established.
1968 – The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
1968 – Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO.
1970 – President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces.
1972 – Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and Holger Meins of the Red Army Faction are captured in Frankfurt after a shootout with the police.
1972 – The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.
1976 – Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
1978 – The Northern Territory in Australia is granted Self-Government.
1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman.
1980 – O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
1983 – A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djall Mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
1987 – American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
1990 – German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
1991 – The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
1997 – The People's Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
1999 – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
2000 – Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.
2000 – The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
2002 – The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
2002 – A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71.
2004 – Saturn Orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
2006 – The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China.
2007 – Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. With the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK. The ban is also put into effect in Australia.

Births

1481 – Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
1506 – Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)
1534 – Frederick II of Denmark (d. 1588)
1574 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656)
1586 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (d. 1630)
1633 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
1646 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)
1676 – Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
1723 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (d. 1802)
1725 – Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d. 1807)
1742 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (d. 1867)
1804 – George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
1807 – Thomas Green Clemson, American university founder (d. 1888)
1818 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (d. 1865)
1834 – Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet (d. 1908)
1863 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (d. 1892)
1869 – William Strunk Jr., American grammarian (d. 1946)
1872 – Louis Blériot, French aviator (d. 1936)
1873 – Alice Guy-Blaché, American film director (d. 1968)
1879 – Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1954)
1883 – Arthur Borton, English soldier (d. 1933)
1899 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer (d. 1993)
1899 – Charles Laughton, English actor (d. 1962)
1899 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, 2nd President of Greece (d. 1987)
1902 – William Wyler, French-born film director (d. 1981)
1903 – Amy Johnson, English pilot (d. 1941)
1906 – Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)
1906 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (d. 1992)
1907 – Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)
1911 – Sergei Sokolov, Soviet marshal
1912 – David R. Brower, American environmentalist (d. 2000)
1912 – Sally Kirkland, American fashion editor (d. 1989)
1913 – Frank Barrett, baseball player (d. 1998)
1915 – Willie Dixon, American musician (d. 1992)
1915 – Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon (d. 2001)
1916 – Olivia de Havilland, British-born actress
1917 – Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004)
1920 – Harold Sakata, American actor (d. 1982)
1921 – Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (d. 1980)
1925 – Farley Granger, American actor
1926 – Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate
1926 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer
1926 – Carl Hahn, German automotive executive
1927 – Alan J. Charig, British palaeontologist (d. 1997)
1929 – Gerald Edelman, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1930 – Bobby Day, American singer (d. 1990)
1930 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American filmmaker (d. 2005)
1930 – Carol Chomsky, American linguist, (d. 2008)
1931 – Leslie Caron, French actress
1932 – Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (d. 2007)
1934 – Jamie Farr, American actor
1934 – Jean Marsh, English actress
1934 – Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)
1934 – Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1938 – Craig Anderson, baseball player
1939 – Karen Black, American actress
1941 – Alfred G. Gilman, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1941 – Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate
1941 – Twyla Tharp, American choreographer
1941 – Rod Gilbert, Canadian hockey player
1942 – Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
1942 – Andraé Crouch, American singer
1942 – Mike Malloy, American talk radio host
1943 – Jeff Wayne, musician
1945 – Deborah Harry, American musician (Blondie)
1945 – Mike Burstyn, Israeli-American actor
1947 – Shirley Hemphill, American actress (d. 1999)
1947 – Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver
1949 – John Farnham, Australian singer
1950 – David Duke, American politician, K.K.K. member
1951 – Fred Schneider, American singer (The B-52's)
1951 – Anne Feeney, American protest singer
1951 – Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer
1952 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
1952 – Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
1955 – Keith Whitley, American singer (d. 1989)
1956 – Alan Ruck, American actor
1957 – Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
1960 – Evelyn King, American singer
1961 – Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut (d. 2003)
1961 – Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)
1961 – Malcolm Elliott, British cyclist
1961 – Carl Lewis, American athlete
1961 – Michelle Wright, Canadian musician
1962 – Andre Braugher, American actor
1963 – Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More and Imperial Teen)
1964 – Bernard Laporte, French rugby player & coach
1965 – Harald Zwart, Norwegian film director
1966 – Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer
1967 – Pamela Anderson, Canadian model
1968 – Tim Abell, American actor
1970 – Henry Simmons, American actor
1970 – Melissa Peterman, American actress
1971 – Steven W. Bailey, American actor
1971 – Amira Casar, French actress
1971 – Missy Elliott, American rapper and singer
1971 – Julianne Nicholson, American actress
1971 – Jamie Walker, American baseball player
1972 – Claire Forlani, English actress
1972 – Alex Machacek, Austrian musician
1975 – Sufjan Stevens, American musician
1976 – Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer
1976 – Plies, American rapper
1976 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
1976 – Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
1976 – Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
1977 – Jarome Iginla, Canadian hockey player
1977 – Liv Tyler, American actress
1977 – Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist
1977 – Birgit Schuurman, Dutch musician
1979 – Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist
1980 – Patrick Aufiero, American hockey player
1981 – Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-born Australian rules footballer
1981 – Demetria McKinney, American Actress
1982 – Hilarie Burton, American actress
1982 – Carmella DeCesare, American model
1982 – Romola Garai, English actress
1982 – Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
1982 – Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
1982 – Adrian Ward, American football player
1983 – Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M)
1983 – Leeteuk, Korean singer
1986 – Andrew Lee, Australian rules footballer
1988 – Evan Ellingson, American actor
1989 – Mitch Hewer, English actor
1989 – Hannah Murray, English actress

Deaths

552 – Totila, king of the Ostrogoths
868 – Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (b. 828)
1109 – King Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1040)
1277 – Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)
1592 – Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer
1614 – Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)
1622 – William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b. 1575)
1681 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (b. 1629)
1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
1774 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (b. 1705)
1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1730)
1784 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (b. 1710)
1819 – Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (b. 1752)
1839 – Mahmud II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1785)
1860 – Charles Goodyear, American inventor (b. 1800)
1863 – John Fulton Reynolds, American Civil War general (b. 1820)
1894 – Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819)
1896 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (b. 1811)
1925 – Erik Satie, French composer (b. 1866)
1942 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish language writer (b. 1857)
1944 – Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (b. 1930)
1948 – Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)
1950 – Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (b. 1865)
1950 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (b. 1873)
1961 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b. 1894)
1964 – Pierre Monteux, French conductor (b. 1875)
1965 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)
1968 – Fritz Bauer, German judge and prosecutor (b. 1903)
1971 – William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1974 – Juan Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
1978 – Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
1981 – Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese writer (b. 1921)
1981 – Rushton Moreve, American bass player (b. 1948)
1983 – R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and philosopher (b. 1903)
1984 – Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born educator (b. 1904)
1987 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)
1991 – Michael Landon, American actor (b. 1936)
1992 – Franco Cristaldi, Italian film producer (b. 1924)
1992 – Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1933)
1995 – Wolfman Jack, American radio personality (b. 1938)
1996 – William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (b. 1904)
1996 – Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (b. 1942)
1996 – Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (b. 1954)
1997 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)
1999 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-born film director (b. 1908)
1999 – Guy Mitchell, American popular singer (b. 1927)
1999 – Forrest Mars Sr., American candy magnate (b. 1904)
1999 – Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)
2000 – Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
2000 – Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
2001 – Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
2003 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
2003 – Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927)
2003 – N!xau, Namibian actor (b. 1944)
2004 – Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
2004 – Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)
2004 – Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
2005 – Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
2005 – Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)
2006 – Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
2008 – Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)

Holidays and observances

Australia, New Zealand: Tartan Day
Botswana: Sir Seretse Khama Day
Bulgaria: July Morning tradition.
Burundi: Independence Day
Canada: Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day)
o Newfoundland and Labrador: Memorial Day
o Quebec: Moving Day
Ghana: Republic Day
Hong Kong: Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day
Madeira: Madeira Day
Netherlands Antilles, Suriname: Emancipation Day
Rwanda: Independence Day
Somalia: Republic Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 01, 2009, 07:47:37 AM
1980 – O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
 :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 01, 2009, 07:49:39 AM
1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)

and then I moved on to a better prospect
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 01, 2009, 08:00:58 AM
1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)

and then I moved on to a better prospect


Eh.. A bit over rated she was.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on July 01, 2009, 03:09:55 PM
"Australia, New Zealand: Tartan Day"

Yup, it's the day to go out tartin'  ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 02, 2009, 05:05:29 AM
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 182 days remaining until the end of the year.

It is the midpoint of a common year. This is because there are 182 days before and 182 days after (median of the year) in common years, and 183 before and 182 after in leap years. The exact time in the middle of the year is at noon, or 12:00 pm. It falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in common years.

Today in history

626 – In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China.
706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang.
963 – The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
1298 – The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1494 – The Treaty of Tordesillas is signed by Portugal and Spain.
1555 – Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
1561 – Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
1578 – Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.[citation needed]
1582 – Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
1613 – The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall.
1644 – English Civil War: the Battle of Marston Moor.
1679 – Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
1776 – The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
1777 – Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
1808 – Simon Fraser reaches the Pacific Ocean near New Westminster.
1823 – Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
1850 – The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
1853 – The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.
1863 – American Civil War: second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
1870 – Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium.
1871 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after its conquest from the Papal States.
1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
1897 – Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains patent for radio in London.
1900 – First zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1917 – The East St. Louis Riots end.
1934 – The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
1950 – The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
1950 – Henri Queuille is elected the seventh Prime Minister of the Fourth French Republic.
1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
1964 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
1966 – The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
1976 – North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1979 – The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
1985 – Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
1987 – Nilde Iotti is named as the first female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
1990 – A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leads to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims in Mecca during hajj.
2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
2001 – AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
2003 – Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a "kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.
2004 – ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.¨
2008 – Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other FARC hostages are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.

Births

419 – Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455)
1029 – Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)
1262 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
1363 – Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)
1489 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
1492 – Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)
1647 – Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
1665 – Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
1667 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
1698 – Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)
1714 – Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
1724 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
1819 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900)
1820 – George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (d. 1878)
1821 – Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
1849 – Maria Theresia of Austria-Este, queen of Bavaria (d. 1919)
1862 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
1865 – Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916)
1876 – Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
1877 – Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
1881 – Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929)
1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
1893 – Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center) (d. 1950)
1896 – Lydia Mei, Estonian artist (d. 1965)
1900 – Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971)
1903 – Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1903 – King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
1904 – René Lacoste, French tennis player (d. 1996)
1906 – Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
1908 – Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
1914 – Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004)
1914 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
1916 – Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
1916 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Combat pilot and highest-decorated German soldier of WWII (d. 1982)
1917 – Murry Wilson, American musician and producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
1918 – Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005)
1919 – Jean Craighead George, American writer
1923 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel laureate
1925 – Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963)
1925 – Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
1926 – Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, (d. 2007)
1927 – Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
1927 – Gene Ray, Founder of the Time Cube website and proponent of Time Cube philosophy
1929 – Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines
1929 – John A. Cade, American politician
1930 – Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
1932 – Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 2002)
1933 – Kenny Wharram, Canadian hockey player
1934 – Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
1937 – Polly Holliday, American actress
1937 – Richard Petty, American race car driver
1939 – John H. Sununu, White House Chief of Staff under George HW Bush
1939 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet
1939 – Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
1940 – Kenneth Harry Clarke, British politician
1941 – Stéphane Venne, French Canadian songwriter
1942 – Vicente Fox, Former Mexican president
1943 – Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
1946 – Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1946 – Ron Silver, American actor (d. 2009)
1947 – Larry David, American television producer
1948 – Saul Rubinek, Canadian film actor
1948 – Gene McFadden, American songwriter (d. 2006)
1949 – Roy Bittan, American musician (E Street Band)
1949 – Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
1949 – Robert Paquette, French Canadian singer and songwriter
1951 – Michele Santoro, Italian TV journalist
1952 – Johnny Colla, American musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
1953 – Mark Hart, British musician (Crowded House and Supertramp)
1953 – Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
1954 – Pete Briquette, Irish musician (Boomtown Rats)
1955 – Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor
1955 – Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
1956 – Jerry Hall, American actress
1957 – Bret "Hitman" Hart, Canadian wrestler
1958 – Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
1959 – Mike Hallett, English snooker player
1960 – Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
1961 – Michael Lindsay, Voice actor
1963 – Mark Kermode, British film critic
1964 – José Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
1964 – Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
1964 – Joe Magrane, American baseball player
1964 – Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee
1964 – Alan Tait, Scotland rugby player
1969 – Matthew Cox, American convicted felon
1969 – Tim Rodber, England rugby player
1970 – Yancy Butler, American actress
1970 – Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
1970 – Scotty 2 Hotty, American professional wrestler
1970 – Monie Love, English rapper
1970 – Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
1971 – Evelyn Lau, Canadian author
1971 – Troy Brown, American football player
1971 – Bryan Redpath, Scotland rugby player
1972 – Darren Shan, Irish children's author
1973 – Peter Kay, British comedian
1974 – Sean Casey, American baseball player
1974 – Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
1974 – Matthew Reilly, Australian author
1974 – Rocky Gray, American musician
1974 – Tim Christensen, Danish singer
1975 – Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
1975 – Éric Dazé, French Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player
1976 – Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
1976 – Tomáš Vokoun, Czech hockey player
1978 – Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
1979 – Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer
1979 – Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
1979 – Joe Thornton, Canadian hockey player
1980 – Nicole Manske, American beauty queen and motorsports television commentator
1981 – Nathan Ellington, English footballer
1981 – Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
1981 – Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 – Aaron Voros, Canadian hockey player
1982 – Olivia Munn, American television hostess
1983 – Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers)
1983 – Sammy J, Australian comedian
1984 – Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
1984 – Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer
1984 – Maarten Martens, Belgian footballer
1984 – Johnny Weir, American figure skater
1985 – Rhett Bomar, American football player
1985 – Chad Henne, American football player
1985 – Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
1986 – Brett Cecil, American baseball player
1986 – Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
1987 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008)
1991 – Cory Spedding, Participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for the UK Finishing 2nd
1992 – Madison Chock, American ice dancer

Deaths

862 – St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester(b. 789)
1298 – Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany (b. 1220)
1504 – Ştefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldova (b. 1434)
1566 – Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
1582 – Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
1591 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1621 – Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
1656 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
1674 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
1684 – John Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)
1743 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1746 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
1778 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
1778 – Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
1822 – Denmark Vesey, American who planned slave revolt, hanged (b. ca. 1767)
1833 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
1843 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
1850 – Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
1857 – Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)
1903 – Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
1912 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, Mayor of Birmingham and Father of Neville (b. 1836)
1915 – Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
1920 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
1926 – Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
1929 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
1932 – Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
1934 – Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b. 1887)
1955 – Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
1961 – Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1964 – Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
1966 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
1969 – Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)
1972 – Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth president of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
1973 – Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
1973 – Chick Hafey, baseball player (b. 1903)
1973 – George McBride, baseball player (b. 1880)
1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
1975 – James Robertson Justice, British actor (b. 1907)
1977 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (b. 1899)
1978 – Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
1984 – Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
1985 – David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
1986 – Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (b. 1917)
1989 – Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
1989 – Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
1991 – Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
1992 – Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1950)
1993 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
1993 – Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)
1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
1995 – Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978)
1997 – James Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
1999 – Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920)
2000 – Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
2002 – Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
2004 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
2004 – John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
2005 – Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
2005 – Norm Prescott, American animation producer (b. 1927)
2006 – Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
2007 – Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (b. 1929)
2008 – Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (b. 1956)
2008 – Elizabeth Spriggs, English-Born Actress (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

Bahia: Independence Day
Canada: Canada Day (if July 1 falls on a Sunday)
Curaçao: Flag Day

Palio di Provenzano in Siena, Italy
Annual pilgrimage at Mariánska hora
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 02, 2009, 07:42:40 AM
1976 – North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.


That lasted a while.... :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 02, 2009, 01:08:04 PM
1976 – North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.


That lasted a while.... :rolleyes:

???  it's be going strong for 33 years now
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 02, 2009, 01:28:07 PM
my bad.. I was thinking korea for some reason. go vietnam! :clap:
 :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 02, 2009, 01:30:32 PM
my bad.. I was thinking korea for some reason. go vietnam! :clap:
 :lol:

:lol:

Minnesnowda public school system's history curriculum fail

:rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on July 02, 2009, 05:18:13 PM
Whats up everyone? Its been awhile since i have been on.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on July 02, 2009, 05:39:30 PM
Whats up everyone? Its been awhile since i have been on.

so your here getting it on now huh?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on July 02, 2009, 06:33:34 PM
Whats up everyone? Its been awhile since i have been on.

so your here getting it on now huh?
If you 2 want to get it on, go find a room already........
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on July 02, 2009, 06:35:55 PM
Whats up everyone? Its been awhile since i have been on.

so your here getting it on now huh?
If you 2 want to get it on, go find a room already........

so would that be nick and dick gettin it on? lol
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 03, 2009, 10:52:08 AM
July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

324 – Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled France till the French Revolution in 1792.
1608 – Québec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
1767 – Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
1767 – Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date).
1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces massacre 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
1819 – The first savings bank in the United States (The Bank of Savings in New York City) opens.
1839 – The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students.
1844 – The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
1848 – Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans.
1849 – The French entered Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
1852 – Congress establishes the United States's 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
1863 – U.S. Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
1866 – Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
1884 – Dow Jones published its 1st stock average.
1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
1886 – The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1898 – Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
1913 – Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
1938 – World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 mph.(203 km/h)
1938 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
1940 – World War II: the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers el Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: Dunkerque, Provence and Bretagne. One thousand two hundred sailors perish.
1944 – World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
1952 – Puerto Rico's Constitution is approved by the Congress of the United States.
1952 – The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During this voyage, the SS United States takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary
1962 – The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
1969 – The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
1970 – A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 113 people.
1977 – The Senegalese Republican Movement (MRS) is founded.
1979 – US President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
1986 – US President Ronald Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1988 – The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
1994 – The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people are killed in crashes.
1996 – Stone of Scone returned to Scotland.
2001 – A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people.
2004 – Official opening of Bangkok's subway system.
2005 – The national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect in Spain.
2006 – Asteroid labeled as 2004 XP14 flies 432,308 km (268,624 miles) by Earth.

Births

1423 – King Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
1442 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
1530 – Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)
1676 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)
1683 – Edward Young, English poet (d. 1765)
1685 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)
1728 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792)
1738 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815)
1743 – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
1851 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
1854 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
1866 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1907)
1870 – Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)
1875 – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951)
1878 – George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer and dancer (d. 1942)
1879 – Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
1880 – Carl Schuricht, Polish-born German conductor (d. 1967)
1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech-German writer (d. 1924)
1888 – Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish writer (d. 1963)
1900 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (d. 1987)
1903 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
1906 – George Sanders, British actor (d. 1972)
1906 – Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer (d. 1952)
1908 – M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992)
1908 – Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990)
1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen, American columnist (d. 1965)
1917 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990)
1918 – S. V. Ranga Rao, South Indian actor (d. 1974)
1920 – Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1921 – Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
1922 – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter, called Corneille
1924 – S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
1927 – Ken Russell, British director
1930 – Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
1930 – Tommy Tedesco, American musician (d. 1997)
1930 – Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
1931 – Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004)
1933 – Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (d. 2007)
1935 – Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician
1936 – Baard Owe, Norwegian-born Danish actor
1937 – Tom Stoppard, Czech-born, British playwright
1938 – Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
1939 – László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat
1939 – Brigitte Fassbaender, German mezzo-soprano
1940 – César Tovar, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1994)
1940 – Lamar Alexander, American politician
1940 – Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
1940 – Fontella Bass, American soul singer
1942 – Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor
1942 – Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality (d. 1999)
1943 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor
1944 – Michel Polnareff, French singer and songwriter
1945 – Michael Cole, American TV actor
1946 – Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
1947 – Dave Barry, American humorist and author
1947 – Betty Buckley, American actress
1948 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
1949 – Jan Smithers, American actress
1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
1950 – James Hahn, American politician
1950 – Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
1951 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
1951 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician
1952 – Amit Kumar, Indian singer
1955 – Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer
1956 – Montel Williams, American talk show host
1956 – Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember
1957 – Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
1958 – Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist
1958 – Siân Lloyd, Welsh weather presenter
1958 – Aaron Tippin, American singer
1958 – Charlie Higson, English author and actor
1959 – Julie Burchill, British journalist and author
1959 – David Shore, Canadian-born writer
1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American singer (Ratt)
1960 – Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure)
1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer
1961 – Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs)
1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor
1962 – Hunter Tylo, American actress
1962 – Thomas Gibson, American actor
1962 – Hugh Page, former South African cricketer
1964 – Joanne Harris, British author
1964 – Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress
1965 – Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005)
1965 – Connie Nielsen, Danish actress
1966 – Moisés Alou, Dominican baseball player
1967 – Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive
1968 – Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter
1969 – Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
1970 – Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player
1970 – Shawnee Smith, American actress
1970 – Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
1972 – Warren Furman, British television personality
1973 – Johnny Terris, Canadian actor and director
1973 – Patrick Wilson, American actor
1973 – Emma Cunniffe, British actress
1976 – Andrea Barber, American actress
1976 – Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976 – Bobby Skinstad, Springbok Rugby player
1978 – Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese long-distance runner
1979 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
1979 – Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer
1979 – David Bacani, American baseball player
1980 – Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
1980 – Kevin Boyle, American basketballer
1980 – Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
1982 – Kanika, Indian actress
1983 – Steph Jones, American singer and model
1984 – Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
1984 – Manny Lawson, American Football player
1985 – Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor.
1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver

Deaths

1570 – Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist
1642 – Maria de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (b. 1573)
1672 – Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)
1704 – Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)
1749 – William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)
1778 – Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720)
1790 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (b. 1736)
1795 – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714)
1795 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
1809 – Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746)
1858 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
1863 – George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
1904 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (b. 1860)
1904 – Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (b. 1836)
1916 – Hetty Green, American businesswoman (b. 1834)
1918 – Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)
1933 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852)
1935 – André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
1942 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856)
1954 – Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)
1957 – Dolf Luque, baseball player (b. 1890)
1965 – Trigger, Roy Rogers's horse (b. 1932)
1969 – Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (b. 1942)
1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
1977 – Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (b. 1891)
1978 – James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
1979 – Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888)
1981 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b. 1920)
1985 – Frank Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (b. 1893)
1986 – Rudy Vallee, American singer (b. 1901)
1989 – Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913)
1993 – Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
1993 – Don Drysdale, American baseball player (b. 1936)
1994 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
1995 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
1995 – Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
1998 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)
1999 – Mark Sandman, American musician (b. 1952)
2000 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (b. 1944)
2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931)
2001 – Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
2003 – Gaetano Alibrandi, Papal diplomat (b. 1914)
2004 – Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1929)
2005 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (b. 1914)
2005 – Gaylord Nelson, American politician (b. 1916)
2006 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (b. 1941)
2006 – Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950)
2007 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (b. 1915)
2007 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
2008 – Ernie Cooksey, English Footballer (b. 1980)
2008 – Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (b. 1925)
2008 – Clive Hornby, English soap actor – Emmerdale (b. 1944)
2008 – Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)

Holidays and observances

Belarus: Independence Day
United States Virgin Islands: Emancipation Day

Start of the Dog Days according to The Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 06, 2009, 07:26:27 AM
Mornin ho's :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on July 06, 2009, 07:28:07 AM
Morning guys. Whats up?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 06, 2009, 07:33:10 AM
Sup b-Rad!!!!

hows your summer goin man?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 06, 2009, 07:36:27 AM
morning
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 06, 2009, 07:42:15 AM
 8)

how was the quad'in?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on July 06, 2009, 07:54:46 AM
Sup b-Rad!!!!

hows your summer goin man?

its been going pretty good man.  just working alot lately.  Im enjoying my day off right now.  then this weekend me and the girlfriend is going on alittle 2 or 3 day vacation.


hows life been man?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 06, 2009, 07:56:05 AM
It's been busy here, nearly every weekend has been filled w/ something going on.
work is getting lame.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 06, 2009, 08:38:54 AM
Morning gents. Who is this Brad guy?   :lol:

jk que pasa homie!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 06, 2009, 08:57:31 AM
Hola senior peelz.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on July 06, 2009, 09:20:24 AM
whats up peels?  hows the meth production treating you?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 06, 2009, 09:33:33 AM
So, you have a new temp job for the summer or you still work for the library?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 06, 2009, 09:52:48 AM
8)

how was the quad'in?

Walden was rainy, but a great time non the less!!

Only one video taken for the whole trip, and that was of Nikki......

But that's fair since last time she took 20 pics and videos of me and phil riding, and we took none of her :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on July 06, 2009, 09:54:15 AM
So, you have a new temp job for the summer or you still work for the library?

nope i quit the library.  i am full time at Walmart now. :lol: i know its funny.  but i'm inline to become a department manager or supervisor here pretty quick
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 06, 2009, 09:57:18 AM
"Right now I'm on lettuce, pretty soon the grill, and then assistant manager....and that's when the big bucks start rolling in" :lol:


JK Brad, any work is good right now :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: BRAD on July 06, 2009, 10:11:03 AM
agreed. anything is better than nothing
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 06, 2009, 10:20:32 AM
"Right now I'm on lettuce, pretty soon the grill, and then assistant manager....and that's when the big bucks start rolling in" :lol:


JK Brad, any work is good right now :thumbs:


Coming to America!!  :clap: :clap: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: shookie on July 06, 2009, 02:11:59 PM
So, you have a new temp job for the summer or you still work for the library?

nope i quit the library.  i am full time at Walmart now. :lol: i know its funny.  but i'm inline to become a department manager or supervisor here pretty quick
Welcome to walmart get your shit and get the FERK out! :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 07, 2009, 07:17:27 AM
guten morgen fellow whores :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 07, 2009, 07:55:53 PM
guten abent :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 08, 2009, 07:21:55 AM
Workin the Evening shift Aaron?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 08, 2009, 12:25:16 PM
yes, 12 hours today :(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 08, 2009, 12:29:49 PM
yes, 12 hours today :(

That is a long shift for a bukakke video actor.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 08, 2009, 12:35:06 PM
yes, 12 hours today :(

That is a long shift for a bukakke video actor.  :lol:

drink lots of water! :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 08, 2009, 02:33:49 PM
yes, 12 hours today :(

That is a long shift for a bukakke video actor.  :lol:

your part is easy, you just gotta relax your jaw and keep you eyes shut
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 08, 2009, 02:34:13 PM
He prefers the swimmers goggles  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 08, 2009, 04:23:06 PM
He prefers the swimmers goggles  :lol:

OSHA has rules for a reason. LOL workplace safety  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 06:22:02 AM
Morning all!  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:22:54 AM
morning
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 07:23:24 AM
Hola Seniorita's!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:24:09 AM
hola' putos
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 07:25:22 AM
suck it trebek :sit:


How's the build plans comin?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 07:26:23 AM
hola ass wipes!  :nod:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:27:32 AM
gotta wait till Kenny's Venus is in the arms of Orion, and Jupiter's 14th moon gets unstuck from Uranus
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 07:30:14 AM
dam that is pretty catchy, I suspect you of plagiarism     :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:31:08 AM
nope, after effects of two many consecutive hours on the phone with Kenny :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 07:33:14 AM
cool, how was your riding trip this weekend?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 07:33:35 AM
I got him in trouble last time I talked to him, he's not allowed to talk quads before 9:00pm :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:40:58 AM
Riding was fun, rain sucked, but had a great weekend anway.

Met up with, troywcc, gir, theshee, and a bunch more folks from their crews.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 07:41:33 AM
pics!  :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 07:43:31 AM
I saw the video of the princess blasting up the hill, looked like fun!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:44:32 AM
yeah, sorry, that was the only video/picture we took of riding.  With the constant rain we left the camera at the camp allot :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 07:44:42 AM
I guess I missed the thread.. forget the last message  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 07:47:17 AM
How is it without fenders?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:49:30 AM
should have nixed them long ago, and I love launching sand at people infront and behind when there running the same track over and over again.  :lol:


Some people are boring riders :mad:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 07:52:37 AM
I honestly don't know what's going on with my build, but I will probably have a temporary build soon.  theshee is sending me a cam, and troy has a kds piston, so I will have those in soon than later...till kenny comes outta orbit :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 07:54:27 AM
To infinity and beyond!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 08:00:17 AM
He REAAAAAALLLLLY needs a business manager. I don't know how many times I've said that.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 08:00:39 AM
Racers Edge just needs to fly him out there and take care of business.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 08:12:12 AM
Get the mad scientist together to take over the world!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 08:16:03 AM
And they would!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 02:05:15 PM
(http://cyborg.namedecoder.com/webimages/edox-KRANDALL.png)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 09, 2009, 02:07:08 PM
I repeat "NERD!"
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 02:10:16 PM
Jealousy is okay peelz.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 03:16:10 PM
(http://cyborg.namedecoder.com/webimages/edox-KRANDALL.png)

wow!!


I can smell the vinegar and water from here :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 09, 2009, 03:40:01 PM
(http://cyborg.namedecoder.com/webimages/riona-COLORADO.png)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 09, 2009, 03:45:41 PM
:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 09, 2009, 07:07:00 PM
Someone is bored!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 10, 2009, 07:33:50 AM
SO!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 10, 2009, 09:40:28 AM
WAY SWEET!!!

Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Hefe on July 10, 2009, 09:50:59 AM
very cool!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 10, 2009, 10:19:04 AM
 :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 10, 2009, 10:21:40 AM
That is pretty sweet Krandall. Nice job. Anybody else feel a small sense of pride reading that?

:rockon:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 10, 2009, 11:32:18 AM
very cool!!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 10, 2009, 05:07:10 PM
peels loves bukakke
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 10, 2009, 05:23:19 PM
I love bukakke

I heart admin :bird:  :lol:

what's shakin' Aaron?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 10, 2009, 05:40:36 PM
work :(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 10, 2009, 05:45:56 PM
work :(

Lame


do you have a set schedule?

seems like you bounce around a shitload.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on July 11, 2009, 06:57:38 PM
random whore
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 11, 2009, 07:10:54 PM
work :(

Lame


do you have a set schedule?

seems like you bounce around a shitload.

Some times I have to supporting testing at odd hours, my normal schedule is ~8-4
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 11, 2009, 09:49:39 PM
whats up hoes :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on July 11, 2009, 10:12:09 PM
whats up hoes :thumbs:
ayyyyyyyyeeeee boiooooooooooyyyyyyyyyy
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 11, 2009, 10:14:37 PM
whats up hoes :thumbs:
ayyyyyyyyeeeee boiooooooooooyyyyyyyyyy
:thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on July 11, 2009, 10:18:02 PM
whats up hoes :thumbs:
ayyyyyyyyeeeee boiooooooooooyyyyyyyyyy
:thumbs:
need new pics of the s dime. stat.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 11, 2009, 10:30:24 PM
whats up hoes :thumbs:
ayyyyyyyyeeeee boiooooooooooyyyyyyyyyy
:thumbs:
need new pics of the s dime. stat.
have'nt done much to it lately..but heres a few pics..


(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/trucknewpic6.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/trucknewpic8.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/trucknewpic11.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/trucknewpic5.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/2lo2tow2.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/newseats4.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/newseats6.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/newseats.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/newseats8.jpg)

and the 01 xtreme i got awhile back
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/xtreme5.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/xtreme4.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/04RAPTOR350/xtreme1.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 12, 2009, 07:42:03 AM
nice!!!


Off to go riding, CYA laterz
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on July 12, 2009, 02:08:41 PM
My luck today...What started as simple job of rotating the tires on my truck turned into a breakdown fiasco...First my air gun started taking a crap and was barely hammering, then right before I shut off my compressor it starts blowing white smoke from the exhaust AND the valve cover...Then I noticed the tire was flat (wheelbarrow style) and when I inflated it it blew up almost instantly and took out the rim and nearly my finger....
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 13, 2009, 07:59:10 AM
Nice RappyBoy! Does that lay frame?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 13, 2009, 09:51:51 PM
Nice RappyBoy! Does that lay frame?
the rear does but my front is a lil over 2in. from layin frame but that all be fixed in a few months... :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 14, 2009, 07:20:05 AM
Nice RappyBoy! Does that lay frame?
the rear does but my front is a lil over 2in. from layin frame but that all be fixed in a few months... :thumbs:


niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

I'm working on dropping a s10 frame for my 46' Chevy Truck. But my cab will be channeled so. I'll be a lot closer than you :D
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 14, 2009, 09:36:58 AM
Nice RappyBoy! Does that lay frame?
the rear does but my front is a lil over 2in. from layin frame but that all be fixed in a few months... :thumbs:


niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

I'm working on dropping a s10 frame for my 46' Chevy Truck. But my cab will be channeled so. I'll be a lot closer than you :D
really thats kool have any pics..i want a old 30's or 40's truck bagged....i probably gonna do a stock floor body drop later on...i been thinkin about buyin a crew cad dualie to bag i seen a few done and i really like them.. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 14, 2009, 09:40:11 AM
I think Unclebeaner had a slammed dually ???
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 14, 2009, 09:42:34 AM
I think Unclebeaner had a slammed dually ???
who?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 14, 2009, 09:43:25 AM
It's not slammed anymore. :(

I'll tell you what. it was the sweetest thing I ever saw though, waiting in the silver lake dune parking lot, big dually rolls in w/ an enclosed sled trailer. parks, all you hear is pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thing just SAT on the ground. freakin sexy
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 14, 2009, 09:47:21 AM
If I remember right, there's a pic of it here ???

http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=2122.0

Sorry, not sure, I can't see any pics here at work :(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 14, 2009, 09:50:23 AM
If I remember right, there's a pic of it here ???

http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=2122.0

Sorry, not sure, I can't see any pics here at work :(

that's it :thumbs: :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 14, 2009, 09:52:00 AM
If I remember right, there's a pic of it here ???

http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=2122.0

Sorry, not sure, I can't see any pics here at work :(

that's it :thumbs: :thumbs:
ill look :thumbs: :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 14, 2009, 02:29:30 PM
chirp chirp
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on July 14, 2009, 02:43:03 PM
boo!  :ninja:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 14, 2009, 02:48:53 PM
boo!  :ninja:

what up mini ho.. New August Burns Red Released today... ERMAHGERD. :nana: :nana: :jaw: :jaw: :nana: :nana: :nana: :jaw: :nana: :nana: :jaw: :jaw: :nana: :nana:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 14, 2009, 03:35:34 PM
...Krandall has exceeded the max allowed per post smiley amount. Miniho status confirmed.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 14, 2009, 03:57:54 PM
 :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 14, 2009, 04:48:28 PM
boo!  :ninja:

what up mini ho.. New August Burns Red Released today... ERMAHGERD. :nana: :nana: :jaw: :jaw: :nana: :nana: :nana: :jaw: :nana: :nana: :jaw: :jaw: :nana: :nana:

If someone were to upload those songs to a certain Bob2Bob site, someone else might accidently download them and enjoy.....



I'm just saying  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 14, 2009, 05:09:19 PM
...Krandall has exceeded the max allowed per post smiley amount. Miniho status confirmed.

I will kill you :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on July 14, 2009, 07:41:59 PM
ima have to check that out krandall  :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on July 14, 2009, 10:16:03 PM
ima have to check that out krandall  :)
who the hell are you? :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 14, 2009, 10:19:04 PM
ima have to check that out krandall  :)
who the hell are you? :confused:
copy paste...

who the hell are you? :confused:

 :lol:


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on July 15, 2009, 06:51:24 AM
haha dammit i keep gettin on at the same time that NOBODY else is on  :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 15, 2009, 07:19:19 AM
ello?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 15, 2009, 08:25:52 AM
ga-bye!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 15, 2009, 08:35:13 AM
:sit:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 15, 2009, 08:42:06 AM
GTFOML! loser :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 15, 2009, 08:49:07 AM
I... Will... KILL YOU!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 15, 2009, 09:12:08 AM
do you like your custom title ???


:clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 15, 2009, 09:12:53 AM
do you like your custom title ???


:clap:

saw that... love it.   :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 15, 2009, 09:50:20 AM
you're all just jealous :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 16, 2009, 10:04:35 AM
I hate work :'(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 16, 2009, 10:06:30 AM
You have to actually do something to call it work!  :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 16, 2009, 11:04:12 AM
Natural Raptor's house get hit with a missile in 3...2...1...

 :help:   :help:   :help:   :help:   :help:   :help:   :help:   :help:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 16, 2009, 11:07:54 AM
nah.....Matt won't get a missile sent his way.  The last thing Texas needs is another larger falic device penetrating their defended area :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 16, 2009, 11:09:47 AM
nah.....Matt won't get a missile sent his way.  The last thing Texas needs is another larger falic device penetrating their defended area :lol:


 :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 16, 2009, 03:13:54 PM
nah.....Matt won't get a missile sent his way.  The last thing Texas needs is another larger falic device penetrating their defended area :lol:


Oh so you are not coming for a visit! Thank goodness the 2 hippies that live here are safe.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 16, 2009, 03:46:42 PM
you should come out here so we can play hippie paintball :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 16, 2009, 03:50:09 PM
I am so want to play that!  :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 16, 2009, 03:55:24 PM
<Chong voice> "Woah.....look at those pretty flowers moonbeam..."


<SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT>


"Ow man, that hurt dude.......is this biodegradable paint?"


:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 16, 2009, 03:58:22 PM
You have some deep issues my friend, I would say you need medication and a straight jacket.
























But Hippie paintball for the win!  :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 16, 2009, 04:03:38 PM
You have some deep issues my friend, I would say you need medication and a straight jacket.



and?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 16, 2009, 06:32:47 PM
Krandall and Socal's video performance at the Silverlake talent show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRePxMkDagw
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 17, 2009, 07:08:20 AM
TG- muthafukin -IF beetches.  Work sucks today. Bored.....

Let's get Aaron to 10,000 today. :kiss:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 11:23:33 AM
It's on Ninja :nun:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 17, 2009, 11:48:39 AM
Warm there?
Strangely cold here, feels like fall 70 degrees and windy.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 11:49:27 AM
bout 80
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 17, 2009, 08:16:24 PM
79 now... wow it is really cooling off!    :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on July 17, 2009, 08:18:10 PM
It felt like 110 earlier...
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 08:19:04 PM
it was probably 85, you Floridians can't count
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on July 17, 2009, 08:19:35 PM
:bird: The chads weren't lying, the votes were!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 08:20:46 PM
This just in......

The 2004 votes are tallied, and the real winner is.....


No one cares
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 17, 2009, 08:21:19 PM
 :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on July 17, 2009, 08:22:29 PM
Touch screen voting fail...
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 08:23:39 PM
they need to make a Leapster voting machine for your state
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on July 17, 2009, 08:24:14 PM
They need a voting machine that doesn't require any actual competence to operate...
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 08:25:00 PM
Honestly, if you can't understand the method of casting a vote, should you be voting?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 17, 2009, 08:25:39 PM
Green button or red button.... hmmmmmmm     ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on July 17, 2009, 08:25:51 PM
Just to keep up the pretense that everyone's vote "counts"...Hmm, dunno, that's a question for someone who actually gives a shit...
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 08:28:40 PM
And with my 10,000th post, I say.....




Preddy gave Peels the  :clap:


10,000
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on July 17, 2009, 08:28:57 PM
Congrats, you are now an official post whore
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 17, 2009, 08:29:40 PM
Wow Aaron that was a very intelligent post    :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 17, 2009, 08:30:47 PM
Wow Aaron that was a very intelligent post    :rofl:

It was hard for me :(



:'(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on July 17, 2009, 08:47:01 PM
Wow Aaron that was a very intelligent post    :rofl:

It was hard for me :(



:'(
You 2 need to get a room already!
 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on July 17, 2009, 09:53:39 PM
And with my 10,000th post, I say.....




Preddy gave Peels the  :clap:


10,000
awsome  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on July 17, 2009, 09:57:43 PM
random whore to help celebrate
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 17, 2009, 11:49:23 PM
And with my 10,000th post, I say.....




Preddy gave Peels the  :clap:


10,000

Hey I was trying to help you dickface :bird:  :lol:

Congrats whore
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 20, 2009, 09:57:59 AM
Aaron = Whore
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on July 20, 2009, 10:23:12 AM
herro?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 20, 2009, 10:38:50 AM
herro?

Herro?


You listen to the new ABR???? ERMAHGERD. Saw them Friday night.. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on July 20, 2009, 10:41:43 AM
no ill look it up
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 20, 2009, 10:42:11 AM
album name is constelations. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on July 20, 2009, 10:43:23 AM
ok cool
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 20, 2009, 10:44:04 AM
 a couple other bands for you to check out.

War of Ages  and  Austrian Death Machine. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 21, 2009, 07:56:12 AM
Morning Gents :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 21, 2009, 08:16:05 AM
Mornin Aaron.  :thumbs: :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 21, 2009, 08:16:59 AM
Can't wait till my parts get here :nana:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 21, 2009, 09:30:52 AM
did they ship out finally?

You should do a write up on Crank Installation :) Jake was to girly to do it.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 21, 2009, 09:32:20 AM
???  The crank is already installed, I bought the entire bottom end of his motor, tranny complete and assembled with piston and jug ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 21, 2009, 09:35:26 AM
Ahhhh, gotcha. Thats WAY Easy!!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 21, 2009, 09:37:45 AM
morning losers

that's bad a$$ aaron.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 21, 2009, 09:40:00 AM
peelz is gonna be the roosted and aarons gonna be the roostee :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 21, 2009, 09:42:14 AM
peelz is gonna be the roosted and aarons gonna be the roostee :)

doubtful. Aaron likes to fall off his quad. :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 21, 2009, 09:44:39 AM
And that way my complete stock jug/piston/crank and tranny go on the shelf for future builds and/or incase of a problem with the stroker motor.  

Redundant HP :nod:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 21, 2009, 09:45:19 AM
peelz is gonna be the roosted and aarons gonna be the roostee :)

doubtful. Aaron likes to fall off his quad. :lol:

I can roost you and fall off at the same time......I'm good like that :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 21, 2009, 09:49:20 AM
peelz is gonna be the roosted and aarons gonna be the roostee :)

doubtful. Aaron likes to fall off his quad. :lol:

I can roost you and fall off at the same time......I'm good like that :lol:

Impressive...

I'm slightly pissed off, I was watching a cylinder on e-bay. Sold while I was on vacation and forgot about it. Sold for $75 shipped. :mad:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 21, 2009, 09:52:03 AM
Yeah Krandall, been there done that. Watching an HMF full exhaust new scratch and dent one weekend we left. Sold for $159. Pissed!!!!! It was the candy blue one too.


LOL Aaron. I'll just go grab a handful of sand and throw it at you. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 21, 2009, 09:54:24 AM
when he's sleeping w/ his mouth open just dump sand down the throat. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 21, 2009, 11:05:44 AM
when he's sleeping w/ his mouth open just dump sand down the throat. :lol:

As soon as you get your nuts out of there....  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 21, 2009, 11:07:01 AM
Peelz sleeps with his mouth open???


"how bout some Earl Grey?"  <dip>

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 21, 2009, 11:08:19 AM
dumping sand in throat post was directed at you.

How do you take your tea, Aaron? One lump, or two? :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 21, 2009, 11:09:29 AM
well if it's you, are we talking about dipping a coin purse ?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Hefe on July 21, 2009, 11:20:06 AM
I was watching a cylinder on e-bay. Sold while I was on vacation and forgot about it. Sold for $75 shipped. :mad:



2 words for ya..
BID NIP
www.bidnip.com
use me as a referal I get free snipes
hefe33@pczplus.net

bid nip rocks! (and it is free to start)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 21, 2009, 11:22:29 AM
I'll have to check it out :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 22, 2009, 10:06:08 AM
 :thumbs: 8) :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 22, 2009, 05:37:50 PM
Peels didn't need to dress up for the rocky horror picture show :confused:


(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/mcav916/tranny.jpg)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 22, 2009, 06:05:31 PM
hot
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Gunz on July 22, 2009, 06:42:47 PM
I wanna drink..
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 22, 2009, 07:05:18 PM
Peels didn't need to dress up for the rocky horror picture show :confused:


(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/mcav916/tranny.jpg)

let's do the time warp again!   :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 23, 2009, 07:16:55 AM
 :thumbs: mornin ho's
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 23, 2009, 08:01:07 AM
morning
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 23, 2009, 08:15:47 AM
how goes it beyotch!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 23, 2009, 08:46:53 AM
another day, another nickle :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 23, 2009, 08:48:23 AM
my day's goin like !##!@$ can't get this job to run correctly, it's been 1.5 hours already picking apart 8 mainframe/network pieces
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 23, 2009, 02:07:15 PM
:sit:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 23, 2009, 03:17:46 PM
no you... :sit:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 23, 2009, 03:21:01 PM
Children!!!!  Don't make me take away your key boards!   :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 23, 2009, 03:26:28 PM
Yes mom :(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 23, 2009, 03:32:22 PM
Children!!!!  Don't make me take away your key boards!   :lol:

don't you got a trash bag full of quad parts under you quad that need to be assembled???

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on July 23, 2009, 06:31:29 PM
hey is this helmet cam vid someon here?
sweet vid for sure!!! go pro helmet cam i think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3lkNd3chtk
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 23, 2009, 06:47:36 PM
whoever it is did an awesome job!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 05:22:10 AM
hey is this helmet cam vid someon here?
sweet vid for sure!!! go pro helmet cam i think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3lkNd3chtk

Whoa, did that video make anybody else want to go ride?  :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 07:15:23 AM
Work sucks today. Very tired of people bitching about work to me. lazy Women! Think the world owes them something!!!  Bitch about never getting time off (temporary lay-off)in the same sentence they bitch about not making enough money. If they spend as much time worrying about their own jobs as they do poking their noses into others, this place would run itself. :mad:

Only 3 people here, each one thinks I am personally screwing them over because they are here. If I left them home, it would be my fault their check is short a day. :confused:

Life Sucks somedays! The key is to enjoy the good days, so the bad ones aren't so bad.

Maybe I should go find my boss, and bitch him out because the advertising market tanked, and blame him because I ride a stock quad? Totally his fault I am getting less hours, and don't have the xtra dough for bigmods...... :rolleyes:



Okay, I feel better, thanks for reading.  :lol:

Good morning Raptorsource.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 07:20:45 AM
suck it up girl....





















































:lol:

Just kidding, that totally sucks man. They announced yesterday, that we may be getting a 1 week unpaid vacation coming up. Everyone in the company :help:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 07:32:25 AM
:bird:

CRIPES!!!

My Kodak techs have to take 40 hour furloughs.

For your shutdown, I say you come visit me. ;) Only fair.  :lol: And I will be gone....  :P

SInce I am heading your way, only to be ditched for camping. :lol:

JK!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 08:12:43 AM
:sit:

 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 08:31:21 AM
:sit:

 :lol:

just sayin'  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 24, 2009, 08:35:34 AM
(http://www.thesmileysign.com/temp/ce2efbf1f9a7320fed4d78a78b0b0071bbd67dfa.gif) (http://www.thesmileysign.com/)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 08:44:43 AM
psh, you have no skillz..

you need to get off the Brood Warz. Get on da Original man!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 24, 2009, 08:51:28 AM
the sign was meant for you
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 08:58:18 AM
Gotcha  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 09:50:29 AM
I miss the daily news :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 09:56:53 AM
On this date in:

 
1783 Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.

 
1847 Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.

 
1862 Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, died in Kinderhook, N.Y., at age 79.

 
1866 Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War.

 
1923 The Treaty of Lausanne, which settled the boundaries of modern Turkey, was concluded in Switzerland.

 
1929 President Herbert Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy.

 
1937 The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case.

 
1969 Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific.

 
1974 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Richard M. Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.

 
1979 A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.

 
1990 Iraq massed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.

 
1997 Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.

 
1998 A gunman opened fire in the U.S. Capitol, killing two police officers before being shot and captured.

 
2002 The U.S. House expelled Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.

 
2005 Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.

 
2008 Ford Motor Co. posted the worst quarterly performance in its history, losing $8.67 billion.

 
2008 Cheered by an enormous crowd in Berlin, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they had conquered communism a generation ago.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
 
1993  Arissa Seagal, daughter of Kelly LeBrock and Steven Seagal 
1990  Evan James Springsteen, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker Bruce Springsteen's son 
1987  Mara Wilson, actress, Mrs Doubtfire 
1982  Anna Paquin, oscar winning actress, Piano 
1977  Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente 
1977  Lee EunHee, Miss Korea Universe 1997 
1976  Anita Nall, U.S., breaststroke swimmer, Gold Medal 1992 Olympics 
1976  Chris[tian] Patrick Raymond Ahrens, Whitefish Bay Wis, rower 1996 Olympics 
1976  Scott Logan, Brisbane QLD Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics 
1975  Gloria Pizzichini, born in Italy, tennis star 
1975  Torrie Wilson, American Celebrity 
1974  Steve Bornhoeft, born in LaGrange, Illinois, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 
1973  Tasha Ebanks, Miss Universe-Cayman Islands 1996 
1970  Blaine Bishop, NFL safety for the Houston Oilers 
1970  Gerald Ressman, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 
1970  Philip Sykes, born in Tacoma, Washington, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 
1970  Stephanie Adams, New Jersey, playmate, Nov, 1992 
1970  Jennifer Lopez, Musician 
1969  Chris King, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies 
1969  Rick Fox, NBA guard and forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics 
1969  Steve Jennings, Washington D.C., field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 
1968  John P Navin, Jr., Philadelphia, actor, Joey Elliot-Jennifer Slept Here 
1968  Mark Gunn, NFL defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles 
1968  Kristin Chenoweth, American Actress 
1967  Jasper Teule, Dutch rock singer/bassist, Pilgrims-Once to Everything 
1965  Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player, Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96 
1965  Brian Blades, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks 
1965  Joe Oliver, born in Memphis, Tennessee, catcher for the Cincinnati Reds 
1965  Kadeem Hardison, actor, A Different World, The Sixth Man 
1964  Barry Bonds, born in Riverside, California, left fielder, Pirates, San Francisco Giants, 3X MVP 
1964  Erminia Russo, Kelowna BC, volleyball player 1996 Olympics 
1964  Teri Schroeder, born in Newport Beach, California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13-1993 
1963  Julie Krone, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, jockey, 1st female to win Belmont-93 
1963  Kadeem Hardison, born in New York City, actor, Dwayne-Different World 
1963  Karl Malone, born in Summeerfield, Louisiana, NBA forward, Utah, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 
1963  Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words 
1962  Kevin Butler, NFL kicker for the Chicago Bears 
1962  Bob Schaffer, American Politician 
1959  Brian Fogt, born in Dayton, Ohio, Nike golfer, in 1992 Ft. Wayne Open-7th 
1959  Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze 
1958  Mick Karn, born in Nicosia, Cypress, rocker, instrumentalist, musician, songwriter, bassist for art rock band Japan 
1958  Pam Tills, Country music artist 
1957  Dorothy Mays, born in Baltimore, Maryland, playmate, Jul, 1979 
1957  Pam Tillis, born in Plant City, Florida, country singer, Melancholy Child 
1957  Robbie Grey, rocker, English rock band Modern English, most famous song, "I Melt With You" 
1955  Lubov Odinokova, U.S.S.R., team handball, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 
1954  Philippe Alliot, race driver, grand prix 
1953  Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter 
1953  Julian Brazier, born in Kent, England, British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury 
1953  Steve Grogan, NFL quarterback for the New England Patriots 
1952  Vin Weber, born in Slayton, Minnesota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1981 - 1993 
1952  Gus Van Sant, American Director 
1951  Chris Smith, MP, Labour 
1951  Lynda Carter, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Miss USA, 1973, actress, Wonder Woman 
1950  Dan Hedaya, actor, Cheers, Marvin's Room, Clueless 
1950  Goutam Ghose, director, Patang, Voyage Beyond, Paar 
1950  Sam Behrens, actor, Jake Meyer-General Hospital, Sunset Beach, LA Law 
1949  Marjanne Sint, Dutch MP, PvdA 
1949  Michael Richards, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld 
1947  Geoffrey McQueen, TV Writer 
1947  M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player 
1947  Michael Coveney, drama critic 
1947  Neil McIntosh, CEO, VSO, Center for British Teaching 
1947  Peter Serkin, New York City, pianist, Tashi 
1947  Robert Hays, Bethesda, Maryland, actor, Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous 
1947  Zaheer Abbas, cricketer, probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever 
1946  William "Junior" Campbell, singer/guitarist, Marmalade 
1944  Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader 
1944  Jim Armstrong, rock guitarist, Them 
1943  Henk Vos, chemical analyst/Dutch politician, PvdA, 2nd Chamber 
1943  Jim McCarty, rocker, Yardbirds 
1943  Lyudmila Bragina, U.S.S.R., 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 
1942  Chris Sarandon, West Virginia, actor, Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick 
1942  Heinz Burt, Hargin Germany, rock bassist, Tornados 
1941  Barbara Love, rocker 
1940  Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., born in Greenville, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina, 1979 - 1986, Governor of South Carolina 1987 - 1995 
1939  Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author, Revelations, Beyond Apollo 
1939  Bob Lilly, NFL defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys 
1939  Walt Bellamy, born in New Bern, North Carolina, NBA center, Knicks, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 
1938  Colin Southgate, CEO, Thorn EMI 
1938  John Sparling, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, 11 Tests 1958-64 
1938  Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks 
1937  Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education 
1937  Barry Lloyd Vercoe, composer 
1937  Quinlan Terry, architect 
1936  Mark Goddard, Lowell Massachusetts, actor, Don West-Lost in Space 
1936  Ruth Buzzi, Westerly, Rhode Island, comedienne, Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl 
1935  George Varnals, South African cricket batsman, England 1964-65 
1935  Les Reed, songwriter, Heroin 
1935  Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist, The Art of Oliphant 
1935  Trevor Chinn, CEO, Lex 
1934  Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer, How Can I Forget 
1934  Thomas Ambler, CEO, Texaco 
1934  Willie Davis, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay 
1933  John Aniston, Crete, actor, Search for Tomorrow, Day of our Lives 
1932  William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 
1932  William Ruckelshaus, American Lawyer 
1930  Boris Nikolayevich Belousov, cosmonaut 
1930  Charles Hambro, English banker/multi-millionaire/CEO, Hambros 
1930  Jacqueline Brookes, Montclair, New Jersey, actress, Jack and Mike, Another World 
1929  Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1953-56 
1929  Hedda J Garza, writer/political activist 
1929  Peter Yates, director, Breaking Away, Bullitt 
1929  Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist 
1927  James J. Howard, born in Irvington, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1965 - 1988 
1927  Wilfred Josephs, composer 
1926  Hans-Gunther Winkler, Germany, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics gold 
1926  James Hele, high master, St. Paul's School 
1925  Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer, Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica 
1924  David Loram, British Vice-Admiral, Supreme Allied Commander 
1924  Glenn Loren Glasow, composer 
1924  Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer 
1924  Lord Digby, lord-lt for Dorset 
1922  Charles Mathias, born in Frederick, Maryland, Representative-R-Maryland 1961 - 1969, Senator-R-Maryland, 1969 - 1987 
1922  Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 
1920  Alexander H Cohen, New York City, Broadway producer, Beyond the Fringe 
1920  Bella Abzug, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York, 1971 - 1977 
1918  Ruggiero Ricci, born in San Francisco, California, composer/violinist, Paganini 
1917  John Hillaby, writer/traveller 
1917  Robert Farnon, composer and conductor /arranger 
1917  Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold 
1916  Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville, New York, singer, Jimmy Dorsey Band 
1916  John D. MacDonald, novelist, Deep Blue Goodbye 
1915  Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor, University of East Anglia 
1914  David Miles Bensuan-Butt, economist 
1914  Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic 
1914  Frank Silvera, Kingston Jamaica, actor, High Chaparral 
1914  Kenneth B Clark, Canal Zone, civil rights activist, Dark Ghetto 
1914  Riccardo Malipiero, composer 
1914  Robert Emhardt, actor, Mac-Another World, Underworld USA, Mooncussers 
1913  George H Brown, film producer 
1913  Johnny McAfee, born in Dallas, Texas, singer, Sammy Kaye Show 
1910  Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit 
1910  Harry Horner, stage/Film Designer 
1907  Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario 
1904  James R Killian, Jr., MIT President, 1948-59 
1903  Robert Mills Delaney, composer 
1902  Hans Chemin-Petit, composer 
1902  Nora Swinburne, born in England, actress, Quo Vardis, Dinner at Ritz, River 
1902  George H. Fallon, American Politician 
1900  Zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott 
1899  Chief Dan George, actor, Little Big Man 
1898  Amelia Earhart, U.S. aviator, 1st woman to solo Atlantic 
1898  Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter 
1897  Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian/Dutch designer, Eindhoven Theatre 
1897  Karl von Mechow, German writer, Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer 
1896  Hermann Kasack, German writer, Die Stadt hinter dem Strom 
1894  Walter Schulthess, composer 
1888  Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman, 20's 
1886  Junichiro Tanizaki, Japan, writer, Snow Dusting 
1885  Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer 
1884  Abraham Rutgers, Dutch governor, Suriname, 1928-33 
1880  Ernest Bloch, born in Geneva, Switzerland, composer, MacBeth 
1878  Lord Dunsany, [Edward JMD Plunkett], Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 
1870  Fred Law Olmsted, Jr., architect/landscaper 
1867  Frederic Benson, novelist 
1865  Frank Wedekind, writer 
1864  B[enjamin] Frank[lin] Wedekind, German writer, Lulu 
1864  Michel Gaston Carraud, composer 
1862  Johan A de Sleeve, [Adwaita], philosopher/classical/poet, Brahman 
1858  Wolfgang Kapp, German politician, Kapp Putsch 1920 
1857  Henrik Pontoppidan, born in Denmark, writer, Promised Country, Nobel 1917 
1853  William Gillette, American Actor 
1841  Raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, painter 
1832  Johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist 
1827  Julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brigadier General Confederate Army, died in 1912 
1826  Francisco S Lopez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay, 1862-70 
1818  Felix Godefroid, composer 
1817  Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1890-1905 
1803  Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic, Si j'etait roi 
1803  Alexander Jackson Davis, U.S., architect, gothic revivalist 
1802  Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author, 3 Musketeers 
1802  Ira Aldridge, famous African 
1802  Alexander Dumas, French Novelist 
1798  John Adams Dix, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1879 
1796  Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman 
1796  John Middleton Clayton, Delaware, Sen-Del, U.S. Secretary of State, 1849 - 1850 
1783  Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule 
1759  Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia, 1802-21 
1750  John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant 
1738  Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author and poet, Sara Burgerhart 
1720  Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik 
1380  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint 


FAMOUS DEATHS

2007  Matt Nagle, dies in Massachusetts, of a blood infection, at 27 
2004  Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach 
2000  Thea Porter, '60s Soho designer, dies at 72 
1997  Saw Maung, general/president of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies 
1997  William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91 
1996  "Jock" John Wallace, soccer player/manager, dies at 60 
1996  Howard Vernon, actor (Faceless, Delicatessen), dies at 82 
1996  Jock Wallace, football player/manager, dies at 60 
1996  Virginia Christine, actress (Mrs Olson), dies at 76 
1995  Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64 
1995  Jeremiah Jerry Patrick Lordam, songwriter/compser, dies at 61 
1995  Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher, dies at 94 
1995  Werner Grusch, film director, dies at 51 
1994  Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82 
1994  Wangila Napunyi, welterweight boxer, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics, dies at 26 
1993  Ben[jamin S] Polak, Dutch physician/resistance fighter, dies 
1993  Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70 
1993  Lonnie D'Orsa, dies at 96 
1992  Arlette-Leonie Arletty, dies at 94 
1992  Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered 
1992  Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies of a heart attack at 93 
1991  Isaac B Singer, Polish/U.S. writer (Yentl, Nobel 1978), dies at 87 
1991  Karl Ellis, dies at 41 
1991  Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist 
1990  Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54 
1989  Ernest Morrison, actor (Peggy Does Her Darndest), dies 
1986  Fritz A Lipman, discoverer (co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87 
1980  Peter Sellers, actor (Pink Panther, Mouse that Roared), dies at 54 
1979  Archie Duncan, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65 
1976  Paul Morand, French Diplomat 
1974  Chris Chubbock, newscaster, shoots self on air 
1974  Ernest Milton, actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84 
1974  James Chadwick, English physicist (Nobel 1935), dies at 82 
1973  Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in New York City 
1972  Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl 
1971  Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66 
1969  Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64 
1967  Little Billy Rhodes, dies of stroke at 72 
1966  Tony Lema, U.S. golfer, dies at 32 
1965  Constance Bennett, actress (Madame X, Topper), dies at 59 
1965  Irene Browne, actress (Peg O' My Heart), dies of cancer at 69 
1964  Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies 
1962  Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 
1960  Carl Deis, composer, dies at 77 
1960  Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68 
1957  Sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers and Thieves), dies at 72 
1954  Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 
1950  Robert W. Lehnhoff, [Executioner of Groningen], SS fuhrer, executed 
1947  Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72 
1944  Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 
1936  James Philip Dunn, composer, dies at 52 
1933  Max von Schillings, composer, dies at 65 
1931  Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75 
1900  Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 
1883  Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 
1876  Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66 
1868  George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies 
1865  Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30 
1862  Martin Van Buren, 8th President (1837-41), dies in Kinderhook New York at 79 
1846  Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81 
1846  Louis Napoleon, French king of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67 
1842  John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies 
1837  Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter 
1831  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 
1826  Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65 
1819  Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 
1812  Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63 
1809  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74 
1758  John Dyer, poet, dies 
1756  George Vertue, engraver, dies 
1739  Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday 
1712  Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies 
1704  Istvan Gyongyosi, Hungarian poet (Janos Kemeny), dies in battle 
1652  Johann Weichmann, composer, dies at 32 
1345  Jacob van Artevelde, statesman, murdered 

Holidays and Observances


Cousin's Day       (Looks like B-Rads celebrating today!!)
National Drive-Thru Day
National Tell An Old Joke Day
Pioneer Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 10:19:24 AM
National Tell An Old Joke Day

Where did george washington keep his armies?

