Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume VIII

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 4 1892

Someone takes an axe and kills Lizzie Borden's millionaire parents. Andrew receives 10 whacks, and Abby 14. Lizzie is later tried for the murders, but acquitted.

Aug 4 1964

Vietcong torpedo boats launch an unprovoked attack against the U.S.S. Maddox, while the destroyer is patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin. Except that it's only a hoax. Regardless, the Congress responds by passing the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression." Which is how we wound up napalming those babies.

Aug 4 1993

Japan finally acknowledges that it forced 200,000 Korean and Chinese "comfort women" to FERK members of its armed forces between 1932 and 1945. Japan apologizes for the "immeasurable pain and incurable psychological wounds" it inflicted by forcing these women to be state whores, but makes no offer to pay reparations.

Aug 4 1994

Howard Stern withdraws his candidacy for governor of New York, ostensibly to avoid complying with the financial disclosure laws.

Birthdays today...
1222 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)
1290 - Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
1521 - Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
1604 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)
1701 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)
1719 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767)
1721 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
1755 - Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French painter, inventor of the modern pencil (d. 1805)
1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (d. 1822)
1805 - William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)
1821 - James White, cofunder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)
1821 - Louis Vuitton, founder of the luggage company that bears his name (d. 1892)
1834 - John Venn, English mathematician (d. 1923)
1848 - Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
1859 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1952)
1865 - Gus Kempis, Former South African cricketer (d. 1890)
1867 - Jake Beckley, baseball player (d. 1918)
1870 - Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer (d. 1950)
1884 - Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)
1888 - Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (d. 1965)
1890 - Dolf Luque, baseball player (d. 1957)
1899 - Ezra Taft Benson, 13th president of The Church of of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (d. 1994)
1900 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, (Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother), Queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
1901 - Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician (d. 1971)
1901 - Clarence Passailaigue, Former West Indian cricketer (d. 1972)
1902 - Wild Bill Hallahan, baseball player (d. 1981)
1904 - Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist (d. 1969)
1904 - Joe Tate, English footballer (d. 1973)
1906 - Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist (d. 1973)
1906 - Marie-José of Belgium, queen of Italy (d. 2001)
1908 - Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
1909 - Glenn Cunningham, runner (d. 1988)
1909 - Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician (d. 2005)
1910 - William Schuman, American composer (d. 1992)
1912 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (d. 1999)
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat (d. 1947)
1913 - Robert Hayden, American poet (d. 1980)
1915 - Warren Avis, founder of Avis car rentals (d. 2007)
1918 - Iceberg Slim, popular African-American author also known as Robert Beck (d. 1992)
1920 - Helen Thomas, American journalist
1921 - Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2000)
1923 - Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer
1923 - Reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul
1927 - Jess Thomas, American tenor (d. 1993)
1928 - Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (d. 2003)
1929 - Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor (d. 1987)
1930 - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior shia clerics of the 21st century.
1931 - Naren Tamhane, Former Indian cricketer (d. 2002)
1936 - Assia Djebar, Algerian writer and filmmaker
1937 - David Bedford, English musician
1938 - Ellen Schrecker, American college professor
1940 - Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia
1940 - Timi Yuro, American singer (d. 2004)
1941 - Martin Jarvis, English actor
1941 - Ted Strickland, American politician and current Governor of Ohio
1942 - Don S. Davis, American actor (d. 2008)
1942 - Cleon Jones, American baseball player
1942 - David Lange, New Zealand politician (d. 2005)
1943 - Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper
1944 - Richard Belzer, American actor and comedian
1944 - Doudou Ndoye‎, Senegalese lawyer and politician
1946 - Maureen Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo Starr (d. 1994)
1947 - Klaus Schulze, German composer
1948 - Johnny Grubb, American baseball player
1949 - John Riggins, American football player
1952 - Moya Brennan, Irish singer
1952 - Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and writer
1955 - Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
1955 - Alberto Gonzales, American U.S. Attorney General
1956 - Gerry Cooney, American boxer
1957 - John Wark, Scottish footballer
1957 - Brooks D. Simpson, American historian
1958 - Mary Decker, American athlete
1958 - Allison Hedge Coke, American poet and writer
1958 - Kym Karath, American actress
1958 - Ian Broudie, English music producer and Lightning Seeds vocalist
1959 - Robbin Crosby, American musician (Ratt) (d. 2002)
1959 - John Gormley, Irish politician
1960 - Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler
1960 - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish politician
1960 - Bernard Rose, English director
1960 - Tim Winton, Australian author
1961 - Barack Obama, American politician
1961 - Lauren Tom, American actress
1962 - Roger Clemens, American baseball player
1962 - Paul Reynolds, British musician
1963 - Gary King, British radio presenter
1964 - Andrew Bartlett, Australian politician
1965 - Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish politician
1965 - Dennis Lehane, American crime writer
1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1967 - Timothy Adams, American actor
1967 - Michael Marsh, American athlete
1968 - Daniel Dae Kim, American actor
1968 - Marcus Schenkenberg, Swedish model
1969 - Troy O'Leary, American baseball player
1969 - Michael DeLuise, American actor
1970 - John August, American screenwriter
1970 - Steven Jack, Former South African cricketer
1971 - Jeff Gordon, American race car driver
1972 - Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor
1973 - Xavier Marchand, French swimmer
1973 - Eva Amaral, Spanish singer and songwriter
1974 - Kily González, Argentine footballer
1974 - Keenan Milton, Professional Skater
1975 - Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress
1975 - Andy Hallett, American actor
1977 - Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer
1977 - Frankie Kazarian, American professional wrestler
1978 - Kurt Busch, American race car driver
1979 - Robin Peterson, Former South African cricketer
1980 - Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor
1980 - Richard Dawson, Former England cricketer
1981 - Marques Houston, American singer and actor (IMx)
1981 - Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
1981 - Ben Scott, English cricketer
1981 - Abigail Spencer, American actress
1985 - Ha Seung-Jin, Korean basketball player
1985 - Luis Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
1985 - Mark Milligan, Australian footballer
1989 - Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer (Young Divas)
1989 - Ashley Biggin, American actor
1992 - Tiffany Evans, American singer
1992 - Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Italian-born American child actors (Suite Life of Zack and Cody)