In his sleevies, DUH!  :lol:


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 10:22:25 AM
Knock Knock.


Who's There?


Let Us.


Lut us Who?



Luttuce out it's cold in here!





ba-dum-chrish
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 10:32:14 AM
 :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 10:39:35 AM
Knock Knock.



Who's there?



Boo.



Boo Who?



DONT CRY GIRLY MON!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 10:42:18 AM
Knock Knock

Who's there?

WHo

Who WHo?

I'm an Owl.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 10:43:54 AM
 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

awesome!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 10:44:56 AM
Why did GERD make only one Yogi Bear? Because when he tried to make a second one he
made a Boo-Boo.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on July 24, 2009, 10:46:14 AM
randy did you see that link to the helmet cam vid? is that guy from here? if not go recruit him! lol great vid!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 10:50:23 AM
I did not. Where at ?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 11:13:29 AM
Why did GERD make only one Yogi Bear? Because when he tried to make a second one he
made a Boo-Boo.

Love it!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on July 24, 2009, 11:16:30 AM
hey is this helmet cam vid someon here?
sweet vid for sure!!! go pro helmet cam i think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3lkNd3chtk

video for randy!
 :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 24, 2009, 11:20:44 AM
Knock Knock

Who's there?

Maida

Maida who?

Maida force be with you!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 12:04:43 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 12:06:51 PM
Knock Knock

Who's there?

Maida

Maida who?

Maida force be with you!

 :rofl:

Say Lettuce, then spell the word cup. out loud....

let us C-U-P :lol:  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 12:11:06 PM
ERMAHGERD!  :rofl:

kickin it ol' school here!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 12:14:05 PM
Grammar ninja's favorite riddle

Railroad crossing watch out for the cars, can you spell that without any R's?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 12:16:11 PM
That's tough
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 12:19:09 PM
That's tough

nope. hint:

Grammar ninja's favorite riddle

Railroad crossing watch out for the cars, can you spell THAT without any R's?

T-H-A-T  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 12:19:29 PM
sumbish!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 03:06:41 PM
a few new smilies to play with. Post and click the "more" button next to the smilies.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 24, 2009, 03:12:14 PM
a few new smilies to play with. Post and click the "more" button next to the smilies.  :thumbs:

I give this post a:

 7/10

:lol: awesome Mr Krandall! Cock Blocker FTW :lol:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 24, 2009, 03:17:00 PM
 :riding:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 24, 2009, 03:18:31 PM
 :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on July 24, 2009, 11:40:00 PM
 :cockblock:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 26, 2009, 06:58:50 AM
Ok, I'm back from vacation. 

July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 158 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

657 – Battle of Siffin.
811 – Battle of Pliska; Byzantine emperor Nicephorus I is slain, his heir Stauracius is seriously wounded.
920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
1469 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote Moor – Pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of King Edward IV.
1533 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Inca emperor Atahualpa is executed in Cajamarca by the garrote by Spanish invaders known as Conquistadors.[citation needed]
1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration). The declaration of independence of the northern Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II.
1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match took place near Guildford, England
1758 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
1775 – The birth of what would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
1822 – José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
1847 – Liberia declares independence.
1861 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends – At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
1878 – In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside.
1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's Parsifal at Bayreuth.
1882 – The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
1891 – France annexes Tahiti.
1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
1914 – Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
1936 – The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
1937 – End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
1941 – World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
1944 – World War II: Soviet army enters Lviv, major city of western Ukraine, liberating it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jewish survivors left, out of 160,000 Jews in Lviv prior to Nazi occupation.
1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain.
1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
1945 – The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
1945 – The US Navy cruiser Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
1946 – Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport
1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council.
1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
1952 – King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
1953 – Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution.
1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek Raid.
1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated
1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
1963 – Earthquake in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (republic of southern Yugoslavia) – 1100 dead
1963 – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
1965 – Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
1966 – Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.
1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
1971 – Apollo Program: Apollo 15 Mission – Launch of Apollo 15.
1974 – Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
1975 – Formation of a military triumvirate in Portugal.
1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
1994 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders the removal of Russian troops from Estonia.

Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launch on July 26, 2005.

1999 – Cessation of combat activities after the Kargil War; Celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas in India.
2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
2005 – Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
2005 – Samir Geagea, the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader, is released after spending 11 years in a solitary confinement. His release came after the end of the Syrian occupation to Lebanon.

Births

1030 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, St. Stanislaw (d. 1079)
1678 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
1739 – George Clinton, 4th vice president of the USA (d. 1812)
1782 – John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837)
1791 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer (d. 1844)
1802 – Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (d. 1855)
1829 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman, Nobel Laureate (d. 1912)
1846 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (d. 1880)
1854 – Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist (d. 1918)
1855 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1950)
1858 – Tom Garrett, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1943)
1865 – Philipp Scheidemann, First Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (d. 1939)
1874 – Serge Koussevitsky, Russian conductor (d. 1951)
1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961)
1875 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939)
1880 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1951)
1885 – André Maurois, French author (d. 1967)
1886 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
1888 – Reginald Hands, Former South African cricketer (d. 1918)
1892 – Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)
1894 – Aldous Huxley, English-born author (d. 1963)
1895 – Jane Bunford, Britain's tallest-ever person (d. 1922)
1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964)
1896 – Henry Birkin, British racing driver (d. 1933)
1897 – Paul Gallico, American author (d. 1976)
1903 – Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (d. 1963)
1906 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (d. 1943)
1908 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgish sculptor (d. 2002)
1909 – Peter Thorneycroft, British politician (d. 1994)
1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress (d. 1979)
1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American musician and bandleader (d. 1993)
1914 – Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1918 – Marjorie Lord, American actress
1919 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress (d. 1986)
1920 – Bob Waterfield, American football player (d. 1983)
1921 – Jean Shepherd, American writer (d. 1999)
1922 – Blake Edwards, American film director
1922 – Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)
1923 – Jan Berenstain, American author
1923 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1925 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (d. 2000)
1926 – James Best, American actor
1926 – Ana María Matute, Spanish author
1927 – Gulabrai Ramchand, Former Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
1928 – Don Beauman, British racing driver (d. 1955)
1928 – Francesco Cossiga, 8th President of the Italian Republic
1928 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet (d. 1980)
1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American film director (d. 1999)
1928 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician
1929 – Marc Lalonde, French Canadian politician
1929 – Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-born French pianist
1929 – Joseph Jackson, American manager, former boxer and former musician
1931 – Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast
1931 – Telê Santana, Brazilian football manager and former player (d. 2006)
1936 – Mary Millar, English actress (d. 1998)
1938 – Darlene Love, American singer
1939 – John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
1939 – Bob Lilly, American football player
1940 – Dobie Gray, American singer
1940 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American aide to Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1969)
1940 – Bobby Rousseau, Quebec ice hockey player
1940 – Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer
1941 – Bobby Hebb, American musician
1941 – Brenton Wood, American singer-songwriter
1942 – Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak prime minister
1942 – Teddy Pilette, Belgian racing driver
1943 – Peter Hyams, American film director
1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer (The Rolling Stones)
1944 – Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990)
1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress
1949 – Roger Taylor, English musician (Queen)
1949 – Thaksin Shinawatra, ex-Prime Minister of Thailand
1950 – Susan George, English actress
1950 – Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
1950 – Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
1951 – Rick Martin, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 – Robert Phillips, classical guitarist
1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
1956 – Tommy Rich, American professional wrestler
1957 – Nana Visitor, American actress
1957 – Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
1957 – Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer
1958 – Angela Hewitt, Canadian classical pianist
1959 – Rick Bragg, American writer
1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor
1959 – Michael Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005)
1961 – Gary Cherone, American musician (Extreme)
1961 – Andy Connell, English musician (Swing Out Sister, A Certain Ratio)
1961 – Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer
1961 – Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
1962 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish musician
1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress
1964 – Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
1964 – Danny Woodburn, American actor
1965 – Jeremy Piven, American actor
1967 – Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1967 – Tim Schafer, American computer game designer
1968 – Olivia Williams, English actress
1968 – Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director
1969 – Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player
1970 – Joan Wasser, American singer and musician
1971 – Khaled Mahmud, Former Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 – Nathan Buckley, Former Australian Rules Footballer
1973 – Kate Beckinsale, British actress
1973 – Lenka Šarounová, Czech astronomer
1974 – Dean Sturridge, English Footballer
1974 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
1974 – Dan Konopka, American musician (OK Go)
1975 – Joe Smith, American basketball player
1976 – Brad Wilkins, American architect
1977 – Martin Laursen, Danish footballer
1977 – Rebecca St. James, Australian-born singer
1973 – Chris Pirillo, American TV host, blogger
1979 – Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Mageina Tovah, American actress
1979 – Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
1980 – Dave Baksh, Canadian guitarist (Sum 41)
1980 – Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor
1981 – Abe Forsythe, Australian actor/director
1982 – Chez Starbuck, American actor
1982 – Mugdha Godse, Indian Actress and Model
1983 – Delonte West, American basketball player
1983 – Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler
1984 – Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
1985 – Gaël Clichy, French footballer
1985 – Audrey De Montigny, Quebec singer
1985 – Adam DiMichele, American football quarterback
1987 – Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
1993 – Taylor Momsen, American actress

Deaths

796 – Offa, King of Mercia
811 – Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor
1380 – Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322)
1471 – Pope Paul II (b. 1417)
1592 – Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
1611 – Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
1680 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English writer (b. 1647)
1684 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)
1712 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (b. 1631)
1723 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)
1801 – Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (b. 1756)
1863 – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1793)
1867 – King Otto of Greece (b. 1815)
1919 – Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)
1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (b. 1848)
1925 – William Jennings Bryan, American politician (b. 1860)
1925 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (b. 1888)
1932 – Frederick S. Duesenberg automotive pioneer (b. 1876)
1934 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (b. 1871)
1941 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (b. 1875)
1942 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian writer (b. 1900)
1952 – Eva Perón, Argentine First Lady (b. 1919)
1953 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (b. 1883)
1960 – Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
1960 – Cedric Gibbons, American art director (b. 1893)
1964 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician and race driver (b. 1884)
1969 – Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
1970 – Robert Taschereau, French-Canadian jurist (b. 1896)
1971 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923)
1980 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet (b. 1928)
1984 – George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (b. 1901)
1984 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
1986 – Averell Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1891)
1988 – Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919)
1990 – Brent Mydland, American keyboardist (Grateful Dead) (b. 1952)
1992 – Mary Wells, American singer (b. 1943)
1993 – Matthew Ridgeway, American army general (b. 1895)
1994 – Christy Henrich, American gymnast (b. 1972)
1995 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1917)
1995 – Raymond Mailloux, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
1995 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician (b. 1907)
2000 – John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
2001 – Rex Barber, American WWII aviator (b. 1917)
2001 – Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913)
2005 – Betty Astell, British actress (b. 1912)
2005 – Alexander Golitzen, American art director (b. 1908)
2005 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925)
2005 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
2007 – Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (b. 1928)
2007 – John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
2007 – Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (b. 1950)

Holidays and observances

Cuba – Anniversary of the Moncada Barracks Attack (1953); Day of the National Rebellion
India – Vijay Divas (end of Kargil War])
Liberia and Maldives – Independence Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 26, 2009, 08:09:58 AM
happy liberian independence day
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 27, 2009, 09:18:44 AM
morning all
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 27, 2009, 10:04:17 AM
1997  "Candide," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 103 performances  
1997  "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 738 performances  
1997  Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16  
1997  Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship  
1997  Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267)  
1997  Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic  
1996  Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured  
1996  David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs  
1993  Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees  
1993  Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high  
1993  Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed  
1993  NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million  
1993  New York Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games  
1992  Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention  
1992  Dimitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychenko, Veniamin Taianovitch and Evgueni  
1992  Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95)  
1991  Rocker Jani Lane, Warrant-Cherry Pie, marries model Bobbie Brown  
1991  TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition  
1990  Graham Gooch scores 333 vs. India at Lord's  
1990  Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 minutes in county cricket, world record  
1990  Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop  
1989  Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)  
1988  Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years  
1988  General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as President of Burma  
1988  Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer  
1988  Tommy John commits rec 3 errors on 1 play as Yankees rout Brewers 16-3  
1987  John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel  
1987  Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive  
1986  14th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley  
1986  24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague, Czechoslovakia (3-0)  
1986  Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France  
1984  Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single vs. Philadelphia  
1983  104 degrees F (40.3 degrees C) in Garmersdorf (German record)  
1983  Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal  
1982  California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times  
1982  Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years  
1982  Menken and Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in New York City  
1980  Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead  
1980  Sally Little wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic  
1979  "Broadway Opry '79" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 6 performances  
1979  France performs nuclear Test  
1978  Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yankees)  
1978  Portuguese President Eanes fires premier Soares  
1977  John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in U.S.  
1976  8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese  
1976  Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested, Lockheed Affair  
1975  Carol Mann wins LPGA George Washington Ladies Golf Classic  
1974  House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment  
1974  Kanhai and Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire vs. Gloucs  
1973  40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103)  
1973  Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners  
1972  NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques  
1970  Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game  
1970  France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island  
1970  L Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines enter Hall of Fame  
1969  15th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls  
1969  Pioneer 10 launched  
1968  Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Canadian Golf Open  
1968  Race Riot in Gary, Indiana  
1967  Arabs Federation premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns  
1967  Helmond Sport soccer team forms  
1967  Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up commission to study cause of urban violence  
1967  U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site  
1965  Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government  
1965  President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking  
1963  Fritz Von Erich beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ  
1963  General Amin al-Hafez becomes president of Syria  
1962  Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission  
1962  Martin Luther King, Jr. jailed in Albany, Georgia  
1962  U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.  
1960  Vice President Nixon nominated for President at Republican convention in Chicago  
1959  Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India vs. England on debut  
1959  William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961  
1958  Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open  
1957  St. James' Theater in London closes  
1956  Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester  
1955  Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation  
1955  Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)  
1955  Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die  
1954  36th PGA Championship: Chick Herbert at Keller Golf Club St. Paul Minnesota  
1954  Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries  
1953  1st insulin isolated by F Banting and C Best in Toronto  
1953  North Korea and United Nations sign armistice  
1953  Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory  
1953  Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame  
1952  Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2)  
1950  President Truman promises aid to Taiwan  
1949  1st jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies  
1948  Australia set 404 to win vs. England at Headingley  
1948  Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404  
1948  Otto Skorzeny escapes anti-nazi camp at Darmstadt  
1947  Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak  
1946  Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs  
1945  Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from New York Yankees  
1945  U.S. Communist Party forms  
1944  1st British jet fighter used in combat, Gloster Meteor  
1944  Soviet Army frees Majdanek concentration camp  
1944  U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese  
1944  U.S. troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy  
1943  772 British bombers attack Hamburg  
1941  103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July  
1941  German army enters Ukraine  
1941  Japanese forces land in Indo-China  
1940  Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts  
1940  Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"  
1937  32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)  
1935  Floods at Yangtzee Jiang and Hoangh, kills 200,000  
1934  French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms  
1932  Paul Gorgoulov, French president Doumer's assassin, sentenced to death  
1931  Chilean president Carlos Ibanez forced out  
1931  Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops  
1930  Andre Leducq wins Tour de France  
1929  Dike of Wieringermeerpolder finished  
1928  AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms  
1927  Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver  
1927  Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)  
1924  8th Olympic games closes in Paris  
1922  International Geographical Union forms in Brussels  
1921  2nd government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms  
1921  Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolates insulin at University of Toronto  
1920  Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation  
1920  Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup  
1919  Chicago race riot, 15 whites and 23 blacks killed, 500 injured  
1918  Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in U.S., launched to carry oil, New York  
1914  Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade  
1913  Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France  
1909  Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s  
1898  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men"  
1897  14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)  
1897  Dutch government of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns  
1891  Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as Governor of Suriname  
1888  Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile  
1880  A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil  
1880  Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr. Watson is wounded, breaks out  
1866  Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)  
1864  Battle of Darbytown, Virginia (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)  
1862  Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die  
1862  Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico  
1861  Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing  
1861  Battle of St. Augustine Springs, New Mexico Terr  
1861  Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico  
1861  Union General George McClellan takes command from McDowell of Potamic Army  
1844  Fire destroys U.S. mint at Charlotte, North Carolina  

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 27, 2009, 10:04:24 AM
Famous Birthdays:

1977  Jason Michael Zimbler, born in Queens, New York, actor, Clarissa Explains it All 
1976  Mwadi Mabika, WNBA guard and forward for the Los Angeles Sparks 
1975  Alex Rodriguez, New York City, shortstop for the Seattle Mariners 
1973  Amy Linn Duncan, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Miss America-Oklahoma 1997 
1973  Niki Jenkins, born in Selkirk, Manitoba, 72 kg judoka, 1996 Olympics gold 
1973  Sami Alalampi, WLAF receiver, Barcelona Dragons 
1972  Alph Browning, NLF/WLAF receiver, Redskins, Barcelona Dragons 
1972  Bryce Bevill, CFL defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders 
1972  Clint Robinson, Brisbane QLD Australia, K-1 1k canoeist, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 
1972  Maya Rudolph, American Actress 
1971  Brennon James Dowric, Australian gymnast, 1992, 1996 Olympics 
1970  Tom Europe, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes 
1969  Jason Woolley, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman for the Florida Panthers 
1969  Linda Burgess, WNBA forward for the Los Angeles Sparks 
1968  Christina Singer, born in Goeppingen, Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures GBR 
1968  Maria Grazia Cucinotta, born in Messina, Sicily, actress, Postman 
1968  Tom Goodwin, born in Fresno California, outfielder for the Kansas City Royals 
1967  Craig Wolanin, Grosse Pointe, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 
1967  Emiel van Eijkeren, soccer player, FC The Hague/NEC 
1967  Jeff Novak, NFL tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars 
1967  Julian McMahon, actor, Ian Rain-Another World, John Grant-Profiler 
1967  Neil Smith, cricketer, Warwickshire and England A all-rounder 
1967  Sasha Mitchell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Spike of Bensonhurst 
1963  Jason Buck, WLAF defensive end for the Scottish Claymores 
1963  Donnie Yen, Chinese Actor 
1961  Daniel C Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, Lieutenant Commander USCG/astronaut 
1960  Christina Singer, born in Geoppingen, Germany, tennis star 
1960  Jo Durie, England, tennis player 
1960  Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival King 
1958  Christopher Dean, Olympics skater, Torvill and Dean, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1994 Olympics 
1957  Gezina E "Liesbeth" van Apeldoorn, Dutch actress, Composer 
1957  Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team 
1956  Carol Leifer, American Comedian 
1955  Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia 
1953  Wim G J M van de Camp, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA 
1953  Yahoo Serious, Australian Director 
1951  Janet Eilber, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy 
1950  Michael Vaughn, rocker, Paper Lace 
1949  David Muse, rocker, Firefall 
1949  Jeremy Thomas, actor, Family Life 
1949  Maureen McGovern, born in Youngstown, Ohio, singer, Got To Be a Morning After 
1948  Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist/singer, Doe Maar 
1948  Peggy Fleming Jenkins, born in San Jose, California, figure skater, Olym-gold-1968 
1947  Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues 
1947  Wayne Dowdy, born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Representative-D-Mississippi 1981 - 1989 
1946  Gwynne Gilford, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Linda Harris-Waverly Wonders 
1946  Ricardo Anasagasti, [Ricardo M Meul], Curaeao, dancer/actor 
1946  Toktar Ongarbajewitch Aubakirov, Kazakhstan, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-13 
1944  Aleksandr Ivanovich Dedkov, cosmonaut 
1944  Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi, singer and songwriter, Ode to Billy Joe 
1943  Al Ramsey, born in New Jersey, rocker, Gary Lewis and the Playboys-This Diamond Ring 
1943  Stu Gilliam, Detroit, actor/comedian, Roll Out, Harris and Company 
1942  Barbara Ferris, born in London, England, actress, Nice Girl Like Me 
1942  John Pleshette, New York City, actor, Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue 
1942  Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 
1941  Johannes Fritsch, composer 
1941  Charlie Norwood, born in Georgia, Army Captain, politician, member, U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia 
1939  Irv Cross, NFL sportscaster, CBS-TV 
1939  James McGee, pathologist/professor, Morbid Anatomy at Oxford 
1939  James Victor, born in Puerto Rico, actor, Boulevard Night, Streets of LA 
1938  Gary Gygax, born in Chicago, writer, game designer, co-created 'Dungeons & Dragons' role-playing game 
1937  Anna Dawson, British comedienne, Violet-Keeping Up Appearances 
1937  Chuck Jackson, born in Latta, South Carolina, singer, Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry 
1937  Don Galloway, born in Brooksville, Kentucky, actor, Arrest and Trial, Ironside 
1937  Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator 
1934  John Pardoe, CEO, Sight and Sound Education, Liberal MP 
1933  Nick Reynolds, rocker, Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons 
1933  Roger Harris, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs England 1959 
1932  Beverly Byron, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Representative-D-Maryland 1979 - 1993 
1932  Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader 
1932  Robert Cowan, CEO, Highlands and Islands Enterprises 
1931  Jerry Van Dyke, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, My Mother the Car, Coach 
1930  Ronald Dearing, chairman, British Post Office 
1930  Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 
1929  Harvey Fuqua, rock vocalist, Moonglows-Sincerely 
1929  Jack Higgins, [Harry Patterson], novelist 
1929  Marc Wilkinson, composer 
1928  Sakari Mononen, composer 
1926  Peter Coker, captain 
1925  Doc Pomus, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name Jerome Solon Felder, blues singer, songwriter, inducted in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Blues Hall of Fame 
1924  Otar Vasil'yevich Taktakishvili, composer 
1924  Vincent Canby, critic, New York Times 
1922  Adolfo Celi, born in Sicily, Italy, director, Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue 
1922  Bob Thiele, record producer 
1922  Lillian Hayman, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Leslie Uggams Show 
1922  Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family 
1920  Beatrice Pearson, born in Dennison, Texas, actress, Moving Finger 
1920  James Munn, commissioner, British University 
1918  Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer 
1918  Leonard Rose, born in Washington D.C., concert cellist, New York Phil 1943-51 
1917  John Cunningham, executive director, British Aerospace 
1917  Moses Rascoe, blues Singer 
1917  Robert Cowans, executive director, British Aerospace 
1916  Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi 
1916  Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player 
1916  Kennan Wynn, born in New York City, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor 
1916  Siegfried Reda, composer 
1916  Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, author, co-founded The New York Review of Books 
1915  Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner, late 40's 
1913  Eva Jones, poet and novelist 
1913  Mary Green, headmistress, Kidbrooke School 
1913  Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet, Diario d'Algeria 
1912  Igor Markevitch, born in Kiev, Ukraine, conductor, Le Paradis Perdu 
1912  Vernon Elliott, musician/composer 
1911  Wilfrid Ewart Oulton, airman 
1910  Bea Marcia Anastasia verbrook Christoforides, writer 
1910  Julien Gracq, [Louis Poirier], French writer, Andre Breton 
1909  Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor 
1909  Hilde Domin, born in Cologne, Germany, lyric poet, writer, German-language poet, wrote Das zweite Paradies (The Second Paradise), volume of prose 
1908  Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts, Labour 
1907  Denis Rickett, private secretary to Clement Attlee 
1907  Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater/judge, Olympics 1932,36 
1906  Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants 
1904  Agnes Yarnall, sculptor, artist, author laa, 1987 
1904  Anton Dolin, [Patrick Healey-Kay], dancer, Girl From Petrovka 
1904  Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, physicist 
1903  Clive Martin Douglas, composer 
1903  Nikolai Cherkasov, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actor, Ivan the Terrible 
1900  Charles Vidor, born in Budapest, Hungary, direct, Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl 
1900  Hans Haug, born in Switzerland, composer, primitivist style, wrote solo guitar piece, Preludio, Tiento et Toccata 
1899  Harl McDonald, near Boulder Colorado, composer, Santa Fe Trail 
1899  Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket left-arm bowler, 20's 
1899  C. S. Forester, English Novelist 
1898  Audley Moore, civil rights activist, humanitarian [Queen Mother] 
1894  Gerald F Bogan, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 
1890  Judith Lowry, born in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, actress, Effect of Gamma Rays ... 
1881  Hans Fischer, German physicist, Nobel 1930 
1880  Donald Crisp, born in Scotland, actor, How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana 
1880  Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo 
1879  Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet, Il Libro Della Giovinezza 
1878  Jean F van Royen, Dutch German secretary, PTT 
1878  Th to de Weeme, painter 
1877  Erno [Ernst von] Dohnanyi, Hungary, composer, Msg to Posterity 

Famous Deaths:

2003  Bob Hope, comedian, road movies, dies at 100 
2002  Frank Inn, Hollywood animal trainer, discovered Benji, dies at 86 
1997  K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier, dies at 99 
1996  Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85 
1996  Ivan V Lalic, poet, dies at 65 
1996  Jane Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85 
1996  Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London), dies at 71 
1995  Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66 
1995  Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72 
1995  Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88 
1995  Rick Ferrell, Hall of Fame catcher, dies at 89 
1994  H Minderop, founder/chairman (TROS-radio/TV), dies 
1994  Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96 
1994  Tatiana Tauer, harpist, dies at 48 
1993  Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27 
1992  Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56 
1991  Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50 
1990  Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58 
1990  Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies 
1990  Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32 
1990  Nick Pippins, actor (Simon), dies of AIDS at 35 
1988  Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11 
1987  Travis Jackson, baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83 
1986  Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72 
1985  Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95 
1985  Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete 
1984  James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75 
1984  Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81 
1982  Dan Seymour, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67 
1982  Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics, dies at 28 
1981  Billy [William] Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies 
1981  Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64 
1981  William Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur), dies 
1981  Paul Brunton, British Philosopher 
1980  Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60 
1980  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty 
1979  Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52 
1979  Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79 
1978  Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72 
1978  [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor and composer (Symphonic), dies at 70 
1976  Ray Brennan, becomes 1st to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease" 
1974  Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61 
1972  Allen J. Ellender, American Politician 
1971  Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83 
1970  Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies 
1968  Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies 
1968  Lillian Harvey, actress (Invitation to the Waltz), dies at 61 
1962  Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies 
1962  Richard Adlington, writer, dies at 70 
1961  Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59 
1960  Vasa Prihoda, Czechoslovakian violinist, dies at 59 
1952  W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies 
1948  Francesco Spetrino, composer, dies at 91 
1946  Gertrude Stein, U.S./French author and poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies at 72 
1944  Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68 
1942  William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies 
1934  Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79 
1924  Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies 
1924  Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, composer, dies at 58 
1921  Engelbert Humperdinck, composer, dies at 66 
1916  Charles Fryatt, British Captain of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies 
1901  Brooke Foss Westcott, English Theologian 
1883  Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61 
1883  Montgomery Blair, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70 
1881  Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 
1864  Margaret E Breckinridge, U.S. nurse/daughter of Vice President John, dies 
1844  John Dalton, English physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 
1841  Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet and novelist, dies 
1841  Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet 
1834  Charles Lamb, English Critic 
1833  Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26 
1828  Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies 
1822  Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60 
1811  Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed 
1783  Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62 
1777  William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 
1759  Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, biologist/astronomer, dies at 60 
1720  Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69 
1689  John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies 


Holidays/Observances
Take Your Houseplants for a Walk Day
Walk on Stilts Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 27, 2009, 02:07:03 PM
Take Your Houseplants for a Walk Day...


Depends on the houseplant I am sure. For legal reasons, I will pass on this one.  ;) :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 27, 2009, 02:08:27 PM
 :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 27, 2009, 03:42:31 PM
Ok, so I was late one day after getting back but I had an interview today.  Sorry Randy.  But here is the official today in history.

July 27 is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1214 – Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
1689 – Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
1694 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
1720 – The second important victory of the Russian Navy – the Battle of Grengam.
1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
1862 – Sailing from San Francisco to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
1866 – The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
1914 – Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government.
1917 – The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
1928 – Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
1941 – Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
1953 – Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
1964 – Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1972 – The F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.
1974 – Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
1976 – Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.
1981 – British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
1983 – Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1987 – RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvaging of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is transferred to June 3.
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Alice Hawthorne is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.
1997 – Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
2005 – STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.
2006 – The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
2007 – Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there are no survivors. This is the first known incidence of two news helicopters colliding in mid-air, and the worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.

Births

1452 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1740 – Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1752 – Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839)
1768 – Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1773 – Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
1777 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
1781 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 – Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1848 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 – Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 – José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1867 – Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 – Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1879 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
1881 – Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1882 – Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 – Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1889 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
1896 – Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
1903 – Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
1905 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1906 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000)
1908 – Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1910 – Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007)
1911 – Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
1913 – Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
1913 – George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
1915 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
1915 – Josef Priller, German fighter pilot (d. 1961)
1916 – Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (d. 2007)
1916 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 – Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 – Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1921 – Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
1922 – Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 – Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
1924 – Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1927 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician
1928 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
1929 – Jack Higgins, British novelist
1930 – Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
1933 – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
1933 – Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
1935 – Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician
1937 – Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
1938 – Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 – Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator (d. 2008)
1939 – Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1941 – Christian Boesch, Austrian baritone
1942 – Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1942 – John Pleshette, American actor
1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
1944 – Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
1944 – Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter
1946 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
1948 – Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 – André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player
1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer
1950 – Simon Jones, English actor
1952 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
1953 – Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
1954 – G. S. Bali, Indian politician
1954 – Philippe Alliot, French racecar driver
1955 – Cat Bauer, American novelist
1955 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1956 – Carol Leifer, American actress
1957 – Bill Engvall, American comedian
1957 – Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
1958 – Christopher Dean, English figure skater
1959 – Hugh Green, American football player
1959 – Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1962 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1963 – Karrin Allyson, American Jazz musician & songstress
1963 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong film actor
1964 – Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera)
1965 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1967 – Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 – Sasha Mitchell, American actor
1967 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1967 – Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Neil Smith, Former England cricketer
1968 – Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 – Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
1968 – Julian McMahon, Australian actor
1968 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
1969 – Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 – Timo Maas, German electronica DJ
1969 – Triple H, American professional wrestler
1969 – Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
1970 – Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
1972 – Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
1972 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space
1973 – Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones)
1973 – Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 – Erik Nijs, Belgian long jumper
1974 – Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 – Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 – Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
1975 – Fred Mascherino, American musician
1975 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
1975 – Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1976 – Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1977 – Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor
1977 – Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist
1978 – Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Cork Hurler
1979 – Shannon Moore, American wrestler
1979 – Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1980 – Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
1981 – Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1981 – Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
1983 – Alsou, Russian pop-star and actress
1983 – Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
1985 – Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress
1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
1986 – Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
1986 – Ryan Griffen, Australian rules footballer
1988 – Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
1989 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
1990 – Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
1990 – Nick Hogan, American reality TV star
1990 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress
1994 – Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor
1994 – Ariel Moore, American singer (Clique Girlz)
2000 – Kali Rodriguez, American actress

Deaths

1101 – Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 – King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1656 – Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
1675 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759 – Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770 – Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844 – John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 – William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1876 – Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
1883 – Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813)
1917 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
1924 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
1931 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1934 – Hubert Lyautey, French army general and marshal (b. 1854)
1941 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
1946 – Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1948 – Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
1958 – Claire Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893)
1962 – Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1962 – James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
1965 – Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
1968 – Babe Adams, baseball player (b. 1882)
1970 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
1971 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1978 – Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
1980 – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981 – William Wyler, French-born film director (b. 1902)
1984 – James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
1985 – Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1987 – Travis Jackson, baseball player (b. 1903)
1988 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
1990 – Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
1992 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Kevin Carter, Photographer (b. 1960)
1995 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1907)
1998 – Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
1999 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
1999 – Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
2000 – Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
2001 – Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001 – Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2003 – Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2005 – Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
2006 – Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925)
2007 – Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
2008 – Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
2008 – Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
2008 – Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

Puerto Rico – José Celso Barbosa Day
Finland – National Sleepy Head Day
North Korea – Victory Day


Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 27, 2009, 05:01:00 PM
North Korea – Victory Day


???

"we were victorious in not getting slaughtered, and now we starve for a psychopathic dictator......YEAH!!!"  :clap:



:confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 27, 2009, 08:42:02 PM
1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.


Ahhhh Austria.... G'day Mate!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 27, 2009, 08:46:29 PM





































:lol: lets put another shrimp on the lederhosen :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 28, 2009, 08:24:42 AM
1955 – The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.


Ahhhh Austria.... G'day Mate!

?   :confused: Austria...or australia?   :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 28, 2009, 08:29:03 AM
July 28 is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 156 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1364 – Battle of Cascina
1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1609 – Bermuda is first settled by survivors of the English ship Sea Venture en route to Virginia.
1794 – Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution.
1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte.
1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1868 – The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is passed, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1896 – The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
1914 – World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
1932 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
1933 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
1942 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into the Soviet Union. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so were to be immediately executed.
1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
1948 – The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".
1955 – The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
1957 – Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
1958 – Lord Jellicoe makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords.
1959 - On this day our very own RaptorRandy was born.  Happy birthday bro.
1965 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1976 – The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
1996 – Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, is discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
1997 – Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
2005 – A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2008 – The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.

Births

1347 – Margherita of Durazzo, queen of Naples (d. 1412)
1659 – Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)
1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr., American patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1809)
1750 – Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)
1796 – Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician (d. 1859)
1804 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872)
1815 – Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889)
1857 – Ballington Booth, co-founder of Volunteers of America (d. 1940)
1860 – Elias M. Ammons, governor of Colorado (d. 1925)
1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)
1863 – Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
1866 – Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943)
1867 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer (d. 1951)
1872 – Albert Sarraut, French politician (d. 1962)
1874 – Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (d. 1945)
1879 – Lucy Burns, American suffragist (d. 1966)
1887 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968)
1891 – Ron Oxenham, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1939)
1896 – Barbara La Marr, American actress (d. 1926)
1898 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (d. 1970)
1900 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965)
1901 – Rudy Vallee, American entertainer (d. 1986)
1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979)
1902 – Karl Popper, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
1907 – Earl Tupper, American inventor (d. 1983)
1909 – Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (d. 1957)
1909 – Aenne Burda German publisher and founder of Hubert Burda Media(d. 2005)
1914 – Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984)
1915 – Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1916 – David Brown, American film producer
1922 – Jacques Piccard, Belgian-born undersea explorer (d. 2008)
1924 – C.T. Vivian, American 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist
1925 – Baruch S. Blumberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1926 – Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)
1927 – John Ashbery, American poet
1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (d. 2006)
1930 – Junior Kimbrough, American bluesman (d. 1998)
1930 – Ramsey Withers, Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada
1931 – Johnny Martin, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
1932 – Natalie Babbitt, American author
1933 – Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1934 – Jacques d'Amboise, American choreographer
1935 – Simon Dee, British television broadcaster
1936 – Russ Jackson, Canadian football player
1936 – Garfield Sobers, Barbadian West Indies cricketer
1937 – Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter
1938 – Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru
1938 – Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician and Former Prime Minister of Thailand
1938 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish football manager
1940 – Philip Proctor, American comedian
1941 – Susan Roces, Filipino actress
1941 – Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor
1942 – Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster
1943 – Mike Bloomfield, American musician (d. 1981)
1943 – Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
1943 – Richard Wright, English musician (Pink Floyd) (d. 2008)
1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist (Garfield)
1946 – Jonathan Edwards, American singer and songwriter
1946 – Linda Kelsey, American actress
1946 – Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist
1948 – Gerald Casale, american musician and director (founding member of Devo)
1948 – Georgia Engel, American actress
1948 – Sally Struthers, American actress
1949 – Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980)
1949 – Vida Blue, American baseball player
1949 – Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001)
1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer
1950 – Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
1951 – Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
1951 – Doug Collins, American basketball player and head coach
1951 – Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
1952 – Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist
1952 – Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand
1954 – Bruce Abbott, American actor
1954 – Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela
1954 – Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
1954 – Steve Morse, American guitarist
1954 – Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer
1955 – Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian cross-country skier
1958 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981)
1958 – Michael Hitchcock, American actor
1960 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
1960 – Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker
1961 – Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
1961 – Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
1962 – Rachel Sweet, American singer
1964 – Lori Loughlin, American actress
1965 – Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
1965 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician
1966 – Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter
1969 – Garth Snow, American ice hockey goaltender
1969 – Alexis Arquette, American actor
1969 – Dana White, UFC President
1970 – Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy)
1970 – Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
1970 – Paul Strang, Former Zimbabwian cricketer
1971 – Stephen Lynch, American musician
1971 – Annie Perreault, Canadian short-track speed skater
1972 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
1972 – Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
1972 – Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress
1973 – Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Marc Dupré, Quebec humorist and singer
1974 – Justin Lee Collins, British comedian
1975 – Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer
1976 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach)
1977 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player
1977 – Aki Berg, Finnish ice hockey player
1978 – Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer/songwriter
1978 – Jacob Oram, New Zealand Cricketer
1979 – Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1979 – Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer
1979 – Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
1979 – James Piotr Montague, British Writer
1980 – Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin)
1981 – Michael Carrick, English footballer
1981 – Billy Aaron Brown, American actor
1981 – Jo In Sung, South Korean actor
1982 – Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
1982 – Tom Pelphrey, American actor
1984 – DeMeco Ryans, American football player
1984 – Zach Parise, American ice hockey player
1985 – Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor
1986 – Alexandra Chando, American actress
1988 – Ayla Brown, American singer
1988 – Casper Johansen, Danish footballer
1990 – Shana Swash, English actress
1990 – Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, American rapper
1992 – George Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland
1993 – Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress

Deaths

450 – Theodosius II, Roman Emperor (b. 401)
1057 – Pope Victor II
1128 – William Clito, Count of Flanders (b. 1102)
1230 – Duke Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176)
1285 – Queen Keran of Armenia, consort of Leo III of Armenia
1527 – Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador
1540 – Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1495)
1631 – Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (b. 1569)
1655 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet (b. 1619)
1667 – Abraham Cowley, English poet (b. 1618)
1675 – Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (b. 1605)
1685 – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618)
1718 – Etienne Baluze, French scholar (b. 1630)
1741 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (b. 1678)
1750 – Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (b. 1685)
1762 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691)
1794 – Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1758)
1794 – Louis de Saint-Just, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1767)
1818 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (b. 1746)
1835 – Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b. 1768)
1842 – Clemens Brentano, German poet (b. 1778)
1844 – Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768)
1849 – King Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
1869 – Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist (b. 1787)
1878 – George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (b. 1820)
1895 – Edward Beecher, American theologian (b. 1803)
1930 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
1934 – Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (b. 1868)
1934 – Louis Tancred, Former South African cricketer (b. 1876)
1942 – William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (b. 1853)
1957 – Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator, and author (b. 1876)
1965 – Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author (b. 1894)
1967 – Karl W. Richter, Lieutenant, USAF, American aviator (b. 1942)
1968 – Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1879)
1969 – Ramón Grau, Cuban president (b. 1882)
1971 – Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)
1971 – Charles E. Pont, American artist (b. 1898)
1972 – Helen Traubel, American soprano (b. 1903)
1972 – Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1918)
1979 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
1981 – Fr. Stanley Rother, Roman Catholic Priest, Martyr and Missionary to Guatemala (b. 1935)
1982 – Keith Green, American gospel singer and pianist (b. 1953)
1990 – Jill Esmond, British actress (b. 1908)
1996 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908)
1997 – Seni Pramoj, Thai politician (b. 1905)
1997 – Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)
1998 – Lenny McLean, English bareknuckle fighter (b. 1949)
1999 – Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
2000 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
2002 – Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
2003 – Lady Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist (b. 1918)
2004 – Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2004 – Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915)
2004 – Eugene Roche, American actor (b. 1928)
2004 – Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist (b. 1938)
2006 – David Gemmell, British writer (b. 1948)
2006 – Patrick Allen, British actor and voice actor (b. 1927)
2007 – Jim LeRoy, Airshow pilot (b. 1961)
2007 – Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924)
2008 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress, murdered (b. 1977)

Holidays and observances

Faroe Islands – Ólavsøka Eve
Peru – Independence Day
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on July 28, 2009, 08:29:56 AM
addition for history thread


Births:

Raptor Randy- 1959

:thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 28, 2009, 08:32:29 AM
Wasn't that 1859?

And I'll make sure to add it.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on July 28, 2009, 11:54:51 AM
Happy Birthday Raptor Randy! Cheers to you with glass of Crown Royal!  :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on July 28, 2009, 12:04:56 PM
 :reality:     Happy Birthday Raptor Randy!   :clap:

 :cheers:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 28, 2009, 12:12:44 PM
Raptor Randy is 50?

Wouldn't have guessed a day over 49. :lol: :lol:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 29, 2009, 06:34:19 AM
July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 155 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1014 – Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack several months later, on October 6.
1030 – Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
1565 – The widowed Mary Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567 – James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – English naval forces under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
1693 – War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
1793 – John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
1830 – Abdication of Charles X of France.
1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
1847 – Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
1848 – Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1851 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
1858 – United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.
1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.
1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
1901 – The Socialist Party of America founded.
1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp ran from August 1-9, 1907, and is regarded as the founding of the Scouting movement.
1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
1932 – Great Depression: in Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
1937 – Tongzhou Incident
1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad – after a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin opened in London.
1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1965 – Vietnam War: the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
1966 – Bob Dylan is injured in a motorcycle accident near Woodstock, New York.
1967 – Vietnam War: off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
1976 – In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
1981 – Marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issues.
1993 – The Israeli Supreme Court acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
1996 – The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.
2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris.

Births

1166 – Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)
1605 – Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659)
1763 – Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1845)
1797 – Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
1801 – George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
1846 – Isabel of Brazil
1843 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
1849 – Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
1869 – Booth Tarkington, American author (d. 1946)
1872 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (d. 1957)
1874 – James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born actress (d. 1949)
1878 – Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
1884 – Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
1885 – Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1951)
1892 – William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
1897 – Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
1899 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
1900 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
1900 – Don Redman, American musician (d. 1964)
1904 – J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993)
1905 – Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
1905 – Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935)
1905 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
1906 – Diana Vreeland, French-born fashion editor (d. 1989)
1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
1911 – Foster Furcolo, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
1911 – Iakovos, Archbishop of America (d. 2005)
1913 – Erich Priebke, Nazi war criminal
1914 – Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian
1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, LDS apostle and author (d. 1985)
1915 – Francis W. Sargent, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1916 – Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
1916 – Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
1918 – Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1968)
1920 – Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974)
1920 – Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
1921 – Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
1923 – Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall Amplification
1923 – Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003)
1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
1924 – Robert Horton, American actor
1924 – Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
1925 – Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player
1927 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch author
1929 – Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
1932 – Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas
1933 – Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager
1933 – Colin Davis, British racing driver
1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor
1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor
1936 – Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist (d. 2005)
1938 – Jean Rochon, Quebec politician
1941 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
1941 – David Warner, English actor
1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor
1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian football manager
1946 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
1946 – Neal Doughty, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
1947 – Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
1951 – Dan Driessen, American baseball player
1951 – Dean Pitchford, American songwriter, filmmaker and novelist
1953 – Ken Burns, American producer and director
1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian bassist and singer (Rush)
1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
1953 – Tim Gunn, American television personality
1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator
1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
1956 – Ronnie Musgrove, Former Governor of Mississippi
1957 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
1957 – Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
1959 – Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and artist
1959 – Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
1959 – John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian athlete
1962 – Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
1963 – Graham Poll, English football referee
1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
1963 – Alexandra Paul, American actress
1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author
1965 – Luis Alicea, baseball coach
1965 – Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
1966 – Martina McBride, American singer
1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor
1968 – Paavo Lotjonen, Finnish Cellist (Apocalyptica)
1970 – John Rennie, Former Zimbabwean cricketer
1970 – Andi Peters, British TV presenter
1971 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
1971 – Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer songwriter
1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor
1973 – Stephen Dorff, American actor
1973 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor
1974 – Afroman, American rapper
1975 – Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
1975 – Lanka de Silva, Former Sri Lankan cricketer
1977 – Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, American songwriter and record producer
1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
1979 – Ronald Murray, American basketball player
1980 – Ryan Braun, Canadian baseball player
1980 – Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
1980 – Rachel Miner, American actress
1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula 1 Driver
1981 – Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
1981 – Troy Perkins, American soccer player
1982 – Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
1982 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Allison Mack, American actress
1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
1984 – Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
1985 – Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
1987 – Sabra Johnson, American dancer
1991 – Miki Ishikawa, American actress

Deaths

238 – Pupienus, Roman Emperor
238 – Balbinus, Roman Emperor
1030 – Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
1095 – Saint Ladislaus I, a King of Hungary (b. c. 1040)
1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
1108 – Philip I of France (b. 1052)
1507 – Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)
1573 – John Caius, English physician and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (b. 1510)
1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1644 – Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
1752 – Peter Warren, British admiral
1781 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
1792 – René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
1813 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
1833 – William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (b. 1759)
1839 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
1856 – Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
1857 – Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774)
1887 – Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)
1890 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
1900 – King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
1913 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
1918 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
1934 – Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
1938 – Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
1950 – Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
1954 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
1964 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1970 – John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
1973 – Norm Smith, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
1973 – Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
1974 – Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
1974 – Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
1976 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
1979 – Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
1979 – Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
1981 – Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
1982 – Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor (b. 1920)
1982 – Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (b. 1889)
1983 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
1983 – David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
1984 – Fred Waring, American band leader and inventor (b. 1900)
1987 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (b. 1894)
1990 – Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
1992 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
1994 – Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
1995 – Les Elgart, American jazz musician and bandleader (b. 1917)
1996 – Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
1996 – Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise) (b. 1967)
1996 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. 1920)
1998 – Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (b. 1918)
2001 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
2001 – Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
2004 – Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
2007 – Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (b. 1940)
2007 – Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
2007 – Tom Snyder, American television personality (b. 1936)
2007 – Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
2008 – Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (b. 1989)

Holidays and observances

Faroe Islands – Ólavsøka: opening of the Løgting session.
National Anthem Day in Romania.
Rain Day in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 29, 2009, 07:16:47 AM
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).

They just need one from N-America to England now!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 29, 2009, 07:22:27 AM
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).

They just need one from N-America to England now!

holy biscuits that would be a long tunnel :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 29, 2009, 09:03:07 AM
 :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 30, 2009, 06:47:28 AM
July 30 is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 154 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in History

762 – Baghdad is founded.
1419 – First Defenestration of Prague.
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
1608 – At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
1629 – An earthquake in Naples, Italy kills 10,000 people.
1729 – Baltimore, Maryland is founded.
1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
1756 – Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
1811 – Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.
1825 – Malden Island is discovered.
1859 – First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
1863 – Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
1866 – New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.
1871 – The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
1916 – Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, NJ.
1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first Football World Cup.
1932 – Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short
1945 – World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis (CA-35), killing 883 seamen.
1953 – Rikidōzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance.
1956 – A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing "In GERD We Trust" as the U.S. national motto.
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1969 – Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with U.S. military commanders.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin on Apollo Lunar Module module, Falcon, land with first Lunar Rover on the moon.
1971 – An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162.
1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court.
1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
1978 – The 730 (transport), Okinawa changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
1980 – Vanuatu gains independence.
1997 – Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo Landslide in New South Wales, Australia.
2002 – The accounting law referred to as "The Sarbanes Oxley Act" is signed into law by President George W. Bush.
2003 – In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
2006 – World's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
2006 – Lebanon War: At least 28 civilians, including 16 children were killed by the Israeli Air Force in what Lebanese call the Second Qana massacre.

Births

1511 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, author and architect (d. 1574)
1549 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
1641 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
1751 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician (d. 1829)
1763 – Samuel Rogers, English author (d. 1855)
1809 – Charles Chiniquy, Quebec-born excommunicated Catholic priest (d. 1899)
1818 – Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)
1825 – Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (d. 1893)
1855 – Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)
1857 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929)
1859 – Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian (d. 1939)
1863 – Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)
1872 – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
1881 – Smedley Butler, American Marine general (d. 1940)
1885 – John Jules Barrish, Irish writer (d. 1939)
1889 – Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist (d. 1982)
1890 – Casey Stengel, American baseball manager (d. 1975)
1893 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani Mother of the Nation (d. 1967)
1895 – Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963)
1898 – Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986)
1899 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
1901 – Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
1904 – Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)
1909 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (d. 1993)
1909 – Magda Schneider German actress (d. 1996).
1910 – Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)
1914 – Lord Killanin, Irish IOC president (d. 1999)
1916 – Dick Wilson, American actor (d. 2007)
1919 – Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe
1921 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)
1922 – Henry W. Bloch, American co-founder of H&R Block
1925 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (d. 1984)
1925 – Jacques Sernas, French actor
1926 – Christine McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
1927 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004)
1927 – Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001)
1928 – Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress
1928 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1929 – Sid Krofft, Canadian children's television producer
1933 – Edd Byrnes, American actor
1934 – Bud Selig, American Commissioner of Baseball
1935 – Ted Rogers, English comedian and game show host (d. 2001)
1936 – Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
1936 – Infanta Pilar of Spain
1938 – Hervé de Charette, French politician
1939 – Peter Bogdanovich, American film director
1939 – Eleanor Smeal, American feminist
1940 – Pat Schroeder, American politician
1940 – Sir Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor
1941 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
1943 – Henri-François Gautrin, Quebec politician
1945 – Patrick Modiano, French novelist
1945 – David Sanborn, American saxophonist
1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
1947 – William Atherton, American actor
1947 – Jonathan Mann, AIDS activist (d. 1998)
1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder, and 38th Governor of California
1948 – Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor
1949 – Duck Baker, American guitarist
1950 – Frank Stallone, American singer and actor
1951 – Alan Kourie, former South African cricketer
1954 – Ken Olin, American actor
1956 – Delta Burke, American actress
1956 – Soraida Martinez, American Painter, Creator of Verdadism.
1956 – Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – Anita Hill, American author
1957 – Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
1957 – Bill Cartwright, American basketball player
1957 – Nery Pumpido, Argentine footballer
1957 – Rat Scabies, English drummer (The Damned)
1958 – Kate Bush, English singer/songwriter
1958 – Neal McCoy, American singer/songwriter and humanitarian
1958 – Daley Thompson, English decathlete
1960 – Richard Linklater, American filmmaker
1961 – Laurence Fishburne, American actor
1962 – Alton Brown, American television host and chef
1962 – Jay Feaster, American National Hockey League executive
1963 – Lisa Kudrow, American actress
1963 – Chris Mullin, American basketball player
1964 – Vivica A. Fox, American actress
1964 – Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
1964 – Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-born American film director
1965 – Tim Munton, Former England cricketer
1966 – Allan Langer, Australian Rugby League Player, (Brisbane Broncos & Warrington Wolves)
1968 – Terry Crews, American football player and actor
1968 – Robert Korzeniowski, Polish athlete
1968 – Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
1969 – Simon Baker, Australian actor
1969 – Errol Stewart, Former South African cricketer and lawyer
1970 – Christopher Nolan, English film director
1971 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
1971 – Christine Taylor, American actress
1971 – Sagi Kalev, Bodybuilder
1973 – Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
1973 – Sonu Nigam, Indian singer/actor
1974 – Hilary Swank, American actress
1974 – Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
1974 – Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player
1974 – Sandra Diaz-Twine, Winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands
1975 – Graham Nicholls, English artist
1975 – Cherie Priest, American writer
1977 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
1977 – Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)
1978 – James Branaman, American model and reality show contestant
1979 – Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player
1979 – Show Luo, Taiwanese Singer,Host, Dancer and Actor
1979 – Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
1980 – James Anderson, English cricketer
1980 – Justin Rose, British golfer
1980 – Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player
1980 – Chuck Thomas, British TV producer / presenter
1981 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
1981 – Juan Smith, South African rugby player
1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
1983 – Sean Dillon, Irish footballer
1984 – Gabrielle Christian, American actress
1984 – Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
1985 – Alex Goligoski, American ice hockey player
1985 – Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
1997 – Steven Purugganan, World record holder for sport stacking
2002 – Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal

Deaths

578 – Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa
579 – Pope Benedict I
1540 – Thomas Abel, English priest (martyred)
1540 – Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495)
1550 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
1652 – Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
1680 – Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (b. 1634)
1683 – Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
1691 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
1718 – William Penn, English founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)
1771 – Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer (b. 1716)
1811 – Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican patriot and Independence leader (b. 1753)
1875 – George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
1889 – Charlie Absolom, Former England cricketer (b. 1846)
1898 – Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1815)
1900 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
1912 – Emperor Meiji, Japanese emperor (b. 1852)
1918 – Joyce Kilmer, American poet (b. 1886)
1930 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Catalan businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
1947 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
1965 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author (b. 1886)
1970 – George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
1971 – Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (b. 1901)
1982 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (b. 1954)
1983 – Howard Dietz, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1983 – Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
1985 – Julia Hall Bowman Robinson, American mathematician (b. 1919)
1989 – Lane Frost, American bull rider (b. 1963)
1992 – Joe Shuster, Canadian comic book artist (b. 1914)
1992 – Brenda Marshall, American actress (b. 1915)
1994 – Ryszard Riedel, Polish singer (b.1956)
1996 – Claudette Colbert, American actress (b. 1903)
1997 – Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1913)
1998 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (Howdy Doody) (b. 1917)
1998 – Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (b. 1932)
2001 – Anton Schwarzkopf, German amusement ride engineer (b. 1924)
2003 – Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
2004 – Andre Noble, Canadian actor (b. 1979)
2005 – Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
2005 – John Garang, Vice President of Sudan (b. 1945)
2005 – Anthony Walker, English hate crime murder victim (b. 1987)
2006 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (b. 1904)
2006 – Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
2006 – Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (b. 1921)
2007 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912)
2007 – Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (b. 1915)
2007 – Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director (b. 1918)
2007 – Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
2008 – Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

Vanuatu – Independence Day (formerly Anglo-French condominium of the New Hebrides).
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 30, 2009, 07:30:58 AM
1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.





Who dun it!  ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 31, 2009, 07:53:47 AM
July 31 is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 153 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
904 – Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city.
1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant – the French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
1451 – Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
1655 – Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
1658 – Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India.
1667 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict.
1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
1741 – Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
1777 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
1790 – First U.S. patent is issued to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
1856 – Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
1865 – The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia.
1895 – The Basque Nationalist Party (Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Partido Nacionalista Vasco) is founded by Basque nationalist leader Sabino Arana.
1913 – The Balkan States signs an armistice at Bucharest.
1919 – German national assembly adopts the Weimar constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow is aired for the first time.
1932 – The NSDAP wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
1936 – The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo. However, the games are given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out, and are eventually cancelled altogether because of World War II.
1938 – Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
1938 – Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius in Persepolis.
1940 – A doodlebug train in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio collides with a multi-car freight train heading in the opposite direction, killing 43 people.
1941 – Holocaust: under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question."
1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
1945 – John K. Giles attempts to escape from Alcatraz prison.
1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
1951 – Japan Airlines is established.
1954 – First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
1961 – At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain.
1964 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
1972 – Northeast Airlines flies its last flight before being integrated into Delta Air Lines the next day.
1972 – Operation Motorman: British troops move into the no-go areas of Belfast and Derry, Northern Ireland. End of Free Derry.
1972 – Three car bombs are detonated in Claudy, Northern Ireland, killing nine in what is believed to be a Provisional Irish Republican Army attack.
1973 – A Delta Air Lines jetliner crashes while landing in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
1976 – Viking program: Viking 1 – NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo.
1981 – General Omar Torrijos of Panama dies in a plane crash.
1981 – 42-day strike of Major League Baseball ends in the United States.
1987 – A rare, class F-4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage.
1988 – 32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.
1991 – The Medininkai Massacre in Lithuania. Soviet OMON attacks Lithuanian customs post in Medininkai, killing 7 officers and severely wounding one other.
1992 – A Thai Airways Airbus A300-310 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing 113.
1999 – Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector – NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.
2006 – Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro.
2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.

Births

1143 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)
1396 – Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1467)
1527 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
1598 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)
1702 – Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768)
1704 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (d. 1752)
1718 – John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772)
1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
1737 – Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813)
1777 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (d. 1849)
1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
1816 – George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870)
1825 – William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886)
1835 – Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. 1912)
1835 – Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (d. 1903)
1837 – William Quantrill, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (d. 1865)
1843 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
1858 – Richard Dixon Oldham, British geologist (d. 1936)
1860 – Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist and naturalist (d. 1940)
1867 – Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (d. 1966)
1880 – Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936)
1883 – Fred Quimby, American film producer (d. 1965)
1884 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician (d. 1945)
1886 – Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure (d. 1931)
1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist (d. 1969)
1892 – Joseph Charbonneau, French-Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1959)
1894 – Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)
1901 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)
1904 – Brett Halliday, American writer (d. 1977)
1909 – Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian writer and polyglot (d. 1999)
1911 – George Liberace, American musician (d. 1983)
1912 – Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)
1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
1912 – Irv Kupcinet, American newspaper columnist (d. 2003)
1913 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian hockey player (d. 1984)
1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and comedian (d. 1983)
1916 – Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player and official (d. 2006)
1916 – Bill Todman, American game show producer (d. 1979)
1916 – Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist
1918 – Paul D. Boyer, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1918 – Hank Jones, American pianist
1919 – Curt Gowdy, American sports announcer (d. 2006)
1919 – Primo Levi, Italian author and chemist (d. 1987)
1920 – James Esdras Faust, American religious leader (d. 2007)
1921 – Whitney Young, American civil rights activist (d. 1971)
1921 – Peter Benenson, British founder of Amnesty International (d. 2005)
1922 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1923 – Ahmet Ertegün, Turkish-born record company executive (d. 2006)
1923 – Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert
1926 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher
1929 – Don Murray, American actor
1929 – José Santamaria, Uruguayan footballer
1929 – Lynne Reid Banks, British author
1930 – Oleg Popov, Russian clown
1931 – Kenny Burrell, American guitarist
1931 – Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach
1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. 1979)
1932 – John Searle, American philosopher
1933 – Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer
1935 – Yvon Deschamps, French-Canadian author and humorist
1935 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor
1936 – Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player
1939 – France Nuyen, French actress
1940 – Carol J. Clover, American academic
1941 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician
1943 – William Bennett, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
1943 – Susan Flannery, American actress
1943 – Lobo, American singer and songwriter
1943 – Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor
1944 – Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
1944 – Jonathan Dimbleby, British journalist and television presenter
1944 – Robert C. Merton, American mathematician
1945 – Gary Lewis, American vocalist (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
1945 – William Weld, 68th Governor of Massachusetts
1946 – Bob Welch, American musician
1946 – Karen Zerby, American religious leader
1950 – Lane Davies, American actor
1950 – Steve Miller, American writer
1951 – Evonne Goolagong, Australian tennis player
1951 – Barry Van Dyke, American actor
1952 – Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
1952 – Alan Autry, American football player and politician
1952 – Helmuts Balderis, Latvian hockey player
1952 – João Barreiros, Portuguese writer
1953 – Ted Baillieu, Australian Politician
1953 – James Read, American actor
1953 – Jimmy Cook, former South African cricketer
1954 – Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Jakie Quartz, French singer
1956 – Michael Biehn, American actor
1956 – Deval Patrick, current Governor of Massachusetts
1956 – Bill Callahan, American football coach
1957 – Daniel Ash, British musician (Bauhaus)
1957 – Leon Durham, American baseball player
1957 – Dirk Blocker, American actor
1958 – Bill Berry, American musician (R.E.M.)
1958 – Mark Cuban, American businessman and basketball team owner
1959 – Stanley Jordan, American jazz guitarist
1960 – Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 – John Chiang, American politician
1962 – Kevin Greene, American football player
1962 – Wesley Snipes, American actor
1963 – Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 – Norman Cook, British musician (The Housemartins, Freak Power, Beats International, Fatboy Slim)
1964 – Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs)
1965 – Scott Brooks, American basketball player
1965 – John Laurinaitis, American professional wrestler
1965 – J. K. Rowling, British writer
1965 – Julian Richards, British film director
1966 – Dean Cain, American actor
1967 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005)
1967 – Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese seiyū
1967 – Tim Wright (musician), Composer
1968 – Saeed-Al-Saffar, Former UAE cricketer
1969 – David Cash, American professional wrestler
1969 – Loren Dean, American actor
1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler, American politician
1970 – Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer
1970 – Dave Wedge, American journalist
1971 – Gus Frerotte, American football player
1971 – John Lowery, American guitarist
1973 – Chandra North, American supermodel
1973 – Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player
1973 – Fabulous Flournoy American basketball player and coach Newcastle Eagles
1974 – Emilia Fox, English actress
1974 – Jonathan Ogden, American football player
1975 – Randy Flores, American baseball player
1975 – Simon Hirst, British radio DJ
1975 – Mike Lincoln, American baseball player
1975 – Poesy Liang, Founder of Helping Angels
1975 – Allan von Schenkel, American musician
1975 – Andrew Hall, Former South African cricketer
1976 – Joshua Cain, American musician (Motion City Soundtrack)
1976 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
1977 – Tim Couch, American football player
1978 – Will Champion, English musician (Coldplay)
1978 – Zeta Makripoulia, Greek actress, model and TV presenter
1978 – Justin Wilson, English racing driver
1979 – J. J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
1979 – Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
1979 – Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1979 – Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
1979 – B. J. Novak, American actor
1980 – Mils Muliaina, New Zealand and Waikato rugby player
1980 – Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish Rally Driver
1981 – Eric Lively, American actor
1981 – J.Son Dinant, American comedian
1981 – Ira Losco, Maltese singer
1981 – Matthew Sanders, American singer (Avenged Sevenfold)
1982 – Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984 – Glenn Holt, American football player
1986 – Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
1987 – Michael Bradley, American soccer player
1987 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian Actress
1988 – Krystal Meyers, American Christian singer/songwriter/musician
1989 – Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
1990 – Olga Galchenko, Russian juggler
1992 – Curtis James, Professional Runner

Deaths

855 – Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)
1396 – William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)
1508 – Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)
1556 – Ignatius Loyola, Spanish priest and founder of the Jesuits
1653 – Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
1726 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
1750 – King John V of Portugal (b. 1689)
1784 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (b. 1713)
1864 – Louis Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
1875 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
1886 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (b. 1811)
1914 – Jean Jaurès, French politician (d. 1859)
1917 – Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881)
1917 – Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
1943 – Hedley Verity, English Test cricketer (b. 1905)
1944 – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot and writer (b. 1900)
1953 – Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio and Presidential candidate (b. 1889)
1954 – Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)
1964 – Jim Reeves, American singer (b. 1923)
1966 – Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (b. 1924)
1970 – Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912)
1972 – Paul-Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)
1980 – Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. 1902)
1980 – Mohd. Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)
1986 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
1986 – Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (b. 1912)
1988 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (b. 1950)
1990 – Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1993 – King Baudouin I of Belgium (b. 1930)
1996 – Seagram Miller, American rapper (b. 1970)
2001 – Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
2001 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
2001 – Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
2003 – Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933)
2004 – Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
2004 – Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
2005 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935)
2006 – Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2009 – Bobby Robson, English professional football player and manager (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

Hari Pahlawan – Malaysian warrior's day.
Ka Hae Hawai‘i – Hawaiian Flag Day.
End of the Trinity term (sitting of the High Court of Justice of England).
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 31, 2009, 08:15:06 AM
1999 – Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector – NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.


Weird I don't remember hearing about that.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 31, 2009, 09:00:49 AM
1981 – 42-day strike of Major League Baseball ends in the United States.


I remember this. 6 years old. I remember thinking "cry babies" :lol:

Then, when they had that strike in the 90's, I quit watching altogether.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 31, 2009, 09:04:24 AM
baseball is boring.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 31, 2009, 09:13:50 AM
baseball is boring.

yep, it was cool when I was little, because we lived close to two big ballparks, and could watch live games. Baseball is super boring on TV. \

The magic was gone a long time ago for me.

They make waaaaay too much money for how hard they work. SIt on a bench chewing tobacco and taking roids does not warrant a six figure paycheck. PERIOD!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 31, 2009, 09:16:45 AM
no doubt.. I could handle that!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 31, 2009, 09:22:37 AM
my bad 7-8 figure paycheck :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 31, 2009, 09:26:05 AM
For me I love it.  nothing better then a day at Wrigley.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on July 31, 2009, 09:28:24 AM
For me I love it.  nothing better then a day at Wrigley.

at the park, yes. TV no. Dad would take me to GIants and Oakland A's games when I was a kid. On the motorcycle! Favorite childhood memory! I would still go to a game. Especially a night game!
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Post by: Krandall on July 31, 2009, 09:35:25 AM
I cna't wait for the twins to get in their outdoor stadium next year! :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on July 31, 2009, 09:36:49 AM
I cna't wait for the twins to get in their outdoor stadium next year! :clap:

Snow games!   :lol:

I watch it in tv too but I'm a big cubs fan.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on July 31, 2009, 09:44:33 AM
Opening games are going to be cutting it close for sure. Last year when we went to the home opener it snowed 8" :help:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 01, 2009, 01:49:48 PM
August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
527 – Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
607 – Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
902 – Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army.
1203 – Isaac II Angelus, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexius IV Angelus co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
1291 – The Swiss Confederation is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
1461 – Edward IV is crowned king of England.
1492 – Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile drive the Jews out of Spain.
1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit Venezuela.
1619 – First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.
1664 – The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1774 – The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last) time.
1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) – Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
1800 – The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1820 – London's Regent's Canal opens.
1828 – Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.
1831 – A new London Bridge opens.
1832 – The Black Hawk War ends.
1834 – Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
1838 – Non-labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
1840 – Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
1842 – Lombard Street Riot erupts
1855 – First ascent of Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa), the second highest summit in the Alps.
1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
1902 – The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France.
1907 – First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island.
1914 – Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilises because of World War I
1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
1937 – Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
1941 – The first Jeep is produced.
1944 – Anne Frank makes the last entry in her diary.
1944 – Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
1948 – The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.
1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1960 – Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1960 – Communist Party of Independence and Work is banned in Senegal.
1960 – Islamabad declared as the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
1964 – The Belgian Congo is renamed the Republic of the Congo.
1966 – Charles Whitman kills 15 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People's Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1967 – Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1968 – The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
1971 – The Concert for Bangladesh is held.
1975 – CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
1977 – Former Lockheed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers crashes the news helicopter he is flying in Los Angeles
1980 – Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in Ireland.
1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles.
1988 – Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show.
1993 – The Great Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
1996 – Michael Johnson breaks the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds with a time of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
2001 – An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia.
2001 – Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency.
2001 – Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.
2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour.
2008 – Start of the events leading to the 2008 K2 disaster.

Births

10 BC – Claudius, Roman Emperor (d. 54)
126 – Pertinax, Roman Emperor (d. 193)
1313 – Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)
1377 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
1545 – Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)
1555 – Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
1579 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)
1626 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)
1630 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
1713 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)
1714 – Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)
1738 – Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
1744 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)
1770 – William Clark, American explorer (d. 1838)
1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
1779 – Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)
1815 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882)
1818 – Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889)
1819 – Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)
1837 – Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)
1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln; United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
1856 – George Coulthard, Former Australian rules footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884)
1858 – Gaston Doumergue, French President (d. 1937)
1861 – Sammy Jones, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1871 – John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)
1885 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)
1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d. 1940)
1889 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d. 1979)
1891 – Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)
1892 – Kinsan Ginsan, Japanese identical twins who lived to ages 107 and 108, respectively.
1893 – King Alexander I of Greece (d. 1920)
1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)
1900 – Otto Nothling, Former Australian cricketer and rugby union footballer (d. 1965)
1901 – Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925)
1910 – James Henry Govier, British artist (d. 1974)
1910 – Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)
1910 – Mohammad Nissar, Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
1911 – Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist (d. 1985)
1912 – Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)
1914 – J. Lee Thompson, British film director (d. 2002)
1916 – Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal
1916 – Val Bettin, English voice actor
1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player
1922 – Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)
1924 – Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1924 – Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (d. 2007)
1924 – Frank Worrell, Former West Indian cricketer (d. 1967)
1925 – Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000)
1926 – Theo Adam, German bass-baritone
1929 – Ann Calvello, Roller Derby Queen (d. 2006)
1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)
1930 – Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d. 1999)
1930 – Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (d. 1991)
1931 – Trevor Goddard, Former South African cricketer
1932 – Meir Kahane, American founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1932 – Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (d. 1972)
1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)
1933 – Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-born actor and comedian
1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player
1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian (d. 2007)
1934 – John Beck, Former New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
1935 – Geoff Pullar, Former England cricketer
1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (d. 2008)
1937 – Al D'Amato, United States Senator from New York
1940 – Mervyn Kitchen, Former Somerset cricketer and cricket international umpire
1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1942 – Jerry Garcia, American musician (The Grateful Dead) (d. 1995)
1942 – André Gagnon, French Canadian pianist and composer
1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor
1945 – Douglas D. Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1945 – Sandi Griffiths, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
1946 – Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
1946 – Boz Burrell, British musician (King Crimson, Bad Company) (d. 2006)
1947 – Chris L. Barnard, Welsh footballer
1947 – Dennis Zine, Los Angeles City Councilman
1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan
1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor
1950 – Bunkhouse Buck, American professional wrestler
1951 – Tommy Bolin, American musician (Deep Purple) (d. 1976)
1951 – Pete Mackanin, American baseball player
1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
1952 – Yajurvindra Singh, Former Indian cricketer
1953 – Robert Cray, American singer
1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist
1955 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (d. 2006)
1955 – Arun Lal, Former Indian cricketer
1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio personality
1957 – Taylor Negron, American actor
1958 – Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor
1958 – Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
1958 – Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier
1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player
1958 – Michael Penn, American singer and songwriter
1959 – Joe Elliott, English musician (Def Leppard)
1959 – Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician
1960 – Chuck D, American activist and rapper (Public Enemy)
1960 – Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic
1961 – Mike Watkinson, Former England cricketer
1962 – Robert Clift, British field hockey player
1962 – Jacob Matlala, South African boxer
1962 – Jesse Borrego, American actor
1963 – Coolio, American rapper
1963 – Demián Bichir, Mexican actor
1963 – John Carroll Lynch, American actor
1963 – Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut
1963 – Dean Wareham, New Zealand musician (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta)
1964 – Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows)
1965 – Sam Mendes, British stage and film director
1966 – James St. James, American author and nightlife personality
1966 – Ganesh Mylvaganam, Former United Arab Emirates cricketer
1967 – Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player
1968 – Dan Donegan, American musician (Disturbed)
1968 – Stacey Augmon, American basketball player
1969 – Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player
1969 – David Wain, American actor
1969 – Graham Thorpe, Former England cricketer
1970 – David James, English footballer
1971 – Stuart Wade, English actor
1972 – Devon Hughes, American professional wrestler
1972 – Nicke Royale, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
1972 – Tanya Reid, Canadian actress
1972 – Maqsood Rana, Former Pakistani cricketer
1973 – Gregg Berhalter, American footballer
1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
1973 – Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian athlete
1973 – Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
1973 – Les Hill,Australian Actor
1974 – Beckie Scott, Canadian cross-country skiing athlete
1976 – Kevin Joseph, American baseball player
1976 – Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
1976 – Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
1976 – Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
1977 – Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Damien Saez, French musician, songwriter, and author
1978 – Dhani Harrison, English musician
1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player
1978 – Andy Blignaut, Former Zimbabwean cricketer
1979 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer
1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor
1979 – Honeysuckle Weeks, English actress
1980 – Mancini, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
1981 – Dean Cox, Australian Rules Football
1981 – Ashley Parker Angel, North American singer and actor
1982 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
1984 – Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress
1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1986 – Andrew Taylor, English footballer
1986 – Anton Stralman, Swedish ice hockey player
1986 – Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
1987 – Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese Actress
1989 – Jack O'Connell, English Actor (Skins)
1998 – Khamani Griffin, American actor

Deaths

371 – St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c.283)
527 – Emperor Justin I (b. c.450s|450)
1137 – King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
1227 – Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
1402 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)
1457 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist (b. c.1406)
1464 – Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)
1541 – Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)
1546 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
1557 – Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
1580 – Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
1589 – Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
1675 – Weetamoo, sachem of Pocasetts, a band of the Wampanoag Indians her death winding up the end of King Philip's War (b. 1635)
1714 – Queen Anne of Great Britain (b. 1665)
1787 – Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (b. 1696)
1796 – Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)
1798 – François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)
1807 – John Walker, English lexicographer (b. 1732)
1812 – Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)
1851 – William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)
1866 – John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790)
1903 – Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman (b. 1853)
1911 – Samuel Arza Davenport, American politician (b. 1843)
1917 – Frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879)
1918 – John Riley Banister, American cowboy and Texas Ranger (b. 1854)
1920 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist leader (b. 1856)
1929 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
1943 – Lydia Litvyak, Soviet female flying ace (b. 1921)
1964 – Johnny Burnette, American singer (b. 1934)
1966 – Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (shot by police) (b. 1941)
1967 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
1970 – Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
1970 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1883)
1973 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (b. 1882)
1973 – Walter Ulbricht, German communist statesman (b. 1893)
1974 – Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1898)
1977 – Gary Powers, American spy plane pilot (b. 1929)
1980 – Patrick Depailler, French Formula 1 driver (b. 1944)
1980 – Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
1981 – Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (b. 1923)
1989 – John Ogdon, English pianist (b. 1937)
1990 – Norbert Elias, German sociologist (b. 1897)
1990 – Graham Young, British serial killer (b. 1947)
1996 – Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940)
1996 – Tadeus Reichstein, Polish chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1897)
1996 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and international aid worker (b. 1929)
1997 – Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
1998 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born actress (b. 1927)
1999 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian-born writer (b. 1897)
2001 – Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
2003 – Guy Thys, Belgian football coach (b. 1922)
2003 – Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962)
2004 – Philip Abelson American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1913)
2005 – Al Aronowitz, American music journalist (b. 1928)
2005 – King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
2005 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1920)
2005 – Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1918)
2006 – Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (b. 1965)
2006 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (b. 1924)
2006 – Iris Marion Young, American feminist and political scientist (b. 1949)
2007 – Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer (b. 1932)
2008 – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)
2009 – Corazon Aquino, Former President of the Philippines (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

Angola – Armed Forces Day.
Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago – Emancipation Day.
Benin – National Day.
People's Republic of China – Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army.
Jamaica – Emancipation Day
Rastafari movement – Celebration of the liberation of Haile Selassie from slavery.
Switzerland – National Day – Commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit on August 1 1291.
Bahá'í Faith – Feast of Kamál (Perfection) – First day of the eighth month of the Bahá'í calendar.
Lughnasadh – Lá Lúnasa, the traditional first day of Autumn in Ireland.
Lammas – Neopagan festival of Lammas.
Lebanon – Army's Day (Eid al-Jaysh).
Yorkshire, England – Yorkshire Day.
World Scout Day – anniversary of the first day of the Brownsea Island Camp in 1907, where Robert Baden-Powell began scouting.
United States – Colorado statehood day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 01, 2009, 10:03:50 PM
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour


The new one is REALLY nice :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 01, 2009, 10:10:39 PM
And the rest of the bad bridges wont be getting fixed.....thanks Obama.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on August 02, 2009, 09:52:10 AM
And the rest of the bad bridges wont be getting fixed.....thanks Obama.

I head that one of the worst in MN is in my area , in Clemonston MN
but i don't know here to find anything to back it up. I just heard that it was unsafe after the one in MPLS collapsed. I do know they started to rebuild it on july 6th this year. lol  Which is nice because if you fall through you land in rapids. and i'm sur ethat would suck
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 02, 2009, 12:28:55 PM
And the rest of the bad bridges wont be getting fixed.....thanks Obama.

I head that one of the worst in MN is in my area , in Clemonston MN
but i don't know here to find anything to back it up. I just heard that it was unsafe after the one in MPLS collapsed. I do know they started to rebuild it on july 6th this year. lol  Which is nice because if you fall through you land in rapids. and i'm sur ethat would suck

Paddle dammit!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on August 02, 2009, 04:16:33 PM
theyre fixing our bridges here in pa
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 02, 2009, 04:24:38 PM
The bridge projects that have started will finish.  But no more funding....the money is now going to his healthcare plan.   :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: exentix on August 02, 2009, 04:49:47 PM
ah, i have no knowledge when it comes to this stuff so ill stay out of it  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 03, 2009, 06:44:45 AM
August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
435 – Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, where Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied
1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
1492 – The Jews of Spain are expelled by the Catholic Monarchs.
1527 – First known letter is sent from North America by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1635 – The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635).
1645 – Thirty Years' War: Second Battle of Nördlingen (Battle of Allerheim) – A French army under the command of Louis de Bourbon, Duc d'Enghien and Marshal Henri, Vicomte de Turenne attacks and defeats an Imperial army, led by Field Marshal Franz Baron (Freiherr) von Mercy at Alerheim, near Nördlingen, Germany.
1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built in America.
1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.
1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps.
1852 – First Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won.
1860 – The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
1900 – Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.
1913 – Wheatland Hop Riot
1914 – World War I: Germany declares war against France.
1916 – World War I: Battle of Romani – Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army, under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal, and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai.
1923 – The deceased Warren G. Harding is succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge as the 30th President of the United States.
1934 – Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash by defeating Ralph Metcalfe at Berlin Olympics.
1940 – World War II: Italy invades British Somaliland.
1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
1949 – National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is founded
1960 – Niger gains independence from France.
1972 – U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188.
1977 – United States Senate hearing on MKULTRA.
1981 – Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
1996 – General William F. Garrison accepted responsibility for the outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and he retired from military service.
1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; 40-76 villagers killed.
2001 – The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, U.K injuring seven people. (See 3 August 2001 Ealing bombing).
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
2005 – President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

Births

1509 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
1692 – John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
1770 – King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1801 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
1808 – Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
1811 – Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)
1817 – Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
1832 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
1850 – Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926)
1855 – Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1856 – Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1860 – W. K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
1867 – Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1872 – King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
1895 – Neva Morris, American supercentenarian
1899 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)
1900 – John T. Scopes, American defendant (d. 1970)
1901 – Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981)
1902 – Regina Jonas, German first woman rabbi (d. 1944)
1903 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)
1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American author (d. 1988)
1905 – Dolores del Rio, Mexican-born actress (d. 1983)
1905 – Franz Cardinal König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004)
1911 – Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1913 – Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-born television comedy writer (d. 2007)
1915 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician and Nisga'a statesman (d. 2006)
1915 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach (d. 2008)
1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
1916 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
1917 – Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995)
1918 – Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
1918 – Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
1920 – P. D. James, English novelist
1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
1920 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect
1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic (d. 2008)
1922 – Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author
1923 – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity
1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)
1925 – Marv Levy, American football coach
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer
1926 – Anthony Sampson, British journalist (d. 2004)
1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress
1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor
1933 – Pat Crawford, Former Australian cricketer
1934 – Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler (d. 1989)
1934 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
1935 – Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997)
1935 – Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
1936 – Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1937 – Steven Berkoff, English actor
1937 – Roland Burris, American politician, junior senator of Illinois
1937 – Duncan Sharpe, Former Pakistani cricketer
1938 – Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter
1939 – Jimmy Nicol, English musician
1939 – Egil Krogh, American lawyer and Watergate figure
1939 – Apoorva Sengupta, Former Indian cricketer
1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player
1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor
1941 – Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
1941 – Martha Stewart, American media personality
1944 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973)
1945 – Eamon Dunphy, former Irish footballer
1946 – Jack Straw, British politician
1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)
1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
1948 – Pierre Lacroix, National Hockey League executive
1949 – Reed Waller, American comic book author
1950 – John Landis, American film director
1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Jay North, American actor
1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
1952 – Frank Schaeffer, American author
1952 – Loles León, Spanish actress
1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer
1955 – Corey Burton, American voice actor
1956 – Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician
1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Former Indian cricketer
1957 – Mani Shankar, Indian film maker
1958 – Ana Kokkinos, Greek-Australian film director
1958 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor
1959 – Martin Atkins, English musician
1959 – Robert Thompson, American educator
1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate
1960 – Tim Mayotte, American tennis player
1960 – Gopal Sharma, Former Indian cricketer
1961 – Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats)
1961 – Molly Hagan, American actress
1963 – James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)
1963 – Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono
1963 – Ed Roland, American musician (Collective Soul)
1963 – Isaiah Washington, American actor
1963 – Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
1964 – Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (d. 2007)
1966 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor
1966 – Eric Esch, American boxer
1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French film director and screenwriter
1968 – Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1970 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer
1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1971 – Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1971 – DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
1972 – Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1973 – Patrick Wilson, American actor
1973 – Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1973 – Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1973 – Michael Ealy, American actor
1975 – Aryiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1975 – Chris Nevin, Former New Zealand cricketer
1976 – Troy Glaus, American baseball player
1977 – Tom Brady, American football player
1977 – Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
1977 – Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
1978 – Joi Chua, Singaporean female singer
1978 – Sloane Crosley, American Author
1978 – Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1979 – Sarah Haskins, American comedian
1979 – Kris Jenkins, American football player
1979 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model/actress
1980 – Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
1983 – Mamie Gummer, American actress
1983 – Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
1984 – Jon Foster, American actor
1984 – Amanda Kimmel, American beauty queen
1984 – Yasin Avci, Danish footballer
1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
1984 – Sunil Chetri, Indian Footballer
1985 – Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer
1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
1987 – Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model
1987 – Kim Hyung Joon, Korean singer (SS501)
1993 – Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer

Deaths

1460 – King James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
1527 – Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
1546 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)
1546 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
1604 – Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander
1621 – Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
1667 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)
1712 – Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
1720 – Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)
1721 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)
1761 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
1773 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
1780 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1792 – Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)
1797 – Jeffrey Amherst, British military commander (b. 1717)
1805 – Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)
1835 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
1839 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)
1857 – Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
1867 – Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)
1877 – William Butler Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1879 – Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
1916 – Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (hanged) (b. 1864)
1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-born writer (b. 1857)
1925 – William Bruce, Former Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
1929 – Emile Berliner, German-born Amercian telephone and recording pioneer (b. 1851)
1929 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist (b. 1857)
1942 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1872)
1954 – Colette, French writer (b. 1873)
1958 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
1964 – Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925)
1966 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925)
1972 – Giannis Papaioannou, Greek musician and composer (b. 1913)
1973 – Richard Marshall, U.S. Army general (b. 1895)
1977 – Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892)
1977 – Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (b. 1913)
1979 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899)
1983 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
1990 – Betty Amann, German-born American actress
1993 – Chinmayananda, Indian born Swami who spread the teachings of Vedanta (b. 1916)
1995 – Ida Lupino, English actress and director (b. 1914)
1995 – Edward Whittemore, American writer (b. 1933)
1997 – Pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
1998 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)
1999 – Byron Farwell, American military historian (b. 1921)
2001 – Christopher Hewett, British actor (b. 1922)
2002 – Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922)
2003 – Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908)
2005 – Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)
2006 – Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)
2006 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born British opera singer (b. 1915)
2007 – John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)
2008 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (b. 1918)
2008 – Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939)
2008 – Erik Darling, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

Niger – Independence Day.
Venezuela – Flag Day (since 2006)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 03, 2009, 09:07:58 AM
1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.


WAY COOL!!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 03, 2009, 10:47:53 AM
Happy NIgerian Independence day!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 04, 2009, 08:42:11 AM
noose?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on August 04, 2009, 09:14:11 AM
i'm just going to quit crossing bridges, i hear trolls live under them anyway.!

Hmmm i live in MN, land of 10,000 lakes, well, 15xxx really, think i can avoid bridges? it's freakin water world here.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 04, 2009, 09:19:01 AM
i'm just going to quit crossing bridges, i hear trolls live under them anyway.!

Hmmm i live in MN, land of 10,000 lakes, well, 15xxx really, think i can avoid bridges? it's freakin water world here.

It's weird... like travel out of state/country. You don't see lakes but one every 100+ miles
come here. basically no matter where you are, there's always one within a 10 mile radius from you
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 05, 2009, 08:25:16 AM
no noose again.  :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 05, 2009, 04:16:48 PM
I'm sorry on my fail for the news.  Its been crazy around here with the backyard job and I've been outside for most of the day.  I'll be back on track tomorrow.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 05, 2009, 05:11:47 PM
you could still post it!! :D
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 05, 2009, 07:23:44 PM
I was up at 6 and out the door shortly after that.  It was a crazy day.  But here is your news.

August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1284 – Italian city of Pisa is defeated in Battle of Meloria by Genoa, ruining its naval power.
1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention.
1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1825 – Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
1845 – The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1861 – The British annex Lagos, Nigeria.
1862 – American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Wœrth is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1909 – Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.
1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1914 – Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I.
1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair – the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1923 – Henry Sullivan swims the English Channel.
1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926 – In New York, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears.
1942 – Queen Wilhelmina becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1945 – World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands died in subsequent years due to burns and radiation poisoning.
1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.
1960 – Cuban Revolution: in response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1962 – Jamaica becomes independent.
1964 – Prometheus, the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
1966 – Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.
1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
1988 – The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs reform of the NYPD, who were responsible for the melee that transpired the night of August 6-7.
1990 – Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991 – Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1993 – According to a Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas, of Kyūshū, Japan.
1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997 – Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

Births

1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
1609 – Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
1644 – Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
1656 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
1666 – Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
1809 – Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
1844 – James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)
1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
1866 – Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)
1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
1874 – Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)
1877 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1881 – Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)
1887 – Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (d. 1957)
1888 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (d. 1952)
1889 – George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)
1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)
1891 – William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
1893 – Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
1900 – Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
1902 – Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)
1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
1908 – Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
1910 – Charles Crichton, British film director (d. 1999)
1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
1911 – Constance Fecher Heaven (aka Constance Fecher, Constance Heaven, Christina Merlin), British romance writer (d. 1995)
1914 – Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1980)
1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)
1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
1922 – Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (d. 2006)
1923 – Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926 – Frank Finlay, British actor
1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1928 – Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer
1932 – Howard Hodgkin, British painter
1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1934 – Piers Anthony, English writer
1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby league footballer
1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress
1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)
1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor
1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician, President of Dagestan
1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
1941 – Lyle Berman, American poker player
1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
1942 – George Jung, American convicted drug felon
1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1945 – Ron Jones, British TV director (d. 1995)
1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
1946 – Allan Holdsworth, British musician
1946 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician (d. 2009)
1946 – Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
1947 – Tony Dell, Australian cricketer
1949 – Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1949 – Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor
1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1952 – Vinnie Vincent, American musician (Kiss)
1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer (d. 2003)
1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician
1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress
1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker
1964 – Moosie Drier, American actor and director
1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1965 – Juliane Köhler, German actress
1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player
1965 – Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
1965 – Vincent Wells, England cricketer
1967 – Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko), Ukrainian-born theologian
1967 – Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster
1967 – Julie Snyder, Quebec talk show host and producer
1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer
1969 – Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian/American film director
1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer
1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 – Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)
1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress
1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American author and political figure
1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster
1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress
1974 – Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player
1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player
1975 – Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
1975 – Jamie McGonnigal, American actor
1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Jennifer Lyons, American actress
1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer
1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer
1978 – Marisa Miller, American model
1978 – Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist (Dominici)
1980 – Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
1980 – Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer
1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
1982 – Karl Davies, British actor
1982 – Justin Germano, American baseball player
1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor
1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1984 – Vedad Ibisevic, Bosnian Footballer
1984 – Tim Wallace, American ice hockey player
1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American Olympic swimmer
1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French Footballer
1987 – Rémy Riou, French Footballer
1990 – Jon Benet Ramsey, American beauty pageant contestant and murder victim (d. 1996)

Deaths

258 – Saint Pope Sixtus II
523 – Saint Pope Hormisdas
1162 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1195 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
1221 – Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (b. 1170)
1272 – King Stephen V of Hungary
1414 – King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)
1458 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
1623 – Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife) (b. 1556)
1628 – Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)
1637 – Ben Jonson, English writer (b. 1572)
1645 – Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)
1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
1679 – John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)
1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1612)
1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
1759 – Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704)
1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)
1815 – James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman
1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805)
1866 – John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
1881 – James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
1884 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)
1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)
1914 – Ellen Louise Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson (b. 1860)
1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)
1925 – Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (b. 1848)
1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)
1945 – Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
1945 – Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)
1945 – Prince Wu of Korea (b. 1912)
1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1959 – Preston Sturges, American playwright, screenwriter, and director (b. 1898)
1964 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1893)
1966 – Cordwainer Smith, American writer (b. 1913)
1969 – Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
1973 – Memphis Minnie, American blues singer (b. 1897)
1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban president and de facto leader (b. 1901)
1974 – Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)
1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (b. 1903)
1978 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect (b. 1902)
1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1911)
1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer (b. 1944)
1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese visionary and leader of Guyana from 1964 to his death (b. 1923)
1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1904)
1987 – Ira Eaker, American Air Force leader (b. 1896)
1987 – Matt Di Angelo English actor (b. 1987)
1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (b. 1912)
1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian politician and governor general (b. 1900)
1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian prime minister, assassinated in Paris (b. 1915)
1991 – Harry Reasoner, American television reporter (b. 1923)
1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1998 – Andre Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)
2001 – Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (b. 1912)
2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard (b. 1911)
2002 – Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930)
2004 – Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)
2005 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
2005 – Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)
2005 – Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
2007 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)
2007 – Heinz Barth, German convicted war criminal (SS) (b. 1920)
2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and script writer (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

Bolivia – Independence Day.
Jamaica – Independence Day.
United Arab Emirates – H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day.
Japan – Toro Nagashi (Hiroshima) – Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on August 06, 2009, 03:02:55 AM
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

I thought it was Al Gore.   :lol:  (I know I know, I checked snopes)

I actually read all those, I typically skim it.  Interesting stuff there.  From Bill and Ted:  The world is FULL of history!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 06, 2009, 06:37:53 AM
August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1284 – Italian city of Pisa is defeated in Battle of Meloria by Genoa, ruining its naval power.
1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention.
1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1825 – Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
1845 – The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
1861 – The British annex Lagos, Nigeria.
1862 – American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Wœrth is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1909 – Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.
1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair – the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926 – In New York, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears.
1942 – Queen Wilhelmina becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1945 – World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands died in subsequent years due to burns and radiation poisoning.
1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.
1960 – Cuban Revolution: in response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1962 – Jamaica becomes independent.
1964 – Prometheus, the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
1966 – Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.
1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
1988 – The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs reform of the NYPD, who were responsible for the melee that transpired the night of August 6-7.
1990 – Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991 – Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1993 – According to a Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy rains and debris kill 72 in the Kagoshima and Aira areas, of Kyūshū, Japan.
1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997 – Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
2009 – Funeral service held at Wells Cathedral for Harry Patch, the final British serviceman to have fought in the trenches of the First World War.

Births

1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
1609 – Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
1644 – Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
1656 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
1666 – Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
1809 – Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)
1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
1844 – James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)
1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
1866 – Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)
1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
1874 – Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)
1877 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1881 – Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)
1887 – Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (d. 1957)
1888 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (d. 1952)
1889 – George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)
1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)
1891 – William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
1893 – Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
1900 – Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
1902 – Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)
1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
1908 – Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
1910 – Charles Crichton, British film director (d. 1999)
1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
1911 – Constance Fecher Heaven (aka Constance Fecher, Constance Heaven, Christina Merlin), British romance writer (d. 1995)
1914 – Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1980)
1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)
1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
1922 – Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (d. 2006)
1923 – Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926 – Frank Finlay, British actor
1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1928 – Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer
1932 – Howard Hodgkin, British painter
1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
1934 – Piers Anthony, English writer
1934 – Chris Bonington, British mountaineer
1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby league footballer
1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress
1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)
1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor
1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician, President of Dagestan
1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
1941 – Lyle Berman, American poker player
1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
1942 – George Jung, American convicted drug felon
1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1945 – Ron Jones, British TV director (d. 1995)
1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
1946 – Allan Holdsworth, British musician
1946 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician (d. 2009)
1946 – Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
1947 – Tony Dell, Australian cricketer
1949 – Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1949 – Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor
1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1952 – Vinnie Vincent, American musician (Kiss)
1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer
1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer (d. 2003)
1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician
1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress
1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker
1964 – Moosie Drier, American actor and director
1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1965 – Juliane Köhler, German actress
1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player
1965 – Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
1965 – Vincent Wells, England cricketer
1967 – Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko), Ukrainian-born theologian
1967 – Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster
1967 – Julie Snyder, Quebec talk show host and producer
1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer
1969 – Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian/American film director
1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer
1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 – Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)
1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress
1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American author and political figure
1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster
1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress
1974 – Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player
1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player
1975 – Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
1975 – Jamie McGonnigal, American actor
1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Jennifer Lyons, American actress
1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer
1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer
1978 – Marisa Miller, American model
1978 – Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist (Dominici)
1980 – Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
1980 – Wilber Pan, American/Taiwanese singer
1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
1982 – Karl Davies, British actor
1982 – Justin Germano, American baseball player
1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor
1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1984 – Vedad Ibisevic, Bosnian Footballer
1984 – Tim Wallace, American ice hockey player
1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American Olympic swimmer
1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French Footballer
1987 – Rémy Riou, French Footballer
1987 – Matt Di Angelo English actor
1990 – Jon Benet Ramsey, American beauty pageant contestant and murder victim (d. 1996)

Deaths

258 – Saint Pope Sixtus II
523 – Saint Pope Hormisdas
1162 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1195 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
1221 – Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (b. 1170)
1272 – King Stephen V of Hungary
1414 – King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)
1458 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
1623 – Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife) (b. 1556)
1628 – Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)
1637 – Ben Jonson, English writer (b. 1572)
1645 – Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)
1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
1679 – John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)
1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1612)
1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)
1759 – Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704)
1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)
1815 – James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman
1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805)
1866 – John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
1881 – James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
1884 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1811)
1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)
1914 – Ellen Louise Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson (b. 1860)
1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)
1925 – Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (b. 1848)
1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)
1945 – Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
1945 – Hiram Johnson, American politician (b. 1866)
1945 – Prince Wu of Korea (b. 1912)
1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1959 – Preston Sturges, American playwright, screenwriter, and director (b. 1898)
1964 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1893)
1966 – Cordwainer Smith, American writer (b. 1913)
1969 – Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
1973 – Memphis Minnie, American blues singer (b. 1897)
1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban president and de facto leader (b. 1901)
1974 – Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)
1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (b. 1903)
1978 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect (b. 1902)
1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1911)
1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer (b. 1944)
1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese visionary and leader of Guyana from 1964 to his death (b. 1923)
1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1904)
1987 – Ira Eaker, American Air Force leader (b. 1896)
1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (b. 1912)
1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian politician and governor general (b. 1900)
1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian prime minister, assassinated in Paris (b. 1915)
1991 – Harry Reasoner, American television reporter (b. 1923)
1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1998 – Andre Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)
2001 – Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (b. 1912)
2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard (b. 1911)
2002 – Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930)
2004 – Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)
2005 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
2005 – Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)
2005 – Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)
2007 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)
2007 – Heinz Barth, German convicted war criminal (SS) (b. 1920)
2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and script writer (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

Bolivia – Independence Day.
Jamaica – Independence Day.
United Arab Emirates – H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day.
Japan – Toro Nagashi (Hiroshima) – Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 06, 2009, 07:07:36 AM
Oh, Erich......

notice anything weird about your 2 today in history posts? :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 06, 2009, 07:08:51 AM
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.


Ugh......  :rolleyes:




 :lol:


and it looks like yesterday and today are the same. ??? ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 06, 2009, 08:44:02 PM
Oh, Erich......

notice anything weird about your 2 today in history posts? :lol:

Sorry, I posted yesterdays late at night, I guess they already had August 6th's up. 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 06, 2009, 08:48:31 PM
fookin ninjas
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 07, 2009, 05:40:41 AM
August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere half way through its winter on this day.

Today in history

322 BC – Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great.
626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople
936 – Incoronation of King Otto I of Germany
1420 – the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore is begun in Florence
1427 – The Visconti of Milan's fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River
1461 – the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
1606 – The first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.
1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
1714 – The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
1789 – The United States War Department is established.
1791 – United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
1794 – The Whiskey Rebellion begins: farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.
1819 – Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
1879 – The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.
1889 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, this for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
1933 – The Simele massacre. The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
1940 – Alsace Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich (Germany) during World War II
1942 – World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins – United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7000-km (4375-mile) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
1947 – The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design and is still in use.
1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launched from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1960 – Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
1964 – Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving US President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
1965 – The infamous first party between Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hell's Angels takes place at Kesey's estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell's Angels.
1966 – Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
1967 – Vietnam War: the People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
1970 – California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
1974 – Philippe Petit performed a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 ft (417.0 m) in the air.
1976 – Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
1978 – United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal.
1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
1988 – Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
1989 – U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
1998 – The United States Embassy bombing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya killing approximately 212 people.
2007 – Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
2008 – Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.

Births

317 – Constantius II, Roman emperor (d. 361)
1282 – Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)
1533 – Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)
1560 – Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)
1574 – Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
1598 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)
1726 – James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
1742 – Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (d. 1786)
1751 – Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (d. 1820)
1779 – Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
1779 – Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)
1783 – Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)
1844 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911)
1860 – Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
1862 – Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1931)
1867 – Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
1868 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
1876 – Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
1877 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
1879 – Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer (d. 1931)
1885 – Billie Burke, American actress (d. 1970)
1901 – Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981)
1903 – Louis Leakey, British archaeologist (d. 1972)
1904 – Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1971)
1907 – Albert Kotin, American abstract painter (d. 1980)
1911 – Nicholas Ray, American director and scenarist (d. 1979)
1918 – Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and pacifist (d. 2007)
1913 – George Van Eps, American guitarist (d. 1998)
1921 – Manitas de Plata, Gypsy guitarist
1925 – M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
1925 – Felice Bryant, American country songwriter and singer (d. 2003)
1926 – Stan Freberg, American voice comedian
1927 – Edwin W. Edwards, American politician
1927 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1927 – Carl Switzer, American child actor (d. 1959)
1928 – Romeo Muller, American screenwriter (d. 1992)
1928 – James Randi, Canadian magician
1929 – Don Larsen, American baseball player
1931 – Charles E. Rice, American legal scholar and author
1932 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (d. 1973)
1932 – Maurice Rabb, Jr., American ophthalmologist
1932 – Edward Hardwicke, British actor
1933 – Eddie Firmani, South African football player and coach
1936 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist (d. 1977)
1937 – Don Wilson, England cricketer
1939 – Anjanette Comer, American actress
1940 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgian politician
1942 – Tobin Bell, American actor
1942 – Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host
1942 – Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer
1942 – B.J. Thomas, American singer
1942 – Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
1943 – Dino Valente, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1994)
1943 – Alain Corneau, French film director
1944 – Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
1944 – David Rasche, American actor
1945 – Alan Page, American football player and Minnesota Supreme Court justice
1946 – Ed Seykota, American commodities and futures trader
1947 – Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian entertainer
1948 – Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1948 – Marty Appel, American public relations executive and author
1949 – Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese political leader
1950 – Alan Keyes, American diplomat and political activist
1952 – Alexei Sayle, British comedian
1953 – Anne Fadiman, American writer; daughter of Clifton Fadiman
1954 – Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy
1955 – Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer
1955 – Greg Nickels, American politician
1955 – Wayne Knight, American actor
1955 – Gregoris Valtinos, Greek actor and director
1957 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
1958 – Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1958 – Alberto Salazar, American distance runner
1959 – Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricketer
1960 – David Duchovny, American actor
1960 – Jacquie O'Sullivan, British singer (Bananarama)
1961 – Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast
1962 – Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer
1963 – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (d. 9 August 1963)
1963 – Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor
1964 – Michael Weishan, American TV host
1964 – John Birmingham, Australian author
1966 – Kristin Hersh, American singer and guitarist (Throwing Muses)
1966 – Jimmy Wales, American internet entrepreneur
1967 – Jason Grimsley, American baseball player
1968 – Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot)
1971 – Sydney Penny, American actress
1971 – Rachel York, American actress and singer
1971 – Dominic Cork, England cricketer
1972 – Greg Serano, American actor
1973 – Danny Graves, American baseball player
1973 – Kevin Muscat, Australian footballer
1974 – Chico Benymon, American actor
1974 – Sek Loso, Thai Singer
1974 – Michael Shannon, American actor
1975 – Edgar Rentería, Colombian baseball player
1975 – David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist
1975 – Charlize Theron, South African actress
1975 – Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal), Norwegian musician
1975 – Koray Candemir, Turkish singer
1976 – Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer
1976 – Shane Lechler, American football player
1977 – Samantha Ronson, British DJ
1977 – Charlotte Ronson, British fashion designer
1978 – Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed)
1978 – Alexandre Aja, French director
1978 – Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer
1978 – Cirroc Lofton, American actor
1978 – Shirley Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1979 – Eric Johnson, American actor
1980 – Aurélie Claudel, French model
1980 – Anomie Belle (Toby Campbell), American musician
1982 – Marco Melandri, Italian motorcycle racer
1982 – Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer
1981 – Thomas Christian, SEO
1982 – Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
1983 – Tina O'Brien, British actress
1983 – Christian Chavez, Mexican singer and actor (RBD)
1987 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player
1988 – Melody Oliveria, American internet blogger
1996 – Tessa Allen, American actress

Deaths

461 – Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)
479 – Emperor Yūryaku of Japan
1106 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
1485 – Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince
1613 – Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)
1616 – Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (b. 1548)
1635 – Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)
1639 – Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605)
1661 – Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
1817 – Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)
1834 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752)
1848 – Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)
1855 – Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)
1864 – Li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823)
1893 – Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (b. 1854)
1912 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)
1917 – Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891)
1938 – Constantin Stanislavski, Russian/Soviet theatre practitioner (b. 1863)
1941 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1861)
1953 – Abner Powell, American baseball player (b. 1860)
1957 – Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (b. 1892)
1960 – Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine Boxer (b. 1894)
1969 – Joseph Kosma, French composer (Autumn Leaves) (b. 1905)
1970 – Jonathan Jackson, Brother of George Jackson, Black Panther (b. 1953)
1972 – Joi Lansing, American model and actress (b. 1929)
1973 – Jack Gregory, Former Australian cricketer (b. 1895)
1974 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925)
1974 – Sylvio Mantha, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1984 – Esther Phillips, American singer (b. 1935)
1985 – Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1923)
1987 – Camille Chamoun, Lebanese President (b. 1900)
1989 – Mickey Leland, American politician, United States Congressman from Texas (b. 1944)
1991 – Billy T. James, New Zealand comedian, (b. 1944)
1992 – John Anderson, American actor (b. 1922)
1994 – Larry Martyn, comedy actor (b. 1934)
1995 – Brigid Brophy, British author (b. 1929)
1999 – Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)
2003 – Mickey McDermott, baseball player (b. 1929)
2004 – Red Adair, American oil field firefighter (b. 1915)
2004 – Colin Bibby, English ornithologist (b. 1948)
2005 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938)
2006 – Mary Anderson Bain, American New Deal politician (b. 1911)
2007 – Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (b. 1931)
2007 – Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director and producer. (b. 1917)
2007 – Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b. 1919)
2008 – Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent/manager and producer (b. 1931)
2008 – Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of Pininfarina S.p.A. (b. 1957)

Holidays and observances

Dada: International Dadaism Month
Colombia: Battle of Boyacá Day
Côte d'Ivoire: Republic Day
Kiribati: Youth Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 07, 2009, 07:25:14 AM
2008 – Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.



f*ckin rednecks.  :mad:



 :rofl:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 07, 2009, 09:12:04 AM
2008 – Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.



f*ckin rednecks.  :mad:



 :rofl:



:lol: 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 11, 2009, 06:01:50 AM
Back in town, hope everyone had a good weekend.

August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Colombian Mesoamerican civilations, notably the Mayans, begins.
2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
480 BC – Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Artemisium – the Persians achieve a naval victory over the Greeks in an engagement fought near Artemisium, a promontory on the north coast of Euboea.
355 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
1510 – Margaret Palaeologina, Duchess of Mantua is born.
1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria
1858 – First ascent of the Eiger.
1898 – Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1918 – World War I – Battle of Amiens ends.
1919 – Constitution of Weimar Republic adopted.
1920 – The Latvia-Bolshevist Russia peace treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed.
1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1934 – First civilian prisoners arrive at Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
1952 – Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan.
1960 – Chad declares independence.
1965 – Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
1972 – Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
1975 – East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
1988 – Al-Qaeda formed
1999 – The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
1999 – The "Last eclipse of the millenium" occurs (a total Solar eclipse, visible in Europe, the Middle East and India)
2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
2003 – A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead.

Births

1467 – Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)
1648 – Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (d. 1720)
1667 – Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)
1673 – Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754)
1718 – Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)
1722 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
1778 – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German (Prussian) gymnastics educator and nationalist (d. 1852)
1794 – James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
1807 – David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)
1833 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (d. 1899)
1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
1836 – Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (d. 1894)
1855 – John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
1858 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1930)
1863 – Gaston Doumergue, President of the French Third Republic (d. 1937)
1870 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
1870 – Walter Bowman, Canadian soccer player (d. ?)
1872 – Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
1877 – Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d. 1954)
1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962)
1892 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (d. 1978)
1892 – Archie Wiles, West Indian cricketer (d. 1957)
1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)
1897 – Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
1902 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
1902 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)
1905 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. 2002)
1907 – Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (d. 1989)
1909 – Yuji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
1912 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (d. 1954)
1912 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
1913 – Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)
1913 – Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (d. 1976)
1913 – Bob Scheffing, American professional baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1914 – José Silva, American parapsychologist (d. 1999)
1916 – Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (d. 1956)
1919 – Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
1920 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1921 – Alex Haley, American historian (d. 1992)
1923 – Stan Chambers, American television reporter
1925 – Mike Douglas, American entertainer (d. 2006)
1925 – Floyd Curry, National Hockey League player (d. 2006)
1926 – Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1926 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-born British socialite
1927 – Raymond Leppard, English conductor
1928 – Arlene Dahl, American actress
1932 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer
1932 – Israel Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003)
1932 – John Gorrie, English director
1933 – Jerry Falwell, American preacher (d. 2007)
1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (d. 1999)
1936 – Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (d. 1999)
1938 – Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist
1939 – Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly performer (d. 2003)
1940 – Lennie Pond, American NASCAR driver
1942 – Mike Hugg, British musician (Manfred Mann)
1943 – Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
1943 – Stefania Toczyska, Polish mezzo-soprano
1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani politician
1944 – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
1944 – Fred Smith, American entrepreneur
1946 – Marilyn vos Savant, American newspaper columnist
1946 – John Conlee, American country music singer
1947 – Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek politician
1948 – Jan Palach, Czechoslovakian student protester (d. 1969)
1949 – Eric Carmen, American musician
1949 – Tim Hutchinson, American politician
1950 – Erik Brann, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003)
1950 – Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor (d. 2003)
1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
1951 – Vincent Bilodeau, Quebec actor and comedian
1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh, AKA Bob 1, American musician (Devo)
1953 – Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler
1954 – Joe Jackson, English singer
1954 – Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer
1954 – Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer
1954 – M. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer
1955 – Sylvia Hermon, British politician
1955 – Marc Bureau, French Canadian politician
1956 – Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician
1957 – Richie Ramone, American musician (Ramones)
1957 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, British singer (Skrewdriver)
1959 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo)
1959 – Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor
1961 – Craig Ehlo, American basketball player
1962 – Shaul Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer
1962 – Ennis Whatley, American basketball player
1963 – Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
1964 – Jim Lee, Korean-born comic book artist
1964 – Nikki Randall, American pornographic actress
1964 – Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
1965 – Marc Bergevin, Canadian professional ice hockey player
1965 – Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer (Resident Evil)
1965 – Viola Davis, American actress
1965 – Embeth Davidtz, American actress
1965 – Duane Martin, American actor
1966 – Nigel Martyn, English footballer
1967 – Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer
1967 – Eric Maleson, Brazilian Bobsleigh 2002 Olympian
1967 – Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor
1967 – Joe Rogan, American television host,comedian,commentator,and actor
1971 – Tommy Mooney, English football player
1971 – Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
1971 – Julie Clarke, Playboy playmate
1972 – Jonathon Prandi, American model
1973 – Nigel Harman, British actor
1973 – Carolyn Murphy, American model
1974 – Audrey Mestre, French diver
1974 – Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani pop star
1974 – Marie-France Dubreuil, French Canadian figure skater
1974 – Anju Jain, Indian cricketer(women's team)
1975 – Davey von Bohlen, American musician, (The Promise Ring, Maritime)
1976 – Will Friedle, American actor
1976 – Ben Gibbard, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
1976 – Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
1976 – Ivan Ramiro Cordoba Columbian football player
1976 – Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
1976 – Erick Lindgren, American poker player
1977 – Gemma Hayes, Irish born singer
1978 – Jermain Taylor, American boxer
1978 – Amber Brkich, American reality television personality
1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
1981 – Sandi Thom, Scottish born singer
1981 – Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
1982 – Alan Halsall, British actor
1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor
1984 – Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Katie Rees, American beauty pageant contestant
1984 – Lucas Di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
1985 – Grace Adams-Short, British reality television contestant
1986 – Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
1993 – Alyson Stoner, American actress/model/singer/dancer

Deaths

480 BC – Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. c. 540 BC)
353 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
449 – Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople
897 – Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona
1204 – King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
1253 – Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
1259 – Möngke Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
1456 – John Hunyadi, regent of Hungary (b. 1387)
1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1401)
1494 – Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. c. 1430)
1519 – Johann Tetzel, German opponent of the Reformation (b. 1465)
1563 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. c. 1500)
1578 – Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502)
1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
1656 – Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)
1774 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
1851 – Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779)
1854 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
1890 – John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1801)
1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1903 – Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839)
1908 – Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)
1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1835)
1936 – Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)
1937 – Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
1939 – Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
1954 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)
1956 – Jackson Pollock, American artist (b. 1912)
1961 – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)
1965 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (b. 1897)
1972 – Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899)
1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan musician.
1974 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (b. 1902)
1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
1982 – Tom Drake, American actor (b. 1918)
1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (b. 1892)
1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916)
1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
1991 – J. D. McDuffie, American NASCAR driver (b. 1938)
1994 – Peter Cushing, British actor (b. 1913)
1995 – Phil Harris, American singer and comedian (b. 1904)
1996 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech-born conductor and composer (b. 1914)
1996 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (b. 1933)
1996 – Baba Vanga, Bulgarian prophet, mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (b. 1911)
2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (b. 1916)
2001 – Percy Stallard, English racing cyclist (b. 1909)
2002 – Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountain climber (b. 1940)
2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (b. 1937)
2005 – James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)
2006 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

Chad: Independence Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 11, 2009, 07:12:02 AM
2003 – A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead.


Have they heard of water?  :confused:

Freakin Europeans
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 11, 2009, 07:47:41 AM
I say crank it up to 125.....Suck it Frenchy :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 11, 2009, 08:16:45 AM
My company uses Lotus Notes... Hooray for Yellow Day!   :clap:

(http://www.nsftools.com/misc/NotesIconAnim.gif)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 11, 2009, 08:24:03 AM
Lotus notes???  WTF?

Is it still 1997 in Minnesnowda?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 11, 2009, 08:56:05 AM
One of the best apps out there for what we do. We've contemplated converting to Exchange, but Lotus has amazing Database architecture
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on August 11, 2009, 01:00:28 PM
I still prefer the slate board and chalk too, Krandall!   :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 11, 2009, 02:16:50 PM
 :lol:


:sit:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2009, 05:10:40 PM
2003 – A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead.


Have they heard of water?  :confused:

Freakin Europeans

shit i was in the desert riding and it was about that hot and i didn't have a water pack with. I stoped and asked some dudes in a blazer for water and they had a frozen bottle, I got about a trickle out of it! lol, i got heat stroke and horrible sun burn, felt like shit for at least a week after that, chest hurt , body hurt .
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 11, 2009, 06:15:12 PM
I'm not shocked on who they picked for the top spot.

http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/fast-food-reviews-0909?src=syn&dom=yah_buzz&mag=esq&ha=1&kw=ist
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on August 11, 2009, 06:49:52 PM
I'm not shocked on who they picked for the top spot.

http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/fast-food-reviews-0909?src=syn&dom=yah_buzz&mag=esq&ha=1&kw=ist


I finally ate at an In-N-Out-Burger back in June when I was in Huntington Beach, very good.   :thumbs:
But also on the list were several good Texas founded joints. What-A-Burger, Sonny Bryans Smokehouse, and Taco Cabana. (I just had dinner and margaritas at Taco Cabana) :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on August 11, 2009, 06:57:34 PM
x2 on the Taco Cabana.  Been to Chaco's?  They're pretty good too.  And Whataburger, I always add the jalapenos to the burger.  Makes my mouth water thinking about it.  Haven't been to Sonny Bryans Smokehouse.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on August 11, 2009, 07:03:14 PM
Haven't heard of Chacos, but Cha Cha's and Cha Cho's are in San Antonio. You in H-town right? Where is it?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on August 12, 2009, 12:02:30 AM
oops.  Chacho's.  The one time I don't proofread.  45 and Tidwell, in the old Taco Cabana building.  Another on Westheimer near Fountainview but I haven't been to this one.

http://www.chachos.com/
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 12, 2009, 12:11:24 AM
In and Out burger...yum.

When are we going E? :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 12, 2009, 07:12:17 AM
are they franchised? If so.. put one up in chi-town man!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on August 12, 2009, 12:34:02 PM
Random whore!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just passing thru sorry, did ya miss me?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 12, 2009, 12:41:24 PM
What up phil! you back in NZ finally?!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 12, 2009, 03:36:45 PM
Random whore!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just passing thru sorry, did ya miss me?

nobody plays the quote change game since you left.


fairies!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 13, 2009, 07:39:43 AM
Where be the noose?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 13, 2009, 03:29:32 PM
 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 13, 2009, 03:41:08 PM
Sorry I'm late, busy day.

August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
1792 – Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from GERD. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
1889 – German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"
1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
1913 – Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1937 – Battle of Shanghai begins.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Britain begins – the Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.
1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1961 – The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
1978 – Terrorist attack killed 150 Palestinians in Beirut.
1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.

Births

582 – Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
1311 – King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
1666 – William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1700 – Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
1717 – Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
1752 – Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
1764 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
1790 – William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
1803 – Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
1818 – Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893)
1819 – George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)
1820 – Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
1823 – Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian First Class cricketer (d. 1891)
1851 – Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)
1860 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945)
1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
1879 – John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
1884 – Harry Dean, England cricketer (d. 1957)
1887 – Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
1889 – Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962)
1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
1904 – Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
1907 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
1911 – William Bernbach, Famous Advertiser (d. 1982)
1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991)
1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
1913 – Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
1914 – Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
1918 – Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1919 – Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)
1919 – Sir George Shearing, British jazz pianist
1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
1930 – Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)
1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
1930 – Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
1935 – Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
1935 – Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)
1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1943 – Michael Willetts, English George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
1944 – Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor
1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
1945 – Robin Jackman, England cricketer
1947 – John Stocker, Canadian actor
1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano
1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (d. 2007)
1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American musician (d. 2007)
1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian musician (d. 2001)
1955 – Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
1955 – Paul Greengrass, English film director
1958 – Fergal Sharkey, musician
1958 – Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor
1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
1959 – Bruce French, England cricketer
1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player
1960 – Kōji Kondō, Japanese composer
1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress
1961 – Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist
1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor, Producer
1961 – Neil Mallender, England cricketer
1962 – John Slattery, American actor
1963 – Sridevi, Indian actress
1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player
1964 – Hank Cheyne, American actor
1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player
1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
1967 – Quinn Cummings, American actress
1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
1970 – Will Clarke, American novelist
1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player
1970 – Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer
1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
1971 – Patrick Carpentier, Quebec racing driver
1971 – Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor
1972 – Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
1972 – John Safran, Australian television presenter.
1973 – Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
1973 – Molly Henneberg, American journalist
1973 – Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
1974 – Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
1975 – James Carpinello, American actor
1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
1978 – Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer
1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
1979 – Corey Patterson, American baseball player
1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
1982 – Gary McSheffrey, English footballer
1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
1983 – Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer
1983 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian/American actor
1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
1984 – Heath Pearce, American footballer
1986 – Joseph Lapira, American footballer

Deaths

586 – Radegund, consort of Clotaire I
900 – King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (b. 870)
1134 – Piroska of Hungary, consort of John II Comnenus (b. 1088)
1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, consort of John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter
1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)
1686 – Louis Maimbourg, French historian (b. 1610)
1721 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
1744 – John Cruger, Dutch-born American politician and mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
1755 – Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1826 – René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
1910 – Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
1917 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1860)
1937 – Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (b. unknown)
1946 – H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat who claimed to have been crowned King of Albania (b. 1868)
1965 – Ikeda Hayato, Japanese politician and the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
1982 – Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
1984 – Tigran Petrosian, Soviet-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
1986 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
1989 – Larkin Smith, American politician and U.S. Representative from Mississippi (b. 1944)
1991 – Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. 1926)
1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b. 1926)
1995 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
1995 – Rob Slater mountain climber (1960)
1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910)
1996 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
1998 – Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934)
1998 – Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
1999 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960)
2000 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
2001 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
2003 – Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2004 – Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
2005 – David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2006 – Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish vocalist for Death Metal band Dissection (band) (b. 1975)
2006 – Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)
2007 – Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
2007 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese supercentenarian aged 114 years and 221 days (b. 1893)
2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
2008 – Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959)
2008 – Dino Toso, American Formula-1 engineer (b. 1969)
2008 – Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901)
2008 – Sandy Allen, American tallest woman in the world (b. 1955)
2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
2009 – Les Paul, virtuoso guitarist (b. 1915)

Holidays and observances

International Lefthanders Day.
Laos – Lao Issara, Day of the Free Laos.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on August 13, 2009, 03:45:54 PM

2007 – Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)


The wrong Brian Adams died.   :(



 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 13, 2009, 03:59:38 PM
lol


Have A great weekend all.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on August 14, 2009, 04:10:18 AM
Random whore!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just passing thru sorry, did ya miss me?

nobody wants to play the "change my nappies game" since you left.


fairies!  :lol:

There that should keep you happy for a while
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on August 14, 2009, 04:14:34 AM
What up phil! you back in NZ finally?!
Been home a couple of months now, but was really tied up with sorting out my seperation from Kirsten, who I will now post more pics of in VIP.
You want her she's yours.............