Famous deaths...
1060 - Henry I of France (b. 1008)
1113 - Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)
1265 - Killed in the Battle of Evesham:
       Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (b. 1223)
       Henry de Montfort (b. 1238)
       Peter de Montfort
       Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (b. 1208)
1306 - Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)
1338 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)
1526 - Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer (b. 1476)
1578 - Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)
1578 - Thomas Stucley, English adventurer
1598 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (b. 1520)
1612 - Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)
1639 - Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican dramatist
1718 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (b. 1656)
1727 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
1741 - Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer
1778 - Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)
1784 - Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (b. 1706)
1792 - John Burgoyne, British general (b. 1723)
1795 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (b. 1711)
1844 - Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (b. 1773)
1859 - Jean Vianney, French parish priest (b. 1786)
1873 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)
1875 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (b. 1805)
1900 - Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)
1914 - Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (b. 1853)
1919 - Dave Gregory, Former Australian cricketer (b. 1845)
1938 - Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
1957 - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
1958 - Ethel Anderson, Australian poet (b. 1883)
1967 - Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
1976 - Roy Herbert Thomson, Canadian publisher (b. 1894)
1976 - Enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop
1981 - Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
1982 - Bruce Goff, American Architect (b. 1904)
1992 - Seicho Matsumoto, Japanese writer and journalist (b. 1909)
1993 - Bernard Barrow, American actor (b. 1927)
1996 - Geoff Hamilton, British gardener and broadcaster (b. 1936)
1997 - Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian; world's oldest recorded human (b. 1875)
1998 - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (b. 1930)
1999 - Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1915)
2000 - Leslie Glass, American adult film actress (b. 1963)
2001 - Lorenzo Music, American actor (b. 1937)
2002 - Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman, Soham murder victims (b. 1991, 1991)
2003 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1916)
2005 - Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist (b. 1932)
2007 - Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances...
Saint Sithney, patron saint of mad dogs
Saint John Vianney (Jean-Marie Vianney), parish priest, patron saint of priests
New Brunswick, Canada - New Brunswick Day

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[preddy08]

Where da hos at? Seems pretty slow recently.

[SULLY0556]

   Mornin guys.   Thanks for the pm's, all is fine here.   If you didn't hear, the rampage that ended in a tripple murder of 3 local teens while swimming in a group of 9 kids happened 1/4 mile from my house and has the whole community shocked and in mourning.   It was truly an interesting night Thursday.  read the story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_re_us/wisconsin_shooting

  that's scary.

    Yea,  Pretty quiet around here this weekend.  Everyone's still in shock.

[Peelz]

Where da hos at? Seems pretty slow recently.

did someone say "HO"?  At your service!

[Colorado700R]

Mornin' Boyz 

[NaturalRaptor]

Mornin' Boyz 

Morning! How was Walden? 

[BRAD]

Whats up guys? Hows life been treating you guys lately?

[Colorado700R]

"Killin' is my buisness ladies, and buisness is gooooood"   :grin_nod:

http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=1369.msg40872#new

[Peelz]

Whats up guys? Hows life been treating you guys lately?

life is good.   kids growing too fast though. oldest starts kindergarten in 3 weeks.

[BRAD]

sounds like your gonna be in for a fun ride with kindergarten starting soon. GOODLUCK peels

[Colorado700R]

Whats up guys? Hows life been treating you guys lately?

life is good.   kids growing too fast though. oldest starts kindergarten in 3 weeks.

I hear that, Cole turns 4 in October......Where did the time go?  

[Colorado700R]

sounds like your gonna be in for a fun ride with kindergarten starting soon. GOODLUCK peels

Maybe Peels will graduate this time     

[Peelz]

sounds like your gonna be in for a fun ride with kindergarten starting soon. GOODLUCK peels

Maybe Peels will graduate this time    

I'll try my hardest...damn long division!

Really, though, I hear that when they start school, time only goes by faster. 

[BRAD]

Whats up Aaron?

[Colorado700R]

Workin.    Sore from Riding.  Took a 12 foot skydive off the rappy this weekend, Fucking Kawasaki got stuck on the blind tree shoot I headed down and the only way not to smash him was to bail off the a cliff into the stream bed below.  I was flying like Superman for about a 1/4 second Saturday