I also have posted 1 pic of new girlfriend  :nod:
Sorry, she's too good to share any more of..................
am still trying to offload the other girl I started going out with, but that is working out slowly.
May post a pic or 2 of her, but don't have any good ones
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 14, 2009, 07:27:14 AM
 :thumbs:

glad the separation is working out for ya thus far.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 14, 2009, 08:09:32 AM
August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–1385: Battle of Aljubarrota – Portuguese forces commanded by King João I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King Juan I.
1598 – Nine Years War: Battle of the Yellow Ford – Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
1842 – Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
1846 – The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by Act of U.S. Congress.
1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
1893 – France introduces motor vehicle registration.
1897 – The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
1900 – A joint European-Japanese-United States force (Eight-Nation Alliance) occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
1908 – The first beauty contest is held in Folkestone, England.
1911 – United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
1912 – United States Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
1921 – Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Russia).
1925 – The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is completed and goes on line.
1933 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km²).
1935 – United States Social Security Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired.
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
1937 – Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases.
1941 – World War II – Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).
1947 – Pakistan gains Independence from the British Indian Empire under the administration of United Kingdom and joins the British Commonwealth.
1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
1969 – British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
1972 – An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
1973 – The constitution of 1973 comes into effect in Pakistan
1976 – The Senegalese political party PAI-Rénovation is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.
1979 – 15 sailors are killed when a severe storm strikes during the Fastnet Yacht Race.
1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
1987 – All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
2003 – Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
2006 – Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.
2007 – The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 400 people.

Births

1297 – Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
1473 – Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)
1479 – Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)
1575 – Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)
1586 – William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)
1599 – Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
1625 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
1642 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
1727 – Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1752)
1727 – Louise-Elisabeth of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1759)
1740 – Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
1758 – Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
1777 – Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (d. 1851)
1817 – Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
1840 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (d. 1902)
1847 – Robert Comtesse, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1922)
1851 – Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist (d. 1887)
1857 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)
1865 – Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (d. 1952)
1866 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1962)
1867 – John Galsworthy, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1933)
1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)
1876 – Aleksandar Obrenović, King of Serbia (d. 1903)
1881 – Francis Ford, American actor (d. 1953)
1882 – Gisela Richter, British-born art historian (d. 1972)
1887 – Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (d. 1937)
1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
1908 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (d. 1984)
1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (d. 1995)
1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1915 – B.A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and journalist (d. 1998)
1916 – Fumio Fujimura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1992)
1916 – Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of the New York Giants (d. 2005)
1924 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor
1924 – Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor
1925 – Russell Baker, American columnist
1926 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (d. 2007)
1926 – René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (d. 1977)
1926 – Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director
1929 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
1930 – Earl Weaver, American baseball manager
1932 – Lee Hoffman, American author (d. 2007)
1933 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
1935 – John Brodie, American football player
1936 – Trevor Bannister, British actor
1940 – Dash Crofts, American musician
1940 – Galen Hall, American football coach
1941 – David Crosby, American musician
1941 – Connie Smith, American singer
1942 – Jackie Oliver, British Formula One driver
1943 – Jimmy Johnson, American football coach
1945 – Steve Martin, American actor and comedian
1945 – Wim Wenders, German-born film director
1946 – Antonio Fargas, American actor
1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress
1946 – Larry Graham, American musician
1947 – Peter Christian, British actor
1947 – Bruce Nash, American television producer
1947 – Maddy Prior, British folk singer
1947 – Danielle Steel, American novelist
1947 – Jiro Taniguchi, Japanese manga artist
1948 – Terry Adams, American musician (NRBQ)
1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler
1950 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist (The Far Side)
1951 – Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy)
1952 – Carl Lumbly, American actor
1952 – Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
1953 – James Horner, American composer
1953 – Cliff Johnson, American computer game author
1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1956 – Jackée Harry, American actress
1956 – Andy King, English footballer
1956 – Johnny Lever, Indian actor
1956 – Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
1957 – Peter Costello, Australian politician
1957 – Gino Hernandez, American professional wrestler (d. 1986)
1958 – Bobby Eaton, American professional wrestler
1958 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player
1960 – Sarah Brightman, British soprano
1960 – Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano
1961 – Susan Olsen, American actress
1961 – "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
1962 – Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer
1964 – Brannon Braga, American scriptwriter
1965 – Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
1966 – Halle Berry, American actress
1966 – Karl Petter Løken, Norwegian footballer
1968 – Catherine Bell, American actress
1968 – Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
1968 – Adrian Lester, British actor
1968 – Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
1968 – Pravin Amre, Indian cricketer
1969 – Tracy Caldwell, American astronaut
1969 – DJ Uncle Al, American hip-hop DJ (d. 2001)
1969 – Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
1971 – Raoul Bova, Italian actor
1971 – Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 – Jay Manuel, Canadian make-up artist
1972 – Yu Jae-seok, South Korean entertainer
1973 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
1973 – Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer
1973 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
1973 – Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer
1974 – Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
1974 – Martin Bulloch, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor
1974 – Ana Matronic, American singer (Scissor Sisters)
1975 – Mike Vrabel, American football player
1976 – Alex Albrecht, American actor
1976 – Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
1976 – Steve Braun, Canadian actor
1977 – Juan Pierre, American baseball player
1978 – Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
1978 – Kate Ritchie, Australian actress
1979 – Paul Burgess, Australian athlete
1979 – Yoichiro Morikawa, Japanese film director
1980 – Estrella Morente, Spanish flamenco singer
1980 – Roy Williams, American football player
1981 – Matthew Etherington, English footballer
1981 – Julius Jones, American football player
1983 – Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian/British tennis player
1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian/American actress
1983 – Leo Núñez, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
1984 – Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Nick Grimshaw, British radio DJ and television presenter
1984 – Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
1985 – Christian Gentner, German footballer
1985 – Ashlynn Brooke, American Pornographic Actress
1986 – Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
1987 – Tim Tebow, American football player
1987 – Chrystina Sayers, American singer and dancer (Girlicious)
1988 – Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
1989 – Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Jaydee Bixby, Canadian singer

Deaths

582 – Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
1167 – Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne
1204 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)
1390 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
1430 – Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
1433 – King John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
1464 – Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
1573 – Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)
1691 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
1704 – Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)
1727 – William Croft, English composer (b. 1678)
1774 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)
1784 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718)
1856 – Constant Prévost, French geologist (b. 1787)
1860 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)
1870 – David Farragut, American officer of the United States Navy (b. 1801)
1874 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)
1905 – Simeon Solomon, British artist (b. 1840)
1928 – Alfred Henschke, ps. Klabund, German writer, poet (b. 1890)
1926 – John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
1938 – Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (b. 1876)
1941 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1854)
1941 – Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (b. 1894)
1943 – Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1951 – William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper magnate (b. 1863)
1955 – Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
1956 – Bertolt Brecht, German writer (b. 1898)
1958 – Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
1958 – Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat (b. 1873)
1964 – Johnny Burnette, American Rockabilly singer (b. 1934)
1966 – Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
1967 – Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)
1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
1972 – Oscar Levant, American actor (b. 1906)
1972 – Jules Romains, French author (b. 1885)
1978 – Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907)
1980 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress and model (b. 1960)
1981 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
1981 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
1982 – Patrick Magee, Irish actor (b. 1922)
1984 – Spud Davis, American baseball player (b. 1904)
1984 – J. B. Priestley, British playwright (b. 1894)
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
1988 – Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (b. 1939)
1988 – Robert Calvert, South African singer (Hawkwind) (b. 1945)
1988 – Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
1989 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (b. 1964)
1991 – Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (b. 1920)
1992 – John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
1992 – Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (b. 1928)
1994 – Elias Canetti, British-Austrian novelist (b. 1905)
1996 – Tom Mees, American sportscaster (b. 1949)
1999 – Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2000 – Alain Fournier, French-born computer graphics researcher (b. 1943)
2000 – Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (b. 1929)
2002 – Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (b. 1972)
2003 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
2004 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1911)
2004 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-born British politician (b. 1918)
2005 – Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
2006 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
2007 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)

Holidays and observances

Pakistan – Independence Day (From United Kingom, 1947) Was part of India before that.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 14, 2009, 08:13:20 AM
1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).

BOOOM!

I think I'd surrender too..

(http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/12/31/hiroshima_wideweb__430x323.jpg)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on August 15, 2009, 04:30:38 AM
Glad we're NO-NUKES here!
Someone needs to say that use of that kind of weapon is not OK in this world!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 15, 2009, 10:26:56 AM
August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
1261 – Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
1519 – Panama City, Panama, is founded.
1534 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
1537 – Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1540 – Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
1549 – Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).
1599 – Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
1824 – Freed American slaves found Liberia.
1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
1869 – The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
1891 – San Sebastian Church in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship Ancon.
1914 – The First Russian Army, led by Pavel Rennenkampf, enters Eastern Prussia.
1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw – Poles defeat the Red Army.
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
1939 – 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
1939 Academy Award winning film The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal – The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
1945 – World War II: Victory over Japan Day – Japan surrenders.
1945 – World War II: Korean Liberation Day.
1947 – India gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes an independent nation within the Commonwealth.
1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan at Karachi.
1948 – The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
1950 – Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
1952 – Devon, United Kingdom A flashflood drenches the town of Lynmouth, killing 34 people.
1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
1961 – Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1961 – Keiyo Road is specified as the first driveway in Japan.
1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea after running across the Korean DMZ. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang.
1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
1968 – 40,000 people protest in Mexico City against the repression in the country.
1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
1973 – Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.
1975 – Military coup in Bangladesh. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is killed along with all the members of his family except Haseena Wajid.
1975 – Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
1984 – The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
1998 – Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
2003 – Nicanor Duarte Furos is elected President of Paraguay, succeeding to Luis Ángel González Macchi.
2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.

Births

1171 – King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
1575 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 – Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1717 – Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (d. 1821)
1771 – Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
1813 – Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
1856 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
1857 – Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
1858 – E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
1860 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)
1860 – Florence Harding, American First Lady (d. 1924)
1863 – Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
1865 – Usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (d. 1926)
1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912)
1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)
1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
1885 – Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968)
1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006)
1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
1892 – Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950)
1896 – Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1957)
1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
1896 – Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (d. 1993)
1898 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
1901 – Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1910 – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1912 – Julia Child, American cook (d. 2004)
1912 – Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (d. 1989)
1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
1917 – Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman Catholic priest (d. 1980)
1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish author (d. 2007)
1922 – Lukas Foss, German-born composer (d. 2009)
1923 – Rose Marie, American actress
1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 – Mike Connors, American actor
1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Pinkney, American baritone singer (d. 2007)
1926 – Costis Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English film director
1930 – Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
1933 – Bobby Helms, American pop singer (d. 1997)
1933 – Jim Lange, American game show host
1934 – Bobby Byrd, American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
1934 – Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett, West Indian cricketer
1935 – Jim Dale, English actor
1935 – Vernon Jordan Jr., American presidential advisor
1935 – Lionel Taylor, American football player
1938 – Maxine Waters, American politician
1938 – Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer
1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist
1940 – Rita Shane, American soprano
1942 – Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor (d. 2007)
1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
1944 – Linda Ellerbee, American journalist
1944 – Tom Murphy, American politician
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer
1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (d. 2008)
1945 – Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
1946 – Tony Robinson, English actor and television presenter
1946 – Jimmy Webb, American musician and composer
1947 – Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
1947 – Jenny Hanley, British TV presenter
1948 – Uschi Digard, American pornographic actress and model
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer
1948 – George Ryton, British engineer
1949 – Beverly Lynn Burns, American pilot
1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author
1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American musician
1950 – The Princess Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball manager
1951 – Ann Biderman, American film and television writer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer and musician
1951 – John Childs, England cricketer
1951 – Daba Diawara, Malian politician
1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet
1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian satirist
1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
1961 – Ed Gillespie, American White House counsel to George W. Bush
1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football coach
1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef
1963 – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director
1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer
1964 – Melinda French Gates, American wife of Bill Gates
1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
1965 – Rob Thomas, American writer
1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player
1966 – Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1967 – Peter Hermann American actor
1968 – Debra Messing, American actress
1969 – Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
1969 – Cris Judd, American actor/choreographer
1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
1970 – Ben Silverman, American TV executive
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor
1972 – Chris Morrissey, American film director/actor
1972 – Matthew Wood, American actor and sound editor
1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1973 – Adnan Sami, music composer, singer
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player
1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer
1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian hockey player
1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football player
1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1977 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
1977 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
1978 – Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot)
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
1979 – Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
1980 – Nathalie Press, English actress
1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
1981 – Oliver Perez, American baseball player
1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
1989 – Belinda, Mexican singer
1989 – Tiffanie Anderson, American performer (Girlicious)
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers)

Deaths

423 – Flavius Honorius, Western Roman Emperor (b. 384)
778 – Roland, Frankish commander
1038 – King Stephen I of Hungary
1040 – King Duncan I of Scotland
1057 – King Macbeth of Scotland
1118 – Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048)
1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201)
1369 – Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England
1528 – Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
1552 – Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
1621 – John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)
1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
1728 – Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (b. 1656)
1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (b. 1760)
1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, U.S. politician (b. 1777)
1880 – Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (b. 1848)
1907 – Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (b. 1831)
1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian artist (b. 1878)
1931 – Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani WWI nurse (b. ca. 1878)
1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (airplane crash) (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (airplane crash) (b. 1879)
1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1871)
1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (b. 1887)
1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882)
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875)
1959 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer (b. 1901)
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1887)
1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
1975 – Clay Shaw, alleged John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracist & businessman (b. 1913)
1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek Army officer who served in World War I, the Minor Asia Campaign and World War II (b. 1897)
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
1999 – Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and artist (b. 1910)
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
2003 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
2004 – Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1916)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941)
2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
2006 – Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. c. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch international footballer (b. 1923)
2007 – Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
2008 – Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues" (b. 1917)
2008 – James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
2008 – Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer, bantamweight world champion (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

Christianity. Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Holy Day of Obligation. Public Holiday in: Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, East Timor, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu.
VJ Day / VP Day
India – Independence Day (from the United Kingdom, 1947).
Egypt – Flooding of the Nile Day, a commemoration of the belief that the star Sirius would appear when the Nile River flooded
Italy, Ferragosto, Assumption Day and remembrance of an ancient Roman holiday in honor of Augustus.
Korea – Gwangbokjeol (Liberation Day).
Costa Rica– Mother's Day.
Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism – Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the commemoration of the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
National Acadian Day
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August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 137 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1513 – Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who are forced to retreat.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark routed British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
1792 – Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
1819 – Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured by cavalry charges at the Peterloo Massacre at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
1841 – U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1865 – Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regains its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation.
1868 – Arica, Peru (now Chile) is devastated by a tsunami which followed a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in the Peru-Chile Trench off the coast. The earthquake and tsunami killed an estimated 25,000 people in Arica and perhaps 70,000 people in all.
1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguay battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.
1914 – World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
1915 – World War I: Should victory be achieved over the Central Powers, the Triple Entente promises the Kingdom of Serbia: the Austro-Hungarian territories of Baranja, Srem, Slavonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the eastern ⅔ of Dalmatia (from the river of Krka to the city of Bar).
1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
1929 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
1940 – World War II: The Communist Party is banned in German-occupied Norway.
1941 – HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.
1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
1944 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
1945 – An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki.
1945 – Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.
1954 – The first edition of Sports Illustrated is published.
1960 – Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
1962 – Pete Best replaced by Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) as drummer for The Beatles.
1964 – Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
1972 – The Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon, in an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
1977 – Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll dies from a drug overdose in his home in Graceland at age 42.
1987 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes on take-off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan (Detroit), killing 155 passengers and crew. The sole survivor is four-year-old Cecelia Cichan.
1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.
1992 – In response to an appeal by President Fernando Collor de Mello to wear green and yellow as a way to show support for him, thousands of Brazilians take to the streets dressed in black.
2003 – U.S. Representative from South Dakota Bill Janklow hits and kills a motorcyclist with his car at a rural intersection near Trent, South Dakota; he will eventually be convicted of manslaughter and will resign from Congress.
2005 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing the 160 aboard.

Births

1355 – Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster
1378 – Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
1401 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)
1557 – Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)
1573 – Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)
1596 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)
1637 – Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and poet (d. 1706)
1645 – Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)
1650 – Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)
1682 – Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712)
1761 – Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800)
1815 – John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
1820 – Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian politician (d. 1892)
1831 – John Jones Ross, Quebec politician (d. 1901)
1832 – Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920)
1842 – Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (d. 1922)
1845 – Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1921)
1858 – Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927)
1860 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (d. 1887)
1860 – Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, England cricketer (d. 1938)
1862 – Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (d. 1965)
1868 – Bernarr McFadden, American publisher (d. 1955)
1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (d. 1942)
1876 – Julian Ashby Burruss, American academic (d. 1947)
1882 – Christian Mortensen, Danish-American supercentenarian (d. 1998)
1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (d. 1967)
1884 – Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)
1888 – T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (d. 1935)
1888 – Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943)
1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983)
1894 – George Meany, American labor union leader (d. 1980)
1895 – Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981)
1895 – Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
1902 – Georgette Heyer, English novelist (d. 1974)
1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1908 – William Maxwell, American novelist and editor (d. 2000)
1911 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
1912 – Ted Drake, English footballer (d. 1995)
1913 – Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
1915 – Al Hibbler, American singer (d. 2001)
1916 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)
1920 – Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)
1922 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (d. 2001)
1923 – Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian playwright
1924 – Fess Parker, American actor
1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1928 – Ann Blyth, American actress
1929 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (d. 1980)
1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
1929 – Wyatt Tee Walker, American civil rights activist
1929 – Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
1930 – Robert Culp, American actor
1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer
1930 – Tony Trabert, American former tennis player
1931 – Eydie Gormé, American singer
1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress
1933 – Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (d. 1994)
1934 – Diana Wynne Jones, British author
1934 – Ketty Lester, American singer
1934 – Pierre Richard, French actor
1935 – Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
1935 – Cliff Fletcher, Canadian National Hockey League executive
1937 – David Anderson, Canadian politician
1939 – Sir Trevor Mcdonald, Trinidadian-born British television newsreader
1939 – Seán Brady, Cardinal-Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
1940 – Bruce Beresford, Australian film director
1942 – Barbara George, American singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
1943 – Sharon Baird, American actress and tap dancer
1945 – Suzanne Farrell, ballet dancer
1946 – Massoud Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician
1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
1946 – Dick Murdoch, American professional wrestler (d. 1996)
1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American politician and lawyer
1947 – Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
1947 – Marc Messier, Canadian actor
1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player
1948 – Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher
1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch singer (Golden Earring)
1949 – Scott Asheton, American musician (The Stooges)
1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian athlete
1950 – Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
1950 – Stockwell Day, Canadian politician
1950 – Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
1951 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992)
1951 – Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigerian politician
1952 – Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
1952 – Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress
1953 – James "J.T." Taylor, American singer (Kool & The Gang)
1954 – George Galloway, British politician
1954 – James Cameron, Canadian film director
1956 – Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist
1957 – Tim Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
1957 – Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer
1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress
1958 – Madonna, American singer and actress
1958 – José Luis Clerc, Argentine tennis player
1958 – Michael Harkin, American anthropologist
1959 – Laura Innes, American actress
1959 – Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist
1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
1961 – Christian Okoye, American football player
1961 – Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, Swedish singer (Army of Lovers)
1962 – Steve Carell, American actor and comedian
1964 – Jimmy Arias, American tennis player
1966 – Barry Lather, American choreographer, musician and actor
1967 – Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish television personality
1967 – Pamela Smart, American convicted murderess
1968 – Mateja Svet, Slovenian alpine skier
1969 – Andy Milder, American voice actor
1970 – Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster
1970 – Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (d. 1995)
1970 – Killah Priest, American rapper
1970 – Manisha Koirala, Nepalese Bollywood actress
1970 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
1971 – Rulon Gardner, American Greco-Roman wrestler
1971 – Stefan Klos, German footballer
1972 – Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
1972 – Emily Robison, American country singer (Dixie Chicks)
1972 – Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian
1973 – Damian Jackson, American baseball player
1974 – Roger Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
1974 – Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
1974 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer
1975 – Didier Agathe, French footballer
1975 – George Stults, American actor
1976 – Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
1976 – Dave Ockun, American concert producer
1977 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor
1978 – Fu Mingxia, Chinese female diver
1978 – Eddie Gill, American basketball player
1979 – Monder Rizki, Belgian athlete
1979 – Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach
1980 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer/songwriter
1980 – Robert Hardy, English musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1981 – Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
1981 – Taylor Rain, American pornographic actress
1982 – Cam Gigandet, American actor
1982 – Joleon Lescott, English footballer
1983 – Colin Griffiths, English TV presenter and DJ
1983 – Nikos Zisis, Greek basketball player
1983 – Colt Brennan, American football player
1984 – Candice Dupree, American basketball player
1985 – Agnes Bruckner, American actress
1986 – Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
1986 – Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
1987 – Evan Berger, Australian footballer
1987 – Kyal Marsh, Australian actor
1988 – Kevin Schmidt, American actor
1988 – Rumer Willis, American actress
1991 – Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
1991 – Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Canadian actress

Deaths

1027 – Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)
1297 – John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
1327 – Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
1358 – Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298)
1419 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361)
1443 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
1445 – Margaret of Scotland, consort of Louis XI (b. 1424)
1518 – Loyset Compère, French composer (b. circa 1445)
1532 – John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)
1661 – Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608)
1678 – Andrew Marvell, English poet (b. 1621)
1705 – Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (b. 1654)
1733 – Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)
1791 – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
1836 – Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)
1855 – Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)
1886 – Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (b. 1836)
1888 – John Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825)
1899 – Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811)
1900 – Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (b. 1845)
1907 – James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
1921 – King Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
1938 – Robert Johnson, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1911)
1938 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864)
1948 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (b. 1895)
1949 – Margaret Mitchell, American novelist (b. 1900)
1951 – Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (b. 1887)
1952 – Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)
1956 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor (b. 1882)
1957 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881)
1959 – William Halsey Jr., American Navy Admiral (b. 1882)
1959 – Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879)
1961 – Maulvi Abdul Haq, Indian educator and linguist, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870)
1971 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive, chairman of the Twentieth Century Fox (b. 1893)
1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
1973 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888)
1975 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-born Soviet distance runner (b. 1927)
1977 – Elvis Presley, American singer, actor, and guitarist (b.1935)
1978 – Alidius Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
1979 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
1983 – Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
1986 – Jaime Saenz, Bolivian poet and novelist, and short story writer (b. 1921)
1989 – Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
1990 – Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)
1991 – Shamu, killer whale and SeaWorld attraction (b. 1975)
1991 – Luigi Zampa, Italian film director (b. 1905)
1993 – Stewart Granger, British film actor (b. 1913)
1995 – J.P. McCarthy, American radio personality (b. 1933)
1997 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician & singer (b. 1948)
1997 – Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (b. 1915)
1999 – Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914)
2002 – Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
2002 – Abu Nidal, Palestinian political leader (b. 1937)
2002 – John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
2003 – Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1928)
2004 – Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1950)
2004 – Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907)
2004 – Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
2005 – Joe Ranft, American animator (b. 1960)
2005 – Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
2005 – Vassar Clements, American musician (b. 1928)
2005 – William Corlett, English children's author (b. 1938)
2005 – Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (b. 1943)
2005 – Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematography (b. 1922)
2006 – Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944)
2006 – Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920)
2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975)
2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
2007 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
2007 – Bahaedin Adab, Iranian politician (b. 1945)
2007 – Dewey Robertson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1939)
2008 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners) (b. 1934)
2008 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
2008 – Elena Leuṣtean, Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist (b. 1935)
2008 – Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese sustainable farmer and author (b. 1913)

Holidays and observances

Xicolatada is celebrated in Palau-de-Cerdagne
Eastern Orthodox: commemoration of the translation of the Acheiropoietos icon which means "Not made by hands", (also known as the Mandelion) from Edessa to Constantinople on 16 August 944 This "Shroud of Constantinople" is believed to be the Shroud of Turin today by many scholars.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on August 16, 2009, 12:51:47 PM
So much for the news, whats the weather going to be like?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 16, 2009, 08:21:27 PM
I'm back nukkas.  8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on August 17, 2009, 02:50:20 AM
I'm back nukkas.  8)
Didn't know you'd gone..........who are you again???    :lol: :P
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 17, 2009, 07:32:05 AM
annnnnd :sit:

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 17, 2009, 09:57:30 AM
August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

986 – A Byzantine army is destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron. The Byzantine emperor Basil II narrowly escaped.
1807 – Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1862 – Indian Wars: The Lakota (Sioux) Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
1862 – American Civil War: Major General JEB Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1863 – American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
1907 – Pike Place Market, the longest continuously-running public farmers market in the US, opened in Seattle.
1908 – Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, realized by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris.
1914 – World War I: Battle of Stalluponen – The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Pavel Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
1915 – Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in Marietta, Georgia.
1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1942 – U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).
1942 – World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force begins regular combat operations in Europe with an attack on the marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville.
1943 – The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
1943 – World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrive in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1945 – Indonesian Declaration of Independence.
1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
1953 – Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
1959 – Quake Lake: Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
1959 – Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.
1960 – Decolonization: Gabon gains independence from France.
1962 – East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming one of the first victims of the wall.
1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damage.
1970 – Venera Program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
1979 – Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine, killing 156
1980 – Azaria Chamberlain disappears, likely taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history.
1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
1988 – Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1998 – Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about his relationship.
1999 – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, starts.
2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
2008 – By winning the Men's 4x100m medley relay, Michael Phelps becomes the first Olympian to win eight gold medals in the same Olympics.

Births

1473 – Richard, Duke of York
1562 – Hans Leo Hassler (baptized), German composer (d. 1612)
1578 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
1601 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665)
1629 – King John III of Poland (d. 1696)
1686 – Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
1753 – Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)
1768 – Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1786 – Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)
1786 – Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
1794 – Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest (d. 1849)
1828 – Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist (d. 1897)
1844 – Menelek II of Ethiopia (d. 1913)
1863 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and naturalist (d. 1924)
1866 – Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
1866 – Julia Marlowe, English actress (d. 1950)
1873 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
1878 – Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1880 – Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer (d. 1948)
1882 – Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood producer (d. 1974)
1887 – Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
1887 – Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
1888 – Monty Woolley, American actor (d. 1963)
1890 – Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
1890 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator (d. 1920)
1893 – Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
1896 – Leslie Groves, American military engineer (d. 1970)
1904 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
1904 – Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984)
1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
1911 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995)
1913 – W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant (d. 2008)
1913 – Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)
1913 – Óscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (d. 1989)
1914 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1988)
1919 – Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1920 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish actress
1921 – Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, British historian (d. 1994)
1922 – Roy Tattersall, England cricketer
1926 – Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
1926 – George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)
1926 – Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1929 – Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 pilot (d. 1977)
1930 – Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)
1930 – Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
1932 – V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
1933 – Eugene F. Kranz, American NASA executive
1933 – Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
1935 – Oleg Tabakov, Russian actor
1936 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
1938 – Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
1938 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek politician
1939 – Luther Allison, American musician
1939 – Anthony Valentine, British actor
1940 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (d. 2006)
1941 – Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French Canadian film director
1941 – Boog Powell, American baseball player
1943 – Robert De Niro, American actor
1943 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
1944 – Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, Billionaire
1946 – Martha Coolidge, American film director
1946 – Patrick Manning, 4th and 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago
1947 – Gary Talley, American musician (Box Tops)
1947 – Sylvia Nasar, German-born American economist and author
1948 – Rod MacDonald, American musician
1949 – Sib Hashian, American musician (Boston)
1949 – Norm Coleman, American politician
1951 – Robert Joy, Canadian actor
1951 – Alan Minter, British boxer
1952 – Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver
1952 – Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
1952 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1953 – Judith Regan, American book publisher
1953 – Kevin Rowland, English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners)
1953 – Michael Malthouse, Premiership winning Australian football coach
1954 – Eric Johnson, American guitarist
1955 – Richard Hilton, American heir
1956 – Gail Berman, American film executive
1956 – Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
1957 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater
1958 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer
1958 – Fred Goodwin British banker
1958 – Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player
1959 – Jonathan Franzen, American author
1959 – David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
1959 – Eric Schlosser, American author
1960 – Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
1960 – Sean Penn, American actor and director
1962 – Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1962 – Buddy Landel, American professional wrestler
1963 – Jon Gruden, American football coach
1963 – S. Shankar, Indian film director
1964 – Colin James, Canadian musician
1964 – Maria McKee, American singer
1966 – Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer
1966 – Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder
1966 – Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Kevin Max, American singer (dc talk)
1968 – Ed McCaffrey, American football player
1968 – Helen McCrory, English actress
1969 – Christian Laettner, American basketball player
1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer (New Kids On The Block)
1969 – Kelvin Mercer, American rapper (De La Soul)
1970 – Jim Courier, American tennis player
1970 – Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist
1970 – Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
1971 – Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1971 – Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
1971 – Shaun Rehn, Australian Rules footballer
1972 – Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 – Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
1974 – Tony Hajjar, Lebanese musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
1974 – Nicola Kraus, American novelist
1975 – Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
1976 – Scott Halberstadt, American actor
1976 – Geertjan Lassche, Dutch reporter
1977 – Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
1977 – William Gallas, French footballer
1977 – Thierry Henry, French footballer
1977 – Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer
1978 – Karena Lam, Hong Kong actress
1978 – Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania)
1979 – Antwaan Randle El, American football player
1979 – Marcus Patric, British actor
1980 – Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 – Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
1980 – Shannon Lucio, American actress
1980 – Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer
1981 – Kristin Holt, American television personality
1982 – Cheerleader Melissa, American professional wrestler
1982 – Phil Jagielka, English footballer
1983 – Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
1984 – Dee Brown, American basketball player
1984 – Garrett Wolfe, American football player
1985 – Yū Aoi, Japanese actress
1986 – Rudy Gay, American basketball player
1986 – Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1988 – Brady Corbet, American actor
1988 – Erika Toda, Japanese actress
1988 – Nichole Cordova, Performer (Girlicious)
1990 – Colin Bates, American actor
1990 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
1993 – Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
1996 – Ella Cruz, Filipina actress

Deaths

1153 – Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
1304 – Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
1510 – Edmund Dudley, English statesman (b. 1462)
1657 – Robert Blake, British admiral (b. 1599)
1673 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
1676 – Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, German novelist (b. 1621)
1720 – Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
1723 – Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
1768 – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
1785 – Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
1786 – King Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1712)
1834 – Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802)
1838 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian librettist (b. 1749)
1850 – Don José de San Martín, Argentine general (b. 1778)
1861 – Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)
1870 – Pedro Figueredo, Cuban poet, musician, and freedom fighter of the 19th century (b. 1818)
1875 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (b. 1827)
1880 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (b. 1810)
1896 – Bridget Driscoll, British automobile fatality
1901 – Edmond Audran, French composer (b. 1842)
1903 – Hans Gude, Norwegian landscape painter (b. 1825)
1918 – Moisei Uritsky, Russian revolutionary (b. 1873)
1920 – Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1924 – Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
1925 – Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (b. 1848)
1935 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist and writer (b. 1860)
1940 – Billy Fiske, American aviator (b. 1911)
1949 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist and politician (b. 1891)
1954 – Billy Murray, American recording artist (b. 1877)
1962 – Peter Fechter, East German defector (b. 1944)
1969 – Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1970 – Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (b. 1908)
1971 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
1973 – Jean Barraqué, French composer (b. 1928)
1973 – Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
1973 – Conrad Aiken, American author (b. 1889)
1976 – William Redfield, American actor (b. 1927)
1979 – John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
1979 – Vivian Vance, American actress (b. 1909)
1983 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1987 – Rudolf Hess, Nazi deputy (b. 1894)
1987 – Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (b. 1929)
1987 – Gary Chester, Italian studio drummer (b. 1924)
1988 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani politician (b. 1924)
1988 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (b. 1914)
1988 – Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (b. 1935)
1990 – Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b. 1918)
1992 – Al Parker, American adult film actor (b. 1952)
1993 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (b. 1920)
1994 – Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and team owner (b. 1901)
1994 – Jack Sharkey, American boxer (b. 1902)
1995 – Howard Koch, American screenwriter (b. 1902)
1995 – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (b. 1933)
1998 – Wladyslaw Komar, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1940)
1998 – Tadeusz Slusarski, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1950)
2001 – David Locke, DFW Famous Musician (b. 1953)
2004 – Thea Astley, Australian writer (b. 1925)
2004 – Gérard Souzay, French baritone (b. 1918)
2005 – John Bahcall, American astrophysicist (b. 1934)
2007 – Bill Deedes, British journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2007 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
2008 – Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and football team owner (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

Independence Day - Gabon gains independence from France.
Independence Day – observance in Indonesia.
Rastafari movement – celebration of the birth of Marcus Garvey, considered a prophet.
Slovenia: Slovenians in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 17, 2009, 01:32:35 PM
2008 – By winning the Men's 4x100m medley relay, Michael Phelps becomes the first Olympian to win eight gold medals in the same Olympics.

he is a pot smoking hippy.

Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 17, 2009, 01:47:03 PM
2008 – By winning the Men's 4x100m medley relay, Michael Phelps becomes the first Olympian to win eight gold medals in the same Olympics.

he is a pot smoking hippy.



Well, he chose the correct day to comemorate then :lol:
Rastafari movement – celebration of the birth of Marcus Garvey, considered a prophet.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 17, 2009, 01:47:47 PM
2008 – By winning the Men's 4x100m medley relay, Michael Phelps becomes the first Olympian to win eight gold medals in the same Olympics.

he is a pot smoking hippy.



Well, he chose the correct day to comemorate then :lol:
Rastafari movement – celebration of the birth of Marcus Garvey, considered a prophet.



 :lol: so true.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 18, 2009, 06:52:03 AM
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

293 BC – The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.
1201 – The city of Riga is founded.
1541 – A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
1572 – Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
1590 – John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1636 – The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.
1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
1848 – Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1862 – Minnesota trader Andrew Myrick is killed and has his mouth stuffed with grass.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern – Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Weldon Railroad.
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
1877 – Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
1891 – Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
1909 – Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1941 – Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests.
1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1963 – American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins – United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
1966 – Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan occurs, when a patrol of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment encounter the Viet Cong.
1969 – Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock.
1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1976 – In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
1982 – Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
1989 – Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
1992 – Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
2000 – A Federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.
2005 – Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings.
2005 – Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people.
2008 – President Of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf resigned due to pressure from opposition.

Births

1414 – Jami, Persian poet (d. 1492)
1450 – Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (d. 1524)
1579 – Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau, Roman Catholic nun (d. 1640)
1587 – Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America
1596 – Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)
1605 – Henry Hammond, English churchman (d. 1660)
1606 – Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)
1611 – Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, queen of Poland (d. 1650)
1657 – Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1743)
1685 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician (d. 1731)
1692 – Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (d. 1760)
1750 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825)
1754 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
1774 – Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (d. 1809)
1792 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)
1803 – Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
1819 – Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaievna, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (d. 1876)
1822 – Isaac P. Rodman, American Union general (d. 1862)
1830 – Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (d. 1916)
1841 – William Halford, American naval officer (d. 1919)
1855 – Alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner (d. 1942)
1857 – Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (d. 1926)
1870 – Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (d. 1918)
1870 – Hugh Bromley-Davenport, England cricketer (d. 1954)
1879 – Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
1885 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964)
1890 – Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (d. 1960)
1893 – Ernest MacMillan, Canadian musician (d. 1973)
1893 – Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1896 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (d. 1933)
1900 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964)
1902 – Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
1902 – Margaret Murie, American conservationist, naturalist, and author (d. 2003)
1903 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983)
1904 – Max Factor, Polish-born cosmetics entrepreneur (d. 1996)
1906 – Marcel Carné, French film director (d. 1996)
1908 – Edgar Faure, French politician and historian (d. 1988)
1908 – Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1977)
1909 – Gérard Filion, French Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
1913 – Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
1915 – Max Lanier, baseball player (d. 2007)
1916 – Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (d. 2005)
1916 – Don Keefer, American actor
1916 – Neagu Djuvara, Romanian diplomat
1917 – Caspar Weinberger, American politician (d. 2006)
1918 – Cisco Houston, American folk singer (d. 1961)
1919 – Walter Joseph Hickel, 2nd and 8th Governor of Alaska
1920 – Bob Kennedy, baseball player (d. 2005)
1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
1920 – Godfrey Evans, England cricketer (d. 1999)
1921 – Lydia Litvyak, Soviet pilot, one of only two female flying aces (d. 1943)
1921 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., Polish art historian
1922 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer (d. 2008)
1923 – Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer (d. 1982)
1923 – Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955)
1925 – Brian Aldiss, English writer
1925 – Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (d. 2006)
1927 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States
1928 – Marge Schott, baseball team owner (d. 2004)
1929 – Hugues Aufray, French singer
1930 – Liviu Librescu, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre (d. 2007)
1931 – Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian Salvation Army general
1931 – Dick White, English footballer
1932 – William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia
1933 – Roman Polanski, French-born director and actor
1933 – Just Fontaine, French footballer
1934 – Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney
1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian (d. 1972)
1934 – Ronnie Carroll, British singer
1935 – Rafer Johnson, American athlete
1935 – Howard Morrison, New Zealand entertainer
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor
1938 – Joe Frank, American radio personality
1939 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1939 – Robert Horton, British businessman
1939 – Johnny Preston, American singer
1943 – Martin Mull, American comedian
1943 – Gianni Rivera, Italian footballer and politician
1943 – Carl Wayne, English singer (d. 2004)
1945 – Barbara Harris, American singer (Toys)
1948 – Joseph Marcell, British actor
1949 – Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player
1952 – Elayne Boosler, American comedian
1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor
1952 – Ricky Villa, Argentine former footballer
1953 – Louie Gohmert, American politician
1955 – Taher ElGamal, Egyptian scientist
1956 – John Debney, American composer
1956 – Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician
1956 – Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer
1957 – Carole Bouquet, French actress
1957 – Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress
1959 – Tom Prichard, American wrestler
1960 – Fat Lever, American basketball player
1960 – Mike LaValliere, baseball player
1961 – Bob Woodruff, American journalist, anchor
1962 – Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico
1962 – Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter
1964 – Craig Bierko, American actor
1964 – Kenny Walker, American basketball player
1965 – Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
1965 – Jim Florentine, American comedian
1966 – Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist
1966 – Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress
1967 – Brian Michael Bendis, American comic-book writer
1967 – Dan Peters, American musician
1967 – Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer
1968 – Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress
1969 – Masta Killa, American rapper
1969 – Everlast, American musician
1969 – Edward Norton, American actor
1969 – Christian Slater, American actor
1969 – Isaac Austin, American basketball player
1970 – Jessica Hsuan, Hong Kong actress
1970 – Greg Dean Schmitz, American online film journalist
1970 – Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor
1971 – Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin)
1971 – Jacob Vargas, American actor
1972 – Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer
1972 – Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer
1972 – Shaun Wilson, Australian artist
1976 – Daphnee Duplaix Samuel, American actress, Playboy Playmate
1976 – Bryan Volpenhein, American rower
1977 – Régine Chassagne, Canadian musician Arcade Fire
1978 – Andy Samberg, American comedian
1978 – James Corden, British actor
1978 – Luke Williams, Welsh musician (Quinoline Yellow)
1979 – Stuart Dew, Australian rules footballer
1979 – Selena Silver, pornographic actress
1980 – Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer
1980 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
1980 – Rob Nguyen, Australian racing driver
1980 – Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker
1980 – Jeremy Shockey, American football player
1980 – Bart Scott, American football player
1981 – César Delgado, Argentine footballer
1981 – Dimitris Salpigidis, Greek footballer
1981 – Jon Schneck, American musician (Relient K, Audio Adrenaline)
1983 – Kris Boyd, Scottish Football Player
1983 – Michael Montgomery, American football player
1983 – Mica Penniman (Mika), Lebanese-born musician
1983 – Daniel Keith Swain (Danny!), American record producer/hip-hop artist
1983 – Cameron White, Australian cricketer
1984 – Robert Huth, German footballer
1986 – Ross McCormack, Scottish footballer
1987 – Mika Boorem, American actress
1988 – G-Dragon, Leader Of Korean Boyband, Big Bang
1992 – Rebecca Julia Brown, American actress
1992 – Frances Bean Cobain, daughter Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
1992 – Riko Narumi, Japanese actress
1994 – Jessie Flower, American actress
1995 – Parker McKenna Posey, American actress

Deaths

353 – Decentius, Roman usurper
472 – Ricimer, Roman general
849 – Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian
1227 – Genghis Khan, Khagan of Mongol Empire
1258 – Theodore II Lascaris, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea
1276 – Pope Adrian V
1318 – Clare of Montefalco, Italian Abbess and religious leader (b. c. 1268)
1430 – Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (drowned) (b. 1406)
1503 – Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
1559 – Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
1563 – Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
1613 – Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
1620 – Wanli, Emperor of China (b. 1563)
1634 – Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
1642 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (b. 1575)
1645 – Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (b. 1608)
1683 – Charles Hart, English actor (b. 1625)
1707 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (b. 1640)
1712 – Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
1765 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
1809 – Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer (b. 1728)
1815 – Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759)
1842 – Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (b. 1779)
1850 – Honoré de Balzac, French writer (b. 1799)
1919 – Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (b. 1841)
1940 – Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875)
1942 – Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (b. 1888)
1943 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
1949 – Paul Mares, American musician (b. 1900)
1952 – Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Chilean Jesuit saint (b. 1901)
1963 – Clifford Odets, American playwright (b. 1906)
1981 – Anita Loos, American screenwriter (b. 1889)
1983 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (b. 1902)
1990 – Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
1990 – B.F. Skinner, American psychological theorist (b. 1904)
1992 – Christopher McCandless, subject of the book Into the Wild (b. 1968)
1992 – John Sturges, American film director (b. 1911)
1994 – Martin Cahill, The General, infamous Dublin criminal (b. 1949)
1998 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (b. 1950)
1998 – Nelly's, Greek photographer (b. 1899)
2001 – David Peakall, British scientist (b. 1931)
2002 – Dean Riesner, American film and television writer (b. 1918)
2003 – Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)
2004 – Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922)
2004 – Hiram Fong, former U.S. Senator from Hawaii (b. 1906)
2005 – Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (b. 1982)
2005 – Gao Xiumin, Chinese comedy actress (b. 1959)
2006 – Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
2006 – Jamie Astaphan, Caribbean-born physician (b. 1946)
2007 – Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff (b. 1938)
2009 – Kim Dae-jung,15th President of South Korea (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

Australia – Long Tan Day (also called Vietnam Veterans' Day) named after the Battle of Long Tan
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Post by: Colorado700R on August 18, 2009, 07:35:29 AM
1227 – Genghis Khan, Khagan of Mongol Empire

I miss you Dad :'(


:lol:
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Post by: Krandall on August 18, 2009, 07:58:36 AM
1969 – Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock.

Good stuff.
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Post by: Peelz on August 18, 2009, 09:21:11 AM
Australia – Long Tan Day

My legs need this day.

:rofl:
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Post by: Peelz on August 18, 2009, 02:29:02 PM
what do I win?

14,000
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 18, 2009, 02:29:55 PM
kick in the ass?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 18, 2009, 02:33:11 PM
You win a Bukake Face wash in LS
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Post by: Peelz on August 18, 2009, 02:35:57 PM
You win a Bukake Face wash in LS

what'll that do for the pores?  :lol:
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Post by: Krandall on August 18, 2009, 02:46:54 PM
You win a Bukake Face wash in LS

what'll that do for the pores?  :lol:


impregnate them. good luck  :lol:
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Post by: Peelz on August 18, 2009, 02:48:26 PM
:rofl:
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Post by: Colorado700R on August 18, 2009, 02:49:10 PM
everytime you pop a zip, you kill a baby Krandall

:lol:
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Post by: Peelz on August 18, 2009, 03:01:39 PM
spelled zit wrong...but still hilarious. :lol:
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Post by: socalrappy700 on August 19, 2009, 06:33:55 AM
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 134 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

43 BC – Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
1504 – Battle of Knockdoe.
1561 – An 18-year-old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France.
1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
1692 – Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1745 – Jacobite Rising, Prince Charles Edward Stuart lands from a French warship in Glenfinnan, raises his standard and marches on London – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion known as "the 45".
1768 – Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1772 – Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".
1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
1839 – Presentation of Jacque Daguerre's new photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences.
1848 – California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
1862 – Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
1895 – American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
1919 – Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
1927 – Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state.
1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
1934 – The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was doomed to fail, and was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
1945 – Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
1953 – Cold War: the CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
1960 – Cold War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
1960 – Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
1987 – Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.
1989 – Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.
1990 – Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.
1991 – Hurricane Bob hits the Northeast.
1999 – In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
2002 – A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
2003 – A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
2003 – A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.
2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
2005 – A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell.

Births

1342 – Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)
1398 – Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)
1557 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
1590 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)
1596 – Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)
1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
1631 – John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)
1646 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)
1686 – Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
1689 – Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
1711 – Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)
1743 – Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
1846 – Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)
1848 – Gustave Caillebotte, French Painter (d. 1894)
1853 – Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)
1870 – Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965)
1871 – Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
1875 – Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)
1878 – Manuel L. Quezon, 2nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)
1881 – George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955)
1883 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)
1883 – Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
1883 – Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961)
1892 – Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977)
1896 – Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (d. 1974)
1899 – Charlie Hall, English comedian actor (d. 1959)
1900 – Colleen Moore, American film actress.(d. 1988)
1900 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)
1902 – Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
1902 – J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)
1903 – James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (d. 1978)
1906 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
1907 – Thruston B. Morton, American politician (d. 1982)
1912 – Austin Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1963)
1913 – Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)
1913 – John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method (d. 2004)
1914 – Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
1915 – Ring Lardner Jr, American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1915 – Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985)
1919 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990)
1921 – Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)
1925 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971)
1926 – Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist
1928 – Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)
1928 – Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (d. 2006)
1928 – Walter Massey, Canadian actor
1930 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (d. 2009)
1931 – Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003)
1932 – Thomas P. Salmon, 75th Governor of Vermont
1934 – Renée Richards, American physician
1935 – Bobby Richardson, American baseball player
1938 – Diana Muldaur, American actress
1939 – Ginger Baker, English musician (Cream)
1940 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
1940 – Jill St. John, American actress
1942 – Fred Thompson, American politician and actor
1943 – Billy J. Kramer, British singer
1944 – Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality
1944 – Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer
1944 – Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist
1945 – Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple)
1946 – Bill Clinton, American politician, forty-second President of the United States
1946 – Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
1946 – Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
1947 – Dave Dutton, English actor
1947 – Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
1947 – Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
1948 – Gerald McRaney, American actor
1948 – Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States
1950 – Jennie Bond, British journalist
1950 – Graeme Beard, Australian cricketer
1951 – John Deacon, English musician (Queen)
1951 – Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer
1952 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
1953 – Lynwood Slim, American blues musician
1953 – Mary Matalin, American political consultant
1953 – Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
1954 – Oscar Larrauri, Argentine racing driver
1955 – Peter Gallagher, American actor
1955 – Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
1956 – Adam Arkin, American actor
1957 – Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet
1957 – Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper
1957 – Ian Gould, England cricketer
1957 – Paul-Jan Bakker, Netherland cricketer
1958 – Anthony Muñoz, American football player
1958 – Gary Gaetti, American baseball player
1958 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician
1959 – Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
1959 – Susan Cummings, Monegasque-born American heiress and convicted murderer
1960 – Morten Andersen, American football player
1960 – Ron Darling, American baseball player and announcer
1961 – Jonathan Coe, British author
1962 – Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
1962 – Valérie Kaprisky, French actress
1963 – John Stamos, American actor
1963 – Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
1963 – Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)
1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
1965 – Kevin Dillon, American actor
1965 – Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director
1966 – Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer
1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American musician
1968 – Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer
1968 – Mark McGuinn, country music singer
1969 – Nate Dogg, American rapper
1969 – Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
1969 – Emigdio Preciado, Hispanic fugitive on FBI's Most Wanted list
1969 – Paula Jai Parker, American actress
1969 – Matthew Perry, American actor
1969 – Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player
1969 – Patrick Van Horn, American actor
1969 – Clay Walker, American singer
1970 – Fat Joe, American rapper
1970 – Jeff Tam, American baseball Player
1971 – João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player
1971 – Mary Jo Fernandez, Tennis player
1972 – Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer
1972 – Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress
1972 – Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer
1973 – Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
1973 – Callum Blue, British actor
1973 – Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer
1973 – Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer
1975 – Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator
1975 – Tracie Thoms, American actress
1975 – Marco Coti Zelati, Italian bassist (Lacuna Coil)
1977 – Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
1977 – Takahiro Yamada, Japanese bassist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
1978 – Chris Capuano, American baseball player
1979 – Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K, Attack Cat)
1979 – Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
1980 – Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
1980 – Houcine Camara, French singer
1980 – Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor
1980 – Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
1980 – Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
1982 – Erika Christensen, American actress
1982 – J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
1982 – Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter
1983 – Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
1983 – John McCargo, American football player
1983 – Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer
1983 – Mike Conway, British racing driver
1984 – Micah Alberti, American actor
1984 – Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer
1984 – Ryan Taylor, English footballer
1985 – Megan Rochell, American singer
1986 – Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
1987 – Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play)
1987 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
1987 – Richard Stearman, English footballer
1988 – Travis Tedford, American actor
1989 – Romeo, American rapper
1998 – Ella Guevara, Filipino actress

Deaths

14 – Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)
1186 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
1245 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
1284 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)
1297 – Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)
1493 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
1580 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508)
1646 – Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian
1662 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
1680 – Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601)
1692 – John Proctor, Salem farmer and tavern keeper (b.1632)
1753 – Balthasar Neumann, German architect (b. 1687)
1819 – James Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736)
1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749)
1883 – Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810)
1889 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
1895 – John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)
1900 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
1914 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
1923 – Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
1929 – Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (b. 1872)
1936 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898)
1944 – Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)
1945 – Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
1950 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)
1954 – Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
1957 – David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)
1957 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
1959 – Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1880)
1959 – Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1901)
1963 – Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)
1967 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
1967 – Isaac Deutscher, British Marxist historian (b. 1907)
1968 – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)
1970 – Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
1975 – Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
1975 – Jim Londos, wrestler (b. 1897)
1976 – Alastair Sim, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University (b. 1900)
1976 – Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
1977 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
1977 – Peter Dyneley, British actor (b. 1921)
1979 – Joel Teitelbaum, Great Rebbi and Talmudic scholar(b. 1887)
1979 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)
1980 – Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
1981 – Jessie Matthews, English actress (b. 1907)
1982 – August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
1986 – Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)
1994 – Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (b. 1901)
1995 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
2000 – Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
2000 – Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
2001 – Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
2001 – Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
2003 – Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2003 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
2005 – Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
2008 – Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (b. 1948)
2008 – LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b. 1961)

Holidays and observances

Afghanistan – Afghan Independence Day
United States – National Aviation Day
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Post by: Krandall on August 19, 2009, 08:15:41 AM
1991 – Hurricane Bob hits the Northeast.


Hurrican Bill is on the way!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 20, 2009, 07:51:53 AM
August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia.
917 – Battle of Anchialus: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives the Byzantines out.
1000 – The foundation of the Hungarian state, Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
1391 – Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
1672 – Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague.
1775 – The Spanish establish a presidio (fort) in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
1794 – Battle of Fallen Timbers – American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
1804 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: the "Corps of Discovery", exploring the Louisiana Purchase, suffers its only death when sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute appendicitis.
1858 – Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
1882 – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
1888 – Mutineers imprison Emin Pasha at Dufile.
1900 – Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
1914 – World War I: German forces occupy Brussels.
1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
1926 – Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam – a record that still stands.
1940 – In Mexico City exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramon Mercader. He dies the next day.
1944 – World War II: the Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet offensive.
1953 – The Soviet Union publicly acknowledges that it had tested a hydrogen bomb.
1955 – In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
1960 – Senegal breaks from the Mali federation, declaring its independence.
1968 – 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia to end the "Prague Spring" of political liberalization.
1975 – Viking Program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
1979 – The East Coast Main Line rail route between England and Scotland is restored when the Penmanshiel Diversion opens.
1982 – Lebanese Civil War: a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO's withdrawal from Lebanon.
1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
1988 – "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
1988 – Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1988 – Iran–Iraq War: a cease-fire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
1989 – The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision, 51 people are killed.
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
1991 – Estonia secedes from the Soviet Union.
1993 – After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Peace Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
1997 – Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
1998 – U.S. embassy bombings: the United States military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
1999 – Tony Martin confronts two burglars in his farmhouse in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk. Martin shoots both Brendon Fearon and Fred Barras with a pump-action shotgun, with Barras later dying of his injuries.
2002 – A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
2008 – Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. 146 people are killed in the crash, 8 more die afterwards. Only 18 people survive.

Births

1517 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (d. 1586)
1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
1625 – Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1709)
1632 – Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)
1710 – Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (d. 1761)
1719 – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791)
1719 – Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (d. 1783)
1776 – Bernardo O'Higgins, South American revolutionary (d. 1842)
1779 – Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
1833 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
1845 – St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint (d. 1916)
1847 – Andrew Greenwood, England cricketer (d. 1889)
1847 – Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (d. 1912)
1856 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (d. 1909)
1860 – Raymond Poincaré, French statesman (d. 1934)
1865 – Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1911)
1868 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)
1873 – Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1950)
1881 – Edgar Guest, English poet (d. 1959)
1886 – Paul Tillich, German-American theologian (d. 1965)
1890 – H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
1897 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer (d. 1970)
1898 – Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (d. 1973)
1901 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1905 – Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973)
1905 – Jack Teagarden, American musician (d. 1964)
1907 – Alan Reed, original voice of Fred Flintstone. (d. 1977)
1908 – Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1909 – Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1978)
1910 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1961)
1913 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
1916 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (d. 1984)
1918 – Jacqueline Susann, American novelist (d. 1974)
1921 – Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (d. 1985)
1924 – George Zuverink, American baseball player
1923 – Jim Reeves, American singer (d. 1964)
1926 – Nobby Wirkowski, American and Canadian football player and coach
1927 – Geriatric1927, English video blogger
1927 – Yootha Joyce, English actress (d. 1980)
1930 – Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor
1931 – Don King, American boxing promoter
1932 – Anthony Ainley, British actor (d. 2004)
1932 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist (d. 2009)
1932 – Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
1933 – George J. Mitchell, former United States Senator
1934 – Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen
1935 – Ron Paul, US Congressman, 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate
1936 – Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Jim Bowen, English comedian
1937 – El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007)
1937 – Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian film director
1938 – Alain Vivien, French politician
1939 – Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004)
1940 – Rubén Hinojosa, American politician
1940 – Rex Sellers, Australian cricketer
1941 – Dave Brock, British musician and founder of Hawkwind
1941 – Rich Brooks, American football coach
1941 – Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia (d. 2006)
1941 – Robin Oakley, British journalist
1941 – Jo Ramirez, Mexican motor racing team manager and author
1942 – Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2008)
1942 – Fred Norman, American baseball player
1943 – Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
1944 – Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)
1944 – Graig Nettles, American baseball player
1946 – Connie Chung, American journalist
1946 – Ralf Hütter, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1946 – N.R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman
1947 – Alan Lee, English conceptual artist
1948 – John Noble, Australian actor
1948 – Robert Plant, British Musician (Led Zeppelin)
1949 – Nikolas Asimos, Greek composer and singer (d. 1988)
1949 – Norman Featherstone, South African cricketer
1949 – Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter
1949 – Phil Lynott, Irish musician (d. 1986)
1951 – Greg Bear, American author
1952 – John Emburey, English cricketer
1952 – Doug Fieger, American musician (The Knack)
1952 – John Hiatt, American musician
1953 – Gerry Bertier, American wheelchair Olympian (d. 1981)
1954 – Tawn Mastrey, American disc jockey (d. 2007)
1954 – Al Roker, American television personality
1954 – Don Stark, American actor
1955 – Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and writer
1956 – Joan Allen, American actress
1956 – Alvin Greenidge, West Indian cricketer
1957 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
1958 – Patricia Rozema, Canadian film director and screenwriter
1958 – John Stehr, American journalist
1961 – Greg Egan, Australian author
1961 – Joe Pasquale, English comedian
1962 – Sophie Aldred, English actress
1962 – James Marsters, American actor
1962 – Dong-Wook Song, South Korean tennis player
1965 – KRS-One, American rapper
1966 – Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (d. 2004)
1967 – Andy Benes, American baseball player
1967 – Colin Cunningham, American actor
1967 – Terri Poch, American yogini and former professional wrestler
1968 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer
1968 – Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
1969 – Duke Droese, American professional wrestler
1970 – Els Callens, Belgian tennis player
1970 – John D. Carmack, American computer game programmer
1971 – Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese American actor
1971 – Steve Stone, English footballer
1971 – David Walliams, British comedian
1971 – Fred Durst, American singer (Limp Bizkit)
1972 – Chaney Kley, American actor
1973 – Todd Helton, American baseball player
1974 – Amy Adams, American actress
1974 – Big Moe, American rapper (d. 2007)
1974 – Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer
1974 – Andy Strachan, Australian musician (The Living End)
1974 – Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist
1975 – Marcus Mastin, American author
1976 – Chris Drury, American hockey player
1977 – Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
1977 – Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
1977 – Ivar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer
1977 – Mayra Veronica, Cuban model and actress
1977 – James Ormond, England cricketer
1979 – Cory Sullivan, American baseball player
1979 – Haha (entertainer), South Korean entertainer
1980 – Corey Carrier, American actor
1980 – Rochelle Gadd, British actress
1981 – Benjamin Barnes, English actor (Prince Caspian)
1981 – Bernard Mendy, French footballer
1982 – Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer
1982 – Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer
1982 – Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984 – Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor
1984 – Golan Yosef, Dutch actor
1986 – Robert Clark, Canadian actor
1987 – Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast
1988 – Jerryd Bayless, American Basketball Player
1990 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
1991 – Marko Đoković, Serbian tennis player
1992 – Demi Lovato, American actress and singer
2003 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium

Deaths

535 – Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick
984 – Pope John XIV
1384 – Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340)
1572 – Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)
1580 – Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
1611 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. 1548)
1639 – Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (b. 1597)
1643 – Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)
1648 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (b. 1583)
1672 – Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1625)
1672 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1623)
1680 – William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)
1701 – Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
1707 – Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
1773 – Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
1811 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)
1823 – Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
1825 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)
1904 – René Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (b. 1846)
1912 – William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (b. 1829)
1914 – Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
1915 – Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1854)
1917 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1835)
1919 – Greg MacGregor, England cricketer (b. 1869)
1930 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
1959 – William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (b. 1882)
1961 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
1963 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
1965 – Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Civil Rights Martyr (b. 1939)
1971 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951)
1980 – Joe Dassin, American singer (b. 1938)
1982 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
1986 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (b. 1923)
1989 – George Adamson, India-born English game warden and lion expert (b. 1906)
1993 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (b. 1912)
1997 – Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909)
1997 – Léon Dion, French-Canadian political scientist (b. 1922)
1998 – Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (b. 1915)
2001 – Sir Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and science fiction writer (b. 1915)
2001 – Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
2005 – Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
2005 – Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer (b. 1970)
2006 – Claude Blanchard, French-Canadian singer, comedian and actor (b. 1932)
2006 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (b. 1911)
2006 – Cpl Bryan Budd VC, British soldier (Afghanistan) (b. 1977)
2007 – Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920)
2007 – Larry Hartsell, American martial artist, bodyguard, trainer, student of Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto (b. 1942)
2008 – Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1921)
2008 – Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American politician (b. 1949)
2008 – Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (b. 1945)

Holidays and observances

World Union – World Union Day.
Roman Catholic saints – Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Bahá'í Faith – Feast of Asmá (Names) – First day of the ninth month of the Bahá'í calendar.
Hungary – St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary.
Estonia – Day of Restoration of Independence, celebrating the secession from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 20, 2009, 08:10:27 AM
1999 – Tony Martin confronts two burglars in his farmhouse in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk. Martin shoots both Brendon Fearon and Fred Barras with a pump-action shotgun, with Barras later dying of his injuries.


WOOT!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 20, 2009, 09:04:50 AM
1999 – Tony Martin confronts two burglars in his farmhouse in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk. Martin shoots both Brendon Fearon and Fred Barras with a pump-action shotgun, with Barras later dying of his injuries.


WOOT!

REGULATORS!!!!!!   Mount up............chaps!!!

:rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 20, 2009, 10:36:11 AM
:rofl:

Nice!




hows the home front aaron.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 21, 2009, 08:20:36 AM
Doing well thank you.  Nikki has to bear the most of the work with the kids since I'm at work all day.  And she hasn't killed anyone yet.  Then again, I haven't seen Micheal (3) lately ???  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 21, 2009, 08:23:02 AM
 :rofl: :rofl:

losing children 1 by one slowly.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 21, 2009, 10:04:33 AM
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1192 – Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
1760 – The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.
1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1856 – America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
1858 – The Lincoln-Douglas debates begin.
1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
1878 – The American Bar Association is founded.
1879 – The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
1928 – WRNY began regularly scheduled television broadcasts in New York City.
1942 – World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
1942 – World War II: Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
1945 – Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
1963 – Xa Loi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1968 – Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
1968 – James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
1969 – An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire
1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
1976 – Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.
1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1992 – Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
2001 – NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
2001 – The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
2007 – Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph (266 km/h). Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.

Births

1165 – King Philip II of France (d. 1223)
1535 – Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)
1567 – Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. 1622)
1597 – Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
1643 – King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)
1660 – Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (d. 1737)
1665 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)
1725 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d. 1805)
1754 – William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
1754 – Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)
1765 – William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
1789 – Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (d. 1857)
1798 – Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874)
1800 – Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)
1801 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (d. 1876)
1813 – Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
1816 – Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)
1826 – Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)
1858 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (d. 1889)
1869 – William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish/Australian poet (d. 1963)
1872 – Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator (d. 1898)
1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living man 2004-2007 (d. 2007)
1892 – Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989)
1904 – William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (d. 1984)
1906 – Friz Freleng, American movie animator (d. 1995)
1908 – M. M. Kaye, British writer (d. 2004)
1909 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (d. 1992)
1912 – Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
1915 – Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998)
1918 – Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
1920 – Christopher Robin Milne, inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (d. 1996)
1924 – Jack Buck, American sports announcer (d. 2002)
1924 – Chris Schenkel, American sports journalist (d. 2005)
1924 – Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)
1925 – Judy Grable, American professional wrestler (d. 2008)
1925 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)
1925 – Jorge Rafael Videla, ex-dictator of Argentina
1927 – Thomas S. Monson, 16th president of the Church of of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
1928 – Art Farmer, American trumpet player (d. 1999)
1928 – Bud McFadin, American football player (d. 2006)
1929 – X. J. Kennedy, American poet
1929 – Marie Severin, American comic book artist and colorist
1930 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
1930 – Frank Perry, American film director (d. 1995)
1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and screenwriter
1933 – Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano
1934 – Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist
1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (d. 1999)
1936 – Radish Tordia, painter of Figurative Art from Georgia
1937 – Robert Stone, American novelist
1937 – Gustavo Noboa, former President of Ecuador
1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer and actor
1939 – James Burton, American guitarist
1939 – Clarence Williams III, American actor
1939 – Festus Mogae, president of Botswana
1943 – Hugh Wilson, American director, writer and actor
1944 – Jackie DeShannon, American singer
1944 – Peter Weir, Australian film director
1944 – Perry Christie, former prime minister of the Bahamas
1945 – Jerry DaVanon, baseball player
1945 – Patty McCormack, American actress
1945 – Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (d. 2006)
1949 – Loretta Devine, American actress
1950 – Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer
1950 – Arthur Bremer, American criminal, who shot George C Wallace in May 1972.
1951 – Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
1951 – Char Margolis, American medium
1951 – Harry Smith, American television journalist
1951 – Margo Kane, Canadian playwright.
1952 – Keith Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
1952 – Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple)
1952 – Jiří Paroubek, former Czech prime minister
1952 – Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)
1953 – Ivan Stang, American writer
1954 – Archie Griffin, former American football player and only two-time Heisman Trophy winner.
1956 – Kim Cattrall, English-born actress
1956 – John Tester, US Senator from Montana
1959 – Jim McMahon, American football player
1961 – David Morales, American disc jockey
1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American animator and cartoonist
1961 – V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
1962 – Jeff Stryker, American actor
1963 – King Mohammed VI of Morocco
1963 – Richmond Arquette, American actor
1964 – Trinity Loren, American actress and model (d. 1998)
1965 – Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
1965 – Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler
1966 – John Wetteland, Major League Baseball player
1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
1967 – Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down)
1967 – Darren Bewick, AFL footballer
1969 – Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
1970 – Nathan Jones, American professional wrestler
1970 – Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist
1971 – Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)
1971 – Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese Soccer player
1971 – Robert Harvey, Australian Rules Footballer (St Kilda Football Club)
1973 – Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google
1973 – Nikolay Valuev, Russian boxer
1975 – Alicia Witt, American actress
1975 – Simon Katich, Australian cricketer
1976 – Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player
1976 – Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican American soccer player
1976 – Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1978 – Peter Buxton, English rugby union player
1978 – Bhumika Chawla, Indian Actress
1978 – Reuben Droughns, American football player
1978 – Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player
1978 – Alan Lee, Irish footballer
1978 – Jason Marquis, American baseball player
1979 – Kelis Rogers-Jones, American singer
1980 – Burney Lamar, American race car driver
1980 – Paul Menard, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver
1981 – Collie Buddz, (Colin Harper) Reggae & Dancehall artist
1981 – Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
1981 – Jarrod Lyle, Australian Golfer
1983 – Josh Harrington, American professional BMX rider
1983 – Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality
1983 – Brody Jenner, American actor
1983 – Scott McDonald, Australian footballer (Celtic F.C.)
1984 – Neil Dexter, South African cricketer
1984 – Alizée Jacotey, French singer
1984 – Melissa Schuman, American actress
1984 – B.J. Upton, American baseball player
1985 – Melissa M, French singer
1986 – Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
1987 – Kim Kibum, a member of Korean boy band Super junior. actor and singer
1988 – Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5)
1989 – Hayden Panettiere, American actress, model and singer
1989 – Judd Trump, English snooker player
1989 – Clayton Paterson, Canadian musician (Asphalt Lullabies, Ruin of Nations)
1990 – Bo Burnham, American singer-songwriter and Internet Celebrity
1992 – Brad Kavanagh, English songwriter and actor
1996 – Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress

Deaths

1157 – King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)
1153 – Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian (b. 1090)
1271 – Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)
1581 – Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)
1614 – Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)
1627 – Jacques Mauduit, French composer (b. 1557)
1673 – Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier
1689 – William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier
1762 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)
1763 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
1796 – John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (b. 1721)
1814 – Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753)
1836 – Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)
1838 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (b. 1781)
1854 – Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
1870 – Ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China,(b. 1821)
1935 – John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (b. 1849)
1940 – Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (b. 1879)
1940 – Ernest Lawrence Thayer, American poet (b. 1863)
1940 – Hermann Obrecht, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1882)
1943 – Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer, Nobel Prize (b. 1857)
1947 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1881)
1951 – Constant Lambert, British composer and conductor (b. 1905)
1957 – Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
1957 – Nels Stewart, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1960 – David Barnard Steinman, American civil engineer and bridge designer (b. 1886)
1964 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (b. 1893)
1971 – George Jackson, American prisoner, Soledad Brother, Black Panther (b. 1941)
1978 – Charles Eames, American designer and architect (b. 1907)
1979 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (b. 1910)
1981 – Michael Devine, the last man to die in the 1981 Irish hunger strike (b. 1954)
1982 – Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (b. 1899)
1983 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader (b. 1932)
1988 – Ray Eames, American designer, artist and architect (b. 1912)
1989 – Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
1992 – Dai Vernon, Canadian magician (b. 1894)
1995 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
1997 – Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921)
2000 – Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
2000 – Tomata du Plenty, artist and lead singer of The Screamers. (b. 1948)
2001 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
2003 – Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and aid worker (b. 1946)
2003 – Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963)
2005 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
2005 – Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (b. 1934)
2005 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (b. 1936)
2005 – Martin Dillon, tenor, American opera singer (b. 1957)
2006 – Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)
2006 – Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (b. 1916)
2007 – Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish writer (b. 1960)
2007 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General (b. 1918)
2007 – Haley Paige, American pornographic actress (b. 1981)
2008 – Gene Upshaw, NFL Player, NFLPA President (b. 1945)
2008 – Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969)

Holidays and observances

Morocco: King Mohammed VI's Birthday
Philippines: Ninoy Aquino Day

Roman festivals: Consualia, in honor of Consus, is held.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 21, 2009, 10:14:58 AM
1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.


MMMmmmMMmmmmm

Latvians. :nana:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 21, 2009, 10:20:41 AM
Ukrainian FTW, that euro-asian look is awesome (see the chick in the movie Hitman for example)  :nod:

Olga Kurylenko

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on August 21, 2009, 11:19:53 AM

2005 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)


What a name.  "Hey, Schmuck!"
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on August 21, 2009, 11:35:11 AM
Anybody seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crypt-Above-Marilyn-Monroe-For-Sale_W0QQitemZ320412140795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9a0d44fb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 21, 2009, 12:18:47 PM
Wow.. I read about it, but I didn't know it was on ebay!!!! That's insane!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 21, 2009, 01:12:15 PM
Anybody seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crypt-Above-Marilyn-Monroe-For-Sale_W0QQitemZ320412140795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9a0d44fb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14



If the corpse is involved, I bet Socal is the highest bidder :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 22, 2009, 07:46:40 AM
August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
476 – Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troop.
565 – St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
851 – Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
1559 – Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642 – Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. The English Civil War begins.
1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
1717 – Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
1770 – James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia.
1775 – King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
1780 – James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
1791 – Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
1798 – French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion.
1827 – José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising.
1848 – The United States annexes New Mexico.
1849 – The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice.
1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
1864 – Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
1901 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
1911 – Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered.
1914 – World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
1922 – Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Beal na mBlath, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War.
1926 – Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1932 – The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.)
1941 – World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
1942 – World War II: Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
1944 – World War II: Romania is captured by the Soviet Union.
1949 – Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
1950 – Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
1952 – The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
1962 – An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
1962 – The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
1963 – Joe Walker in an X-15 test plane reaches an altitude of 106 km (66 mi).
1966 – Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1971 – J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
1972 – Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
1978 – The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
1989 – The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
1992 – FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
2003 – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
2004 – A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
2007 – The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.
2007 – The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day

Births

1601 – Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
1624 – Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and inventor (d. c. 1712)
1679 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1760 – Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
1764 – Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
1771 – Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831)
1773 – Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858)
1779 – James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
1800 – William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)
1800 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
1811 – William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)
1822 – Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847)
1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. 1906)
1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer (d. 1906)
1836 – Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
1845 – William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
1848 – Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
1854 – Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1857 – Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor (d. 1940)
1860 – Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 1917)
1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
1867 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
1874 – Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
1880 – Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
1887 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German minister of finance (d. 1977)
1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian/American sculptor (d. 1973)
1893 – Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967)
1893 – Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
1895 – Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (d. 1966)
1900 – Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
1902 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1909 – Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
1909 – Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)
1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
1915 – David Dellinger, American social rights and peace movement leader (d. 2004)
1915 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
1915 – James Hillier, Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d. 2007)
1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish Prime Minister (d. 2005)
1917 – John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)
1918 – Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
1920 – Ray Bradbury, American writer
1920 – Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
1921 – Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1922 – Micheline Presle, French actress
1925 – Honor Blackman, English actress
1925 – James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
1928 – Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
1930 – Gilmar, Brazilian football player
1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
1934 – Sir Donald McIntyre, English bass-baritone
1935 – E. Annie Proulx, American author
1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer and songwriter
1936 – Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer
1938 – Paul Maguire, American football commentator
1939 – George Reinholt, American actor
1939 – Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
1940 – Valerie Harper, American actress
1940 – Bill McCartney, American football coach
1941 – Bill Parcells, American football coach
1941 – Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist
1942 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 1993)
1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist
1945 – Ron Dante, American songwriter and record producer (The Archies)
1945 – Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
1947 – Cindy Williams, American actress
1947 – Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)
1948 – Eleonora Brown, Italian actress
1949 – Diana Nyad, American swimmer
1949 – Doug Bair, baseball player
1949 – Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer
1950 – Ray Burris, baseball player
1950 – I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, White House Chief of Staff
1951 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
1952 – Peter Laughner, American musician (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. 1977)
1953 – Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
1955 – Will Shetterly, writer
1955 – Chiranjeevi, Telugu film actor
1956 – Paul Molitor, baseball player
1957 – Steve Davis, English snooker player
1958 – Colm Feore, American actor
1958 – Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler
1958 – Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
1959 – Juan Croucier, American musician
1959 – Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
1961 – Roland Orzabal, British musician (Tears for Fears)
1961 – Debbi Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
1963 – Tori Amos, American singer/songwriter
1963 – Terry Catledge, American basketball player
1964 – Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
1965 – Tom Gibis, American voice actor
1965 – Courtney Gains, American actor
1966 – Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
1966 – GZA, American rapper
1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
1967 – Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
1967 – Ant, American comedian
1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor
1967 – Alfred Gough, American screenwriter
1967 – Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986)
1968 – Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys)
1968 – Casper Christensen, Danish comedian
1968 – Rich Lowry, American magazine editor
1968 – Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer
1968 – Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (d. 2008)
1970 – Charlie Connelly, English writer
1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian/American chef and television host
1971 – Richard Armitage, English actor
1971 – Rick Yune, American actor
1972 – Steve Kline, American baseball player
1972 – Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
1972 – Paul Doucette, American drummer (Matchbox 20)
1972 – Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver
1973 – Kristen Wiig, American comedian
1973 – Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1974 – Brimstone, American professional wrestler
1974 – Agustín Pichot, Argentine rugby player
1974 – Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarist
1975 – Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
1975 – Sheree Murphy, British actress
1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
1977 – Jenna Leigh Green, American actress
1978 – Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, American actor
1979 – Matt Walters, American football player
1980 – Christi Shake, American model and actress
1980 – Roland Benschneider, German footballer
1980 – Nicolas Macrozonaris, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete
1981 – Alex Holmes, American football player
1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
1983 – Laura Breckenridge, American actress
1984 – Lee Camp, English footballer
1986 – Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian soccer player

Deaths

408 – Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
1155 – Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)
1188 – Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)
1241 – Pope Gregory IX, (b. c.1143)
1280 – Pope Nicholas III (b. c.1216)
1304 – John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)
1350 – Philip VI, King of France (b. 1293)
1358 – Isabella, Queen of England (b. c. 1295)
1485 – Richard III, King of England (b. 1452)
1553 – John Dudley, English admiral and politician (b. 1501)
1572 – Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
1584 – Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1599 – Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c.1553)
1607 – Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)
1609 – Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525)
1652 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)
1680 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
1701 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628)
1711 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
1752 – William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667)
1773 – George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)
1793 – Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (b. 1713)
1793 – Cäcilia Weber, German mother-in-law of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1727)
1797 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)
1806 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)
1818 – Warren Hastings, British Governor-General of India (b. 1732)
1828 – Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroscientist (b. 1758)
1850 – Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (b. 1802)
1861 – Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
1891 – Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
1903 – Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
1914 – Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi Italian religious figure
1918 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. 1868)
1922 – Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (b. 1890)
1926 – Charles William Eliot, American University president (b. 1834)
1940 – Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851)
1942 – Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (b. 1880)
1950 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist (b. 1888)
1951 – J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1884)
1953 – Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1960 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
1965 – Ellen Church, American airline stewardess (b. 1904)
1967 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (b. 1903)
1970 – Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
1973 – Louise Huff, American actress (b. 1895)
1974 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. 1908)
1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (b. 1902)
1976 – Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (b. 1913)
1977 – Sebastian Cabot, English-born actor (b. 1918)
1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, first President of Kenya (b. c.1892)
1979 – James T. Farrell, American novelist (b. 1904)
1980 – James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1899)
1980 – Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (b. 1891)
1989 – Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
1989 – Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (b. 1924)
1994 – Gilles Groulx, French-Canadian film director (b. 1931)
2003 – Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skating trainer (b. 1914)
2003 – Generosa Ammon, American widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
2003 – Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906)
2004 – Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
2004 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian television and movie director (b. 1920)
2004 – Al Dvorin, American Elvis Presley concert announcer (b. 1922)
2005 – Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)
2006 – Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack) (b. 1951)
2008 – Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 22, 2009, 07:47:22 AM
Anybody seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crypt-Above-Marilyn-Monroe-For-Sale_W0QQitemZ320412140795QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9a0d44fb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14



If the corpse is involved, I bet Socal is the highest bidder :lol:

just need to drill a hole in the bottom of the crypt.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 22, 2009, 07:55:23 AM
pour in some draino so you get your moneys worthy, E :thumbs:

:lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 22, 2009, 08:06:39 AM
1901 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Jan 2nd 1901, the first body is thrown in a Cadillac trunk in Chicago  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 23, 2009, 12:29:21 PM
August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman GERD of fire.
1305 – William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.
1328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
1514 – Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder.
1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
1555 – Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.
1595 – Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.
1708 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
1775 – King George III declares that the American colonies exist in a state of open and avowed rebellion.
1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it wasn’t accepted into the United States, and only lasted for four years.
1793 – French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
1799 – Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.
1813 – At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
1839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares to war with Qing China. The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War.
1864 – The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico.
1866 – Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
1873 – Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opened.
1896 – First Cry of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila.
1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.
1914 – World War I: the Battle of Mons; the British Army begins withdrawal.
1923 – Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
1927 – Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
1929 – Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1939 – World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
1942 – World War II: The last cavalry charge in history takes place at Izbushensky.
1943 – World War II: Kharkov liberated.
1944 – World War II: Marseille liberated.
1944 – World War II King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of General Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster – A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England killing 61 people.
1946 – Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Land (state) of Schleswig-Holstein.
1948 – World Council of Churches is formed.
1954 – First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1975 – Successful Communist coup in Laos.
1977 – The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight.
1979 – Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
1982 – Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
1989 – Hungary: the last communist government open the Iron curtain and causes the exodus of thousands of Eastern Germans to West Germany via Hungary (September 11).
1989 – Singing Revolution: two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius-Tallinn road, holding hands (Baltic Way).
1989 – 1,645 Australian domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
1990 – Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
1990 – Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1990 – West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on October 3.
1996 – Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'
2000 – A Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas
2006 – Natascha Kampusch, who is abducted at the age of 10, managed to escape from her captor Wolfgang Priklopil, after 8 years of captivity.

Births

1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566)
1524 – François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (d. 1590)
1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish Socinian theologist (d. 1675)
1724 – Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
1741 – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)
1754 – King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
1769 – Georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)
1783 – William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (d. 1819)
1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)
1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American religious leader (d. 1877)
1829 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1920)
1836 – Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)
1843 – William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
1846 – Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)
1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
1849 – William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903)
1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883)
1852 – Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)
1854 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer (d. 1925)
1864 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)
1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American author (d. 1950)
1875 – William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)
1875 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)
1880 – Alexander Grin, Russian writer (d. 1932)
1883 – Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, American general (d. 1953)
1884 – Will Cuppy, American humorist (d. 1949)
1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
1900 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian-born composer (d. 1991)
1900 – Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 1978)
1901 – John Sherman Cooper, American politician (d. 1991)
1901 – Guy Bush, Major League Baseball pitcher (d. 1985)
1903 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (d. 1982)
1905 – Constant Lambert, British composer (d. 1951)
1908 – Hannah Frank, Scottish artist (d. 2008)
1909 – Syd Buller, English cricketer (d. 1970)
1910 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (d. 1979)
1910 – Lonny Frey, American baseball player
1911 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski-jumper (d. 1998)
1912 – Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (d. 1996)
1917 – Tex Williams, American singer (d. 1985)
1919 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (d. 1984)
1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner
1921 – Sam Cook, England cricketer (d. 1996)
1922 – Jean Darling, American child actress
1922 – Pierre Gauvreau, French Canadian painter, television writer and producer
1922 – George Kell, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1923 – Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (d. 2003)
1924 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer (d. 2005)
1924 – Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel laureate
1925 – Robert Mulligan, American film director (d. 2008)
1926 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist, (d. 2006)
1927 – Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator
1927 – Martial Solal, French jazz pianist and composer
1928 – Marian Seldes, American actress
1929 – Vera Miles, American actress
1930 – Michel Rocard, French politician
1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1932 – Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria (d. 1978)
1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian and political commentator
1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Pete Wilson, American politician
1934 – Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, American football player
1936 – Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer (d. 2001)
1943 – Nelson DeMille, American novelist
1944 – Antonia Novello, former United States Surgeon General
1945 – Rayfield Wright, American football player
1946 – Keith Moon, English musician (The Who) (d. 1978)
1947 – Willy Russell, British playwright
1947 – David Robb, British actor
1948 – Andrei Pleşu, Romanian writer, essayist
1948 – Daniel Ruettiger, American motivational speaker
1949 – Katiana Balanika, Greek actress and singer
1949 – Geoff Capes, English strongman
1949 – Shelley Long, American actress
1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian singer and actor
1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (d. 2004)
1951 – Allan Bristow, American basketball head coach
1951 – Queen Noor of Jordan
1951 – Jimi Jamison, American singer (Survivor)
1952 – Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
1953 – Bobby G, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
1954 – Charles Busch, American director, writer, actor and drag queen
1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d. 1991)
1956 – Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian politician
1956 – Skipp Sudduth, American actor
1957 – Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
1958 – Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player
1959 – George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player
1960 – Rodney Alan Greenblat, American graphic artist
1960 – Chris Potter, Canadian actor
1961 – Dean DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
1961 – Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
1962 – Martin Cauchon, Canadian politician
1963 – Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
1963 – Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
1963 – Park Chan-wook, Korean director and screenwriter
1963 – Richard Illingworth, England cricketer
1964 – Johan Bruyneel, Belgian cyclist
1964 – Kong Hee, Singaporean pastor
1964 – Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese professional wrestler
1964 – Wendy Pepper, American designer
1965 – Roger Avary, Canadian screenwriter, director, and producer
1966 – Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
1967 – Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
1968 – Chris DiMarco, American golfer
1969 – Keith Tyson, English artist
1969 – Jeremy Schaap, American sportswriter
1969 – Geneviève Brouillette, Quebec television and film actress
1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
1970 – River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
1970 – Lawrence Frank, American basketball coach
1970 – Brad Mehldau, American pianist
1971 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
1971 – BoneCrusher, American rapper
1972 – Martin Grainger, English footballer
1972 – Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican baseball player
1972 – Mark Butcher, England cricketer
1973 – Casey Blake, American baseball player
1973 – Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
1973 – Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model
1974 – Ray Park, Scottish actor
1974 – Seth Binzer, aka Shifty Shellshock, American musician (Crazy Town)
1974 – Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
1974 – Christian Beranek, American graphic novelist and actor
1975 – Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler
1975 – Sean Marks, New Zealander-born basketball player
1975 – Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player
1976 – Scott Caan, American actor
1976 – Pat Garrity, American basketball player
1977 – Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer
1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
1978 – Julian Casablancas, American singer (The Strokes)
1979 – Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
1979 – Ritchie Neville, British musician
1980 – Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Rex Grossman, American football player
1981 – Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
1981 – Carmen Luvana, American pornographic actress.
1981 – Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
1982 – Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
1982 – YTCracker, American musician
1982 – Scott Palguta, American soccer player
1983 – Sun Ming Ming, Chinese basketball player
1984 – Glen Johnson, English footballer
1986 – Neil Cicierega, American cartoonist and musician
1987 – Nikki Gil, Filipina actress and host

Deaths

93 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)
634 – Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph (b. 578)
1106 – Magnus, Duke of Saxony (b. 1045)
1176 – Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)
1305 – William Wallace, Scottish patriot (b. 1272)
1387 – King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)
1507 – Jean Molinet, French writer (b. 1435)
1519 – Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot (b. 1465)
1540 – Guillaume Budé, French scholar (b. 1467)
1591 – Luis Ponce de León, Spanish poet and mystic (b. 1527)
1618 – Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (b. 1585)
1628 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (b. 1592)
1652 – John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)
1706 – Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
1723 – Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (b. 1639)
1806 – Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (b. 1736)
1813 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766)
1819 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (b. 1785)
1853 – Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806)
1867 – Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)
1892 – Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
1926 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
1927 – Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist (b. 1891)
1927 – Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (b. 1888)
1937 – Albert Roussel, French composer (b. 1869)
1955 – Reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896)
1960 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (b. 1895)
1962 – Walter Anderson, German folklorist (b. 1885)
1962 – Hoot Gibson, American actor (b. 1892)
1963 – Glen Gray, American jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (b. 1900)
1966 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor (b. 1883)
1967 – Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (b. 1918)
1971 – The original Shamu, Sea World orca
1974 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist (b. 1888)
1977 – Naum Gabo, Russian artist (b. 1890)
1982 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1987 – Didier Pironi, French racing car driver (b. 1952)
1989 – Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (b. 1944)
1989 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (b. 1927)
1990 – David Rose, American composer and orchestra leader (b. 1910)
1995 – Dwayne Goettel, Canadian musician (Skinny Puppy)(b. 1964)
1997 – John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917)
1999 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926)
1999 – James White, Northern Irish writer (b. 1928)
2000 – John Anthony Kaiser, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1932)
2001 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)
2001 – Peter Maas, American novelist (b. 1929)
2002 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2003 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
2003 – Jack Dyer, Australian rules footballer (b. 1913)
2003 – John Geoghan, American Catholic priest (b. 1935)
2005 – Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927)
2005 – Ninjalicious, Canadian author and urban explorer (b. 1973)
2006 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1928)
2007 – Robert Symonds, American actor (b. 1926)
2008 – John Russell, British-born American art critic and author (b. 1919)

Holidays and observances

Roman festivals – Vulcanalia.
RC Saints – Saint Rose of Lima, Philip Benitius
European Union – Remembrance Day for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes
Swaziland – Umhlanga Day.
Ukraine – Flag Day.
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 24, 2009, 07:31:15 AM
August 24 is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

49 BC – Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
410 – The Visigoths under Alaric begin to pillage Rome for three days.
1200 – John of England, famous for issuing the first Magna Carta, married Isabella of Angouleme at the Bordeaux Cathedral.
1215 – Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
1349 – Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
1391 – Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
1572 – Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
1608 – The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
1662 – Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1682 – William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1690 – Calcutta, India is founded.
1814 – British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
1815 – The modern Constitution of the Netherlands was signed.
1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
1820 – Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.
1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
1831 – Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.
1858 – In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
1870 – The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim English Channel
1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
1898 – Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presented a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
1902 – A statue of Joan of Arc is unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1912 – Alaska becomes a United States territory.
1914 – World War I: German troops capture Namur.
1929 – Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
1929 – Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1931 – France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
1931 – Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
1932 – Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
1936 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
1937 – In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
1939 – The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (also known as Nazi-Soviet Pact) is signed between German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier Enterprise heavily damaged.
1944 – World War II: Allied troops start the attack on Paris.
1949 – The treaty creating NATO goes into effect.
1950 – Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the UN.
1954 – The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed.
1954 – Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
1960 – A temperature of −88°C (−127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica — a world-record low.
1963 – The 200-metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time by Don Schollander (1:58).
1967 – Led by Abbie Hoffman, a group of hippies temporarily disrupt trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing a cease in trading as the brokers scramble to grab them up.
1968 – France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
1989 – Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
1989 – Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
1990 – A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1991 – Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1992 – Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
1992 – Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida as a Category 5 Hurricane.
1994 – Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
1995 – Microsoft releases Windows 95, and revolutionizes the PC world, with the introduction of the Start Menu
1998 – The Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two Libyan suspects of the 1988 Pan Am bombing.
1998 – First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
2000 – Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki by Finnish scientists.
2001 – Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
2004 – 89 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is considered a Dwarf Planet.
2008 – Three men are arrested in Denver for in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate United States presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Births

1113 – Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
1198 – King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
1358 – King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
1393 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
1552 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
1580 – John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
1591 – Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
1635 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
1669 – Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)
1707 – Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)
1750 – Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
1758 – Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
1759 – William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (d. 1833)
1772 – King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
1787 – James Weddell, English explorer of Antarctica (d. 1834)
1817 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
1837 – Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924)
1845 – James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
1851 – Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
1852 – Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919)
1863 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
1865 – King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
1872 – Max Beerbohm, British caricaturist (d. 1956)
1880 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American entrepreneur (d. 1965)
1884 – Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)
1887 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1890 – Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)
1890 – Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979)
1895 – Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
1897 – Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)
1898 – Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic (d. 1989)
1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)
1899 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1983)
1899 – Gaylord DuBois, American comic book writer (d. 1993)
1901 – Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)
1902 – Fernand Braudel, French historian (d. 1985)
1902 – Carlo Gambino, Sicilian-born American mafioso (d. 1976)
1903 – Karl Hanke, Nazi official (d. 1945)
1904 – Alice White, American actress (d. 1983)
1905 – Arthur Crudup, American singer and guitarist (d. 1976)
1905 – Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
1909 – Ronald Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
1911 – Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (d. 1995)
1912 – Durward Kirby, American television personality (d. 2000)
1913 – Charles Snead Houston, American mountaineer
1915 – James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (d. 1987)
1916 – Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
1916 – Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994)
1917 – Dennis James, American game show host (d. 1997)
1918 – Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004)
1919 – Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
1920 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter
1921 – Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver (d. 2008)
1922 – René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian and activist
1923 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
1924 – Alyn Ainsworth, British bandleader
1927 – David Ireland, Australian author
1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004)
1929 – Betty Dodson, American feminist and sex educator
1932 – Robert D. Hales, LDS apostle
1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor
1936 – A. S. Byatt, English novelist
1936 – Kenny Guinn, American Governor, Nevada
1937 – Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian politician (d. 1998)
1938 – Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
1938 – David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)
1938 – Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
1940 – Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
1942 – Max Cleland, American politician
1942 – Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist
1943 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)
1943 – Pini Zahavi, Israeli football agent
1944 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1944 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler
1945 – Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
1945 – Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter
1947 – Anne Archer, American actress
1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author
1947 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
1947 – Joe Manchin, American politician, governor of West Virginia
1947 – Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
1948 – Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
1948 – Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor
1949 – Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005)
1950 – John Banaszak, Pittsburgh Steelers three-time Super Bowl champion
1950 – Tim White, American anthropologist
1951 – Orson Scott Card, American writer
1951 – Oscar Hijuelos, American author
1952 – Bob Corker, American politician, junior senator of Tennessee
1952 – Holly Hallstrom American model for The Price is Right
1952 – Mike Shanahan, American football coach
1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican dub poet
1953 – Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
1954 – Philippe Cataldo, French singer
1954 – Alain Daigle, French Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Mike Huckabee, American politician, Governor/Presidential candidate
1956 – John Culberson, American politician
1956 – Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter
1957 – Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar)
1957 – Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor
1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor
1958 – Tracy Harris, American artist
1958 – Chris Offutt, American author
1959 – Adrian Kuiper, former South African cricketer
1960 – Kim Christofte, Danish footballer
1960 – Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
1961 – Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian judoka
1961 – Jared Harris, English actor
1962 – Craig Kilborn, American talk show host
1962 – David Koechner, American actor
1963 – John Bush, American singer (Anthrax)
1963 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director
1964 – Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
1964 – Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut
1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
1965 – Reggie Miller, American basketball player
1965 – Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan cricketer
1967 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
1968 – Benoît Brunet, French Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 – Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
1968 – Tim Salmon, American baseball player
1970 – Dan Henderson, American Mixed martial artist
1970 – Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer
1971 – Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
1972 – Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
1973 – Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Dave Chappelle, American actor and Comedian
1973 – Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
1973 – Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
1974 – Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman
1974 – Jennifer Lien, American actress
1975 – Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
1975 – Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor
1976 – Nordin Wooter, Dutch footballer
1977 – Denílson, Brazilian footballer
1977 – Robert Enke, German footballer
1977 – Per Gade, Danish footballer
1977 – John Green, American author/Nerdfighter
1977 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
1978 – Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
1978 – Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer
1979 – Michael Redd, American basketball player
1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch International Footballer
1980 – Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress
1981 – Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer, actor, model.
1981 – Chad Michael Murray, American actor
1982 – Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
1983 – Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
1983 – Christopher Parker, British actor
1984 – Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
1984 – Yesung, a singer, a member of Korean boy group Super Junior
1984 – Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player
1986 – Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1986 – Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer
1987 – Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
1987 – Jon Scheyer, American basketball player
1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor
1988 – Helga Krapf, Filipina actress
2003 – Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Deaths

79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)
1042 – Michael V, Byzantine Emperor) (b. 1015)
1103 – King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
1217 – Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (b. c.1170)
1540 – Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
1542 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
1572 – Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:

    Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
    Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
    Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier (b. c.1535)

1595 – Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b. 1546)
1647 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
1664 – Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (b. c.1610)
1679 – Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
1680 – Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618)
1683 – John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
1759 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (b. 1715)
1779 – Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)
1798 – Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
1818 – James Carr (Massachusetts politician), U.S. Congressman (b. 1777)
1831 – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
1841 – Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b. 1788)
1841 – John Ordronaux, privateer of the War of 1812 (b. 1778)
1888 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (b. 1822)
1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)
1940 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German television pioneer (b. 1860)
1943 – Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist (b. 1909)
1946 – James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
1954 – Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (b. 1882)
1956 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
1958 – Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (b. 1876)
1967 – Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
1967 – Lam Bun, Hong Kong radio commentator (murdered) (b. 1930)
1974 – Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
1977 – Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
1978 – Louis Prima, American band leader (b. 1910)
1979 – Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (b. 1912)
1979 – Sampson Sievers, Russian Orthodox Christian monk and wonder-worker (b. 1898)
1980 – Yootha Joyce, British actress (b. 1927)
1982 – Félix-Antoine Savard, French Canadian catholic priest and novelist (b. 1896)
1985 – Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
1987 – Malcolm Kirk, English wrestler (b. 1936)
1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
1990 – Gailli AbedElrhman, Sudanese writer (b. 1931)
1991 – Bernard Castro, Italian inventor (b. 1904)
1995 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photographer (b. 1898)
1998 – E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
1999 – Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (b. 1929)
2001 – Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
2002 – Nikolay Guryanov Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest (b. 1909)
2003 – Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b. 1910)
2004 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926)
2005 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian Vallenato singer (b. 1984)
2006 – Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (b. 1916)
2006 – Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b. 1979)
2007 – Andrée P. Boucher, Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
2007 – Aaron Russo, American film producer and director (b. 1943)



Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 24, 2009, 09:21:04 AM
2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is considered a Dwarf Planet.

See, Unions always FERK shit up :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 24, 2009, 09:49:56 AM
2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is considered a Dwarf Planet.

See, Unions always FERK shit up :rofl:

 :lol:

1858 – In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.

"trying to be all smart and $hit..." :lol:  So proud of our heritage sometimes :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 24, 2009, 10:22:01 AM
1995 – Microsoft releases Windows 95, and revolutionizes the PC world, with the introduction of the Start Menu


WOOT FOR WINDOWS 95!!!!!


I remember when we got our copy!  :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 24, 2009, 10:28:17 AM
1995 – Microsoft releases Windows 95, and revolutionizes the PC world, with the introduction of the Start Menu


WOOT FOR WINDOWS 95!!!!!


I remember when we got our copy!  :clap:

And the random crashes begin.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 24, 2009, 10:39:04 AM
random crashes were happening in 3.1...... :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 24, 2009, 10:49:15 AM
DAMN!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 24, 2009, 12:37:20 PM
1995 – Microsoft releases Windows 95, and revolutionizes the PC world, with the introduction of the Start Menu


WOOT FOR WINDOWS 95!!!!!


I remember when we got our copy!  :clap:

And the random crashes begin.  :lol:

Random Crash???  Sounds like a rider support group/Heavy metal band featuring Me, Gunz, and Sand 84
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 24, 2009, 01:01:21 PM
 :lol:


No.. That band name would be. "The Failboat Larms"
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 25, 2009, 09:53:49 AM
Noose Erich.. Were it beez?


(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/funny-pictures-village.jpg)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 26, 2009, 07:04:09 AM
Sorry, didn't notice I forgot yesterday.

August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1071 – Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert.
1278 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
1303 – Ala ud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
1346 – Hundred Years' War: the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
1466 – A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered.
1498 – Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1768 – The HM Bark Endeavour expedition under Captain James Cook sets sail from England.
1778 – The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1789 – Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen approved by National Assembly at Palace of Versailles.
1858 – First news dispatch by telegraph.
1862 – American Civil War: the Second Battle of Bull Run begins.
1883 – The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
1914 – World War I: the British Expeditionary Force briefly checks the German advance at Le Cateau.
1914 – World War I: the German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.
1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1939 – The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York.
1940 – Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
1942 – Holocaust in Chortkiv, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick and children murdered on the spot.
1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1957 – The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM – a "super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket ... a few days ago," according to the Soviet news agency, ITAR-TASS.
1968 – The Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, Illinois.
1970 – The the new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women's Strike for Equality.
1971 – The United States Congress declares August 26th as an annual Women's Equality Day.
1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
1978 – Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
1978 – Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut on board of the Soyuz 31 spacecraft.
1980 – John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada.
1987 – President Ronald Reagan proclaims September 11, 1987 as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
1988 – Mehran Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
1996 – Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
1997 – Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed.
1999 – Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds.
2003 – The Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final reports on Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
2008 – Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Births

1469 – Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
1540 – King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)
1676 – Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
1694 – Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (d. 1755)
1728 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (d. 1777)
1736 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)
1740 – Joseph Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1810)
1743 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
1775 – William Joseph Behr, German writer (d. 1851)
1789 – Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
1792 – Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)
1819 – Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)
1826 – Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
1845 – Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1850 – Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1854 – Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932)
1862 – Herbert Booth, American son of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1926)
1864 – Anna Ulyanova, older sister of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1935)
1865 – Arthur James Arnot, Scottish inventor (d. 1946)
1873 – Lee DeForest, American inventor (d. 1961)
1874 – Zona Gale, American novelist (d. 1938)
1875 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)
1880 – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (d. 1918)
1882 – James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1964)
1885 – Jules Romains, French author (d. 1972)
1890 – Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (d. 1970)
1894 – Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989)
1896 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)
1897 – Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (d. 1990)
1898 – Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979)
1899 – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (d. 1991)
1900 – Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980)
1901 – Hans Kammler, German engineer and SS officer (disappeared in 1945)
1901 – Maxwell Taylor, American general (d. 1987)
1901 – Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)
1904 – Christopher Isherwood, English-born writer (d. 1986)
1906 – Albert Sabin, American polio researcher (d. 1993)
1908 – W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)
1908 – Aubrey Schenck, film producer (d. 1999)
1908 – Bill Hunt, Australian cricketer (d. 1983)
1909 – Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
1909 – Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978)
1909 – Eric Davies, South African cricketer (d. 1976)
1910 – Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize winning Christian missionary (d. 1997)
1914 – Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
1920 – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
1921 – Benjamin Bradlee, American journalist
1922 – Irving R. Levine, American journalist
1923 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist
1924 – Alex Kellner, baseball player (d. 1996)
1925 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (d. 2005)
1925 – Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and writer (d. 1999)
1925 – Sangharakshita, Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order
1927 – B. V. Doshi, Indian architect
1928 – Peter Appleyard, Canadian jazz vibraphonist
1928 – Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist
1930 – Joe Solomon, West Indian cricketer
1932 – Luis Salvadores, Chilean basketball player.
1934 – Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and commentator
1935 – Geraldine Ferraro, U.S. Vice Presidential candidate
1936 – Yvette Vickers, American actress
1938 – Jet Black, English Drummer, one of the founder members of The Stranglers
1940 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008)
1941 – Barbet Schroeder, Swiss film director
1941 – Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
1941 – Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (The Searchers) (d. 2005)
1942 – Vic Dana, American singer
1942 – Dennis Turner, British politician
1944 – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester,British prince
1944 – Stephen Greif, English actor
1944 – Maureen Tucker, American musician (The Velvet Underground)
1945 – Jo Freeman, American feminist scholar
1945 – Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security
1946 – Valerie Simpson, American singer
1946 – Mark Snow, American composer
1946 – Zhou Ji, Education Minister of the People's Republic of China
1946 – Chantal Renaud, Quebec singer and actress
1947 – Emiliano Díez, Cuban actor
1950 – Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (d. 2006)
1952 – Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
1952 – Will Shortz, American crossword editor
1953 – Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
1954 – Efren Reyes, Filipino pool player
1956 – Mark Mangino, American football coach
1957 – Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer
1957 – Rick Hansen, Canadian paraplegic athlete
1958 – Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
1959 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach
1960 – Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist and bandleader
1960 – Nancy Martinez, Canadian-born singer
1960 – Wanda De Jesus, American actress
1961 – Daniel Lévi, French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
1961 – Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
1962 – Bob Mionske, American cyclist and attorney
1963 – David Byas, England cricketer
1965 – Chris Burke, American actor
1965 – Bobby Duncum, Jr., wrestler (d. 2000)
1965 – Jon Hensley, American actor
1966 – Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
1966 – Shirley Manson, Scottish singer
1966 – Avner Ben-Gal, Israeli artist and painter
1968 – Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
1970 – Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian athlete
1970 – Brett Schultz, South African cricketer
1971 – Thalía, Mexican singer
1974 – Eric D. Snider, American humor columnist / movie reviewer
1975 – Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player
1976 – Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
1976 – Zemfira, Russian singer
1977 – Saeko Chiba, Japanese seiyū
1977 – Morris Peterson, American basketball player
1977 – Liam Botham, Hampshire cricketer and rugby league player
1978 – Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer
1979 – Jamal Lewis, American football player
1979 – Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 – Rubén Pazos, Spanish footballer
1979 – Yağmur Sarıgül, Turkish Musician (maNga)
1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor
1980 – Brendan Harris, American baseball player
1980 – Chris Pine, American actor
1981 – Jesse Martin, Australian yachtsman
1981 – Petey Williams, Canadian professional wrestler
1981 – Demetria McKinney, American actress
1981 – Tino Best, West Indian cricketer
1982 – David Long, New Zealand musician
1982 – Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
1983 – Félix Porteiro, Spanish racing driver
1986 – Cassie, American singer
1988 – Danielle Savre, American actress
1988 – Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1988 – Elvis Andrus Major League Baseball player
1992 – Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
1993 – Keke Palmer, American actress

Deaths

1278 – King Otakar II of Bohemia
1346 – Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
o Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297)
o Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304)
o John I, Count of Luxemburg (b. 1296)
o Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
1349 – Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury
1551 – Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1572 – Petrus Ramus, French philosopher (b. 1515)
1595 – Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
1666 – Frans Hals, Dutch painter (b. c. 1580)
1714 – Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
1723 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (b. 1632)
1785 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (b. 1716)
1850 – Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1773)
1865 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (b. 1791)
1908 – Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (b. 1837)
1910 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
1915 – John Bunny American comedian (b. 1863)
1930 – Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (b. 1883)
1944 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (b. 1909)
1945 – Franz Werfel, Austrian writer (b. 1890)
1946 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
1956 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (b. 1881)
1958 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (b. 1872)
1968 – Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1899)
1974 – Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902)
1976 – Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (b. 1888)
1978 – Charles Boyer, French actor (b. 1899)
1978 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
1979 – Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)
1980 – Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
1980 – Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
1981 – Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
1981 – Lee Elhardt Hays, American folksinger (b. 1914)
1986 – Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
1987 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1987 – John Goddard, West Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
1988 – Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (b. 1957)
1989 – Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
1990 – Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
1992 – Arthur Leigh Allen, American suspected murderer (b. 1933)
1992 – Bob de Moor, Belgian comics artist (b. 1925)
1998 – Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2000 – Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (b. 1939)
2001 – Louis Muhlstock, Canadian painter (b. 1904)
2003 – Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
2004 – Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1957)
2005 – Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist (Voivod) (b. 1960)
2005 – Robert Denning, American interior designer (b. 1927)
2005 – Ed White, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1949)
2006 – Rainer Barzel, German politician (b. 1924)
2006 – Clyde Walcott, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1926)
2007 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (b. 1928)
2007 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (b. 1935)

Holidays and observances

Namibia – Heroes' Day
Philippines – National Heroes' Day.
Adrian of Nicomedia
Saint Alexander of Bergamo
Saint David Lewis
Saint Ninian
Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus
Saint Zephyrinus
Transverberation of Saint Teresa of Ávila
United States – Women's Equality Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 26, 2009, 07:55:47 AM
1999 – Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds


Freakin ninja!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 26, 2009, 09:24:43 AM
United States – Women's Equality Day

There, now your equal, happy ????


NOW GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME A PIE !!!!



:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 26, 2009, 09:28:47 AM
 :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 26, 2009, 03:27:25 PM
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 26, 2009, 03:30:24 PM
Is Erich the 6 fingered Man?  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 26, 2009, 04:42:23 PM
Is Erich the 6 fingered Man?  :lol:
No, he's fiesick (andre the giant)
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 26, 2009, 04:53:28 PM
United States – Women's Equality Day

There, now your equal, happy ????


NOW GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ME A PIE !!!!



:lol:

:lol:

Missed this one!!

Tell me why you are a divorcee' again. :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 26, 2009, 05:12:54 PM
Becuase Rosie O'Donnel's fatter, uglier sister wouldn't have me no more.

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 27, 2009, 07:27:38 AM
"Its the fat girls that do the crazy stuff.."  - Role Models. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 27, 2009, 08:12:05 AM
August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

479 BC – Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
663 – Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage the combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea.
1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.
1232 – The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
1689 – The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
1789 – The French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights".
1793 – French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
1798 – Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connaught.
1813 – French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1828 – Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
1861 – Union (Northern) forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Krakatoa explosions and tsunamis 1883

1883 – Krakatoa, an Indonesian volcano, enters the final stage of its eruption.
1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
1916 – Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire) as King Faisal I of Iraq.
1922 – The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
1928 – The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first fifteen nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
1943 – Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1952 – West Germany and Israel conclude reparation negotiations in Luxembourg; West Germany agrees to pay 3 billion Deutsch Marks.
1957 – The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by America's NASA.
1969 – Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
1971 – A coup attempt fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
1975 – The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
1979 – An IRA bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and 3 others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Another bomb near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland kills 18 British soldiers.
1982 – Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altikat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital. Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
1991 – The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991 – Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
1993 – The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
2000 – 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
2006 – Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.

Births

1407 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)
1471 – George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
1487 – Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)
1637 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)
1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
1669 – Anne Marie of Orléans, queen of Italy (d. 1728)
1698 – Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement (d. 1760)
1677 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
1730 – Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)
1770 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (d. 1831)
1803 – Edward Beecher, American theologian (d. 1895)
1809 – Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1891)
1858 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (d. 1932)
1865 – James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)
1865 – Charles G. Dawes, 30th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1868 – Hong Beom-do, Korean independence activist (d. 1943)
1870 – Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American author (d. 1945)
1874 – Carl Bosch, German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1875 – Katharine McCormick, American women's rights activist (d. 1967)
1877 – Charles Rolls, British co-founder of Rolls-Royce (d. 1910)
1877 – Ernst Wetter, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1963)
1882 – Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born Hollywood film producer (d. 1974)
1884 – Vincent Auriol, French President (d. 1966)
1886 – Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (d. 1979)
1886 – Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957)
1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist (d. 1976)
1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (d. 1984)
1898 – Gaspard Fauteux, French Canadian parliamentarian (d. 1963)
1899 – C. S. Forester, British author (d. 1966)
1899 – Byron Foulger, American actor (d. 1970)
1904 – Norah Lofts, British author (d. 1983)
1904 – John Hay Whitney, American financier (d. 1982)
1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
1908 – Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
1909 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
1909 – Lester Young, American musician (d. 1959)
1911 – Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005)
1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican socialite and writer(d. 1980)
1913 – Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, Russian-born wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
1915 – Norman F. Ramsey, American physicist Nobel Prize laureate
1916 – Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
1916 – Tony Harris, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
1917 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1918 – Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch Prime Minister (d. 2001)
1919 – Murray Grand, American songwriter and cabaret singer (d. 2007)
1921 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1996)
1921 – Leo Penn, American film director (d. 1998)
1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian poet
1925 – Darry Cowl, French actor (d. 2006)
1926 – Pat Coombs, English actress (d. 2002)
1926 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2002)
1927 – Jimmy C. Newman, American singer
1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
1929 – Ira Levin, American author (d. 2007)
1931 – Sri Chinmoy, Indian guru (d. 2007)
1931 – Joe Cunningham, American baseball player
1932 – Antonia Fraser, British author
1935 – Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
1935 – Frank Yablans, American film producer
1936 – Joel Kovel, American politician
1937 – Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (d. 2007)
1937 – Tommy Sands, American actor and singer
1939 – William Least Heat-Moon, American author
1940 – Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
1941 – Harrison Page, American actor
1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain & Tennille)
1942 – Brian Peckford, Canadian politician
1943 – Tuesday Weld, American actress
1945 – G. W. Bailey, American actor
1946 – Tony Howard, West Indian cricketer
1947 – Barbara Bach, American actress
1947 – Harry Reems, American actor
1947 – John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer
1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
1948 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek musician (d. 1990)
1948 – Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler
1949 – Jeff Cook, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for Alabama
1950 – Charles Fleischer, American actor
1951 – Buddy Bell, American baseball player-manager
1951 – Mack Brown, American University of Texas Head Football Coach
1952 – Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), American actor
1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian guitarist (Rush)
1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor
1954 – John Lloyd, British tennis player
1954 – Derek Warwick, British race car driver
1955 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress
1957 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer and two-time Masters champion
1958 – Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host
1958 – Sergei Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut
1958 – Tom Lanoye, Belgian author
1959 – Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver and F1 team co-owner (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
1959 – Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian artist
1959 – Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ
1961 – Yolanda Adams, American gospel singer
1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer
1962 – Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Frankie Thorn, American actress
1965 – Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer
1966 – Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
1967 – Bob Nastanovich, American musician (Pavement, Silver Jews)
1967 – Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer and actor
1969 – Reece Shearsmith, British actor and comedian
1969 – Mark Ealham, England cricketer
1969 – Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer
1969 – Chandra Wilson, American actress
1969 – Alan Doyle, MDA President
1970 – Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
1970 – Tony Kanal, English-born musician (No Doubt)
1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer
1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player
1970 – Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer
1970 – Mark Ilott, England cricketer
1971 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
1971 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and footballcoach
1972 – Jimmy Pop, American musician, lead singer of The Bloodhound Gang
1972 – Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch hockey-international
1972 – Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
1972 – Dalip Singh, Indian professional wrestler
1972 – Mike Smith, Canadian actor
1973 – Carlene Begnaud, American professional wrestler
1973 – Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
1973 – Dietmar Hamann, German footballer
1973 – Johan Norberg, Swedish author
1973 – Burak Kut, Turkish pop singer
1974 – José Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974 – Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
1974 – Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
1975 – Jonny Moseley, American skier
1975 – Björn Gelotte, Swedish singer/songwriter
1975 – Mark Rudan, Australian footballer
1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
1976 – Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player
1976 – Milano Collection Akihito Terui, Japanese professional wrestler
1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
1977 – Deco, Portuguese footballer
1977 – Mase, American rapper
1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker/actor
1979 – Tian Liang, Chinese diver
1979 – Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
1979 – Rusty Smith, American shorttracker
1980 – Neha Dhupia, Indian Model and Actress
1983 – Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor
1984 – David Bentley, English footballer
1984 – Sulley Ali Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
1985 – Alexandra Nechita, Romanian/American artist
1986 – Mario, American R&B singer
1987 – Darren McFadden, American football player
1988 – Alexa Vega, American actress
1993 – Sarah Hecken, German figure skater

Deaths

542 – Saint Caesarius of Arles
827 – Pope Eugene II
1312 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)
1394 – Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343)
1450 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
1521 – Josquin Des Prez, Flemish composer
1545 – Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487)
1572 – Claude Goudimel, French composer
1577 – Titian, Italian artist
1590 – Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
1635 – Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
1664 – Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)
1748 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
1773 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
1857 – Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1815)
1865 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian author (b. 1796)
1871 – William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)
1875 – William Chapman Ralston, American banker (b. 1826)
1909 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist (b. 1842)
1929 – Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892)
1931 – Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856)
1931 – Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846)
1944 – Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman (b. 1915)
1948 – Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
1958 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1963 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)
1963 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights activist and scholar (b. 1868)
1963 – Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1888)
1964 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne (b. 1895)
1965 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (b. 1887)
1967 – Brian Epstein, English manager of The Beatles (b. 1934)
1968 – Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b. 1906)
1969 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist (b. 1884)
1969 – Erika Mann, German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann (b. 1905)
1971 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality (b. 1898)
1971 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photo-journalist (b. 1906)
1975 – Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892)
1976 – Mukesh, Indian playback singer (b. 1923)
1979 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, British admiral and statesman (assassinated) (b. 1900)
1980 – Douglas Kenney, American humorist (b. 1947)
1981 – Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
1984 – Bernard Youens, English actor (b. 1914)
1987 – Scott La Rock, American DJ (Boogie Down Productions) (b. 1962)
1988 – William Sargant, British psychiatrist (b. 1907)
1988 – Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (b. 1954)
1996 – Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
1999 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)
2001 – Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (b. 1938)
2001 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (b. 1936)
2002 – Dr. Edwin Louis Cole, "Father of the Modern Day Men's Movement," Founder of the Christian Men's Network (CMN)
2003 – Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
2004 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
2005 – Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
2006 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director (b. 1922)
2006 – María Capovilla, oldest living person from 2004–2006 (b. 1889)
2006 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-born guitarist (Napalm Death) (b. 1969)
2007 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
2008 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1970)

Holidays and observances

Roman Festivals – Volturnalia held in honor of Volturnus.
Moldova – Independence Day (from the USSR, 1991).
Texas – Lyndon Baines Johnson Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 27, 2009, 12:57:51 PM
1969 – Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.


Sounds like something peelz did....


Penetrated deep into "egyptian" territory while being commando.... :help:
 :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on August 27, 2009, 02:40:04 PM
1969 – Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.


Sounds like something peelz did....


Was Penetrated deep in "egyptian" territory while being commando.... :help:
 :lol:


Corrected for Peels application
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 27, 2009, 02:43:36 PM
whatever. we know you are the reason the sphinx smiles.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on August 27, 2009, 02:44:35 PM
 :lol:

It's okay peelz. we won't judge you. At least gunz has done worse..  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 28, 2009, 06:41:59 AM
August 28 is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
1189 – Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
1349 – 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, accused of being the cause of the plague.
1511 – The Portuguese conquer Malacca.
1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
1542 – Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) – Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and afterwards executed.
1565 – St. Augustine, Florida, is established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United States.
1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1619 – Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1640 – Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
1810 – Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
1830 – The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States.
1845 – Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
1849 – After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.
1859 – A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan.
1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas.
1867 – The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
1879 – Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1898 – Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".
1913 – Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1914 – World War I: the Royal Navy beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1914 – World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 – Ten suffragists are arrested when picketing the White House.
1924 – Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1931 – France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943 – World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1944 – World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1953 – Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 – Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
1979 – An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
1981 – The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS.
1986 – United States Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union.
1988 – Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990 – The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union: Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced.
1998 – Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
2003 – An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.

Births

1025 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
1582 – Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)
1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628)
1612 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
1667 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
1691 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)
1714 – Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821)
1789 – Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860)
1801 – Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877)
1814 – Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)
1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894)
1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (birthdate according to O.S.) (d. 1910)
1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)
1853 – Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939)
1867 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)
1878 – George Whipple, American doctor and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
1885 – Vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959)
1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981)
1898 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1899 – Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978)
1903 – Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990)
1904 – Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980)
1905 – Cyril Walters, England cricketer (d. 1992)
1906 – John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)
1908 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996)
1910 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-born economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1911 – Joseph Luns, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
1913 – Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995)
1913 – Richard Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975)
1913 – Terence Reese, British bridge player (d. 1996)
1913 – Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer
1913 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (d. 1993)
1915 – Max Robertson, British sports commentator
1915 – Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (d. 2008)
1916 – Jack Vance, American author
1916 – Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997)
1917 – Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994)
1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer Nobel Laureate (d. 2004)
1920 – Frits Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006)
1921 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (d. 2007)
1921 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991)
1924 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004)
1924 – Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004)
1924 – Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer
1925 – Donald O'Connor, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003)
1925 – Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist
1928 – F. William Free, American advertising executive (d. 2003)
1929 – István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
1929 – Ken Gampu, South African actor (d. 2003)
1930 – Windsor Davies, British actor
1930 – Ben Gazzara, American actor
1931 – John Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone
1931 – Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario and director
1932 – Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player
1935 – Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (d. 1998)
1936 – Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire
1938 – Paul Martin, Canadian politician
1938 – Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist
1940 – Ken Jenkins, American actor
1940 – Roger Pingeon, French cylist
1940 – Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind)
1941 – Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat
1941 – Paul Plishka, American opera singer
1942 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995)
1943 – David Soul, American actor
1943 – Lou Piniella, American baseball manager
1943 – Surayud Chulanont, Thai 24th Prime Minister (former)
1944 – Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
1945 – Robert Greenwald, American film director/producer
1945 – Bob Segarini, American musician
1944 – Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate
1947 – Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
1947 – Shoto Tanemura, Japanese martial artist
1948 – Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago)
1948 – Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer
1949 – Hugh Cornwell, British musician (The Stranglers)
1949 – Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach
1951 – Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer
1951 – Wayne Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
1952 – Rita Dove, American poet
1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
1952 – Guy Nadon, Canadian actor
1952 – Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician
1954 – George Church, American geneticist
1956 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor
1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor
1957 – Rick Rossovich, American actor
1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
1960 – Emma Samms, English actress
1961 – Kim Appleby, English singer
1961 – Cliff Benson, American football player
1962 – Paul Allen, English footballer
1962 – David Fincher, American music video and film director
1963 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
1963 – Regina Jacobs, American athlete
1965 – Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress
1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer
1965 – Myke Hawke, American Survivalist
1966 – Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
1967 – Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet
1968 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor
1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian-born actor
1969 – Jack Black, American actor
1969 – Mary McCartney, English photographer
1969 – Pierre Turgeon, French Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Sherrié Austin, Australian actress/singer
1970 – Rick Recht, Jewish singer
1971 – Todd Eldredge, American figure skater
1971 – Janet Evans, American swimmer
1971 – Raul Marquez, Mexican-born American boxer
1971 – Shane Andrews, American baseball player
1972 – Jay Witasick, American baseball player
1972 – Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer
1973 – Matthew John Armstrong, American actor
1973 – DJ Assault, American musician
1974 – Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer
1974 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer
1974 – Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer
1975 – Jamie Cureton, English footballer
1975 – Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer
1975 – Vera Jordanova, Finnish actress and model
1976 – Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer
1978 – Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY)
1978 – Shaniqua, American wrestling valet
1979 – Robert Hoyzer, German football referee
1979 – Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer
1979 – Kristen Hughes, Australian netballer
1979 – Markus Pröll, German footballer
1979 – Ruth Riley, American basketball player
1980 – T.J. Beam, American baseball player
1981 – Martin Erat, Czech hockey player
1981 – Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer
1981 – Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer
1981 – Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter
1981 – Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver
1982 – Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
1982 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer
1982 – Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
1982 – Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
1983 – Alfonso Herrera, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD
1985 – Ralph Woolfolk IV, American actor
1986 – Gilad Shalit, Israeli corporal
1988 – Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007)
1990 – Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer
1991 – Kyle Massey, American actor
1991 – Sarah Jane Santos, Filipina singer
1992 – Isabelle Abiera, Filipina actress
1999 – Prince Nikolai of Denmark

Deaths

388 – Magnus Maximus, Roman usurper
430 – Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian (b. 354)
1341 – King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
1481 – King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432)
1645 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583)
1654 – Axel Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
1678 – John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
1757 – David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705)
1784 – Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713)
1785 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
1793 – Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (executed) (b. 1740)
1805 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722)
1818 – Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, founder of Chicago
1820 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)
1839 – William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769)
1900 – Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (b. 1838)
1903 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (b. 1822)
1933 – Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
1943 – King Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
1947 – Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
1955 – Emmett Till, American civil rights movement icon (b. 1941)
1959 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890)
1965 – Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)
1975 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
1976 – Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
1978 – Robert Shaw, English actor and writer (b. 1927)
1981 – Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)
1982 – Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
1985 – Ruth Gordon, American actress (b. 1896)
1987 – John Huston, American movie director (b. 1906)
1988 – Jean Marchand, French Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1918)
1990 – Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1913)
1993 – William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914)
1995 – Earl Bascom, American rodeo pioneer (b. 1906)
2003 – Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (failed) (b. 1956)
2005 – Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
2005 – Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910)
2005 – George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
2006 – Benoît Sauvageau, French Canadian politician (b. 1963)
2006 – Melvin Schwartz, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1932)
2007 – Arthur Jones, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines (b. 1926)
2007 – Hilly Kristal, American musician (b. 1932)
2007 – Paul B. MacCready, Jr., American aeronautical engineer (b. 1925)
2007 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
2007 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
2007 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1929)
2007 – Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
2008 – Phil Hill, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

In Eastern Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, public holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Georgia
Many Christian churches: feast day of Saint Augustine of Hippo.
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Post by: Krandall on August 28, 2009, 07:57:05 AM
1349 – 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, accused of being the cause of the plague.


They just can't catch a break!
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Post by: disco on August 30, 2009, 04:02:14 AM
Craigslist crack heads.   http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1326724533.html

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White 4 Door 1994 Jeep Cherokee automatic w/ 261K miles. Needs work on one piston. $650 obo

Wow, awesome!  That must mean the other five pistons are good to go!  Sounds like an E-Z fix.   :mad: morons, just put blown engine.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on August 31, 2009, 07:32:38 AM
August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1056 – Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1142 – With the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker, the Iroquois tribes establish the Confederation of the Haudenosaunee.
1422 – Henry VI, becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 o clock in the morning.
1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
1876 – Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
1886 – An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims.
1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1907 – Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
1914 – Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1915 – Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1920 – Polish-Bolshevik War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
1920 – First radio news program broadcast by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
1939 – Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II in Europe.
1943 – The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1945 – The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
1948 – Actor Robert Mitchum is arrested in a Hollywood drug raid. He would later be found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess marijuana and sentenced to 60 days in prison.
1949 – The retreat of the Greek Democratic Army in Albania after its defeat in mountain Grammos marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1962 – Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
1965 – The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
1978 – William and Emily Harris, founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army, plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst.
1980 – Zimbabwe establishes diplomatic relations with Algeria.
1986 – Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
1986 – The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
1991 – Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 – Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo .
1993 – HMS Mercury closes after 52 years in commission.
1994 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
1998 – North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.
1999 – The first of a series of bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.
1999 – A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.
2005 – A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
2006 – Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

Births

12 – Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
161 – Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)
1569 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)
1602 – Amalia von Solms, countess of Solms-Braunfels (d. 1675)
1663 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)
1721 – George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
1741 – Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general (d. 1834)
1741 – Jean Paul Egide Martini, French composer (d. 1816)
1821 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German scientist (d. 1894)
1822 – Galusha A. Grow, American politician (d. 1907)
1834 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (d. 1886)
1843 – Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919)
1870 – Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952)
1871 – James E. Ferguson, Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
1878 – Frank Jarvis, American athlete (d. 1933)
1879 – Alma Mahler, Austrian socialite, wife of composer Gustav Mahler (d. 1964)
1880 – Wilhelmina I of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1885 – DuBose Heyward, American playwright (d. 1940)
1893 – Lily Laskine, French harpist (d. 1988)
1894 – Albert Facey, Australian writer (d. 1982)
1896 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and novelist (d. 1982)
1897 – Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975)
1900 – Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1943)
1903 – Arthur Godfrey, American television host (d. 1983)
1903 – Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher (d. 1985)
1905 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher (d. 1997)
1907 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician (d. 2007)
1907 – Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957)
1907 – William Shawn, American editor (d. 1992)
1907 – Altiero Spinelli, Italian advocate of European federalism (d. 1986)
1908 – William Saroyan, American novelist (d. 1981)
1911 – Edward Brongersma, Dutch politician, writer and political activist. (d. 1998)
1913 – Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer
1913 – Helen Levitt, American photographer (d. 2009)
1914 – Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984)
1916 – Daniel Schorr, American journalist
1916 – Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach
1916 – John S. Wold, American politician
1918 – Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (d. 1986)
1919 – Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
1921 – Raymond Williams, Welsh academic (d. 1988)
1924 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (d. 2003)
1928 – James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
1931 – Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 – Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)
1934 – Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor
1935 – Eldridge Cleaver, American political activist (d. 1998)
1935 – Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager
1937 – Warren Berlinger, American actor
1937 – Bobby Parker, American musician
1938 – Martin Bell, British journalist
1938 – Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of Australia
1939 – Jerry Allison, American drummer (The Crickets)
1940 – Jack Thompson, Australian actor
1941 – William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
1943 – Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
1944 – Roger Dean, English artist
1944 – Clive Lloyd, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
1944 – Jos LeDuc, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1945 – Van Morrison, Northern Irish musician
1945 – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist
1946 – Jerome Corsi, American writer
1947 – Mona Marshall, American voice actress
1947 – Luca di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
1947 – Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese manga artist
1947 – Somchai Wongsawat, Thai 26th Prime Minister
1948 – Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (d. 1982)
1948 – Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter
1948 – Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach
1948 – Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions)
1949 – Richard Gere, American actor
1949 – H. David Politzer, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1952 – Herbert Reul, German politician
1953 – Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine racing driver
1953 – György Károly, Hungarian author
1953 – Pavel Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut
1954 – Julie Brown, American actress, singer-songwriter and screenwriter
1955 – Edwin Moses, American athlete
1955 – Gary Webb, American journalist (d. 2004)
1956 – Maria Balazova, Slovak painter
1956 – Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
1957 – Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and commentator
1957 – Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
1957 – Glenn Tilbrook, English singer and guitarist (Squeeze)
1958 – Serge Blanco, French rugby union footballer
1959 – Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey coach
1960 – Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
1960 – Chris Whitley, American musician (d. 2005)
1962 – Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
1963 – Reb Beach, American guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)
1963 – Todd Carty, Irish actor
1963 – Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer
1964 – Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and editor
1965 – Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor
1965 – Céline Bonnier, French Canadian actress
1965 – Willie Watson, New Zealand cricketer
1966 – Jan Einar Thorsen, Norwegian Alpine skier
1967 – Jonathan Cake, British actor
1967 – Anita Moen, Norwegian Cross-country skier
1968 – Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician and Australian football player
1968 – Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player
1969 – Nathalie Bouvier, French alpine skier
1969 – Andrew Cunanan, American spree killer (d. 1997)
1969 – Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
1969 – Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer
1970 – Deborah Gibson, American singer
1970 – Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime Minister
1970 – Queen Rania of Jordan
1970 – Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer
1970 – Amy Stein, American photographer
1970 – Zack Ward, Canadian actor
1971 – Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
1972 – Chris Tucker, American actor
1973 – Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player
1975 – Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer
1975 – John Grahame, American ice hockey player
1975 – Daniel Harding, British conductor
1975 – Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager
1975 – Sara Ramirez, American actress
1975 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film music composer
1975 – Takahiro Suwa, Japanese professional wrestler
1976 – Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer
1976 – Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
1977 – Jeff Hardy, American wrestler
1977 – Ian Harte, Irish footballer
1977 – Craig Nicholls, Australian musician (The Vines)
1978 – Philippe Christanval, French footballer
1978 – Phina Oruche, British actress
1979 – Clay Hensley, American baseball player
1979 – Mickie James, American professional wrestler
1979 – Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
1979 – Simon Neil, Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro)
1979 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film music composer
1979 – Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Joe Budden, American rapper
1981 – Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby union footballer
1981 – Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
1982 – Ian Crocker, American swimmer
1982 – Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
1982 – Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
1982 – Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born ice hockey player
1982 – José Reina, Spanish footballer
1982 – Michele Rugolo, Italian racing driver
1983 – Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
1984 – Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer
1984 – Ted Ligety, American alpine skier
1984 – Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer
1985 – Andrew Foster, Australian rules footballer
1986 – Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player
1987 – Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer

Deaths

651 – Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
683 – Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque
1234 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
1372 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
1422 – King Henry V of England (b. 1387)
1645 – Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566)
1654 – Ole Worm, Danish physician (b. 1588)
1688 – John Bunyan, English writer (b. 1628)
1730 – Gottfried Finger, Czech composer
1741 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (b. 1681)
1772 – William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
1795 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player (b. 1726)
1799 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720)
1814 – Arthur Phillip, British admiral, first Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
1867 – Charles Baudelaire, French poet (b. 1821)
1869 – Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
1888 – Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, widely believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1845)
1920 – Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (b. 1832)
1920 – Jens Oliver Lisberg, Faroese law student, designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands(b. 1896)
1940 – Georges Gauthier, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1871)
1941 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (b. 1892)
1948 – Billy Laughlin, American actor (b. 1932)
1952 – Henri Bourassa, French Canadian political leader (b. 1868)
1963 – Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882)
1967 – Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (b. 1891)
1969 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
1973 – John Ford, American film director (b. 1894)
1974 – William Pershing Benedict, American pilot
1974 – Norman Kirk, New Zealand prime minister (b. 1923)
1978 – John Wrathall, President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
1979 – Sally Rand, American dancer and actress (b. 1904)
1979 – Tiger Smith, England cricketer (b. 1886)
1985 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
1986 – Henry Moore, English sculptor (b. 1898)
1986 – Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (b. 1900)
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
1997 – Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)
2000 – Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (b. 1925)
2000 – Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter of film, radio, and television (b. 1912)
2002 – Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player (b. 1908)
2002 – George Porter, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2004 – Carl Wayne, English singer (b. 1943)
2005 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908)
2005 – Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
2006 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
2006 – Tom Delaney, British racing driver (b. 1911)
2006 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)
2007 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
2007 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1928)
2008 – Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (b. 1933)
2008 – Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

Roman Catholic Saints – Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Saint Abundius, Saint Raymond Nonnatus
Poland, Europe – Day of Solidarity and Freedom, on the anniversary of August Agreement from 1980
Moldova: Day of Our Language (Limba Noastra)
Malaysia – Hari Merdeka, a National Day (independence within the Commonwealth, 1957)
Kyrgyzstan – Independence Day (from USSR, 1991)
Trinidad and Tobago – Independence Day (from United Kingdom, 1962)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on August 31, 2009, 08:30:16 AM
Happy Kyrgyzstanian Independence Day!

Karma if you can pronounce it :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 01, 2009, 07:23:21 AM
 :rofl:


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Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 01, 2009, 07:50:06 AM
September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 121 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

462 – Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
1355 – Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki.
1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.
1752 – The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
1772 – Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
1804 – Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1807 – Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.
1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1859 – A solar superstorm affects electrical telegraph service.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
1875 – A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
1894 – Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people.
1897 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1902 – A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.
1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
1911 – The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd.
1914 – The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
1934 – SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning the war in Europe.
1939 – George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
1939 – The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate
1962 – Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.
1964 – Indian Oil Corporation forms after the merger of Indian Oil Refineries and Indian Oil Company.
1969 – A revolution in Libya brings Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which is later transferred to the People's Committees.
1970 – Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky and becomes the world chess champion.
1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
1980 – Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
1981 – A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
1982 – Canada adopts a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution.
1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
1990 – The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.
1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia.
2006 – Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting.

Births

1286 – Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)
1453 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
1588 – Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)
1651 – Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)
1795 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (d. 1872)
1818 – José María Castro Madriz, first President of Costa Rica and founder of the republic (d. 1892)
1848 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)
1855 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)
1856 – Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)
1866 – James J. Corbett, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1933)
1868 – Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)
1871 – J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)
1876 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961)
1877 – Francis William Aston, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1878 – Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
1883 – Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)
1884 – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (d. 1947)
1886 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1957)
1887 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)
1888 – Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
1889 – Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
1892 – Leverett Saltonstall, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)
1895 – Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)
1896 – A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977)
1897 – Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
1899 – Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (d. 1951)
1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (d. 1974)
1905 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
1906 – Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
1906 – Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)
1906 – Eleanor Burford Hibertt (Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr...), English writer (d. 1993)
1907 – Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (d. 1970)
1908 – Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
1909 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)
1913 – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1979)
1913 – Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993)
1916 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player
1919 – Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
1920 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)
1921 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
1921 – Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer
1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
1922 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)
1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
1923 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
1925 – Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982)
1926 – Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh
1926 – Gene Colan, American comic book artist
1927 – Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
1928 – Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician
1928 – George Maharis, American actor
1929 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
1931 – Boxcar Willie, American country musician (d. 1999)
1932 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician
1932 – Sunny von Buelow, American socialite (d. 2008)
1933 – Ann W. Richards, American politician (d. 2006)
1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer (d. 1993)
1935 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
1937 – Al Geiberger, American golfer
1937 – Ron O'Neal, American actor, film director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian
1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American writer
1943 – Don Stroud, American actor
1944 – Leonard Slatkin, American conductor
1945 – Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer
1946 – Greg Errico, American drummer (Sly & the Family Stone)
1946 – Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)
1946 – Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea (d. 2009)
1947 – Al Green, American politician
1948 – Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher
1949 – P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
1950 – Phillip Fulmer, American football coach
1950 – Dr. Phil McGraw, American talk show host
1951 – Nicu Ceauşescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)
1951 – David Bairstow, England cricketer (d. 1998)
1952 – Phil Hendrie, American radio personality
1953 – Beau Billingslea, American voice actor
1953 – Ted Petty, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
1954 – Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Billy Blanks, American martial artist
1955 – Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam)
1956 – Philece Sampler, American voice artist
1956 – Bernie Wagenblast, American broadcaster and editor
1957 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban/American singer
1957 – Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach
1958 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002)
1959 – Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist
1960 – Joseph Williams, American singer and film score composer
1961 – Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1962 – Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer
1962 – Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer
1963 – Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer
1963 – Carola Smit, Dutch singer
1964 – Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model
1964 – Ray D'Arcy, Irish DJ and TV presenter
1966 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player
1967 – David Whissell, Quebec politician
1968 – Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
1969 – Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer
1970 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
1970 – Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress
1970 – Mitsou, Quebec singer, television and radio host, actress
1970 – Vanna, Croatian singer
1971 – Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
1971 – Joe Enochs, American soccer player
1971 – Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer
1971 – Lââm, French singer
1971 – Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler
1971 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
1972 – Doug Williams, British professional wrestler
1973 – Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
1973 – J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)
1973 – Zach Thomas, American football player
1974 – Jason Taylor, American football player
1974 – Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist
1975 – Scott Speedman, English-born actor
1975 – Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer
1975 – Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist
1975 – Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
1976 – Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
1976 – Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
1976 – Jada Fire, American porn actress
1976 – Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
1976 – Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
1976 – Clare Connor, England Woman cricketer
1977 – Aaron Schobel, American football player
1977 – Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver
1977 – Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
1977 – Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
1977 – David Albelda, Spanish footballer
1978 – Max Vieri, Australian soccer player
1978 – Lucie Blackman, English murder victim (d. 2000)
1979 – James O'Connor, Irish footballer
1980 – Chris Riggott, English footballer
1980 – Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
1981 – Clinton Portis, American football player
1981 – Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
1981 – Matthew McGuire, Australian Rower
1982 – Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
1982 – Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
1982 – Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
1983 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
1983 – Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1984 – Nick Noble, American footballer
1984 – Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer
1986 – Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
1986 – Anthony Allen, English rugby union player
1987 – Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore)
1988 – Gabriel Ferrari, American footballer
1988 – Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
1989 – Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress
1993 – Ilona Mitrecey, French singer
1994 – Bianca Ryan, American singer

Deaths

1067 – Baldwin V of Flanders
1159 – Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
1256 – Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)
1414 – William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369)
1557 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (b. 1491)
1581 – Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)
1600 – Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician (b. 1525)
1615 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer (b. 1529)
1648 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (b. 1588)
1685 – Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)
1687 – Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
1715 – François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
1715 – King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
1818 – Robert Calder, British naval officer (b. 1745)
1838 – William Clark, American explorer, part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (b. 1770)
1943 – Charles Atangana, Cameroonian chief (b. 1880)
1947 – Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international Scouting movement (b. 1861)
1953 – Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (b. 1866)
1957 – Dennis Brain, English musician (b. 1921)
1967 – Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (b. 1886)
1967 – Ilse Koch, Nazi war criminal (b. 1906)
1969 – Drew Pearson, American newspaper columnist (b. 1897)
1970 – François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
1977 – Ethel Waters, American singer (b. 1896)
1981 – Albert Speer, Nazi official (b. 1905)
1981 – Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)
1982 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician (b. 1900)
1982 – Wladyslaw Gomulka, Polish communist leader (b. 1905)
1983 – Henry M. Jackson, American politician (b. 1912)
1983 – Larry McDonald, American congressman (b. 1935)
1985 – Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
1985 – Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
1986 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
1988 – Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American baseball commissioner (b. 1938)
1989 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, American inventor (b. 1894)
1994 – Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
1998 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (b. 1930)
1998 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
1999 – W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist (b. 1951)
2001 – Brian Moore British sports commentator (b. 1932)
2003 – Sir Terry Frost, British artist (b. 1915)
2004 – Ahmed Kuftaro, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
2005 – R. L. Burnside, American musician (b. 1926)
2005 – Thanos Leivaditis, Greek actor (b. 1934)
2006 – Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b. 1918)
2006 – Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (b. 1944)
2006 – Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)
2006 – Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)
2007 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922)
2008 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
2008 – Jerry Reed, American musician and actor (b. 1937)

Holidays and observances

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the new liturgical year begins on September 1. Also see September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church, the new Liturgical Year (Indiction) also begins.
Church of England – Saint Giles.
Russia – Knowledge Day.
Singapore – Teachers' Day.
Slovakia – Constitution Day.
Uzbekistan – Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).
Libya – Revolution Day (1969)
First day of Spring in Australia and New Zealand.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 01, 2009, 07:56:21 AM
1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

AWESOME!  :nod:






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Post by: Krandall on September 01, 2009, 08:20:07 AM
20,000  :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 01, 2009, 06:26:23 PM
WHORE!!!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 01, 2009, 06:27:53 PM
1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.

AWESOME!  :nod:








Or does it?? :batman:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 01, 2009, 08:04:20 PM
you have a secret to share aaron?  ???
 :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 01, 2009, 08:09:56 PM
WHORE!!!

Thank you, thank you!  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 02, 2009, 08:04:32 AM
GOOD morning!  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 02, 2009, 08:15:39 AM
September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
44 BC – The first of Cicero’s Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months.
31 BC – Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
1649 – The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
1752 – Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792 – During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
1807 – The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1833 – Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
1856 – Tianjing Incident in Nanjing, China.
1859 – A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.
1867 – Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she's called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
1885 – Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1898 – Battle of Omdurman – British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1925 – The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.
1935 – Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
1939 – World War II: following the invasion of Poland, Free City of Danzig Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
1945 – Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
1945 – Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
1946 – Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President.
1958 – United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew lost.
1960 – The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1967 – The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates.
1969 – The first automated teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.
1970 – NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1990 – Transnistria unilaterally proclaimed as Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
1991 – The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1996 – A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
1998 – The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

Births

1661 – Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)
1675 – William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
1753 – Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)
1778 – Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
1805 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1810 – William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
1830 – William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
1838 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1847 – Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1850 – Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (d. 1915)
1850 – Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)
1852 – Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
1853 – Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
1854 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
1857 – Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
1862 – Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
1866 – Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (d. 1943)
1877 – Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1956)
1878 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946)
1879 – An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (d. 1910)
1883 – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)
1884 – Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary (d. 1970)
1894 – Joseph Roth, Austrian novelist (d. 1939)
1901 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)
1901 – Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1911 – Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1912 – Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
1913 – Bill Shankly, English Football Manager (d. 1981)
1914 – Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 – Meinhardt Raabe, actor, notable as Munchkin Coroner on The Wizard of Oz
1915 – Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
1917 – Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)
1917 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (d. 1995)
1923 – Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1924 – Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya
1925 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1928 – Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
1929 – Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1931 – Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
1933 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
1934 – Grady Nutt, American humorist
1935 – D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
1936 – Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
1937 – Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive
1937 – Derek Fowlds, British actor
1937 – Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)
1938 – Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
1938 – Clarence Felder, American actor
1938 – Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor
1939 – Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)
1940 – Jimmy Clanton, American singer
1941 – David Bale, South African-born activist (d. 2003)
1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
1943 – Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1943 – Joe Simon, American singer
1946 – Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1946 – Dan White, American assassin (d. 1985)
1946 – Luis Avalos, Cuban actor
1946 – Walt Simonson, American comic book artist & writer
1947 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)
1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
1948 – Nate Archibald, American basketball player
1950 – Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
1950 – Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
1950 – Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman
1951 – Jim DeMint, American politician
1951 – Mark Harmon, American actor
1951 – Michael Gray, American actor
1951 – Jon Feltheimer, American film executive
1952 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1953 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and a war hero (d. 2001)
1953 – John Zorn, American musician
1956 – Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach
1956 – Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1957 – Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1958 – Olivier Grouillard, French racing driver
1959 – Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil
1960 – Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
1960 – Rex Hudler, baseball player
1960 – Eric Dickerson, American football player
1960 – John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
1960 – Hideo Yoshizawa, General Manager at Namco Bandai
1961 – Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
1962 – Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director
1962 – Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
1962 – Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator
1963 – Sam Mitchell, former basketball player and coach
1964 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
1965 – Lennox Lewis, British-born boxer
1965 – Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
1966 – Dino Cazares, American musician
1966 – Olivier Panis, French race car driver
1966 – Tuc Watkins, American actor
1967 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
1968 – Cynthia Watros, American actress
1968 – Kristen Cloke, American actress
1969 – Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
1969 – Chris Kuzneski, American bestselling author
1969 – Stéphane Matteau, French Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
1971 – Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
1971 – César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1971 – Tommy Maddox, American football player
1971 – Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1972 – Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
1972 – Robert Coles, professional golfer
1973 – Katt Williams, American comedian,actor,and rapper
1973 – Jason Blake, American hockey player
1973 – Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
1974 – Steven Johnson, Australian racing driver
1974 – Daniel Southworth, American actor and stunt performer
1975 – MC Chris, American rapper
1976 – Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)
1976 – Erin Hershey, American actress.
1977 – Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician
1977 – Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1979 – Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1979 – Alex Chu, Canadian-born Korean singer
1979 – Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
1979 – Brian Westbrook, American football player
1980 – Dany Sabourin, French Canadian Goaltender in the National Hockey League
1980 – Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
1981 – Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1981 – Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress
1981 – Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian film director/producer
1982 – Joey Barton, English footballer
1982 – Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
1982 – Jason Hammel, American baseball player
1983 – Mark Foster, English rugby player
1983 – Aimee Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy
1984 – Danson Tang, Taiwanese actor, model, and singer
1984 – Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer
1984 – Udita Goswami, Indian model and actress
1986 – Kyle Hines, American basketball player
1987 – Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
1988 – Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer
1989 – Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)
1990 – Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver

Deaths

490 BC – Pheidippides, Greek hero
421 – Constantius III, Roman Emperor
1031 – Saint Emeric of Hungary
1274 – Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)
1397 – Francesco Landini, Italian composer
1540 – Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
1680 – Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
1688 – Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)
1690 – Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1615)
1764 – Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700)
1765 – Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)
1768 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
1790 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
1813 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1763)
1820 – Jiaqing, Emperor of China (b. 1760)
1832 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer (b. 1754)
1834 – Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (b. 1757)
1865 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (b. 1805)
1872 – Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783)
1877 – Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician (b. 1793)
1896 – Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1898 – Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
1910 – Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
1921 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (b. 1840)
1921 – Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil pioneer (b. 1855)
1934 – Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)
1934 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist and actor (b. 1908)
1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player, All Black (b. 1860)
1937 – Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. 1863)
1941 – Lloyd Seay, American stock car driver (b. 1919)
1942 – Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924)
1944 – Bella Rosenfeld, subject of many of Marc Chagall paintings (b. 1895)
1948 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
1953 – Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1962 – William Wilkerson, Founder of the Hollywood Reporter, The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and nightclubs such as Ciro's (b. 1890)
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
1964 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, 13th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
1964 – Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)
1965 – Johannes Bobrowski, German writer (b. 1917)
1969 – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
1973 – Carl Dudley, American film director (b. 1910)
1973 – J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
1976 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934)
1978 – Fred G. Meyer, Founder Fred Meyer Inc. (b. 1886)
1979 – Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903)
1984 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
1985 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
1985 – Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler
1991 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
1992 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1994 – Roy Castle, British entertainer (b. 1932)
1996 – Paddy Clift, Leicestershire cricketer (b. 1953)
1997 – Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (b. 1902)
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
1998 – Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933)
1998 – Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918)
2000 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
2000 – Curt Siodmak, German-born author (b. 1907)
2001 – Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (b. 1922)
2001 – Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
2002 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
2004 – Joan Oró, Catalan scientist (b. 1923)
2004 – Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek actress (b. 1916)
2005 – Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
2006 – Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman (b. 1930)
2006 – Willi Ninja, dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
2007 – Max McNab, National Hockey League executive (b. 1924)
2007 – Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer (b. 1957)
2007 – Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer (b. 1962)
2008 – Bill Meléndez, American character animator (b. 1916)

Holidays and observances

Also see September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
RC Saints – Saint Nonnosus, Agricola of Avignon, Saint Castor of Apt, Antoninus of Pamiers.
Mauritius – Ganesh Chaturthi.
Transnistria – Independence day, note Transnistria is not an internationally recognized independent state.
Sedan Day (Sedantag) – traditional national German holiday (see Sedan, France) that commemorates Prussia's victory over France in 1870, making the German Empire a reality.
Vietnam – National Day (independence from Japan and France, 1945).
Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions
Acoma Pueblo – Feast Day of San Esteban del Rey
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 02, 2009, 08:29:26 AM
1945 – Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Pwnin noobs. 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on September 03, 2009, 05:19:30 AM
Completely off-topic and unrelated to anything but I made a few observations today:

1.  Sandblasting while wearing shorts is  ill-advised and generally not recommended.

2.  "screened sand" means they took most of the rocks out but left all the pebbles slightly larger than the orifice on the gun.

3.  pressure pot blasters pwn siphon sand blasters, talking flame thrower vs Zippo here.

4.  pressure pot blasters have a voracious appetite for whatever you feed them.

4a.  I am now inspired to turn an old hot water heater into a 500# pressure pot blaster.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 03, 2009, 08:14:04 AM
http://www.holytaco.com/25-awesome-vanity-plates  :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 03, 2009, 08:16:36 AM
September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590 – Gregory I became pope.
863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1650 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
1651 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
1666 – The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
1777 – Cooch's Bridge – Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1798 – Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
1802 – William Wordsworth composed the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802".
1803 – English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1812 – 24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
1838 – Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a Free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
1855 – Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1874 – The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union – Communism Peak (7495 m).
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
1941 – Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Lakhva Ghetto.
1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
1951 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
1954 – The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
1954 – The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state
1976 – Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1994 – Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
1995 – eBay founded.
1997 – A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
1999 – 87-automobile pile-up on Highway 401 freeway just east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake St. Clair.
2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis: Day 3: The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, over half of which are children.

Births

1034 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)
1499 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)
1568 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (d. 1634)
1675 – Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
1693 – Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
1695 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
1710 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
1724 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
1781 – Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Josephine de Beauharnais (d. 1824)
1810 – Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
1820 – George Hearst, American businessman and father of William Randolph Hearst (d. 1891)
1841 – Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (d. 1909)
1851 – Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, Queen of Greece (d. 1926)
1856 – Louis Sullivan, American architect (d. 1924)
1856 – Robert Stewart, South African cricketer (d. 1913)
1869 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951)
1882 – Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
1887 – Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1897 – Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)
1899 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)
1900 – Maurice Dobb, British economist (d. 1976)
1900 – Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician (d. 1986)
1900 – Percy Chapman, England cricketer (d. 1961)
1901 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (d. 1959)
1905 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1905 – John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
1907 – Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (d. 1977)
1908 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
1910 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (d. 2007)
1910 – Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (d. 2007)
1911 – Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (d. 2000)
1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor (d. 1964)
1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (d. 1994)
1916 – Eddie Stanky, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1918 – Helen Wagner, American actress
1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
1921 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (d. 2008)
1925 – Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
1925 – Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
1926 – Alison Lurie, American novelist
1926 – Irene Papas, Greek actress
1928 – Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission (d. 2007)
1929 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
1930 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002)
1931 – Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
1931 – Dick Motta, American basketball coach
1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress
1933 – Tompall Glaser, American singer
1933 – Basil Butcher, West Indian cricketer
1934 – Freddie King, American musician (d. 1976)
1938 – Caryl Churchill, English playwright
1938 – Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
1940 – Pauline Collins, English actress
1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990)
1942 – Al Jardine, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1942 – John Shrapnel, English actor
1943 – Valerie Perrine, American actress
1943 – Frank Lister, English footballer
1947 – Eric Bell, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician
1948 – Levy Mwanawasa – Zambian Politician (d. 2008)
1949 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
1949 – José Pekerman, Argentine football manager
1950 – Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X)
1951 – Denys Hobson, former South African cricketer
1953 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
1955 – Steve Jones, English musician (Sex Pistols)
1956 – Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1957 – Garth Ancier, American television executive
1957 – Earl Cureton, American basketball player
1959 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
1962 – Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor
1963 – Amber Lynn, American porn star
1963 – Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer
1964 – Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
1964 – Spike Feresten, American television writer
1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
1964 – Holt McCallany, American actor
1964 – Nigel Rhodes, English actor and musician
1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor
1966 – Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician
1969 – John Fugelsang, American actor
1969 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, professional wrestler, and valet (d. 2004)
1970 – Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
1970 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer
1971 – Chabeli Iglesias, Spanish journalist
1971 – Trevor St. John, American actor
1972 – Natalia Estrada, Spanish model and actress
1972 – Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
1973 – Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
1973 – Jennifer Paige, American singer/songwriter
1973 – Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player
1974 – Clare Kramer, American actress
1974 – Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
1975 – Cristobal Huet, French hockey player
1976 – Ashley Jones, American actress
1976 – Jevon Kearse, American football player
1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
1977 – Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
1977 – Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
1977 – Nate Robertson, American baseball player
1978 – John Curtis, English footballer
1978 – Paul Moor, English ten-pin bowler
1978 – Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player
1978 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
1978 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004)
1979 – Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
1979 – Tiffany Chapman, English actress
1980 – The B.G., American rapper
1980 – Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41)
1980 – Jennie Finch, American softball player
1981 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
1982 – Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
1983 – Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver
1983 – Nicky Hunt, English footballer
1983 – Marcus McCauley, American football player
1983 – Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
1984 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor
1985 – Scott Carson, English footballer
1985 – Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
1986 – Shaun White, American snowboarder
1987 – Chris Fountain, English actor
1993 – Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol

Deaths

1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1351)
1420 – Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
1592 – Robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)
1634 – Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (b. 1552)
1653 – Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (b. 1588)
1658 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599)
1662 – William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
1720 – Henri de Massue, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
1722 – Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1729 – Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
1766 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
1808 – John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper (b. 1784)
1860 – Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
1866 – Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1883 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author (b. 1818)
1886 – William W. Snow, American politician (b. 1812)
1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1816)
1903 – Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832)
1914 – Albéric Magnard, French composer (b. 1865)
1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian vaudevillian and impresario
1948 – Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
1961 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
1962 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
1963 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (b. 1907)
1964 – Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
1967 – James Dunn, American actor (b. 1905)
1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and businessman(b.1893)
1968 – Isabel Withers, American actress (b. 1896)
1969 – John Lester, American cricketer (b. 1871)
1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
1970 – "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (b. 1943)
1974 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
1980 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926)
1980 – Duncan Renaldo, American actor (b. 1904)
1981 – Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
1983 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1985 – Johnny Marks, American singer (b. 1909)
1987 – Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926)
1991 – Frank Capra, American film director (b. 1897)
1994 – James T. Aubrey, American television executive (b. 1918)
1994 – Billy Wright, English former footballer (b. 1924)
1994 – Major Lance, American singer (b. 1939)
1996 – Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian artist (b. 1910)
2000 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
2001 – Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (b. 1973)
2002 – W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
2003 – Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
2005 – R. S. R. Fitter, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1913)
2005 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
2007 – Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
2007 – Steve Ryan, American actor (b. 1947)
2007 – Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
2007 – Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
2008 – Donald Blakeslee, American aviator, led 4th Fighter Group during World War II. (b. 1917)
2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1949)

Holidays and observances

Australia – Flag Day.
Canadian Merchant Navy Day.
RC Saints – Pope Gregory I, Saint Marinus, Remaclus.
Qatar – Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1971).
San Marino – Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus.
Republic of China (Taiwan) – Armed Forces Day.
Tunisia – Memorial Day.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 03, 2009, 08:28:22 AM
2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis: Day 3: The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, over half of which are children.


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Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 03, 2009, 08:37:19 AM
Happy Tunisian Memorial Day  ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 03, 2009, 08:38:47 AM
http://www.holytaco.com/25-awesome-vanity-plates  :rofl:
so it's not lost. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 07, 2009, 07:00:18 AM
September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

70 – A Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1776 – World's first submarine attack: the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino – Napoleon defeats the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
1818 – Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1821 – The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) is established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.
1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga creek in São Paulo.
1860 – Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.
1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly killed.
1893 – The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become the first Italian football club, is established by British expats.
1895 – The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895-96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1909 – Eugene Lefebvre (1878–1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1911 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1922 – In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
1929 – Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
1936 – The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1940 – World War II: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
1940 – Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1942 – Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
1942 – First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
1943 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
1943 – World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
1945 – Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
1970 – An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
1970 – Fighting between Arab guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
1970 – Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
1977 – The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from in a specially-designed umbrella.
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
1986 – Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
1988 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
1997 – The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place.
1999 – A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
2004 – Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hit Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
2005 – First presidential election is held in Egypt.
2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Births

786 – Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842)
1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
1533 – Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
1674 – Ernest Augustus (d. 1728)
1683 – Mary Anne of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1754)
1694 – Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
1817 – Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark (d. 1898)
1818 – Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1829 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
1842 – Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
1851 – Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
1855 – William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
1862 – Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
1866 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
1867 – Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer (d. 1938)
1870 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
1876 – C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
1885 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
1887 – Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
1908 – Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
1908 – Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist leader during the Cold War (d. 1998)
1912 – David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
1913 – Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer
1914 – James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist
1921 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000)
1922 – Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
1923 – Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian judge
1927 – Eric Hill, British children's Author
1930 – Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
1930 – Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (d. 1993)
1934 – Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
1934 – Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon
1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German artist
1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
1937 – Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
1937 – Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
1940 – Dario Argento, Italian film director
1942 – Alan Oakes, British Footballer
1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German Schlager singer
1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada
1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
1944 – Earl "the Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American singer
1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
1951 – Mark Isham, American composer
1952 – Susan Blakely, American actress
1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
1956 – Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
1956 – Diane Warren, American song writer
1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar and Culture Club) (d. 1997)
1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
1961 – LeRoi Moore, American Saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French Pianist
1962 – Jennifer Egan, American novelist
1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
1965 – Uta Pippig, German athlete
1965 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
1967 – Toby Jones, British actor
1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player
1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
1969 – Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
1969 – Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
1970 – Jason Giambi, American baseball player
1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
1974 – Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
1977 – Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
1977 – Gianluca Grava, Italian footballer
1977 – Jon Macken, British Footballer
1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
1979 – Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner – Slovak slalom canoers
1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
1981 – Paul McCoy, American musician (lead singer of 12 Stones)
1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks
1983 – Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
1986 – Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer

Deaths

355 – Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
1151 – Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
1312 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
1496 – King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
1552 – Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
1559 – Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
1632 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia
1644 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
1654 – Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
1655 – François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
1657 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
1719 – John Harris, English writer
1729 – William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
1708 – Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia
1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
1840 – Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
1881 – Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
1891 – Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
1921 – Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
1939 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
1943 – J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
1955 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Québec Prime Minister (b. 1890)
1962 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
1962 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian singer (b. 1895)
1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
1962 – Graham Walker, British motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
1965 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
1971 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
1982 – Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
1984 – Joe Cronin, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1906)
1990 – Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (b. 1900)
1991 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
1994 – James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
1994 – Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
1994 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
1994 – Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
1999 – Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
2001 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
2001 – Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
2002 – Cyrinda Foxe, American model (b. 1952)
2002 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
2002 – Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
2002 – Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
2003 – The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
2003 – Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
2004 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2005 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
2005 – Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. c. 1924)
2008 – Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (b. 1964)
2008 – Don Haskins, American College Basketball coach (b. 1930)
2008 – Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
2008 – Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances

RC Saints – Saint Regina; Saint Evurtius (Heortius), St. Cloud (Clodoald), Saint Gratus of Aosta, Saint Anastasius the Fuller
Also see September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Brazil – Independence day (from Portugal, 1822).
Aydın Turkey – Independence day 1922
Pakistan – Defence Day (Pak-Air-Force Day) Since 1971
Mozambique – Victory Day
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 07, 2009, 03:44:04 PM
RC Saints ???

Saint Traxxus, Sainted Team Associated, and Saint Losi ???

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 08, 2009, 07:18:40 AM
Happy Tuesday/4 day week! :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 08, 2009, 07:22:37 AM
September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

70 – Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1331 – Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
1380 – Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1449 – Battle of Tumu Fortress – Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.
1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
1514 – Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles St. Augustine, Florida.
1565 – The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that started on May 18.
1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1761 – Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1888 – In England the first six Football League matches ever are played.
1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
1921 – 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
1923 – Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
1935 – US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
1941 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.
1943 – World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
1943 – World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
1944 – World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
1945 – Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1951 – Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
1959 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
1960 – In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
1962 – Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.
1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'
1966 – The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
1967 – The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
1968 – The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit Hey Jude.
1970 – Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September
1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is later given a general discharge.
1991 – Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
1994 – A USAir Boeing 737 crashes in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, near the city of Aliquippa.
1998 – Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the season off of Steve Trachsel (Chicago Cubs), breaking Roger Maris' long standing record of 61.
1999 – United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement contradicting the official government stories.
2004 – The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
2005 – Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.

Births

801 – Ansgar, German Christian archbishop (d. 865)
828 – Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)
1157 – King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
1207 – King Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
1271 – Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)
1380 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)
1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
1515 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)
1588 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
1621 – Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)
1633 – Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)
1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
1742 – Ozias Humphrey, English artist (d. 1810)
1749 – Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
1749 – Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe, Italian-born French aristocrat (d. 1792)
1778 – Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
1783 – Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
1804 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)
1814 – Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)
1824 – Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)
1828 – Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American Civil War soldier (d. 1914)
1828 – Clarence Cook, American writer and art critic (d. 1900)
1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)
1841 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of James A. Garfield (d. 1882)
1852 – Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)
1857 – Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
1873 – Alfred Jarry, French playwright (d. 1907)
1873 – David O. McKay, ninth president of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
1881 – Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
1884 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1921)
1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967)
1887 – Prince George of Yugoslavia (d. 1972)
1889 – Robert Alphonso Taft, American politician (d. 1953)
1895 – Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)
1896 – Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist (d. 1983)
1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d. 1933)
1901 – Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)
1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
1914 – Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (d. 2001)
1915 – Frank Cady, American actor
1915 – Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (d. 1992)
1918 – Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1919 – Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and writer (d. 1992)
1921 – Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer (d. 2001)
1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian
1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician
1924 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)
1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec politician
1924 – Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964)
1925 – Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)
1927 – Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)
1929 – Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
1929 – Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958)
1930 – Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese politician
1930 – Mario Adorf, Swiss-born German actor
1931 – John Garrett, British politician (d. 2007)
1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
1933 – Asha Bhosle, Indian singer
1933 – Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss
1933 – Michael Frayn, British playwright
1933 – Eric Salzman, American composer
1934 – Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
1934 – Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
1937 – Barbara Frum, Canadian news anchor (d. 1992)
1937 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress
1937 – Sam Nunn, American politician
1938 – Kenichi Horie, Japanese adventurer
1939 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
1939 – Guitar Shorty, American musician
1940 – Quentin L. Cook, LDS apostle
1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician
1942 – Brian Cole, American musician (The Association) (d. 1972)
1943 – Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician
1944 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer
1945 – Ron Pigpen McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
1945 – Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player
1946 – L.C. Greenwood, American football player
1947 – Ann Beattie, American writer
1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist
1947 – Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (d. 2000)
1947 – Halldor Asgrimsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland
1948 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese professional wrestler
1950 – Zachary Richard, American singer and songwriter
1950 – Mike Simpson, American politician
1951 – Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer
1953 – Stu Ungar, American Legendary Gambler, 3 Time World Series Of Poker Main Event Winner (d. 1998)
1954 – Anne Diamond, English television presenter
1954 – Mark Foley, American politician
1954 – Michael Shermer, American science writer
1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist
1956 – Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)
1956 – Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
1957 – Heather Thomas, American actress
1958 – Michael Lardie, American musician
1958 – Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
1959 – Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer and actor
1960 – Aimee Mann, American musician
1960 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman; husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (d. 1990)
1960 – David Steele, English musician
1960 – Aguri Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
1961 – Paul Zanetti, Australian political cartoonist
1962 – Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player
1962 – Christopher Klim, American novelist
1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
1963 – Li Ning, Chinese gymnast
1963 – Brad Silberling, American television and film director
1963 – Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian
1964 – Michael Johns, American business executive
1964 – Scott Levy, American professional wrestler
1964 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)
1965 – Darlene Zschech, Australian Christian Singer
1966 – Carola, Swedish singer
1966 – Peter Furler, Australian musician (Newsboys)
1967 – Kimberly Peirce, American film director
1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer
1969 – Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
1969 – Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer
1970 – Neko Case, American musician
1970 – Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
1970 – Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
1970 – Andy Ward, Irish rugby player
1971 – Brooke Burke, American model
1971 – Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
1971 – David Arquette, American actor
1971 – Martin Freeman, English actor
1971 – Pierre Sévigny, French-Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
1971 – Vico C (Luis Armando Lozada Cruz), American (Puerto Rican) musician
1972 – Markus Babbel, German footballer
1972 – Os du Randt, South African rugby player
1972 – Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor
1972 – Lisa Kennedy, American television personality
1972 – Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
1972 – Phil Laak, Irish-born American professional poker player
1973 – Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian footballer
1974 – Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
1974 – Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-born American documentarian
1975 – Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
1975 – Larenz Tate, American actor
1975 – Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer
1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
1976 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
1976 – Gerald Drummond and Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballers
1976 – Brendan Kelly, American musician (The Lawrence Arms)
1976 – Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter
1977 – Jay McKee, Canadian hockey player
1978 – Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer
1978 – Gil Meche, American baseball player
1978 – Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and performer
1979 – Pink, American singer
1980 – Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer
1980 – Slim Thug, American rapper
1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
1983 – Wali Lundy, American football player
1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
1983 – Will Blalock, American basketball player
1983 – Chris Judd, Australian football player
1983 – Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Australian footballer
1984 – Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver
1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer
1984 – Bobby Parnell, Pitcher for the New York Mets
1985 – Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant
1986 – João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
1986 – Matt Grothe, American football player
1987 – Wiz Khalifa, American hip-hop artist
1988 – Caitlin Hill, Australian internet personality
1988 – Arrelious Benn, American football player
1988 – Chantal Jones, American fashion model
1990 – Matt Barkley, American football player
1996 – Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress
1997 – Kimberlea Berg, English actress

Deaths

701 – Pope Sergius I
780 – Leo IV, Byzantine Emperor
1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.
1425 – King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
1539 – John Stokesley, English churchman
1560 – Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (b. 1534)
1601 – John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare (b. 1530)
1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547)
1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
1637 – Robert Fludd, English mystic (b. 1574)
1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet (b. 1592)
1644 – John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (b. 1580)
1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574)
1675 – Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, countess of Solms-Braunfels (b. 1602)
1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
1721 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
1739 – Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
1755 – Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b. 1715)
1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
1780 – Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b. 1736)
1784 – Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)
1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741)
1831 – John Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher (b. 1745)
1853 – Frédéric Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
1882 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
1888 – Annie Chapman, widely believed to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821)
1933 – King Faysal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
1943 – Julius Fucik, Czech journalist (executed) (b. 1903)
1944 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b.1881)
1948 – Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)
1949 – Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (b. 1922)
1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1969 – Bud Collyer, American television game show host (b. 1908)
1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (b. 1868)
1970 – Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)
1977 – Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915)
1979 – Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1981 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1983 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
1985 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887)
1991 – Alex North, American composer (b. 1910)
1999 – Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (b. 1916)
2002 – Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b. 1968)
2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902)
2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1913)
2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
2006 – Hilda Bernstein, English-born South African author, artist, and activist (b. 1915)
2006 – Peter Brock, Australian racecar driver (b. 1945)
2006 – Frank Middlemass, actor (b. 1919)
2006 – Erk Russell, American football coach (b. 1923)
2007 – Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (b. 1917)
2008 – Evan Tanner, UFC Champion (b. 1971)
2008 – Ahn Jae-hwan, South Korean actor (b. 1972)

Holidays and observances

1551 – The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
Andorra – National day: Mare de Deu de Meritxell.
Bahá'í Faith – Feast of 'Izzat (Might) – First day of the tenth month of the Bahá'í calendar.
Macedonia – Independence day (from Yugoslavia, 1991).
Malta – Feast of Our Lady of Victories (il-Vittorja); anniversary of the 1565 victory of the Knights of Malta over the Ottoman Empire; anniversary of the 1943 surrender of Italy to the Allied forces, marking the end of World War II hostilities on Malta.
Fiestas de Santa Fe in New Mexico, USA.
International Literacy Day
Rhodri Day in Jersey, Channel Islands
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
Birth of Mary (mother of Jesus)
Feastday of Our Lady of Charity
Pope Sergius I
National Day in North Korea
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 08, 2009, 07:26:52 AM
1998 – Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the season off of Steve Trachsel (Chicago Cubs), breaking Roger Maris' long standing record of 61.

Woot for drugs..... :rolleyes:



Drive into work today was crap. All the school busses back on the road. :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 08, 2009, 08:39:50 AM
Happy International Literacy Day

I see most of you are not celebrating. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 08, 2009, 08:44:49 AM
:bird:


u suk.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 09, 2009, 08:05:39 AM
September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

9 – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
1379 – Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
1493 – Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the Ottoman Empire invasion.
1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britains mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 – The Continental Congress officially names their new union of sovereign states the United States.
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirmed the privileges of Baltic provinces.
1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1850 – The Compromise of 1850 strips Texas of a third of its claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1886 – The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1922 – Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 has ended with Turkish victory over the Greeks.
1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party (CHP).
1924 – Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1926 – The U.S. National Broadcasting Company formed.
1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.
1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
1945 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.
1947 – First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1948 – The Republic Day of Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to top $1 billion in unadjusted damages.
1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collides in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashes near Fairland, Indiana.
1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1990 – 1990 Batticaloa massacre, massacre of 184 minority Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army in the eastern Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka.
1991 – Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
1999 – The Dreamcast, the last video game console to be produced by SEGA, is released.
2001 – Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan.
2001 – Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia.
2004 – 2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.

Births

214 – Aurelian, Roman Emperor (d. 275)
384 – Flavius Honorius, Roman Emperor (d. 423)
1349 – Duke Albert III of Austria (d. 1395)
1427 – Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464)
1466 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
1558 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)
1585 – Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642)
1629 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1691)
1700 – Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780)
1711 – Thomas Hutchinson, American politician (d. 1780)
1721 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish naval architect and vice admiral (d. 1808)
1731 – Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787)
1737 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
1754 – William Bligh, British naval officer (d. 1817)
1755 – Benjamin Bourne, American politician (d. 1808)
1777 – James Carr (Massachusetts politician), U.S. Congressman (d. 1818)
1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910)
1834 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist (d. 1903)
1853 – Fred Spofforth, Australian cricketer (d. 1926)
1855 – Anthony Francis Lucas, Croatian-born oil exploration pioneer (d. 1921)
1868 – Mary Hunter Austin, American writer (d. 1934)
1873 – Max Reinhardt, German film director and actor (d. 1943)
1877 – Frank Chance, American baseball player (d. 1924)
1878 – Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914)
1878 – Sergio Osmeña, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)
1887 – Alf Landon, American politician (d. 1987)
1882 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
1890 – Harland Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 1980)
1892 – Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (d. 1961)
1894 – Arthur Freed, American songwriter and film producer (d. 1973)
1894 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (d. 1976)
1898 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (d. 1973)
1899 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1899 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (d. 1984)
1899 – Bruno E. Jacob, Founder of the National Forensic League (d. 1979)
1900 – James Hilton, English novelist (d. 1954)
1903 – Phyllis Whitney, American writer (d. 2008)
1904 – Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005)
1905 – Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher (d. 1981)
1908 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (d. 1950)
1911 – John Gorton, Australian politician (d. 2002)
1911 – Paul Goodman, American poet and writer (d. 1972)
1917 – Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (d. 1942)
1918 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of the Italian Republic
1919 – Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, American bookmaker and sports commentator (d. 1996)
1919 – Gottfried Dienst, Swiss football referee (d. 1998)
1920 – Aldo Parisot, American cellist and teacher
1920 – Robert Wood Johnson III, American philanthropist (d. 1970)
1920 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (d. 1993)
1922 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1922 – Manolis Glezos, Greek politician and writer
1922 – Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (d. 2000)
1923 – Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2008)
1924 – Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
1924 – Russell M. Nelson, LDS apostle and cardiac surgery pioneer
1924 – Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
1925 – Cliff Robertson, American actor
1926 – Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Egypt Muslim cleric
1927 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (d. 2004)
1929 – Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. 2004)
1930 – Frank Lucas, Drug Lord
1932 – Sylvia Miles, American actress
1935 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor
1935 – Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author
1939 – Bruce Gray, Puerto Rican actor
1939 – Ron McDole, American football player
1939 – Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer
1941 – Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
1941 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist
1942 – Inez Foxx, American R&B singer
1942 – Danny Kalb, American musician, (Blues Project)
1943 – Art LaFleur, American actor
1945 – Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer
1946 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004)
1946 – Doug Ingle, American musician (Iron Butterfly)
1946 – Hayato Tani, Japanese actor
1947 – David Rosenboom, American composer
1948 – Pamela Des Barres, American groupie and author
1949 – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician
1949 – Garry Maddox, American baseball player
1949 – Daniel Pipes, American writer and political commentator
1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and commentator
1951 – Alexander Downer, Australian politician
1951 – Robert Desiderio, American actor
1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
1952 – Angela Cartwright, American actress
1952 – Manuel Göttsching, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel)
1952 – David A. Stewart, English musician (Eurythmics)
1954 – Jeffrey Combs, American actor
1955 – John Kricfalusi, Canadian animator
1957 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist
1957 – Gabriele Tredozi, Italian engineer
1959 – Eric Serra, French composer
1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor
1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and restaurateur
1960 – Bob Stoops, American football coach
1963 – Roberto Donadoni, Italian football player and manager
1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player
1965 – Constance Marie, American actress
1966 – Georg Hackl, German luger
1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian
1967 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor
1967 – Anna Malle, American porn star (d. 2006)
1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player
1967 – Chris Caffery, American guitarist and singer
1968 – Francois Botha, South African boxer
1968 – Jon Drummond, American former sprinter
1968 – Julia Sawalha, English actress
1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer
1969 – Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress
1970 – Natalia Streignard, Venezuelan actress
1971 – Henry Thomas, American actor and musician
1972 – James Farmer, American educator and artist
1972 – Mike Hampton, American baseball player
1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky, British newsreader
1972 – Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
1972 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
1973 – Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
1974 – Shane Crawford, Australian rules footballer
1974 – Marcos Curiel, American guitarist of rock band (P.O.D.), Songwriter, Producer.
1974 – Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
1974 – Vikram Batra, Officer of the Indian Army
1974 – Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer, composer and musician
1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer and actor
1976 – Emma de Caunes, French film actress
1976 – Chace Ambrose, American actor and writer
1976 – Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian musician (Ulver, ex-Borknagar)
1976 – Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan actor
1976 – Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer
1977 – Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer
1977 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003)
1977 – Kyle Snyder, American baseball player
1978 – Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player
1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player
1978 – Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player
1979 – Nikki DeLoach, American actress and singer
1979 – Wayne Carlisle, Northern Irish footballer
1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player
1980 – Michelle Williams, American actress
1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress
1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter
1982 – Graham Onions, English cricketer
1983 – Kyle Davies, American baseball player
1983 – Kristine Hermosa, Filipina actress
1983 – Sam Hollenbach, American football player
1983 – Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
1983 – Kim Jung-hwa, South Korean actress and model
1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
1984 – Farrah Gray, American author
1984 – Brad Guzan, American footballer
1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer
1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
1985 – Dani Pedrosa, Spanish motorcycle racer
1985 – J. R. Smith, American basketball player
1986 – Michael Bowden, American baseball player
1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
1987 – Joshua Herdman, English actor
1987 – Alexandre Song, Cameroonian footballer
2000 – Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain

Deaths

701 – Pope Sergius I
1000 – Olaf I of Norway
1087 – King William I of England
1398 – King James I of Cyprus (b. 1334)
1487 – Chenghua, Emperor of China (b. 1447)
1488 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1433)
1513 – King James IV of Scotland (b. 1473)
1569 – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter
1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish Queen
1612 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570)
1676 – Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, French army officer (b. 1612)
1680 – Henry Marten, English regicide (b. 1602)
1755 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian (b. 1694)
1806 – William Paterson, American jurist and statesman (b. 1745)
1815 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (b. 1738)
1841 – A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (b. 1778)
1891 – Jules Grévy, President of France (b. 1813)
1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (b. 1864)
1907 – Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
1909 – Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad entrepreneur (b. 1848)
1910 – Elizabeth Blackwell, first female American Doctor (b.181)
1915 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (b. 1850)
1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1869)
1960 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
1969 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese communist leader (b. 1893)
1978 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (b. 1892)
1978 – Jack Warner, Canadian-born American film executive (b. 1892)
1980 – John Howard Griffin, American writer (b. 1920)
1981 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst (b. 1901)
1985 – Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1990 – Doc Cramer, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1990 – Samuel Doe, Liberian politician (b. 1951)
1990 – Alexander Men, Russian priest (b. 1930)
1996 – Bill Monroe, American bluegrass singer and composer (b. 1911)
1997 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1997 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907)
1998 – Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
1999 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
1999 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922)
1999 – Chan Parker, American author; wife of Charlie Parker and Phil Woods (b. 1925)
2000 – Julian Critchley, British politician (b. 1930)
2001 – Ahmed Shah Massoud, Afghani military leader (b. 1953)
2003 – Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)
2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1908)
2004 – Roland Sherwood "Ernie" Ball, American businessman (b. 1930)
2005 – John Wayne Glover, English serial killer (b. 1932)
2006 – Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (b. 1927)
2006 – Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (b. 1955)
2006 – Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
2006 – William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (b. 1930)
2007 – Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952)
2008 – Warith Deen Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

California Admission Day (to commemorate the state's admission to the USA).
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Eastern Orthodoxy – Synaxis of the Theopatores Joachim and Anna.
Macedonian independence day. (From Yugoslavia)
Japan – Chrysanthemum Day (Kiku no Sekku).
North Korea – Republic Day (1948).
Tajikistan – Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).
Sega Dreamcast (Ten year anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast in North America which was released 9/9/99).
Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, festivity of Our Lady of Arantzazu
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 09, 2009, 08:23:00 AM
1999 – The Dreamcast, the last video game console to be produced by SEGA, is released.


RIP Sega.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 10, 2009, 07:04:34 AM
September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 112 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Istanbul.
1547 – The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
1798 – At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
1813 – The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1823 – Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
1858 – George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
1897 – Lattimer Massacre – a sheriff's posse kills twenty unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
1898 – Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
1919 – Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
1927 – France wins its first Davis Cup since first competing in the event in 1905.
1932 – The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
1939 – World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.
1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies – France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
1942 – World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
1943 – World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
1951 – The United Kingdom begins an economic boycott of Iran.
1961 – Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
1963 – 20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama.
1967 – The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
1972 – The United States loses its first international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
1974 – Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1976 – A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
1977 – Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
1990 – The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire – the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
2001 – Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
2003 – Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
2007 – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

Births

1169 – Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
1385 – Le Loi, national hero of Viet Nam, founder of the Later Lê Dynasty
1487 – Pope Julius III, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (d. 1555)
1550 – Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)
1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
1588 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666)
1624 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
1638 – Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
1659 – Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
1714 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
1758 – Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
1786 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
1786 – William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
1788 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
1801 – Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
1836 – Joseph Wheeler, American general (d. 1906)
1839 – Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912)
1839 – Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher (d. 1914)
1844 – Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
1852 – Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935)
1855 – Albert F. Mummery, British mountaineer (d. 1895)
1861 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d. 1941)
1866 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)
1871 – Charles Collett, British mechanical engineer (d. 1952)
1885 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American biographer and critic (d. 1950)
1886 – Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961)
1887 – Giovanni Gronchi, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1978)
1887 – Kenneth Mason, British geographer (d. 1976)
1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
1890 – Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (d. 1945)
1892 – Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1893 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian and former oldest living person (d. 2009)
1895 – Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976)
1896 – Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
1896 – Adele Astaire, American dancer and entertainer (d. 1981)
1896 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1970)
1897 – Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962)
1897 – Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
1898 – Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
1898 – Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
1904 – Max Shachtman, American politician (d. 1972)
1906 – Karl Wien, German mountaineer (d. 1937)
1907 – Alva R. Fitch, American army officer (d. 1989)
1908 – Waldo Wedel, American Archaeologist (d. 1996)
1908 – Raymond Scott, American composer, bandleader, electronic music pioneer (d. 1994)
1912 – Mary Walter, Filipina actress (d. 1993)
1914 – Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005)
1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
1917 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat (d. 2009)
1918 – Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)
1920 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001)
1922 – Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer (d. 2008)
1924 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1924 – Boyd K. Packer, LDS apostle
1925 – Roy Brown, American blues musician (d. 1981)
1928 – Jean Vanier, Canadian disabilities advocate
1928 – Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989)
1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer
1931 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor
1931 – Joan Carroll Cruz, American author
1932 – Bo Goldman, American screenwriter
1933 – Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000)
1933 – Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
1934 – Roger Maris, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet
1937 – Jared Diamond, American biologist and author
1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002)
1941 – Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
1941 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
1942 – Danny Hutton, American singer
1943 – Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), American professional wrestler
1943 – Daniel Truhitte, American actor
1943 – Neale Donald Walsch, American author
1944 – Sir Thomas Allen, English baritone
1945 – Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
1946 – Jim Hines, American athlete
1946 – Don Powell, English drummer
1946 – Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
1948 – Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
1948 – Judy Geeson, English actress
1948 – Bob Lanier, American basketball player
1948 – Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau
1948 – Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese writer
1948 – Charlie Waters, American football player
1949 – Don Muraco, professional wrestler
1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and commentator
1950 – Joe Perry, American musician
1952 – Vic Toews, Canadian politician
1952 – Medea Benjamin, American activist
1953 – Amy Irving, American actress
1956 – Johnny Hickman, American musician
1956 – Johnny Fingers, Irish musician The Boomtown Rats
1957 – Carol Decker, UK singer
1957 – Kate Burton, Swiss actress
1958 – Chris Columbus, American film director
1958 – Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer
1959 – Peter Nelson, American actor
1960 – Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist
1960 – Colin Firth, English actor
1960 – David Lowery, American musician
1963 – Randy Johnson, American baseball player
1963 – Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician
1964 – John E. Sununu, American politician
1965 – Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer
1966 – Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
1968 – Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer
1968 – Guy Ritchie, British film director
1969 – Johnathon Schaech, American actor
1970 – Paula Kelley, musician
1970 – Ménélik, French rapper
1972 – Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
1972 – James Duval, American actor
1972 – Bente Skari, Norwegian cross-country skier
1972 – Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer
1973 – Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
1974 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
1974 – Mirko Filipovic, Croatian martial artist
1974 – Ben Wallace, American basketball player
1975 – Jonathan Hoenig, American investment advisor
1975 – Sammy Knight, American football player
1975 – Melanie Pullen, American Photograper
1976 – Matt Morgan, American professional wrestler
1979 – Jacob Young, American actor and singer
1986 – Hiroki Uchi, Japanese Idol
1988 – Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Coco Rocha, Canadian fashion model

Deaths

210 BC – Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China.
918 – Count Baldwin II of Flanders (b. 865)
954 – King Louis IV of France (b. 920)
1167 – Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)
1197 – Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
1217 – William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon
1308 – Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)
1382 – Louis I of Hungary, the King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342 and of Poland
1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b. 1371)
1482 – Federico da Montefeltro, Italian Renaissance condottiero and arts patron
1519 – John Colet, English churchman and educator
1559 – Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
1591 – Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b. 1542)
1604 – William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b. 1545)
1607 – Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist (b. 1545)
1669 – Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
1676 – Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
1680 – Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b. 1610)
1748 – Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
1749 – Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
1759 – Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (b. 1703)
1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)
1801 – Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (b. 1780)
1851 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (b. 1787)
1867 – Simon Sechter, Austrian composer (b. 1788)
1898 – Elisabeth of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1837)
1905 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861)
1915 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
1931 – Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1869)
1935 – Huey Long, American politician (b. 1893)
1937 – Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer (b. 1892)
1948 – King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
1952 – Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese civil engineer and architect (b. 1866)
1961 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (b. 1880)
1961 – Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (b. 1928)
1965 – Father Divine, American religious leader (b. 1880)
1966 – Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891)
1971 – Pier Angeli, Italian actress (b. 1932)
1975 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1976 – Dalton Trumbo, American writer (b. 1905)
1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944)
1979 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (b. 1922)
1983 – Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1983 – John Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1915)
1985 – Jock Stein, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1922)
1991 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
1995 – Charles Denner, French actor (b. 1926)
1995 – Yasutomo Nagai, motorbike driver (b.1965)
1996 – Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1923)
1996 – Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
1997 – Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
1998 – Carl Forgione, British actor (b. 1944)
1999 – Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927)
2000 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
2001 – DJ Uncle Al (b. 1969)
2004 – Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
2005 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (b. 1924)
2006 – Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918)
2006 – King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (b. 1918)
2006 – Daniel Wayne Smith, son of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith (b. 1986)
2007 – Jane Wyman, American actress (b. 1917)
2007 – Anita Roddick, British businesswoman (b. 1942)
2007 – Ted Stepien, former basketball team owner (b. 1925)
2008 – Domagoj Kapeć, Croatian hockey player (b. 1989)

Holidays and observances

Calendar of Saints – Nicholas of Tolentino; Saint Aubert.
Also see September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Gibraltar – National Day.
Teacher's Day in People's Republic of China and Hong Kong.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 10, 2009, 07:17:27 AM
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.


It's gonna create a black hole and suck us all in!!!!!!!!!!!!  :help:
 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 10, 2009, 08:27:37 AM
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.


It's gonna create a black hole and suck us all in!!!!!!!!!!!!  :help:
 :lol:

sorta like Preddy's a$$. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 10, 2009, 02:06:35 PM
sounds about right :lol:



Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 10, 2009, 06:57:37 PM
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.


It's gonna create a black hole and suck us all in!!!!!!!!!!!!  :help:
 :lol:

No, I'm not that lucky :(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 12, 2009, 04:43:16 AM
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.


It's gonna create a black hole and suck us all in!!!!!!!!!!!!  :help:
 :lol:

No, I'm not that lucky :(
That was suck IN, not OFF.......... & I thought Preddy already did that for you :crazy:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 14, 2009, 09:37:01 AM
MORNING GUYS!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 14, 2009, 09:42:45 AM
Crazy one here!  :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 14, 2009, 09:45:07 AM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. slept like crap last night.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 15, 2009, 01:26:59 AM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 15, 2009, 06:51:30 AM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)

Liar, yes you do.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 15, 2009, 10:45:48 AM
 :lol:


morning gents, nearly afternoon :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 15, 2009, 11:22:49 AM
morning gone alreday. A damn zoo here.

Scheduled to run a printer 24/7 that they only bought me a 8-5 service contract for. All calls outside that cost $600. Unless I can figure it out and steal the parts. :lol:

going to be a shitty 2 weeks or so. I will be ready for the dunes.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 15, 2009, 12:54:30 PM
girl.

 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 15, 2009, 01:18:13 PM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)

you know he caught it off me, who else.  :lol:

Shoulda known........................ :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 15, 2009, 01:36:46 PM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)

you know he caught it off me, who else.  :lol:

that little bitch Randy got me too. Itchin all over

don't scratch it, it might spread Phil :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 15, 2009, 03:13:51 PM
Sorry I've been slacking, a lot going on the home front.

September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
921 – At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
1556 – Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
1584 – San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
1616 – The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
1762 – Seven Years War: Battle of Signal Hill.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
1789 – The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs").
1812 – The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
1812 – War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
1820 – Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
1821 – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
1830 – The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
1831 – The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands.
1851 – Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
1873 – Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
1883 – The Bombay Natural History Society is founded in Bombay (now Mumbai), India.
1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
1916 – World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
1928 – Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season.
1931 – In Scotland, the two-day Invergordon Mutiny against Royal Navy pay cuts begins.
1935 – The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
1935 – Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
1940 – World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
1945 – A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
1947 – RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
1948 – The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
1950 – Korean War: United States forces land at Incheon
1952 – United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
1958 – A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1963 – The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
1972 – An Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
1974 – Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
1975 – The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
1981 – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
1981 – Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
1983 – Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
1987 – United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
1990 – France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf
1993 – Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
1998 – With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
2004 – National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.

Births

1254 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)
1533 – Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)
1580 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
1613 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
1649 – Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705)
1666 – Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
1715 – Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (d. 1789)
1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851)
1828 – Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)
1830 – Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (d. 1915)
1852 – Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918)
1857 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)
1860 – Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)
1863 – Horatio Parker, American composer (d. 1919)
1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1920)
1876 – Bruno Walter, German conductor (d. 1962)
1876 – Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (d. 1938)
1879 – Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile engineer and designer (d. 1947)
1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
1887 – Carlos Dávila, former President of Chile (d. 1955)
1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (d. 1925)
1889 – Robert Benchley, American author (d. 1945)
1890 – Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)
1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974)
1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
1894 – Jean Renoir, French film director (d. 1979)
1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
1895 – Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
1895 – Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (d. 1936)
1901 – Sir Donald Bailey, British engineer (d. 1985)
1903 – Roy Acuff, American country musician (d. 1992)
1904 – King Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
1906 – Jacques Becker, French screenwriter and director (d. 1960)
1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (d. 1968)
1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-born American actress (d. 2004)
1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003)
1909 – C.N.Annadurai, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
1910 – Betty Neels, English novelist (d. 2001)
1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1913 – John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General and Watergate figure (d. 1988)
1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German fighter pilot & NATO commander (d. 1994)
1914 – Creighton Abrams, American Army general (d. 1974)
1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish writer (d. 1970)
1915 – Albert Whitlock, English motion picture matte artist (d. 1999)
1915 – Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972)
1915 – José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 2009)
1916 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (d. 1990)
1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, Former U.S. Army General
1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian (d. 2005)
1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian racing cyclist (d. 1960)
1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1921 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor and director
1922 – Bob Anderson (fencer), English sword-master
1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist (d. 1979)
1924 – Bobby Short, American musician (d. 2005)
1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
1925 – Stanley Chapman, British architect, designer, translator and writer (d. 2009)
1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
1926 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006)
1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994)
1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
1929 – Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army
1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Henry Darrow, American actor
1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
1934 – Fred Nile, Australian politician
1937 – Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel laureate
1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina
1938 – Gaylord Perry, baseball player
1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor
1940 – Norman Spinrad, American science fiction author
1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer
1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer
1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut
1941 – Yuri Norstein, Russian animator
1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian government official
1942 – Lee Dorman, American Bassist
1944 – Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician
1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German politician, President of the European Parliament.
1945 – Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
1945 – Jessye Norman, American opera singer
1945 – Ron Shelton, American film director
1946 – Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (d. 2008)
1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
1946 – Oliver Stone, American film director
1946 – Howard Waldrop, American science fiction author
1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach and match referee
1947 – Theodore Long, American professional wrestling manager
1949 – Joe Barton, American politician
1951 – Pete Carroll, American football coach
1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (d. 2007)
1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician
1955 – Renzo Rosso, Italian clothing designer
1955 – Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor
1956 – Jaki Graham, English singer
1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer
1958 – Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
1958 – Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
1960 – Kevin Allen, Welsh actor
1960 – Ed Solomon, American screenwriter
1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league footballer
1961 – Dan Marino, American football player
1962 – Dina Lohan, American actress and reality television star, mother of Lindsay Lohan
1962 – Scott McNeil, Australian voice actor
1964 – Róbert Fico, Slovak Prime minister
1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American musician,The Misfits
1968 – Danny Nucci, American actor
1969 – Jim Curtiss, American writer
1969 – David Ryon, American Politcian
1969 – Jeffrey Schwarz, American film director/producer
1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer
1971 – Josh Charles, American actor
1971 – Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)
1972 – Jimmy Carr, English comedian
1972 – Kit Chan, Singaporean singer
1972 – Letizia, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royalty
1973 – Julie Cox, English actress
1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
1976 – Matt Thornton, American baseball player
1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model
1977 – Tom Hardy, English actor
1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
1977 – Marisa Ramirez, American actress
1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1979 – Dave Annable, American actor
1979 – Amy Davidson, American actress
1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
1980 – David Diehl, American football player
1980 – Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
1980 – Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer
1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
1984 – Prince Harry of Wales, UK royalty
1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
1988 – Chelsea Staub, American actress
1989 – Steliana Nistor, Romanian gymnast
1989 – Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician


Deaths

668 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)
866 – Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria (b. 820)
1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)
1500 – John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1420)
1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist
1613 – Thomas Overbury, English writer (b. 1581)
1643 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566)
1649 – John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher (b. 1572)
1700 – André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (b. 1613)
1701 – Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
1707 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
1712 – Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician
1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1690)
1794 – Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1725)
1803 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1719)
1830 – William Huskisson, first rail fatality (b. 1770)
1835 – Sarah Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis (b. 1814)
1842 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
1842 – José Francisco Morazán Quezada, President of The Federal Republic of Central America (b. 1792)
1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (b. 1806)
1864 – John Hanning Speke, British explorer (b. 1827)
1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (b. 1801)
1885 – Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant (hit by a train) (b. 1861)
1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (b. 1807)
1921 – Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1886)
1926 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
1930 – Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882)
1945 – André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
1945 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer (b. 1883)
1965 – Steve Brown, American musician (b. 1890)
1972 – Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1887)
1973 – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
1973 – Victor Jara, Chilean musician (b. 1941)
1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (b. 1898)
1978 – Robert Cliche, French Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921)
1980 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (b. 1929)
1981 – Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899)
1981 – Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. 1906)
1983 – Prince Far I, reggae toaster and producer
1985 – Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1910)
1987 – Steven Tuomi, murder victim of Jeffery Dahmer (b. 1963)
1989 – Robert Penn Warren, American writer (b. 1905)
1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
1993 – Ethan Allen, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1995 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
2000 – Vincent Canby, American movie critic (b. 1924)
2003 – Jack Brymer, English clarinetist (b. 1915)
2003 – Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920)
2004 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
2004 – Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (b. 1931)
2005 – Sidney Luft, American film director (b. 1915)
2006 – Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
2006 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1929)
2006 – Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
2007 – Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (b. 1968)
2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
2007 – Brett Somers, Canadian-born American actress and Match Game panelist (b. 1924)
2007 – Sir Jeremy Moore, the commander of the British land forces during the Falklands War (b. 1928)
2008 – Richard Wright, keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd (b. 1943)
2009 – Nicu Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 1939), Patrick Swayze, American actor (b. 1952)

Holidays and observances

International Day of Democracy.
In ancient Greece, the second day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the priests of Demeter declared the public start of the rites.
Catholic Calendar of Saints – Feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows, Catherine of Genoa, Joseph Abibos, Saint Nicomedes, Roland de Medici
Also see September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
The United Kingdom – the British commemorate the Battle of Britain on the day of the last massive Luftwaffe attack in 1940.
Japan – Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September.
Thailand – Silpa Bhirasri Day.
In India Engineer's Day celebrated on birthday of Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya.
Slovenia – Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica – Independence Day
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 15, 2009, 03:32:35 PM
1947 – RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.

cool little tidbit there.

My crate guitar amp had 12ax7's in it.

LOUD!!!! Liked distortion.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 16, 2009, 07:32:33 AM
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 106 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1795 – The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William III requested protection against revolutionary France's occupation of the Netherlands.
1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
1812 – Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight – the city burns down completely days later.
1863 – Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1893 – Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
1901 – Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County.
1908 – General Motors is founded.
1919 – The American Legion is incorporated.
1920 – The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J.P.Morgan building in New York City – 38 are killed and 400 injured.
1931 – Hanging of Omar Mukhtar.
1941 – World War II: concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR invade Iran in late August and force him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1945 – Surrender of the Japanese forces in Hong Kong. The ceremony was presided by British Admiral Cecil Harcourt.
1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
1955 – Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina.
1963 – Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak.
1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
1975 – Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
1975 – The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 – Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
1978 – An earthquake hits the city of Tabas, Iran measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale killing about 25,000 people.
1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard beats Thomas Hearns in their first of two epic boxing bouts.
1982 – Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1991 – The trial of deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
1992 – Black Wednesday: the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark.
2005 – Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples.
2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.

Births

16 – Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38)
1098 – Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179)
1386 – King Henry V of England, (d. 1422)
1507 – Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
1557 – Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d. 1627)
1651 – Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d. 1716)
1666 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
1678 – Henry St John, English statesman and philosopher (d. 1751)
1722 – Gabriel Christie, British general (d. 1799)
1725 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
1745 – Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
1782 – Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
1823 – Francis Parkman, American historian (d. 1893)
1827 – Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (d. 1908)
1844 – Claude-Paul Taffanel, French flautist, conductor and instructor regarded as the founder of the French Flute School (d. 1908)
1853 – Albrecht Kossel, German physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
1858 – Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
1859 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese politician (d. 1916)
1875 – James C. Penney, American department store founder (d. 1971)
1881 – Clive Bell, English art critic (d. 1964)
1883 – T. E. Hulme, English writer (d. 1917)
1886 – Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
1887 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and teacher (d. 1979)
1888 – F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1891 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German spy (d. 1972)
1891 – Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
1893 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (d. 1956)
1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1896 – Margaret Fitzgerald, Canadian supercentenarian
1898 – H.A. Rey, American children's author, creator of "Curious George" (d. 1977)
1905 – Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (d. 1980)
1906 – Jack Churchill, English soldier (d. 1996)
1910 – Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003)
1910 – Erich Kempka, Adolf Hitler's chauffeur (d. 1975)
1914 – Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (d. 1999)
1916 – Robert Bradshaw, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician (d. 1978)
1916 – M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)
1916 – Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader (d. 1999)
1919 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian born educator and writer (d. 1990)
1921 – Jon Hendricks, American jazz singer
1922 – Janis Paige, American actress
1922 – Marcel Mouloudji, French actor and singer (d. 1994)
1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore
1924 – Lauren Bacall, American actress
1925 – Charlie Byrd, American musician (d. 1999)
1925 – B. B. King, American musician
1925 – Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 2006)
1926 – Tommy Bond, American actor (d. 2005)
1927 – Peter Falk, American actor
1927 – Jack Kelly, American actor (d. 1992)
1928 – Lady Gwen Thompson, British occultist (d. 1986)
1930 – Anne Francis, American actress
1934 – George Chakiris, American actor
1934 – Ronnie Drew, Ex-Singer of The Dubliners and Solo Artist (d. 2008)
1935 – Carl Andre, American artist
1935 – Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist
1935 – Jules Bass, American author, producer, director and composer
1937 – Alexander Medved, Russian wrestler
1939 – Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter
1941 – Richard Perle, American political advisor
1942 – Bernie Calvert, British musician (The Hollies)
1943 – James Alan McPherson, American writer
1944 – Winston Grennan, Jamaican American drummer
1946 – Cathee Dahmen, American fashion model
1946 – Mike Reynolds, Australian politician
1946 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer
1947 – Russ Abbot, British comedian
1947 – Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian and writer
1948 – Ron Blair, American bassist
1948 – Kenney Jones, English musician (The Small Faces; Faces; The Who)
1949 – Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
1950 – Loyd Grossman, American television presenter
1952 – Mickey Rourke, American actor
1953 – Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (d. 1995)
1953 – Nancy Huston, Canadian-born novelist and essayist
1953 – Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 – Earl Klugh, American jazz guitarist
1954 – Colin Newman, English musician (Wire)
1954 – Frank Reed, American singer (The Chi-Lites)
1955 – Ron Brewer, American basketball player
1955 – Janet Ellis, British television presenter
1955 – Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer
1955 – Robin Yount, American baseball player
1956 – David Copperfield, American magician
1957 – David McCreery, Irish footballer
1958 – Orel Hershiser, American baseball player
1958 – Neville Southall, Welsh footballer
1958 – Jennifer Tilly, American actress
1959 – Tim Raines, American baseball player
1959 – Dave Richardson, former South African cricketer
1960 – Danny John-Jules, British actor
1960 – Kurt Busiek, American comic book writer
1960 – Yianna Katsoulos, French singer
1961 – Bilinda Butcher, British singer (My Bloody Valentine)
1963 – Richard Marx, American singer
1964 – Molly Shannon, American actress
1964 – Mary Coustas, Austalian entertainer
1964 – Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress
1965 – Katy Kurtzman, American actress
1966 – Kevin Young, American athlete
1967 – Hiroya Oku, Japanese Manga-ka
1968 – Marc Anthony, American singer
1968 – Walt Becker, American director and writer
1969 – Justine Frischmann, English musician (Elastica)
1970 – Mark Schultz, American musician
1971 – Amy Poehler, American comedian (Saturday Night Live)
1972 – Mark Bruener, American football player
1972 – Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician
1972 – James Westman, Canadian Operatic Baritone
1973 – Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist
1973 – Justin Haythe, American writer
1973 – George Corrie, English footballer
1974 – Tom Dolan, American swimmer
1975 – Shannon Noll, Australian singer and songwriter
1976 – Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club)
1976 – Greg Buckner, American basketball player
1976 – Heather Hopper, American actress
1977 – Greg Ball, American politician
1978 – Dan Dickau, American basketball player
1978 – Matthew Rogers, American singer
1979 – Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
1979 – Fanny, French singer
1980 – Patrik Stefan, Czech hockey player
1981 – Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
1981 – Alexis Bledel, American actress (Gilmore Girls)
1982 – Leon Knight, English footballer
1982 – Michael McCall, Irish chemist
1983 – Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer
1983 – Brandon Moss, American baseball player
1984 – Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer (The Cheetah Girls)
1984 – Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer
1985 – Madeline Zima, American actress
1986 – Kyla Pratt, American actress
1986 – Gordon Beckham, American baseball player, Chicago White Sox
1987 – Louis Clement Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian football player
1987 – Travis Wall, American Dancer/Dance Instructor
1987 – Daren Kagasoff, American actor
1987 – Anthony Padilla, Co-Creator of Smosh
1988 – Teddy Geiger, American singer
1988 – Sarah Steele, American actress
1989 – Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey goalie
1992 – Nick Jonas, American singer/songwriter (Jonas Brothers)
2005 – Princess Jalilah bint Ali, of Jordan

Deaths

96 – Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
307 – Flavius Valerius Severus, deposed Roman Emperor (murder)
827 – Pope Valentine
1087 – Pope Victor III (b. 1026)
1100 – Bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)
1345 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
1380 – King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
1394 – Avignon Pope Clement VII (b. 1342)
1406 – Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
1498 – Tomás de Torquemada, first grand inquisitor of Spain (b. 1420)
1589 – Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
1672 – Anne Bradstreet, American colonial poet (b. 1612)
1701 – James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
1736 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
1775 – Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (b. 1684)
1782 – Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (b. 1705)
1803 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (b. 1754)
1824 – King Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
1829 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (b. 1771)
1843 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian entrepreneur and politician, and the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire (b. 1770)
1864 – John Hanning Speke, English explorer (b. 1827)
1865 – Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
1898 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (b. 1827)
1911 – Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (b. 1840)
1925 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
1932 – Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857)
1933 – George Gore, baseball player (b. 1857)
1944 – Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
1945 – John McCormack, Irish tenor (b. 1884)
1950 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
1957 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
1965 – Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (b. 1906)
1973 – Victor Jara, Chilean musician, composer and theatre director (b. 1932)
1975 – Irene Hayes, Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman (b. 1896)
1977 – Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)
1977 – Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
1980 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
1987 – Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (b. 1922)
1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American politician and writer (b. 1910)
1993 – Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (b. 1966)
1996 – McGeorge Bundy, U.S. National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
1996 – Gene Nelson, American actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
2001 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (b. 1918)
2002 – James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
2003 – Sheb Wooley, singer and actor (b. 1921)
2004 – Michael Donaghy Poet, (b. 1954)
2005 – Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (b. 1920)
2006 – Rob Levin, creator of Freenode (b. 1955)
2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2007 – Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (b. 1948)
2008 – Norman Whitfield, associated with the Temptations (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

In ancient Greece, the third day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.
RC Saints – Saint Cyprian, Pope Cornelius, Saint Ludmila, Curcodomus
Also see September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Mexico – Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognised 1821, instituted 1825; See Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)).
Malaysia – Hari Malaysia (formation of Malaysia, 1963).
Papua New Guinea – Independence Day (from Australia, 1975).
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 16, 2009, 02:31:56 PM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)

you know he caught it off me, who else.  :lol:

that little bitch Randy got me too. Itchin all over

I like to scratch it, you get nice crunchy scabs that way :lol:

I prefer cornflakes myself :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 16, 2009, 06:59:42 PM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)

you know he caught it off me, who else.  :lol:

that little bitch Randy got me too. Itchin all over

I like to scratch it, you get nice crunchy scabs that way :lol:

I prefer cornflakes myself :rolleyes:


Well played.  :lol: :bird:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Sand84 on September 16, 2009, 10:55:28 PM
(http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/d3a/f63/d3af63ca-81fe-4977-96d9-b044f12e3d3f)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 17, 2009, 03:56:26 AM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)

you know he caught it off me, who else.  :lol:

that little bitch Randy got me too. Itchin all over

I like to scratch it, you get nice crunchy scabs that way :lol:

I prefer cornflakes myself :rolleyes:


Well I played with myself today.  :lol: :bird:

Glad you enjoyed my "adjustments"  :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 17, 2009, 01:28:11 PM


Surprisingly slow here. which is fine w/ me. caught the clap last night.
We don't want to know how or where!  ::)

you know he caught it off me, who else.  :lol:

that little bitch Randy got me too. Itchin all over

I like to scratch it, you get nice crunchy scabs that way :lol:

I prefer cornflakes myself :rolleyes:


Well I played with myself today.  :lol: :bird:

Rock on, me too :nod: The sheep were busy.

At least you kept yourself "occupied" :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: RAPTORBOY20 on September 17, 2009, 10:20:21 PM
 :thumbs: :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 17, 2009, 10:21:31 PM
:thumbs: :thumbs:

put those thumbs away raptorboy. Dragonz is bending over now. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 18, 2009, 08:30:50 AM
FRIDAY!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 18, 2009, 08:40:53 AM
Build Day :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 18, 2009, 09:03:03 AM
 :nod:

thats' gonna be freakin sweeet!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 18, 2009, 09:28:26 AM
FRIDAY!

still sucks  :mad:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 18, 2009, 09:30:12 AM
FRIDAY!

I still suck  :mad:

make that money peelz, make that money :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 18, 2009, 10:33:10 AM
boo ya peelz!  :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on September 18, 2009, 11:07:38 AM
no school! :lol: 8)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 18, 2009, 11:48:09 AM
mini-ho alert!!!  :help:

 :lol:

sup kyle!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 18, 2009, 11:54:46 AM
I don't do that anymore...


the economy, you know. :lol:


:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 18, 2009, 12:15:51 PM
 :lol:

we're not here to judge peelz. :thumbs:


 :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 18, 2009, 12:21:49 PM
:lol:

we're not here to judge peelz. :thumbs:


 :rofl:

Horshe$hit!  That is exactly why we are all here, and you know it. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 18, 2009, 12:22:13 PM
:lol:

we're not here to judge peelz. :thumbs:


 :rofl:

Horshe$hit!  That is exactly why we are all here, and you know it. :lol:


Busted.  :(



 :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 19, 2009, 04:39:20 PM
;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 19, 2009, 04:42:02 PM
:lol:

we're not here to "judge peelz". :thumbs:


 :rofl:

Horshe$hit!  That is exactly why we are all here, and you know it. :lol:


I wish he was bigger Busted.  :(



 :rofl:

Now that'd be a head turner  ::)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 19, 2009, 04:47:07 PM
:lol:

we're not here to "judge peelz". :thumbs:


 :rofl:

Horshe$hit!  That is exactly why we are all here, and you know it. :lol:


I wish he was bigger Busted.  :(



 :rofl:

Love me some man-titties...I miss Brian   :(


Yeah, don't we all.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 19, 2009, 04:51:27 PM
:lol:

we're not here to "judge peelz". :thumbs:


 :rofl:

Horshe$hit!  That is exactly why we are all here, and you know it. :lol:


I wish he was bigger Busted.  :(



 :rofl:

Love me some man-titties...I miss Brian   :(


Yeah, don't we all.  :lol:
BRING BACK BRIAN................BRING BACK BRIAN
Has anyone heard from him at all?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 19, 2009, 07:15:15 PM
:lol:

we're not here to "judge peelz". :thumbs:


 :rofl:

Horshe$hit!  That is exactly why we are all here, and you know it. :lol:


I wish he was bigger Busted.  :(



 :rofl:

Love me some man-titties...I miss Brian   :(


Yeah, don't we all.  :lol:
BRING BACK BRIAN................BRING BACK BRIAN
Has anyone heard from him at all?

only socal spoke to him. :( rough times at work.

facebook mafia wars game is more important  :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 20, 2009, 12:39:44 AM
:lol:

we're not here to "judge peelz". :thumbs:


 :rofl:

Horshe$hit!  That is exactly why we are all here, and you know it. :lol:


I wish he was bigger Busted.  :(



 :rofl:

Love me some man-titties...I miss Brian   :(


Yeah, don't we all.  :lol:
BRING BACK BRIAN................BRING BACK BRIAN
Has anyone heard from him at all?

only socal spoke to him. :( rough times at work.

facebook mafia wars game is more important  :confused:
Must try & send him a message......
No-one else really gets into the real quote changing whoring games these days!
I even have to change my own sometimes just to try & keep it interesting :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 20, 2009, 11:01:34 AM
Noted. I will change more quotes for you to make you feel better. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 21, 2009, 12:56:00 PM
no news :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on September 21, 2009, 07:52:09 PM
Just stoping in. Havent been here in a while. The boss isnt here tonight.  :clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 21, 2009, 07:52:48 PM
hows dick??  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on September 21, 2009, 07:56:39 PM
Hanging in there. Just glad im still working. How are you?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 21, 2009, 07:58:13 PM
not bad, got my build started :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on September 21, 2009, 08:01:23 PM
Oh jeez. What are u doing now?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 21, 2009, 08:04:49 PM
http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=5010.0
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on September 21, 2009, 08:16:30 PM
Damn i cant see the pic at work.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 22, 2009, 01:30:26 AM
Noted. Please change all my quotes, hope it will make you feel better. :lol:
As long as it's only ya quotes I have to change, thats fine  :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 22, 2009, 07:30:31 AM
Noted. Please change all my quotes, hope it will make you feel better. :lol:
As long as it's only ya tampons n' dirty rubbers I have to change, thats fine  :nod:

 :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 22, 2009, 07:49:50 AM
September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 100 days remaining until the end of the year.

It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

Today in history

66 – Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.
1236 – The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
1499 – Treaty of Basel; Switzerland becomes an independent state.
1586 – Battle of Zutphen: Spanish victory over England and Dutch.
1598 – Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter.
1692 – Last people hanged for witchcraft in the United States.
1761 – George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen of the Great Britain.
1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
1784 – Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
1789 – The position of United States Postmaster General is established.
1789 – Battle of Rymnik established Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeated superior Ottoman Empire forces.
1792 – Primidi Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican Calendar.
1823 – Joseph Smith, Jr. claims that he is directed by GERD through the Angel Moroni to the place where the Golden plates are stored.
1851 – The city of Des Moines, Iowa is incorporated as Fort Des Moines.
1862 – Slavery in the United States: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
1866 – Battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
1869 – Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold premieres in Munich.
1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right".
1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published
1893 – The first American-made automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.
1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
1908 – The independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed.
1910 – The Duke of York's Cinema opens in Brighton. It is still operating today, making it the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
1919 – The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
1927 – Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
1934 – An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
1939 – Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.
1941 – World War II: On Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murder 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsya, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews are executed.
1944 – World War II: the Red Army enters Tallinn.
1951 – The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
1955 – In Britain, the television channel ITV goes live for the first time.
1960 – The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965/Second Kashmir War between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire.
1970 – Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
1979 – The South Atlantic Flash or Vela Incident is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
1980 – Iraq invades Iran.
1985 – The Plaza Accord is signed in New York City.
1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library.
1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.
1993 – A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
1995 – An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf AFB, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
1995 – Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by Sri Lankan Air Force in which 34 (at least) people died, most of them are ethnic Tamil school children.
1997 – Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers are killed.
2003 – David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
2006 – The F-14 Tomcat is retired from the United States Navy.

Births

1515 – Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)
1547 – Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)
1593 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (d. 1650)
1601 – Anne of Austria, queen of Louis XIII of France (d. 1666)
1606 – Li Zicheng, emperor of China (d. 1645)
1680 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
1694 – Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman (d. 1773)
1715 – Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)
1717 – Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
1722 – John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)
1741 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (d. 1811)
1743 – Quintin Craufurd, British author (d. 1819)
1765 – Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)
1788 – Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)
1791 – Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)
1819 – Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)
1829 – Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
1869 – Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles (d. 1953)
1875 – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911)
1876 – André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
1878 – Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)
1880 – Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)
1882 – Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)
1885 – Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940)
1885 – Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
1885 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor (d. 1957)
1889 – Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1891 – Hans Albers, German actor and singer (d. 1960)
1895 – Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (d. 1967)
1896 – Henry Segrave, British racing driver (d. 1930)
1898 – Katherine Alexander, American actress (d. 1981)
1900 – William Spratling, American silversmith (d. 1967)
1900 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)
1901 – Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
1902 – John Houseman, Romanian-born actor (d. 1988)
1903 – Joseph Valachi, American gangster (d. 1971)
1904 – Ellen Church, American stewardess (d. 1965)
1905 – Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)
1905 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (d. 2009)
1907 – Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (d. 1981)
1910 – György Faludy, Hungarian poet (d. 2006)
1912 – Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)
1912 – Herbert Mataré, German physicist and European co-inventor of the transistor
1915 – Arthur Lowe, British actor (d. 1982)
1918 – Hans Scholl, member of The White Rose (d. 1943)
1918 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (d. 1988)
1920 – Eric Baker, British human rights activist (d. 1976)
1920 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1920 – William H. Riker, American political scientist (d. 1993)
1920 – Anders Lassen, Danish military officer (d. 1945)
1922 – Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1923 – Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer
1924 – Charles Keeping, British illustrator (d. 1988)
1924 – Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
1925 – Virginia Capers, American actress (d. 2004)
1927 – Gordon Astall, English footballer
1927 – Tommy Lasorda, American baseball manager
1928 – Eric Broadley, MBE, British automotive engineer (Lola Cars)
1928 – James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist
1928 – Eugene Roche, American actor (d. 2004)
1929 – Serge Garant, French Canadian conductor (d. 1986)
1930 – P. B. Sreenivas, Indian Multi-lingual (Kannada, Tamil and Telugu) Play-back Singer
1931 – Fay Weldon, British feminist
1931 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
1931 – Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher
1932 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (d. 2009)
1933 – T. Cullen Davis, American oil heir and accused murderer
1934 – Lute Olson, American basketball coach
1936 – Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1938 – Gene Mingo, American football player
1939 – Gilbert Earl Patterson, American minister (d. 2007)
1940 – Anna Karina, Danish born actress
1941 – Jeremiah Wright, American pastor
1942 – David Stern, American basketball commissioner
1943 – Toni Basil, American singer
1946 – King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
1946 – Dan Baker, American public address announcer
1946 – Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
1947 – Robert Morace, American writer
1948 – Denis Burke, Australian politician
1948 – Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
1949 – Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 1999)
1949 – Jim McGinty, Australian politician
1950 – Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
1951 – David Coverdale, English singer
1952 – Bob Goodlatte, American politician
1952 – Paul Le Mat, American actor
1952 – Gary Holton, English actor and musician (d. 1985)
1952 – M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai politician, current Governor of Bangkok
1953 – Ségolène Royal, French politician
1954 – Shari Belafonte, American singer, actor, model
1954 – Randy Lanier, American racing driver
1955 – Jeffrey Leonard, Major League baseball player
1956 – Debby Boone, American singer
1956 – Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
1957 – Nick Cave, Australian musician
1957 – Johnette Napolitano, American musician
1957 – Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist
1958 – Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
1958 – Joan Jett, American rock-and-roll singer
1958 – Neil Cavuto, American television commentator
1959 – Tai Babilonia, American figure skater
1959 – Pope Michael, American anti-pope
1961 – Scott Baio, American actor
1961 – Vince Coleman, American baseball player
1961 – Dr. Liam Fox, British Conservative politician
1961 – Bonnie Hunt, American actress
1961 – Catherine Oxenberg, British actress
1961 – Michael Torke, American composer
1962 – Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
1964 – Juha Turunen, Finnish politician turned criminal
1965 – Andy Cairns, Irish musician
1965 – Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player
1965 – Mark Guthrie, American baseball player
1966 – Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
1966 – Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer
1966 – Mike Richter, American ice hockey player
1967 – Matt Besser, American comedian
1967 – Rickard Rydell, Swedish racing driver
1967 – Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
1967 – Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast and Olympic champion
1967 – Kim Watkins, Australian television presenter
1969 – Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer, The Rentals)
1970 – Mike Matheny, American baseball player
1970 – Mystikal, American rapper
1970 – Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
1970 – Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
1971 – Chesney Hawkes, English singer
1971 – Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
1972 – Dana Vespoli, American porn actress
1974 – Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer
1974 – Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress
1975 – Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1977 – Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league footballer
1978 – Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer
1978 – Harry Kewell, Australian soccer player
1979 – Emilie Autumn, American singer and musician
1979 – Swin Cash, American basketball player
1979 – Michael Graziadei, American actor
1980 – Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian model
1981 – Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer (Kanjani8)
1982 – Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress
1982 – Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer
1982 – Billie Piper, English singer and actress
1984 – Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
1984 – Eduardo Rubio, Chilean footballer
1984 – Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
1985 – Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
1987 – Tom Felton, English actor
1988 – Bethany Dillon, American musician

Deaths

1072 – Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)
1253 – Dogen, Japanese Zen Buddhist (b. 1200)
1345 – Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (b. 1281)
1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
1520 – Selim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1465)
1539 – Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)
1554 – Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer
1566 – Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (b. 1494)
1607 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (b. 1535)
1658 – Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (b. 1607)
1662 – John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
1692 – Martha Corey, hanged as a result of the Salem witch trials
1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (b. 1622)
1774 – Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
1776 – Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War captain, hanged by the British as a spy (b. 1755)
1777 – John Bartram, American botanist (b. 1699)
1828 – Shaka, Accredited as being the most influential leader of the Zulu Empire (b. 1787)
1852 – William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (b. 1783)
1868 – Byakkotai, A group of 19 young Japanese with the samurai corps of Aizu-Han who committed suicide.
1872 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (b. 1801)
1873 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1801)
1881 – Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831)
1914 – Alain-Fournier, French writer (b. 1886)
1952 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland (b. 1865)
1956 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
1957 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
1961 – Marion Davies, American actress (b. 1897)
1969 – Adolfo López Mateos, president of Mexico (b. 1909)
1981 – Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
1987 – Dan Rowan, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
1988 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (b. 1914)
1989 – Irving Berlin, American songwriter (b. 1888)
1992 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
1993 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (b. 1903)
1996 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer and director (b. 1924)
1996 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress (b. 1914)
1999 – George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
2000 – Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
2000 – Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator, (b. 1916)
2001 – Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920)
2002 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-born writer (b. 1914)
2003 – Gordon Jump, American television actor (b. 1932)
2003 – Hugo Young, British journalist (b. 1938)
2004 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)
2004 – Ray Traylor (The Big Boss Man), American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2006 – Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
2006 – Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player (b. 1950)
2007 – Bodinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)
2007 – Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)
2008 – Thomas Doerflein, German Zookeeper (b. 1963)

Holidays and observances

Annually on September 22 OneWebDay is celebrated.
In ancient Greece, the ninth and final day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates made offerings to the dead.
Some Latter Day Saints recognise it as "Trumpet Day," or the day that Joseph Smith received the golden plates, which later became The Book of Mormon, from the angel Moroni.
RC Saints – It has been or still is the feast day of the following saints:
o Saint Candidus
o Saints Saint Digna & Saint Emerita
o Saint Emmeramus
o Saint Maurice
o Saint Phocas
o Saint Salaberga
o Theban Legion
o Saint Thomas of Villanueva
French Republican Calendar – Raisin (Grape) Day, first day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
Bulgaria – Independence Day (from The Ottoman Empire) 1908.
Mali – Independence Day (from France, 1960).
United States – American Business Women's Day
In Europe and in cities throughout the world, Car Free Day.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 22, 2009, 08:19:25 AM
1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.

All and all. Honestly. 47 isn't THAT bad.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 23, 2009, 06:59:08 AM
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of the year.

It is frequently the day of the autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

Today in history

1122 – Concordat of Worms.
1459 – Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
1529 – The Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman I begins his attack on the city.
1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure worth over a billion USD, is lost at sea off Land's End.
1642 – First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
1779 – American Revolution: a squadron commanded by John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships.
1780 – American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
1803 – Second Anglo-Maratha War: Battle of Assaye.
1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
1821 – Tripolitsa, Greece, falls and 30,000 Turks are massacred.
1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
1846 – Neptune is discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; the discovery is verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
1868 – Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1889 – Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1908 – University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded.
1922 – in Washington D. C. (EE. UU.) is signed the Hughes - Peynado agreement, that ends the ocupation of Dominican Republic by the United States (since 1916).
1922 – Gdynia Seaport Construction Act is passed by the Polish parliament.
1932 – The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1938 – Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis.
1941 – World War II: The first gas murder experiments are conducted at Auschwitz.
1942 – World War II: First day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
1943 – World War II: The so-called Salò Republic is born.
1952 – Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech".
1959 – Iowa farmer Roswell Garst hosted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev?
1959 – The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia’s first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait.
1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the completion of the first building, the Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) home of the New York Philharmonic.
1969 – The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago.
1972 – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law.
1973 – Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
1983 – Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
1988 – José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club.
1992 – A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb destroys the forensic laboratories in Belfast.
1999 – NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
1999 – Qantas Flight 1 overruns the runway in Bangkok during a storm. While some passengers only receive minor injuries, it is still the worst crash in Qantas's history since 1960.
2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
2004 – At least 1,070 in Haiti are reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.

Births

480 BC – Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406 BC)
63 BC – Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14)
1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
1161 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
1215 – Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)
1434 – Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)
1598 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
1647 – Joseph Dudley, American statesman (d. 1720)
1650 – Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
1713 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
1740 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
1759 – Clothilde of France, Queen of Piedmont-Sardinia (d. 1802)
1771 – Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
1781 – Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
1791 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865)
1819 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
1838 – Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist (d. 1927)
1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
1861 – Robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942)
1863 – Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer (d. 1954)
1864 – Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903)
1865 – Emmuska Orczy, British novelist (d. 1947)
1869 – Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, first carrier of typhoid (d. 1938)
1880 – John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel Laureate (d. 1971)
1889 – Walter Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974)
1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
1895 – Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975)
1895 – Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (d. 1984)
1899 – Tom C. Clark, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1977)
1900 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
1900 – Bill Stone, British serviceman who served during World War I (d. 2009)
1901 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1986)
1902 – Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (d. 2003)
1907 – Dominique Aury, French novelist (d. 1998)
1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976)
1911 – Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
1912 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (d. 2005)
1912 – Tony Smith, American sculptor (d. 1980)
1913 – Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish artist, member of the CoBrA movement (d. 2007)
1914 – Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986)
1915 – Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 2001)
1916 – Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)
1920 – Mickey Rooney, American actor
1924 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan newspaper editor (d. 1978)
1924 – Heinrich Schultz, Estonian cultural functionary
1925 – Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. 2006)
1925 – Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress (d. 2007)
1926 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist (d. 1967)
1929 – Wally Whyton, English musician (d. 1997)
1930 – Ray Charles, American musician (d. 2004)
1930 – Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet (d. 1996)
1930 – Colin Blakely, British actor (d. 1987)
1931 – Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004)
1934 – Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
1936 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician
1938 – Tom Lester, American actor
1938 – Romy Schneider, French actress (d. 1982)
1939 – Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator
1939 – Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988)
1939 – Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
1939 – Sonny Vaccaro, American former sports executive
1941 – Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player
1941 – George Jackson, American civil-rights activist (d. 1971)
1942 – Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican politician
1943 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
1943 – Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach
1943 – Tanuja, Indian actress
1944 – Eric Bogle, British/Australian singer and songwriter
1945 – Paul Petersen, American actor
1945 – Igor Ivanov, Russian politician
1946 – Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
1947 – Mary Kay Place, American actress
1947 – Jerry Corbetta, American singer and musician (Sugarloaf)
1947 – Neal Smith, American musician (Alice Cooper)
1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
1954 – Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
1954 – Cherie Blair, lawyer and politician, wife of ex-British PM
1956 – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
1956 – Peter David, American writer
1957 – Rosalind Chao, American actress
1957 – Tony Fossas, Cuban baseball player
1957 – Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer
1958 – Danielle Dax, British musician
1958 – Marvin Lewis, American football coach
1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer
1959 – Jason Alexander, American actor
1959 – Martin Page, English singer and songwriter
1961 – Chi McBride, American actor
1961 – Willie McCool, American astronaut (d. 2003)
1961 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress
1964 – Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer
1964 – Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
1964 – Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and head coach
1966 – Pete Harnisch, American baseball player
1966 – LisaRaye, American actress
1968 – Yvette Fielding, English television presenter
1968 – Michelle Thomas, American actress (d. 1998)
1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer
1969 – Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver
1969 – Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Ani DiFranco, American musician
1970 – Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer
1971 – Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer
1971 – Lee Mi-yeon, South Korean actress
1971 – Eric Montross, American basketball player
1972 – Ana Marie Cox, American blogger and author
1972 – Jermaine Dupri, American music producer and rapper
1972 – Karl Pilkington, British radio personality
1972 – Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress
1973 – Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
1973 – Artim Šakiri, Macedonian football player
1974 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
1974 – Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model
1975 – Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
1975 – Layzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1975 – Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
1975 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player
1975 – Eric Miller, Irish rugby player
1976 – Faune A. Chambers, American actress
1976 – Kip Pardue, American actor and model
1976 – Wladimir Sidorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer and songwriter
1977 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008)
1978 – Worm Miller, American filmmaker
1978 – Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress
1979 – Ricky Davis, American basketball player
1980 – Cameron Litvack, American television producer
1980 – Matt White, American singer
1981 – Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver
1981 – Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada)
1981 – Misti Traya, American actress
1982 – Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornstar

1983 – Märt Israel, Estonian discus thrower
1983 – Joffery Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Anneliese van der Pol, American actress
1984 – Nathan Jendrick, American author
1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player
1985 – Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer
1985 – Brian Brohm, American football player
1985 – Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
1985 – Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer
1985 – Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
1986 – Martin Cranie, English footballer
1988 – Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
1989 – Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
1990 – Kota Yabu, Japanese pop singer
1991 – Melanie Oudin, Pro American Tennis Player

Deaths

79 – Pope Linus
1193 – Robert de Sablé, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
1390 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
1535 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)
1571 – John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
1573 – Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French poet
1675 – Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603)
1728 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
1738 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668)
1764 – Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)
1773 – Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
1789 – John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
1844 – Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783)
1846 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818)
1850 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan hero (b. 1764)
1867 – Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1840)
1870 – Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)
1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician (b. 1786)
1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
1877 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (b. 1811)
1889 – Wilkie Collins, British author (b. 1824)
1900 – William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
1917 – Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897)
1929 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1865)
1939 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856)
1943 – Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864)
1944 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (b. 1875)
1945 – Salvo D'Acquisto, Italian Carabiniere, awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor (b. 1920)
1950 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
1968 – Francesco Forgione, "Padre Pio", Catholic saint (b. 1887)
1970 – Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917)
1971 – J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (b. 1888)
1971 – Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate (b. 1904)
1974 – Cliff Arquette, American comedian and actor (b. 1905)
1978 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950)
1981 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (b. 1899)
1987 – Bob Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927)
1988 – Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (b. 1912)
1992 – James Van Fleet, U.S. Army general (b. 1892)
1994 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
1994 – Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917)
1994 – Madeleine Renaud, French theater and film actress (b. 1900)
1996 – Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1933)
1998 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
1998 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
1999 – Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (b. 1910)
2000 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
2000 – Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
2001 – Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
2002 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927)
2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly musician (b. 1939)
2003 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937)
2004 – André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
2004 – Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
2004 – Bob Mason, English actor (b. 1952)
2005 – Filiberto Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933)
2005 – Roger Brierley, English actor (b. 1935)
2006 – Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (b. 1921)
2006 – Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b. 1913)
2008 – Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)


Holidays and observances

Astrology: Usually the first day of sun sign Libra in the tropical zodiac.
In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli.
Roman Catholic Saints – Feast day of Saint Adomnan of Iona, Saint Thecla, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Also see September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox Churches — because of the birthday of Augustus, not because of the equinox.
Japanese Autumnal equinox Day (秋分の日/Shūbun no hi).
Saudi Arabia – National Day (unification 1932).
French Republican Calendar – Safran (Saffron) Day, second day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
Celebrate Bisexuality Day first recognized in 1999, it now is observed annually in Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States of America.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 23, 2009, 07:26:49 AM
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.


Why bring so many other family's into it. Just off yourself and be done.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 23, 2009, 08:38:40 AM
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.


Why bring so many other family's into it. Just off yourself and be done.

f**k that! I'm taking all of you with me when I go. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 23, 2009, 08:48:53 AM
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.


Why bring so many other family's into it. Just off yourself and be done.

f**k that! I'm taking all of you with me when I go. :lol:


Bring it on! :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 23, 2009, 03:58:13 PM
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.


Why bring so many other family's into it. Just off yourself and be done.

f**k that! I'm taking all of you with me when I go. :lol:


Me first! :lol: :lol:
:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 23, 2009, 04:00:32 PM
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.


Why bring so many other family's into it. Just off yourself and be done.

f**k that! I'm taking all of you with me when I go. :lol:


Me first! :lol: :lol:

hell no, I wanna go out in a blaze of glory with peels.


hi phil.

Internet at home has gone bye bye. so have a great day. ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 23, 2009, 04:05:27 PM
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.


Why bring so many other family's into it. Just off yourself and be done.

f**k that! I'm taking all of you with me when I go. :lol:


Me first! :lol: :lol:

hell no, I wanna go out in a blaze of glory with peels.


hi phil.

Internet at home has gone bye bye. so have a great day. ;)
Bummer about no internet at home, I need to go do some work anyway!

See ya
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 24, 2009, 09:19:22 PM
GOOD NIGHT RAPTOR SOURCE!!!  :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dick-84 on September 25, 2009, 01:18:17 AM
Good morning Raptor Source!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 25, 2009, 01:36:14 AM
what flavour is raptor sauce?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on September 25, 2009, 09:51:40 AM
Open your mouth and find out
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 25, 2009, 10:02:49 AM
no noose?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 25, 2009, 11:16:56 AM
no noose?

only in preddy's garage for sexy man-cave time :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 25, 2009, 07:47:32 PM
Open your mouth and find out

Hang on, I'll go get the microscope out.............
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 28, 2009, 07:50:23 AM
mornin homo's
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 28, 2009, 11:21:42 AM
mornin homo's

Mornin' Mr Pot


-your friends, the Kettles


:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 28, 2009, 12:09:43 PM
 :lol:


Afternoon now peelz. Where the heck are ya?
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 28, 2009, 12:20:31 PM
:lol:


Afternoon now peelz. Where the heck are ya?


work

one more week, and it should level off. But...supervisor is gone next week. It will be a long week for sure.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 29, 2009, 03:07:53 AM
:lol:


Afternoon now peelz. Where the heck are ya?


Still walking round inside my box

one more week, and they might let me out. But...supervisor is gone next week. It will be a long week for sure.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 29, 2009, 08:30:12 AM
:bird:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on September 30, 2009, 03:02:17 AM
:bird:
Getting you is like shooting fish in a barrell!
 :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on September 30, 2009, 08:07:07 AM
September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 92 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
1791 – The Magic Flute, the last opera composed by Mozart, receives its premiere performance at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
1791 – The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as incorruptible patriots.
1813 – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.
1860 – Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
1882 – The world's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1895 – Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
1901 – Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner.
1903 – The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
1906 – The Real Academia Galega, Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
1931 – Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1938 – At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
1939 – General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.
1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre. According to the Einsatzgruppen Operational Situation Report No. 101, at least 33,771 Jews from Kiev and its suburbs are killed at Babi Yar on September 29 – 30, 1941.
1945 – The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
1947 – The Islamic Republic of Pakistan joins the United Nations.
1947 – The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.
1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
1955 – Film icon James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
1962 – Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.
1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
1965 – General Suharto rises to power after an alleged coup by the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists.
1966 – The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
1967 – BBC Radio 1 is launched and Tony Blackburn presents its first show; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.
1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
1970 – Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
1975 – The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.
1977 – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
1977 – Philippine political prisoners, Eugenio Lopez, Jr. and Sergio Osmeña III escape from Fort Bonifacio Maximum Security Prison in the Philippines.
1979 – The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1982 – Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
1986 – Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
1989 – Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague.
1990 – The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
1991 – President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.
1993 – An earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
1994 – Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years of service.
1999 – Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura, northeast of Tokyo.
2004 – The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
2005 – With 120 votes for and 15 against, the Parliament of Catalonia passes the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its first article, "Catalonia is a nation".
2005 – The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
2006 – the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Constitutional Act that proclaimed the new Constitution of Serbia.

Births

1207 – Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
1530 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
1550 – Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
1631 – William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)
1700 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
1715 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)
1732 – Jacques Necker, French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)
1765 – José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
1800 – Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)
1811 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. 1890)
1827 – Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, resident in England (d. 1924)
1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (d. 1932)
1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)
1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)
1883 – Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)
1887 – Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (d. 1980)
1893 – Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (d. 1964)
1895 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)
1897 – Alfred Wintle, British WW1 & WW2 soldier; author of "The Last Englishman" (d. 1966)
1898 – Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)
1898 – Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (d. 1971)
1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1974)
1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)
1913 – Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (d. 1975)
1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)
1917 – Park Chunghee, President of South Korea (d. 1979)
1917 – Buddy Rich, American big band drummer (d. 1987)
1918 – Lewis Nixon, WWII Veteran (d. 1996)
1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)
1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano
1920 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American musician and cellist
1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)
1922 – Alan Stretton, Australian general
1924 – Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)
1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player
1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet
1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
1932 – Shintarō Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)
1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1933 – Cissy Houston, American gospel/r&b singer
1933 – Barbara Knox, English actress
1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer
1934 – Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress
1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer
1935 – Z. Z. Hill, American blues singer (d. 1984)
1937 – Valentin Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer
1937 – Jurek Becker, German author.
1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer (d. 1968)
1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The 5th Dimension)
1943 – Ian Ogilvy, British Actor
1944 – Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer
1945 – Ehud Olmert, twelfth Prime Minister of Israel
1945 – Bob Lassiter, American radio personality
1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian Test Cricketer 1967-1974
1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
1946 – Claude Vorilhon, founder of Raelism, a ufo religion
1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, voice actress and puppeteer
1947 – Marc Bolan, British musician (d. 1977)
1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer
1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress
1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player
1950 – Renato Zero, Italian musician
1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1952 – Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006)
1953 – Deborah Allen, American singer
1953 – S. M. Stirling, Canadian-born author
1954 – Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter
1954 – Barry Williams, American actor
1954 – Patrice Rushen, American musician
1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress
1958 – Marty Stuart, American musician
1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach
1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician
1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor
1961 – Crystal Bernard, American actress
1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian racing driver
1961 – Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
1962 – Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
1963 – David Barbe, American musician (Sugar)
1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
1964 – Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
1964 – Robby Takac, American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls)
1965 – Kathleen Madigan, American comedian
1965 – Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian and actor
1966 – Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scotland rugby player
1969 – Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1991)
1969 – Mark Smith, English body builder, former Gladiators player
1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress
1972 – Ari Behn, Norwegian author
1972 – Shaan, Indian singer
1972 – Jamal Anderson, American football player
1974 – Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player
1974 – Daniel Wu, American-born Chinese film actor, director, and producer
1975 – Marion Cotillard, French actress
1975 – Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 – Georges-Alain Jones, French singer
1977 – Maia Brewton, American actress
1977 – Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
1977 – Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer
1978 – Candice Michelle, American female wrestler
1978 – Róbinson Zapata, Colombian footballer (goalkeeper)
1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
1979 – Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist
1979 – Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter
1979 – Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer
1980 – Camilla D’Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
1980 – Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
1981 – Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
1981 – Brandon Watson, American baseball
1982 – Seth Smith, American baseball player
1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress
1982 – Kieran Culkin, American actor
1982 – Tory Lane, American nude model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress
1982 – Michelle Marsh, British model
1982 – Teal Redmann, American actress
1982 – Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Ryan Stout, American comedian
1982 – Ryane Clowe Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
1983 – Adam Jones, American football player
1985 – Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
1986 – Christian Zapata, Colombian footballer
1986 – Martin Guptill, New Zealand Cricketer
1987 – Denise Laurel, Filipino actress and singer

Deaths

420 – Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
653 – Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury
1101 – Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
1246 – Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
1440 – Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
1551 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (b. 1507)
1560 – Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
1572 – St. Francis Borgia, Jesuit priest (b. 1510)
1581 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
1626 – Nurhaci, Manchurian chief (b. 1559)
1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (b. 1554)
1770 – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat
1770 – George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (b. 1714)
1772 – James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)
1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (b. 1800)
1888 – Elizabeth Stride, widely believed to be the third victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)
1888 – Catherine Eddowes, widely believed to be the fourth victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1842)
1891 – Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (b. 1837)
1897 – St Therese of Lisieux, Roman Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873)
1910 – Maurice Lévy, French engineer (b. 1838)
1913 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (b. 1858)
1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German fighter pilot (b. 1919)
1943 – Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)
1955 – James Dean, American actor (automobile accident) (b. 1931)
1961 – Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Québec (b. 1888)
1965 – Six generals of Indonesian National Army assassinated by counter-coup action known as 30 September Movement
1973 – Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)
1974 – Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor
1977 – Mary Ford, American singer (Les Paul and Mary Ford) (b. 1924)
1978 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)
1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
1985 – Charles Richter, American seismologist (b. 1900)
1988 – Al Holbert, American race car driver and team owner (b. 1946)
1989 – Virgil Thomson, American composer (b. 1896)
1990 – Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
1990 – Alice Parizeau, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1930)
1990 – Rob Moroso, American NASCAR driver (b. 1968)
1994 – Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1998 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2002 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1913)
2002 – Göran Kropp, Swedish adventurer and mountaineer (b. 1966)
2003 – Robert Kardashian, Armenian-American lawyer (b. 1944)
2003 – Yusuf Bey, Black Muslim leader (b. 1935)
2004 – Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor (b. 1936)
2004 – Michael Relph, British film producer and director (b. 1915)
2004 – Jacques Levy, Jewish American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist (b. 1935)
2008 – Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singapore Opposition Leader & former Secretary-General of Singapore's Worker's Party (b. 1926)
2009 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

RC Saints – Saint Jerome
Botswana – Independence Day (1966)
São Tomé and Príncipe – Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day
French Republican Calendar – Panais (Parsnip) Day, ninth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
International Translation Day, introduced in 1991 by International Federation of Translators
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on September 30, 2009, 08:39:37 AM
Morning fellers. Bet they are partying like mutha in Botswana. :lol:
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Post by: Krandall on September 30, 2009, 08:44:14 AM
1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.


Rode my first one 2 years ago going to Australia. HUUUUGE!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 30, 2009, 01:05:48 PM
wow

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=15836005&ch=4226717&src=news
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on September 30, 2009, 10:01:19 PM
 :thumbs:

Good Night Raptor Source!!!  :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Post by: socalrappy700 on October 01, 2009, 07:48:16 AM
October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
911 – During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos appeared at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople.
959 – Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
1795 – Belgium is conquered by France.
1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1811 – The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1814 – Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
1827 – The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
1829 – South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
1843 – The News of the World tabloid began publication in London.
1847 – German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.
1869 – Austria issues the world's first postcards.
1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
1880 – First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
1887 – Balochistan conquered by the British Empire.
1890 – The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
1891 – In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
1894 – First meeting of The Owl Club of Cape Town.
1898 – Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from major Russian cities.
1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1905 – František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
1908 – Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
1910 – Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1918 – World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
1920 – Sir Percy Cox landed in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
1926 – An oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye, but he used the settlement money to buy his first aircraft.
1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
1931 – The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
1937 – The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces entered the city.
1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1942 – USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
1942 – First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
1943 – World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
1946 – Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1946 – Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
1947 – The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1949 – The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
1957 – First appearance of "In GERD We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
1958 – NASA created to replace NACA.
1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1961 – East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1961 – Baseball: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees engage in an epic battle to break Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60 in 1927. Maris ends up hitting his 61st against the Boston Red Sox, passing Ruth
1962 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1965 – Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
1965 – General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia.
1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
1968 – The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
1969 – The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1975 – The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
1975 – Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
1979 – The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
1982 – EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1985 – The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
1987 – The Whittier Narrows earthquake shook the San Gabriel Valley, registering as a magnitude 5.9.
1989 – Denmark: World's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership"
1991 – New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 commences.
1992 – Turkish destroyer TCG Muavenet (DM-357) damaged by two Sea Sparrow missiles mistakenly launched by U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.
1994 – Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
1998 – Vladimir Putin became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
2004 – Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
2005 – Bombing kills 19 people in Bali.
2007 – Most of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom.

Births

1207 – King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
1577 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)
1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
1644 – Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
1671 – Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
1691 – Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
1730 – Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
1791 – Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
1800 – Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish-born botanist and founder of Laestadianism (d. 1861)
1835 – Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Josiah Edward Spurr, American Geologist (d. 1950)
1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
1881 – William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
1890 – Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
1893 – Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974)
1893 – Yip Man, Martial Arts Master (d. 1972)
1896 – Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
1896 – Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
1899 – Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
1904 – A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
1909 – Maurice Bardèche, French fascist, (d. 1998)
1909 – Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
1910 – Bonnie Parker, American Outlaw Bonnie and Clyde (d. 1934)
1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983)
1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
1913 – Helio Gracie, Martial Arts Master (d. 2009)
1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
1917 – Cahal Cardinal Daly, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh
1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
1922 – Kim Ki-young, South Korean film director (d. 1998)
1924 – Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1924 – William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
1925 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1926 – Roger Williams, American pianist
1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor
1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)
1928 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver
1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
1932 – Albert Collins, American guitarist (d. 1993)
1935 – Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
1936 – Stella Stevens, American actress
1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director
1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter
1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone)
1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player
1945 – Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979)
1945 – Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter
1945 – Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
1946 – Tim O'Brien, American writer
1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor
1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
1948 – Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American author
1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
1950 – Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
1950 – Elpida, Greek singer and Eurovision contestant (Sokrati, Tora Zo)
1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
1953 – John Hegley, British poet
1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete
1954 – Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
1955 – Howard Hewett, R & B Singer
1956 – Theresa May, British politician
1957 – Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
1961 – Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
1961 – Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
1961 – Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler
1961 – Corrie van Zyl, former South African cricketer
1962 – Esai Morales, American actor
1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer
1963 – Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player
1964 – Harry Hill, British comedian
1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
1965 – Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel
1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Ted King, American actor
1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
1966 – Christopher Titus, American actor/comedian
1966 – George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer
1966 – Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer
1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player
1967 – Mike Pringle, American football player
1968 – Jon Guenther, American author
1968 – Rob Collard, British racing driver
1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player
1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician
1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, current President of Nauru
1970 – Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
1970 – Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer
1970 – Simon Davey, Barnsley football manager
1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality
1971 – Song Il Gook, Korean actor
1971 – Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
1972 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli Author
1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player
1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
1974 – Christian Borle, American actor
1975 – Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
1975 – Kim Suna, Korean actress
1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player
1976 – Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress
1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
1978 – Andrew JC Jackson, Australian surf lifesaver
1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and TV Personality
1979 – Cameron Bruce, Australian rules footballer
1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer
1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Rupert Friend, British actor
1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1982 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
1983 – Ashley Green, Yorkshire Author/Comic
1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
1984 – Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer
1985 – Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985 – Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka
1985 – Tim Deasy, English footballer
1986 – Justin Westhoff, Australian rules footballer
1986 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress
1986 – Sayaka, Japanese singer
1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer
1987 – Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
1988 – Cariba Heine, Australian actress
1988 – Jorge Núñez, Puerto Rican singer
1990 – Charlie Mcdonnell, English videoblogger


Deaths

959 – King Edwy of England
1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar
1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
1500 – John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1574 – Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
1578 – Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)
1588 – Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr
1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
1609 – Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer
1684 – Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)
1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
1708 – John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)
1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
1864 – Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)
1876 – James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)
1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
1919 – Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)
1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)
1955 – Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)
1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
1959 – Enrico de Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic (b. 1877)
1970 – Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
1975 – Al Jackson, American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
1985 – E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)
1990 – Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (b. 1906)
1992 – Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
1996 – Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (b. 1956)
1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
1998 – Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
1999 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
2000 – Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
2000 – Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
2001 – Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
2001 – Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (b. 1919)
2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
2006 – Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
2006 – André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
2007 – Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)
2007 – Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)
2007 – Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

National Day of the People's Republic of China (1949)
Republic of Cyprus – Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
Nigeria – Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
Tuvalu – Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)
Singapore – Children's Day
Abai (martyr) in the Syrian Church
International Day of Older Persons
World Vegetarian Day (from North American Vegetarian Society, 1977)
World Day of Music by the proposal of Yehudi Menuhin (1975)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 01, 2009, 07:58:14 AM
1992 – Turkish destroyer TCG Muavenet (DM-357) damaged by two Sea Sparrow missiles mistakenly launched by U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.


It's a pretty interesting read:

During the fall of 1992, the United States, Turkey, and several other NATO members participated in "Exercise Display Determination 1992", a combined forces naval exercise under the overall command of Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda of the United States Navy. The forces of participating nations were assigned to either of two multinational teams. Vice Admiral T. Joseph Lopez of the United States Navy led the "Brown Forces," which included Saratoga. The opposing "Green Forces," including Muavenet were under the direct control of Admiral Kroon of the Netherlands.

During the "enhanced tactical" phase of the training exercises, the Brown Forces were to attempt an amphibious landing at Saros Bay in the Aegean Sea against the resistance offered by the Green Forces. Admiral Boorda ordered the units comprising each force to actively seek and "destroy" each other. Both task force commanders had full authority to engage the enemy when and where they deemed appropriate and to use all warfare assets at their disposal to achieve victory. Needless to say, all confrontations were intended to be simulated attacks.

On 1 October 1992 the Combat Direction Center Officer aboard Saratoga decided to launch a simulated attack on nearby opposition forces utilizing the Sea Sparrow missile system. After securing the approval of Saratoga's commanding officer and the Battle Group commander, Rear Admiral Philip Dur, the Combat Direction Center Officer implemented the simulated assault plan which took place on 2 October 1992. Without providing prior notice, officers on Saratoga woke the enlisted Sea Sparrow missile team and directed them to conduct the simulated attack. According to U.S. Navy, certain members of the missile firing team were not told that the exercise was a drill, rather than an actual event.
Muavenet in full cruise

As the drill progressed, the missile system operator used language to indicate he was preparing to fire a live missile, but due to the absence of standard terminology, it was failed to appreciate the significance of the terms used and the requests made. Specifically, the Target Acquisition System operator issued the command "arm and tune", terminology the console operators understood to require arming of the missiles in preparation for actual firing. The officers supervising the drill did not realize that "arm and tune" signified a live firing. As a result, shortly after midnight on the morning of 2 October, Saratoga fired two Sea Sparrow missiles at Muavenet. The missiles struck in the bridge, destroying it and the Combat Information Center, killing 5 of the ship's officers and injuring twenty-two. The sailors who actually fired the missiles were not punished, but the ship's commanding officer, Captain James M. Drager[1], four officers and three enlisted men received admiral's non-judicial punishment, an action that the New York Times stated would effectively end their US Navy careers.[2] USS Capodanno (FF-1093) was given to Turkey by the United States Navy as part of the restitution for the accident and it was renamed TCG Muavenet (F-250) by Turkey.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on October 02, 2009, 06:13:07 AM
October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1263 – The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
1552 – Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
1780 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
1789 – George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1835 – The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
1851 – The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1889 – In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1924 – The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of GERD", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
1938 – Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
1941 – World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1944 – World War II: Nazi troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1950 – Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
1970 – A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1990 – A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
1992 – The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1996 – An AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
1997 – European Union: The Amsterdam Treaty is signed.
2001 – NATO backs US military strikes following 9/11.
2001 – Swissair liquidates and the airline is replaced by SWISS.
2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2004 – American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
2005 – Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
2005 – NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
2006 – Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
2007 – President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Births

1452 – King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1470 – Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
1538 – Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
1722 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
1737 – Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
1768 – William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
1798 – King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
1800 – Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising (d. 1831)
1828 – Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896)
1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
1833 – Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (d. 1897)
1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, German officer and politician (d. 1934)
1851 – Ferdinand Foch, French soldier (d. 1929)
1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
1869 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi), Indian politician and spiritual leader (d. 1948)
1871 – Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscape architect (d. 1959)
1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (d. 1924)
1873 – Plum Warner, English cricketer (d. 1963)
1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945)
1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1893 – Leroy Shield, American film score and radio composer (Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy) (d. 1962)
1895 – Bud Abbott, American comedian and actor (d. 1974)
1896 – Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951)
1901 – Alice Prin, French singer and artist (d. 1953)
1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (d. 1965)
1904 – Graham Greene, British novelist (d. 1991)
1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
1911 – Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
1913 – Karl Miller, German footballer (d. 1967)
1914 – Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist, author, and occultist (d. 1952)
1914 – Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d. 1998)
1917 – Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, Nobel laureate
1917 – Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, American test pilot (d. 2006)
1921 – Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
1926 – Jan Morris, English writer
1928 – George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
1929 – Howard Roberts, American Jazz Guitarist, Educator, and Session Musician (d. 1992)
1929 – Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
1929 – Cesare Maestri, Italian climber, famous for climbing Cerro Torre
1930 – Dave Barrett, Premier of British Columbia
1932 – Maury Wills, American baseball player
1933 – Phill Niblock, American composer, filmmaker and videographer
1934 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1935 – Omar Sivori, Argentine football player (d. 2005)
1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball player
1937 – Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer (d. 1960)
1938 – Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
1938 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
1940 – Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player
1941 – Zareh Baronian, Armenian theologian
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American artist
1945 – Don McLean, American songwriter
1946 – Gen.Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of Council for National Security and Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
1946 – Eric Peterson, Canadian actor
1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor
1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer
1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer
1948 – Chris LeDoux, American musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
1949 – Richard Hell, American musician
1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
1950 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
1950 – Ian McNeice, English actor
1950 – Mike Rutherford, English musician (Genesis)
1951 – Sting, English musician and actor
1951 – Romina Power, Italian singer
1952 – Robin Riker, American actress
1952 – Wahed Wafa, Afghan singer
1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress
1955 – Phil Oakey, English singer (The Human League)
1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby union player
1960 – Al Connelly, Canadian Musician/Songwriter
1960 – Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 – Robbie Nevil, American singer and songwriter
1962 – Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic drummer (The Sugarcubes)
1962 – Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director
1964 – Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
1964 – Sam Bockarie, RUF Rebel Military Commander
1966 – Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000)
1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
1967 – Bud Gaugh, American musician (Sublime)
1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer and songwriter
1968 – Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
1968 – Jeff Martin, Canadian singer/songwriter (The Tea Party)
1968 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Mitch English, American actor
1969 – Damon Gough, English singer
1969 – Jun Akiyama, Japanese professional wrestler
1970 – Eddie Guardado, American baseball relief pitcher
1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress
1970 – Colin Rivas, Galician artist
1970 – Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
1971 – James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot)
1971 – Tiffany, American singer
1972 – Tara Dawn Holland, Miss America 1997
1972 – Aaron Mckie, American basketball player
1973 – Lene, Norwegian singer (Aqua)
1973 – Efren Ramirez, American actor
1973 – Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
1973 – Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian entertainer
1973 – Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
1973 – Proof, American rapper (D12) (d. 2006)
1974 – Simon Gregson, British actor
1974 – Michelle Krusiec, American actress
1974 – Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (d. 2006)
1974 – Sam Roberts, Canadian singer and songwriter
1974 – Paul Teutul Jr., American custom motorcycle builder
1976 – Jason Dodson, American political consultant and teacher of esotericism
1976 – Mandisa, American singer
1976 – John Thornton, American football player
1976 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
1979 – Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player
1979 – Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
1979 – Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer (The Sounds)
1980 – Shane Andrus, American football player
1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
1981 – Toro, Taiwanese singer
1982 – Tyson Chandler, American basketball player
1982 – George Pettit, Canadian singer (Alexisonfire)
1982 – Amber Lee Ettinger, American actress
1985 – Buster Davis, American football player
1986 – Camilla Belle, American actress
1987 – Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
1989 – Karissa and Kristina Shannon, models
1990 – Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer
1993 – Tara Lynne Barr, American actress

Deaths

939 – Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
1559 – Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
1626 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
1629 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575)
1629 – Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
1708 – Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
1746 – Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty
1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
1775 – Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
1780 – John André, British Army officer (executed) (b. 1750)
1782 – Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (b. 1725)
1803 – Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)
1804 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (b. 1725)
1817 – Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
1850 – Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
1853 – François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786)
1927 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
1938 – Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
1947 – Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
1962 – Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)
1971 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
1973 – Paul Hartman, American actor (b. 1904)
1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
1974 – Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)
1975 – Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)
1981 – Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
1981 – Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
1987 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
1987 – Madeleine Carroll, British-born actress (b. 1906)
1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
1994 – Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (b. 1909)
1996 – Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
1998 – Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
1998 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)
2001 – Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
2003 – John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2005 – Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931)
2005 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)
2005 – August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
2006 – Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
2006 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
2006 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)
2007 – Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902)
2007 – Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
2007 – Christopher Derrick, British writer (b. 1921)
2008 – Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
2008 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968)

Holidays and observances

International Day of Non-Violence to commemorate birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
Guinea – Independence Day (from France, 1958)
India – Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, 1869)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 02, 2009, 07:18:20 AM
2005 – NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico

why?  ???
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 02, 2009, 03:13:26 PM
2005 – NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico

why?  ???
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Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on October 05, 2009, 07:36:59 AM
October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius
869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
1143 – The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1550 – Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.
1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
1793 – French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
1857 – The City of Anaheim is founded.
1864 – The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
1869 – A strong hurricane devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
1895 – The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
1903 – Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1910 – Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.
1914 – World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1915 – Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
1921 – Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
1930 – British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1944 – Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
1944 – Suffrage is extended to women in France.
1945 – Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.
1947 – The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
1948 – The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.
1953 – The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
1966 – Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
1969 – The first episode of the famous comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on BBC.
1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1970 – Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
1973 – Signature of the European Patent Convention.
1974 – Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
1981 – Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.
1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times ran Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal."
1988 – The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeat Augusto Pinochet in his re-election intentions. Next year a general election is called.
1990 – After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1991 – An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
1991 – The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
2001 – Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Births

1338 – Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (d. 1390)
1520 – Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)
1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
1658 – Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718)
1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d. 1758)
1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
1713 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784)
1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
1717 – Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
1792 – Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
1795 – Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
1820 – David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
1822 – Hans Hampel, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1884)
1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-born American baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908)
1829 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
1844 – Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
1848 – Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
1850 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910)
1857 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish Language writer (d. 1942)
1864 – Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948)
1878 – Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
1879 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970)
1882 – Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
1887 – René Cassin, French jurist and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
1889 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)
1892 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
1899 – Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1963)
1901 – John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
1902 – Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
1902 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)
1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
1904 – John Hoyt, American film and television actor (d. 1991)
1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
1907 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
1908 – Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d. 1988)
1909 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player
1911 – Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)
1912 – Fritz Fischer, Nazi war criminal (d. 2003)
1913 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
1916 – Stetson Kennedy, American writer
1917 – Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981)
1919 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
1921 – Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
1922 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver
1922 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist
1922 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994)
1923 – Philip Berrigan, American peace activist (d. 2002)
1923 – Glynis Johns, British actress
1923 – Bill Wirtz, longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner (d. 2007)
1923 – Stig Dagerman, Swedish writer (d. 1954)
1924 – Bill Dana, American actor
1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
1924 – José Donoso, Chilean writer (d. 1996)
1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
1925 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979)
1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)
1929 – Fred Feast, English actor (d. 1999)
1929 – Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut
1930 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999)
1930 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel laureate
1932 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress
1934 – Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
1935 – Arlene Saunders, American soprano
1936 – Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
1937 – Barry Switzer, American football coach
1938 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
1939 – Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress
1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1939 – Walter Wolf, Slovenian-born Canadian industrialist
1940 – Milena Dravić, Serbian actress
1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
1942 – Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations)
1943 – Steve Miller, American musician (Steve Miller Band)
1943 – Ben Cardin, American politician, junior senator of Maryland
1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (d. 1997)
1945 – Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer (AC/DC)
1948 – Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
1949 – Bill James, American baseball writer
1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
1950 – 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
1950 – Jeff Conaway, American actor
1950 – Edward P. Jones, American writer
1951 – Karen Allen, American actress
1951 – Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist
1952 – Clive Barker, English writer
1952 – Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
1952 – Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
1955 – Caroline Loeb, French singer and actress
1955 – Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
1957 – Mark Geragos, American attorney
1957 – Lee Thompson, English saxophonist (Madness), vocalist
1957 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor
1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist
1961 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
1961 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver
1962 – Caron Keating, British television personality (d. 2004)
1963 – Laura Davies, English golfer
1964 – Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor
1964 – Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
1964 – Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician
1965 – Trace Armstrong, American football player
1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
1966 – Dennis Byrd, American football player
1967 – Rex Chapman, American basketball player
1967 – Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress
1970 – Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996)
1971 – South Park Mexican, American rapper
1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
1971 – Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor
1972 – Grant Hill, American basketball player
1972 – Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
1972 – Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball outfielder
1974 – Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer
1974 – Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists) (married to Carson Ellis who shares his birthday)
1975 – Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress
1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress
1975 – Carson Ellis, American artist (married to Colin Meloy who shares her birthday)
1975 – Scott Weinger American actor
1976 – Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President
1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian-born American football player
1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter
1978 – James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5)
1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Vincenzo Grella, Australian footballer
1979 – Jaime Chambers, American television reporter
1981 – Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1983 – Nicky Hilton, American heiress
1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German Singer (Monrose)
1988 – Bobby Edner, American actor
1988 – Maja Salvador, Filipina Actress

Deaths

578 – Justin II, Byzantine Emperor
1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
1214 – King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
1285 – King Philip III of France (b. 1245)
1528 – Richard Foxe, English churchman
1540 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (b. 1488)
1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
1565 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
1606 – Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)
1714 – Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)
1740 – Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
1777 – Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
1791 – Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)
1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)
1813 – Tecumseh, Shawnee leader (b. 1768)
1848 – Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)
1861 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778)
1880 – Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)
1913 – Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)
1918 – Roland Garros, French pilot (b. 1888)
1930 – Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)
1933 – Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898)
1933 – Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
1936 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (b. 1898)
1938 – Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
1940 – Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
1940 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican musician (b. 1889)
1941 – Louis Dembitz Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1856)
1943 – Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
1950 – Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
1952 – Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver
1975 – Lady Constance Malleson, British actor and writer (b. 1895)
1976 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1976 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1929)
1981 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
1983 – Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)
1983 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1986 – Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
1986 – James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
1986 – Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (b. 1947)
1992 – Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)
1995 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
1996 – Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer (b. 1925)
1997 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2000 – Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
2001 – Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)
2002 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2003 – Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)
2003 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)
2003 – Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957)
2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)
2004 – Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2004 – William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941)
2006 – Jennifer Moss, English actress (b. 1945)
2006 – Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)
2007 – Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)
2009 – Shōichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (b. 1953)
2009 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (b. 1935)
2009 – Ernő Kolczonay, Hungarian fencer (b. 1953)

Holidays and observances

Roman calendar

    Mundus patet: a harvest feast involving the dead.

Portugal – Republic Day, celebrates overthrow of the Monarchy in 1910
International World Teachers' Day
French Republican Calendar – Réséda (Mignonette) Day, fourteenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
Indonesia – Army Day
Hor and Susia in the Coptic Church
Feast day of Saint Faustina Kowalska, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos and Saint Thraseas in the Roman Catholic Church
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 05, 2009, 07:43:42 AM
1914 – World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.


Constructed of Balsa Wood doesnt count....

 :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 05, 2009, 11:06:09 PM
g'night RS :)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on October 06, 2009, 07:09:58 AM
October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
68 BC – Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1600 – Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
1683 – William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first immigration of German people to America.
1762 – Seven Years' War: conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
1789 – French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
1854 – The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
1884 – The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
1889 – Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
1898 – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity founded at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
1906 – The Majlis of Iran convene for the first time.
1908 – Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1921 – International PEN is founded in London.
1922 – The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
1939 – World War II: The last Polish army is defeated.
1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).
1955 – A United Airlines DC-4 crashes in Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming, killing 66 people
1966 – LSD is declared illegal in the United States.
1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack against Israel to reclaim land lost in the Six Day War. The Ramadan War Yom Kippur War starts at 2:05 pm that day.
1976 – Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two bombs, placed by on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on-board are killed.
1976 – New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
1977 – In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
1977 – The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1981 – President of Egypt, Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
1985 – PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
2000 – Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

Births

1289 – King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 – Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
1510 – John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)
1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
1716 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
1767 – Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
1769 – Sir Isaac Brock, British commander (d. 1812)
1773 – King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
1874 – Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
1876 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
1888 – Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
1892 – Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
1895 – Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
1908 – Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
1910 – Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
1912 – Pauline Gore, mother of American Vice President Al Gore (d. 2004)
1912 – Perkins Bass, American politician
1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
1918 – André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
1920 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
1920 – Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
1921 – Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
1921 – Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player
1925 – Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
1927 – Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
1930 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
1931 – Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
1935 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
1938 – Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder
1939 – John LaFalce, American politician, former Member, US House of Representatives
1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
1942 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer
1943 – Michael Durrell, American actor
1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
1944 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
1946 – Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American politician
1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
1946 – Tony Greig, South African-born English cricketer
1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
1948 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
1950 – David Brin, American author
1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
1951 – Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
1953 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
1954 – David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
1954 – Darrell M. West, American political scientist
1955 – Tony Dungy, American football coach
1956 – Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
1958 – Joseph Finder, American novelist
1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives
1959 – Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
1959 – Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horsehoes champion
1962 – Rich Yett, baseball player
1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
1963 – Chip Foose, American automobile customizer
1963 – Jsu Garcia, American actor
1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
1964 – Matthew Sweet, American musician
1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
1967 – Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
1969 – Troy Shaw, English snooker player
1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player
1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
1971 – Phil Bennett, British racing driver
1971 – Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer
1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean actress
1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
1972 – Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer
1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
1973 – Jeff Davis, American comedian
1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor
1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
1975 – Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
1976 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
1977 – Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist
1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
1977 – Wes Ramsey, American actor
1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer
1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player
1979 – Lex Shrapnel, English actor
1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 – MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
1982 – Michael Arden, American actor
1982 – William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
1984 – Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
1986 – Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress
1988 – Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
1995 – Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
1998 – Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
2000 – Amanda and Rachel Pace, American actresses

Deaths

869 – Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (b. 823)
877 – Charles the Bald (b. 823)
1014 – Samuil of Bulgaria (b. 958)
1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
1413 – Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
1542 – Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)
1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
1644 – Elisabeth of Bourbon, consort of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)
1660 – Paul Scarron, French writer
1661 – Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru (b. 1630)
1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)
1762 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)
1829 – Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
1873 – Paul Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
1892 – Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)
1912 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)
1945 – Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)
1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)
1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)
1959 – Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)
1962 – Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)
1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)
1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
1973 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
1974 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)
1976 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
1980 – Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)
1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
1981 – Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)
1983 – Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1921)
1985 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)
1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
1992 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
1992 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1993 – Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)
1995 – Benoît Chamoux, French climber (b. 1961)
1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)
1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1999 – Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)
2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)
2001 – Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)
2002 – Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
2003 – Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (b. 1957)
2004 – Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1947)
2006 – Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2006 – Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
2007 – Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930); L. M. Singhvi, Indian jurist and writer (b. 1931).
2008 – Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)

Holidays and observances

RC Saints – Saint Bruno, St Faith, Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Saint Sagar
Also see October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Egypt – Armed Forces Day; commemorates the October War of 1973.
U.S. – German-American Day observed since 1987
Judaism – Fast of Gedalia (2005)
French Republican Calendar – Âne (Donkey) Day, fifteenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 06, 2009, 07:49:26 AM
2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

Farts?  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 06, 2009, 08:19:37 AM
happy egyptian armed forces day!


Jihad Baby!!!!!  :lol:
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Post by: Krandall on October 06, 2009, 08:20:38 AM
durka durka!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 06, 2009, 02:07:27 PM
chirp
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 07, 2009, 03:01:44 AM
chirp
you tryin to be a cricket or sumthin?
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Post by: socalrappy700 on October 07, 2009, 06:57:04 AM
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year.
Contents

Today in history

3761 BC – The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
336 – Pope Mark dies, leaving the papacy vacant.
1513 – Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1763 – George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
1776 – Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional french song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1828 – The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison.
1840 – Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Darbytown Road: the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.
1864 – American Civil War: U.S.S. "Wachusett" captures the C.S.S. "Florida" Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil.
1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1919 – KLM of the Netherlands is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed from a merger of 5 French airlines.
1940 – World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
1944 – World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jews burn down the crematoria.
1949 – German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
1952 – The bar code is patented.
1955 – Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
1958 – President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits first ever photographs of the far side of the moon.
1962 – U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
1963 – John F. Kennedy signs ratification for Partial Test Ban Treaty.
1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1985 – The "Achille Lauro" is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
1993 – The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2003 – Gray Davis is recalled as Governor of California, three years before the official end of his office term. Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor.
2004 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.

Births

1471 – King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)
1573 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)
1576 – John Marston, English writer (d. 1634)
1589 – Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)
1713 – Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)
1728 – Caesar Rodney, American lawyer (d. 1784)
1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)
1748 – King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
1769 – Solomon Sibley, American politician (d. 1846)
1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
1841 – King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (d. 1916)
1866 – Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1870 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)
1879 – Joe Hill, American Labor Activist and Poet (d. 1915)
1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)
1884 – Major Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (d. 1927)
1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1888 – Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
1892 – Dwain Esper, director (d. 1982)
1894 – Del Lord, American director (d. 1970)
1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)
1898 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)
1900 – Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
1905 – Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)
1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician (d. 2001)
1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (d. 1990)
1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (d. 1983)
1910 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973)
1911 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)
1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (d. 1987)
1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)
1914 – Sarah Churchill, British actress (d. 1982)
1917 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
1919 – Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian politician
1920 – Jack Rowley, English footballer (d. 1998)
1921 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)
1922 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player
1922 – William Zinsser, American writer
1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Québécois member of Les Automatistes (d. 2002)
1923 – Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps (d. 1945)
1926 – Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)
1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (d. 1989)
1927 – Al Martino, American singer and actor
1928 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)
1929 – Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)
1929 – Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker and executive
1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)
1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
1934 – Amiri Baraka, American writer
1934 – Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist (d. 1976)
1935 – Thomas Keneally, Australian author
1936 – Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor
1937 – Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician
1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist
1939 – Clive James, Australian television presenter and writer
1939 – Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Bill Snyder, American football coach
1940 – Bruce Vento, American politician (d. 2000)
1943 – Joy Behar, American television personality
1943 – José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
1943 – Oliver North, American former military officer
1944 – Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979)
1944 – Donald Tsang, current Chief executive of Hong Kong
1945 – Kevin Godley, British musician (10cc)
1946 – Bernard Lavilliers, French singer
1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei
1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
1949 – Dave Hope, American musician (Kansas)
1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician
1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer
1951 – David J. Halberstam, American radio executive
1952 – Mary Badham, American actress
1952 – Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister and former President of the Russian Federation
1952 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1952 – Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
1953 – Tico Torres, musician (Bon Jovi)
1954 – Kenneth Atchley, American composer
1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist
1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist
1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer
1957 – Jayne Torvill, British figure skater
1958 – Judy Landers, American actress
1959 – Dylan Baker, American character actor
1959 – Simon Cowell, English recording executive
1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician
1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician
1960 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer
1960 – Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer
1961 – Matthew Roloff, American reality star
1961 – Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor
1962 – Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician
1964 – Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter
1964 – Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author
1964 – Paul Stewart, English footballer
1965 – Genji Hashimoto, Japanese racing driver
1966 – Sherman Alexie, Native American author and comedian
1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer
1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer
1967 – Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder)
1967 – Takahiro Izutani, Japanese Composer
1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead)
1969 – Javier Álvarez, Spanish singer-songwriter
1969 – Bobbie Brown, American actress, model
1969 – Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler
1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model
1969 – Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer
1970 – Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
1971 – Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician
1972 – Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director
1973 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer
1973 – Priest Holmes, American Football Running Back
1974 – Allison Munn, American actress
1974 – Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer
1974 – Alexander Polinsky, American actor
1975 – Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler
1975 – Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go)
1975 – Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician
1976 – Taylor Hicks, American musician
1976 – Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer
1976 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player
1976 – Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
1977 – Brandon Quinn, American actor
1977 – Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
1978 – Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)
1978 – Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
1979 – Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
1979 – Tang Wei, Chinese actress
1980 – Edison Chen, Canadian actor
1980 – Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer
1981 – Doni Schroader, American avant garde composer,pop musician
1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer
1982 – Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist
1983 – Scottie Upshall, Canadian Hockey Player
1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese singer and actor
1984 – Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player
1986 – Lee Nguyen, American footballer
1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player
1986 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
1986 – Bree Olson, American pornographic actress
1987 – Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
1987 – Sam Querrey, American tennis player
1988 – Stacy DuPree, American musician (Eisley)
2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho

Deaths

336 – Pope Mark
929 – Charles the Simple, King of France (b. 879)
1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)
1553 – Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. c.1500)
1555 – Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)
1577 – George Gascoigne, English poet
1612 – Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat, (b. 1538)
1620 – Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)
1637 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
1651 – Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)
1653 – Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581)
1708 – Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)
1772 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
1787 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)
1792 – George Mason, American statesman (b. 1725)
1793 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718)
1796 – Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710)
1849 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (b. 1809)
1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809)
1896 – Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (b. 1808)
1903 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)
1906 – Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
1911 – John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)
1919 – Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
1925 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (b. 1880)
1926 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist (b. 1856)
1943 – Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (b. 1899)
1943 – Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880)
1944 – Helmut Lent, German night fighter pilot (b. 1918)
1956 – Clarence Birdseye, American inventor (b. 1886)
1959 – Mario Lanza, American tenor (b. 1921)
1966 – Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer and songwriter. (b. 1890)
1966 – Smiley Lewis, American musician (b. 1913)
1967 – Norman Angell, British politician and Nobel Laureate (b. 1872)
1969 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
1981 – Albert Cohen, Greek-born Swiss novelist (b. 1895)
1991 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
1992 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
1992 – Tevfik Esenç, last known speaker of Ubykh (b. 1904)
1993 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (b. 1910)
1994 – Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born Danish immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911)
1998 – Arnold Jacobs, American tuba player a.k.a. Song and Wind (b. 1915)
2001 – Christopher Adams, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (b. 1955)
2001 – Herblock, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
2001 – Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (b. 1913)
2002 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
2003 – Izzy Asper, Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate (b. 1932)
2003 – Arthur Berger, American composer (b. 1912)
2003 – Wally George, American conservative TV commentator (b. 1931)
2004 – Ken Bigley, British civil engineer, kidnapped and murdered in Iraq (b. 1942)
2005 – Charles Rocket, American actor (b. 1949)
2006 – Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (b. 1958)
2006 – Abraham Afewerki,Eritrean Singer(b.1966)
2007 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
2007 – George E. Sangmeister, American politician (b. 1931)
2008 – Leslie Hardman, Jewish Orthodox rabbi (b. 1913)

Holidays and observances

RC Saints – Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary; formerly Saint Justina, Saint Osyth
Feast day of Pope Mark.
Saints Sergius and Bacchus; also see October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
French Republican Calendar – Sixteenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
Brazil – Composer Day
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 07, 2009, 02:27:37 PM
1963 – John F. Kennedy signs ratification for Partial Test Ban Treaty.

Fucking hippie was ruining my fun even before I was born :mad:
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Post by: Krandall on October 07, 2009, 02:35:33 PM
probably one of the coolest pics for a partial test...

good thing those boats aren't parked to close.... oh wait.. :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:

(http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0508/feature6/images/gallery.6.1.jpg)
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Post by: dragonz on October 08, 2009, 03:00:41 AM
probably one of the coolest pics for a partial test...

good thing those boats aren't parked to close.... oh wait.. :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:

(http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0508/feature6/images/gallery.6.1.jpg)
KABOOM
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 08, 2009, 07:36:54 AM
Wonder how many fisshes died.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 08, 2009, 08:02:52 AM
that's a big tuna melt
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 08, 2009, 08:11:23 AM
har har har :lol:

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on October 08, 2009, 09:05:00 AM
October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today in history

314 – Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
451 – At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen of England.
1480 – Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1600 – San Marino adopts its written constitution.
1806 – Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne in France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve.
1813 – The Treaty of Ried was signed between Bayern and Austria.
1821 – The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.
1829 – Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
1856 – The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
1871 – Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire.
1879 – War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
1895 – Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
1912 – First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
1918 – World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York leads an attack that kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
1928 – Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto.
1932 – The Indian Air Force is established.
1939 – World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
1941 – World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle.
1952 – The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1956 – New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 18 perfect games in MLB history.
1962 – Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.
1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
1970 – Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion".
1973 – Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all Trade unions.
1990 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
1998 – Oslo's Gardermoen airport opens after the close down of Fornebu airport.
1999 – New Coligny Calendar, NCC, the beginning of a new era of the Coligny calendar, the oldest material Celtic calendar.
2001 – A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2004 – Martha Stewart begins her prison sentence after being convicted of securities fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy in the ImClone stock trading case.
2005 – The Kashmir earthquake hits parts of northern South Asia at 03:50 UTC.

Births

1515 – Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)
1676 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)
1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (d. 1793)
1715 – Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1774)
1720 – Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
1747 – Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807)
1765 – Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (d. 1831)
1789 – John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)
1789 – William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (d. 1855)
1818 – John Henninger Reagan, American politician (d. 1905)
1834 – Walter Kittredge, American musician (d. 1905)
1847 – Rose Scott, Social Reformer (d. 1925)
1850 – Henri Louis le Chatelier, French chemist (d. 1936)
1863 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
1864 – Ozias Leduc, Québécois painter (d. 1955)
1870 – Louis Vierne, French organist (d. 1937)
1877 – Hans Heysen, German-born landscape artist (d. 1968)
1883 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1883 – Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977)
1884 – Walther von Reichenau, German military officer (d. 1942)
1887 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (d. 1956)
1888 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
1889 – C. E. Woolman, American airline founder (d. 1966)
1890 – Edward Rickenbacker, American pilot (d. 1973)
1890 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
1895 – Juan Perón, President of Argentina (d. 1974)
1895 – Zog I, King of Albania (d. 1961)
1896 – Julien Duvivier, French film director (d. 1967)
1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (d. 1987)
1901 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer (d. 1977)
1910 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
1910 – Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (d. 2000)
1910 – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)
1917 – Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
1917 – Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)
1917 – Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1917 – Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1918 – Ron Randell, film character actor (d. 2005)
1918 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel laureate
1919 – Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
1920 – Frank Herbert, American writer (d. 1986)
1921 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1922 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish football midfielder and coach (d. 2007)
1924 – Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1927 – Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956)
1927 – César Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1928 – M. Russell Ballard, LDS apostle
1928 – Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
1928 – Bill Maynard, British actor
1929 – Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)
1930 – Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)
1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player
1936 – Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist
1938 – Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky
1938 – Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player
1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor
1939 – Harvey Pekar, American author
1939 – Lynne Stewart, American civil liberties lawyer
1940 – Fred Cash, American singer (The Impressions)
1941 – Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist
1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor
1943 – R. L. Stine, American author
1944 – Susan Raye, American singer
1946 – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director
1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American politician
1947 – Emiel Puttemans, Belgian athlete
1948 – Benjamin Cheever, American novelist and editor
1948 – Sarah Purcell, American television host
1948 – Johnny Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2004)
1948 – Pedro López, Colombian serial killer
1948 – Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
1949 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress
1950 – Robert Kool Bell, American musician (Kool & the Gang)
1951 – Jack O'Connell, American politician
1952 – Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician
1952 – Edward Zwick, American film director
1954 – Michael Dudikoff, American actor
1954 – Huub Rothengatter, Dutch racecar driver
1955 – Bill Elliott, American racecar driver
1955 – Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician (d. 1998)
1955 – Darrell Hammond, American comedian (SNL)
1956 – Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
1956 – Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
1957 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
1957 – Joe Castiglione, American college athletic director
1958 – Steve Coll, American journalist
1959 – Nick Bakay, American actor
1959 – Mike Morgan, American baseball player
1960 – Lorenzo Milá, Spanish newscaster
1960 – François Pérusse, Quebec humorist
1960 – Reed Hastings, American businessman and entrepreneur
1961 – Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist
1962 – Bruno Thiry, Belgian rally driver
1964 – Igor Jijikine, Russian actor (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
1964 – CeCe Winans, American singer
1965 – Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor
1965 – C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1965 – Peter Greene, American actor
1966 – Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
1966 – Camille Coduri, British actress
1966 – Karyn Parsons, American actress
1967 – Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress
1968 – Ali Benarbia, former Algerian footballer
1968 – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian football player
1968 – Emily Procter, American actress
1968 – Leeroy Thornhill, British musician (The Prodigy)
1969 – Julia Ann, American pornographic actress
1969 – Jeremy Davies, American actor
1969 – Dylan Neal, Canadian actor
1970 – Matt Damon, American actor
1970 – Gauri Khan, wife of Indian actor Shahrukh Khan
1970 – Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video-game designer
1970 – Soon-Yi Previn, Korean American actress
1972 – Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer
1972 – Kim Myung Min, Korean actor
1974 – Fredrik Modin, Swedish hockey player
1974 – DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1974 – Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor
1974 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
1976 – Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player
1976 – Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater
1977 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French mountain-bike rider
1977 – Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1977 – Jamie Marchi, American Voice Actor
1978 – Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
1978 – Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
1979 – Kristanna Loken, American actress
1979 – Paul Burchill, English professional wrestler
1979 – Gregori Chad Petree, American musician (Shiny Toy Guns)
1980 – Mike Mizanin, American wrestler
1980 – Nick Cannon, American actor
1981 – Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Ruby (Egyptian singer), Egyptian singer
1983 – Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
1983 – Steve Cronin, American soccer player
1983 – Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
1983 – Travis Pastrana, American motor sports competitor
1985 – Eiji Wentz, Japanese entertainer
1987 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress
1989 – Armand Traoré, French footballer

Deaths

976 – Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen
1286 – John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
1317 – Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)
1621 – Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist
1647 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
1652 – John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602)
1656 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
1659 – Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
1735 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
1754 – Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)
1772 – Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (b. 1711)
1793 – John Hancock, American revolutionary (b. 1737)
1795 – Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725)
1804 – Thomas Cochran (judge), Canadian judge (b. 1777)
1809 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721)
1834 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
1869 – Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
1879 – Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)
1886 – Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819)
1897 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1928 – Larry Semon, comedian (b. 1889)
1931 – Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865)
1936 – William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851)
1936 – Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1942 – Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer (b. 1869)
1944 – Wendell Willkie, American politician (b. 1892)
1945 – Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869)
1952 – Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877)
1953 – Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
1953 – Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (b. 1912)
1955 – Iry LeJeune, Cajun musician (b. 1928)
1958 – Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)
1962 – Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer (b. 1909)
1967 – Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
1970 – Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
1970 – Jean Giono, French author (b. 1895)
1973 – Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (b. 1889)
1977 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (b. 1902)
1982 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1915)
1982 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)
1983 – Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
1985 – Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (b. 1919)
1987 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)
1990 – B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
1992 – Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
1995 – Christopher Keene, American conductor (b. 1946)
1997 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (b. 1913)
1999 – John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
2000 – Sheila Holland (Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf, Laura Hardy), English writer (b. 1937)
2002 – Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
2004 – Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)
2004 – James Chace, American historian (b. 1931)
2005 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928)
2006 – Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975)
2007 – Constantine Andreou, Greek artist (b. 1917)
2008 – George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist (b. 1912)
2008 – Eileen Herlie, American actress (b. 1918)
2008 – Bob Friend (newscaster), British newscaster (b. 1938)

Holidays and observances

RC Saints – Palatia and Laurentia
Bolivia – reportedly, Che Guevara is honoured on this day at which he was captured in La Higuera, as San Ernesto, answering prayers for rain.
Also see October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
French Republican Calendar – Citrouille (Pumpkin) Day, seventeenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
Independence Day in Croatia
Navy Day in Peru
Town Meeting Day in Massachusetts
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 08, 2009, 09:28:01 AM
2004 – Martha Stewart begins her prison sentence after being convicted of securities fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy in the ImClone stock trading case.


I bet her prison was very nice. :lol:

doilees and curtains lol
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 08, 2009, 09:29:57 AM
happy croatian independence day!  ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on October 08, 2009, 09:31:41 AM
Lou's tomorrow!!!!!!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 08, 2009, 09:39:49 AM
^^^dickhead
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 08, 2009, 09:42:56 AM
Lou's tomorrow!!!!!!

:wootwoot:

and don't worry aaron.. I'll make sure to send you a pic.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 08, 2009, 09:46:18 AM
^^^dickless
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 08, 2009, 09:51:50 AM
^^^one to talk
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 08, 2009, 09:55:42 AM
^^^^ one to talk...  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 08, 2009, 09:57:26 AM
both you cockless mothers aren't coming to the rally...

Homos!!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 08, 2009, 10:05:46 AM
Erich, everytime Randy takes a Piece of lou's pic it off his plate and bring it to LS.

Lou's is for riders only!!

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 08, 2009, 10:16:30 AM
oh :sit:


didn't see you @ SL.... :confused:


 :rolleyes:


Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 08, 2009, 10:32:43 AM
fly down for a day and I'll let you have a slice ;)


I swear I will drive to the airport to pick you up...just get here and you can ride my quad for the day.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 08, 2009, 01:27:22 PM
pull your fly down for a day and I'll let you have a slice ;)


I swear I will drive to the airport to pick you up...just get here and you can ride my quad for the day.  :thumbs:
Think I'll pass :D
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 08, 2009, 01:31:58 PM
pull your fly down for a day and I'll let you have a slice ;)




DIBS!


nope aaron gets him  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 09, 2009, 01:07:15 AM
pull your fly down for a day and I'll let you have a slice ;)




DIBS!


nope aaron has already got me  :lol:
share it round boys :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 12, 2009, 09:52:56 AM
Monday :(

sucky
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: NaturalRaptor on October 13, 2009, 06:45:50 AM
Monday :(

sucky

I feel the same about Tuesday   :confused:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 13, 2009, 06:56:05 AM
word :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 13, 2009, 01:25:20 PM
don't worry about wednesday then.
Already there, & it ain't the greatest either!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 13, 2009, 01:37:48 PM
thanks for the reassurance phil.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 13, 2009, 01:46:25 PM
anytime ol' son :nod:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 13, 2009, 02:30:58 PM
ranger.... found online porn.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on October 13, 2009, 02:32:08 PM
 :mad: :mad: :mad::sit: :sit: :sit:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Lady4Fiddy on October 13, 2009, 02:37:42 PM
ERMAHGERD ERMAHGERD ERMAHGERD!!!! It is Ranger!    :clap:

Nice one Kranberry!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 13, 2009, 02:42:13 PM
switch up the arms bro. It's kinda obvious. Besides, it will fell like a different girl..or guy in your case. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on October 13, 2009, 02:42:25 PM
Waitaminute...I'm not left handed, wrong guy!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 13, 2009, 02:43:24 PM
inverse photo
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 13, 2009, 02:48:21 PM
like aaron said. Inverse...

Seee. TOTALLY you
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on October 13, 2009, 02:51:34 PM
:thud: GO BACK TO WORK RANDI
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 13, 2009, 02:55:50 PM
b-u-s-t-e-d
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 13, 2009, 03:00:32 PM
 :lol:


okay :(
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 13, 2009, 09:00:47 PM
don't worry about wednesday then.
Already there, & it ain't the greatest either!

Not sure about how good Wed. will be, but this sure made me laugh

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6024236845037075358&ei=UTzVSr2vJqjWqAPEtZ35CQ&q=stupid#
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 13, 2009, 09:42:46 PM
Hi all!
Hows it going!


Randy we gotta get a ride in here SOON!! 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 14, 2009, 06:31:01 AM
Hi all!
Hows it going!


Randy we gotta get a ride in here SOON!! 

gangstar.. I need your freakin phone number.. only one you gave me was the womans.

Shoot me a PM.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 16, 2009, 06:31:29 AM
Happy Friday Suckas!
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Mad Dog on October 16, 2009, 06:03:24 PM
29 day check in

;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Sand84 on October 16, 2009, 06:56:39 PM
DOG :clap:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 16, 2009, 07:24:24 PM
Someone call the pounds....we got a stray :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 16, 2009, 09:03:27 PM
29 day check in

;)
[/quote


:lol:

That's all I needed from you. Thanks man. :thumbs:



 :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 16, 2009, 09:58:24 PM
I posted my truck for sale on craigs and with a sign in it, did it yesterday< and i have a guy coming tomorrrow to test drive it. It's an 04 4x4 5.4  f150 supercab 118,000 miles, i posted it for 12,500 obo and told the guy 11,500 min and he's in his 60's , retired, wants it to pull his 5th wheel. I owe 6200, so i'll make out pretty good if i get 11,500.

anyways, heres my questions
I am going to buy a car, almost cash, well, i'm paying off my quad and financing the balance of the car. But i found this a6 4.2 audi with 80,000 miles.  Is there any special maintenance on an audi?? like expensive oil changes or anything out of the normal? are they pretty worry free cars? my other choices are 00-03 maxima, or acura TL, but FERK this audi is all wheel drive which I'd love for MN, and super sexy with a 300hp v8,  Any ideas? should i go audi or maxima/acura?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/1421952503.html
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 16, 2009, 10:01:14 PM
hey brian you ready to do some carfaxes for me?  :nod: 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on October 16, 2009, 10:13:42 PM
like aaron said. Inverse...

Seee. TOTALLY you

^^^ Apparently my quote skills are lacking.

http://vimeo.com/4074348

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/15/article-1220536-06D40AE6000005DC-59_468x358.jpg)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on October 18, 2009, 01:41:06 AM
Uh, nobody thought that monster popeye right arm looked a little odd? 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 18, 2009, 08:26:59 AM
Uh, nobody thought that monster popeye right arm looked a little odd? 

ERMAHGERD missed that!  looked at photo many times too? :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: disco on October 18, 2009, 01:15:42 PM
Dude arm wrestles and works out that arm only.   :confused:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 18, 2009, 05:32:16 PM
good thing I'm a switch hitter :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Mad Dog on October 19, 2009, 09:34:23 AM
I posted my truck for sale on craigs and with a sign in it, did it yesterday< and i have a guy coming tomorrrow to test drive it. It's an 04 4x4 5.4  f150 supercab 118,000 miles, i posted it for 12,500 obo and told the guy 11,500 min and he's in his 60's , retired, wants it to pull his 5th wheel. I owe 6200, so i'll make out pretty good if i get 11,500.

anyways, heres my questions
I am going to buy a car, almost cash, well, i'm paying off my quad and financing the balance of the car. But i found this a6 4.2 audi with 80,000 miles.  Is there any special maintenance on an audi?? like expensive oil changes or anything out of the normal? are they pretty worry free cars? my other choices are 00-03 maxima, or acura TL, but FERK this audi is all wheel drive which I'd love for MN, and super sexy with a 300hp v8,  Any ideas? should i go audi or maxima/acura?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/1421952503.html


A6 is a pretty solid car, a few little things from various generations but generally reliable.  Find an audi forum, search their faq and common topics. 
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 19, 2009, 09:39:25 AM
Yeah, SEARCH THE MOTHA F*CKIN FORUMS!  :mad:

 :lol:


and when are we riding you girl?!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 19, 2009, 11:39:55 AM
Yeah, SEARCH THE MOTHA F*CKIN FORUMS!  :mad:

 :lol:


and when are we riding you girl?!

when he a has a running quad. I will go out on a limb, and say NEVER. :lol:

JK M-Dizzle.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 19, 2009, 12:16:24 PM
Yeah, SEARCH THE MOTHA F*CKIN FORUMS!  :mad:

 :lol:


and when are we riding you girl?!

when he a has a running quad. I will go out on a limb, and say NEVER. :lol:

JK M-Dizzle.  :lol:

I was talking to Nick not the dog..

And the dog's quad DOES run. :lol: ;)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 19, 2009, 12:48:19 PM
Yeah, SEARCH THE MOTHA F*CKIN FORUMS!  :mad:

 :lol:


and when are we riding you girl?!

when he a has a running quad. I will go out on a limb, and say NEVER. :lol:

JK M-Dizzle.  :lol:

I was talking to Nick not the dog..

And the dog's quad DOES run. :lol: ;)

Black quads are Better
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 19, 2009, 03:30:41 PM
Yeah, SEARCH THE MOTHA F*CKIN FORUMS!  :mad:

 :lol:


and when are we riding you girl?!

when he a has a running quad. I will go out on a limb, and say NEVER. :lol:

JK M-Dizzle.  :lol:

I was talking to Nick not the dog..

And the dog's quad DOES run. :lol: ;)

Black weiners are Better

Way to take one for the team Phil. :thumbs: :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Mad Dog on October 19, 2009, 04:01:29 PM
Yeah, SEARCH THE MOTHA F*CKIN FORUMS!  :mad:

 :lol:


and when are we riding you girl?!

when he a has a running quad. I will go out on a limb, and say NEVER. :lol:

JK M-Dizzle.  :lol:

I was talking to Nick not the dog..

And the dog's quad DOES run. :lol: ;)

Black quads are Better

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/Maddog56/Avatars/MD_SEZ_blkfaster.gif)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Sand84 on October 19, 2009, 04:21:32 PM
DOG
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Mad Dog on October 19, 2009, 04:26:57 PM
DOG

SAND


 :ninja:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Sand84 on October 19, 2009, 04:36:36 PM
Whats up?
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Mad Dog on October 19, 2009, 04:40:07 PM
Doing the forum thing, chillin like a villian.  Still working on the beast?  See the trailer is FS, nice unit should go fast.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 21, 2009, 10:49:00 PM
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/grafdog/Obama_book.jpg)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 22, 2009, 07:20:50 AM
Guten Morgen.



:nazi:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 22, 2009, 12:06:11 PM
who said Preddy 08 doesn't have talent ???

(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/Cololrado700R/_DSC0202.jpg)


:rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 22, 2009, 03:26:04 PM
:nod:

I know we tease him,.....but he sure does look good in a dress. :lol:

LOL at the Obama ad.  :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 23, 2009, 02:53:59 PM
I want to buy nichole one of these and put a 4seat cage in it. THey look sweet. Suspension and wheel tire  upgrade on top of the visual package.  12,000 bucks but sexy.

Teryx Monster energy edition.

http://www.atv.com/manufacturers/kawasaki/2009-kawasaki-teryx-750-fi-4x4-preview-914.html

Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Spider/Paleface513 on October 23, 2009, 03:24:55 PM
I want to buy nichole one of these and put a 4seat cage in it. THey look sweet. Suspension and wheel tire  upgrade on top of the visual package.  12,000 bucks but sexy.

Teryx Monster energy edition.

http://www.atv.com/manufacturers/kawasaki/2009-kawasaki-teryx-750-fi-4x4-preview-914.html


Like one those for deer and hog hunting
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on October 23, 2009, 08:43:12 PM
I want to buy nichole one of these and put a 4seat cage in it. THey look sweet. Suspension and wheel tire  upgrade on top of the visual package.  12,000 bucks but sexy.

Teryx Monster energy edition.

http://www.atv.com/manufacturers/kawasaki/2009-kawasaki-teryx-750-fi-4x4-preview-914.html



I was all over that one too, very dead sexy.  I loved it right up until I got to test drive it.   :(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 23, 2009, 09:01:46 PM
I want to buy nichole one of these and put a 4seat cage in it. THey look sweet. Suspension and wheel tire  upgrade on top of the visual package.  12,000 bucks but sexy.

Teryx Monster energy edition.

http://www.atv.com/manufacturers/kawasaki/2009-kawasaki-teryx-750-fi-4x4-preview-914.html



I was all over that one too, very dead sexy.  I loved it right up until I got to test drive it.   :(

slow, loud, what? Uncomfortable? for 12,000, none of those problems would be acceptable.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Spider/Paleface513 on October 23, 2009, 09:40:58 PM
Ehhh
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: socalrappy700 on October 23, 2009, 09:44:37 PM
Yeah, I was super bummed.  I really liked the looks of that one.  SUCKED.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on October 25, 2009, 09:41:22 AM
Yeah, I was super bummed.  I really liked the looks of that one.  SUCKED.
rzr ftw
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 25, 2009, 10:20:16 AM
Yeah, SEARCH THE MOTHA F*CKIN FORUMS!  :mad:

 :lol:


and when are we riding you girl?!

I don't have time to joing another forum! I belong to too many right now and I don't know half the passwords/logins anymore. Lol. This is the forum I go to when I want info.

Randy, i uh just brought my quad up north on thursday whenI went to put out my pop up deer stands.....
I do have the bike here. and the mini....
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Mad Dog on October 25, 2009, 11:45:37 AM
Didn't say join and participate, I know better than to ask that of you nick :P

Just use them as a source of information, by searching their contents.
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 25, 2009, 01:30:18 PM
Didn't say join and participate, I know better than to ask that of you nick :P

Just use them as a source of information, by searching their contents.

i'd feel so dirty just using a forum like that. lol
But i took your advice and I am lurking on an audi forum. So far only things I've found to watch out for are water pumps, belt, timing belt, sensors, alternators. and trannys if over 100,000 miles... Sounds like my ford ,lol hit 100,000 and all of that went , except my tranny, it's shifting great and runs smooth. Of course it's never towed and i drive like an old woman after she spent the night at your house....
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Spider/Paleface513 on October 25, 2009, 04:28:18 PM
 :spam: :loser:
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 25, 2009, 05:11:43 PM
Didn't say join and participate, I know better than to ask that of you nick :P

Just use them as a source of information, by searching their contents.

i'd feel so dirty just using a forum like that. lol
But i took your advice and I am lurking on an audi forum. So far only things I've found to watch out for are water pumps, belt, timing belt, sensors, alternators. and trannys if over 100,000 miles... Sounds like my ford ,lol hit 100,000 and all of that went , except my tranny, it's shifting great and runs smooth. Of course it's never towed and i drive like an old woman after she spent the night at your house....


so that one i was looking at has a salvage title, so no go on that one. I guess i'll keep looking.  :rolleyes:   
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 25, 2009, 08:15:01 PM
Not really exciting, but here is a vid of my tree killing continuous inkjet printer. The reason I have been so busy lately. Knocks out 350 feet of paper a minute. Pretty nifty pice of machinery. The little printheads (the size of a shoe) are $60k each, I have 4 of them. :lol:

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff304/peels660/th_100_2373.jpg) (http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff304/peels660/?action=view&current=100_2373.flv)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on October 25, 2009, 08:22:51 PM
That's a loud beeyutch...Looks like a nice place for L4F to do some buffing....
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 25, 2009, 09:47:06 PM
I am going to burn that place down peelz.



:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 25, 2009, 11:04:14 PM


dude, so i went to a mini bike forum that i had got info from about my bike, and since i love what your bro did to his mini I decided to post a thread and put his pics up. well FERK if I'mnot getting attacked by a moderator, lol. I posted the pic of how it started.  you know the biek that looked kinda like it and even said, it's not THE bike, just one LIKE IT. and shit he's freaking out cuz it's not the "EXACT" mini bike. I'm so sick of moderators acting like assholes on other fourms. Seriously people could learn a lot from our mods, not everyone is going to post the pefect or right info everytime, and most people are not experts and that's why they visit forums. I should save a pic of someones dyno chart and tell him that it's from the mini, just to give him  ahard time. lol
oh, and this moderator 'GOT A DUI ON HIS MINIBIKE" a fucking 5hp mini bike. if that doesn't prove he's a dipshit I don't know what does. .. Not only is he promoting being stupid, he brags about it.   :rofl:   
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 26, 2009, 07:16:08 AM
there was a guy downtown minneapolis after a vikings game, he was tailgating outside. He has an electric powered cooler :clap:

so.. you sit on the cooler (big coleman style one) has steering wheel. and it's rear wheel drive. he got a DUI on that!!!! :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Spider/Paleface513 on October 26, 2009, 09:34:12 AM


dude, so i went to a mini bike forum that i had got info from about my bike, and since i love what your bro did to his mini I decided to post a thread and put his pics up. well FERK if I'mnot getting attacked by a moderator, lol. I posted the pic of how it started.  you know the biek that looked kinda like it and even said, it's not THE bike, just one LIKE IT. and shit he's freaking out cuz it's not the "EXACT" mini bike. I'm so sick of moderators acting like assholes on other fourms. Seriously people could learn a lot from our mods, not everyone is going to post the pefect or right info everytime, and most people are not experts and that's why they visit forums. I should save a pic of someones dyno chart and tell him that it's from the mini, just to give him  ahard time. lol
oh, and this moderator 'GOT A DUI ON HIS MINIBIKE" a fucking 5hp mini bike. if that doesn't prove he's a dipshit I don't know what does. .. Not only is he promoting being stupid, he brags about it.   :rofl:   
You have had the same xp I've had with other forums. Some mods are str8  LAME in other forums
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Nick on October 26, 2009, 10:53:06 AM
there was a guy downtown minneapolis after a vikings game, he was tailgating outside. He has an electric powered cooler :clap:

so.. you sit on the cooler (big coleman style one) has steering wheel. and it's rear wheel drive. he got a DUI on that!!!! :rofl:

I've seen those before, they are sweeeet! they even have tow behind coolers for your extra beer and friends  :thumbs:

The dude at that forum is a complete fuckin idiot. I can't beleive how much shit he's giving me for not posting the actual picture of the bike. I just used that pic you had posted as reference to what it started out like, not a big dealis it? do you think that pic you posted looked similar to the bike did? you must, you posted teh pic .lol
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 27, 2009, 08:38:40 AM
Guten Morgen.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: dragonz on October 28, 2009, 03:38:00 AM
AHH Yeah GUDDAY!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 28, 2009, 07:56:53 AM
Mornin ho's
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on October 28, 2009, 08:32:41 AM
morn...<yawn>...ing
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 28, 2009, 09:44:18 AM
morning already? GHAY!

everybody slept well though. kids feeling better, but now...Nichole's turn. MAtter of time before I feel it.

:(
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 28, 2009, 10:04:02 AM
good luck peelz  :help:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 28, 2009, 10:06:35 AM
looks like I might get the weekend of the 7th off. YAY. then busy til xmas. we shall see. My wallet and bills are enjoying this OT, me not so much. :lol:  Xmas $. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on October 30, 2009, 03:38:50 PM
wear tin foil to Chipotle and get a free burrito tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Starts after 6:00pm  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Gunz on October 31, 2009, 09:46:00 AM
Start'n to get worried about surviving during the winter. My work is seasonal and it has been dead for about nearly 2 weeks. I know I'll be fine but the thought is still lurking around in my head. CRIPES!!!!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 31, 2009, 11:15:13 AM
looks like I might get the weekend of the 7th off. YAY. then busy til xmas. we shall see. My wallet and bills are enjoying this OT, me not so much. :lol:  Xmas $. :thumbs:

nope, working next weekend too.  hoo-f**king-rah  :mad:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Ranger on October 31, 2009, 03:34:05 PM
Enjoy the work while it lasts....
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on October 31, 2009, 03:56:20 PM
Enjoy the work while it lasts....

I'm trying sugartits. :lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on November 02, 2009, 02:54:15 PM
GAWDAMMIT!!!
'
GOtta deal with Randy and the banhammer...and now Dan too? AWWWW PHUCK!
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on November 02, 2009, 03:02:42 PM
Are you banned?  ???


Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on November 02, 2009, 03:09:41 PM
Are you banned?  ???




briefly

:lol:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on November 02, 2009, 03:12:25 PM
 :rofl:

and not by me... Awesome!  :rofl:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: kyledvor61 on November 02, 2009, 03:26:25 PM
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn244/kyledvor61/Untitled-3-3.gif)
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Peelz on November 02, 2009, 03:31:03 PM
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn244/kyledvor61/Untitled-3-3.gif)

haven't seen that for awhile way to go miniho.
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on November 03, 2009, 07:29:06 AM
 :thumbs: May as well lock it down. Version 13 comin up. :thumbs:
Title: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Krandall on November 03, 2009, 07:30:04 AM
http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=5564.0
Title: Re: Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII
Post by: Colorado700R on November 03, 2009, 09:39:17 AM
in after the lock 8)