Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume IX

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Aug 19 1934

Adolf Hitler wins absolute power when 89.9% of the German electorate consolidates the positions of President and Chancellor into a single office, occupied by him.

Aug 19 1960

The Soviet Union convicts U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage, sentencing him to 3 years in prison and 7 years of hard labor. All because he didn't jab himself with the poison needle.

Aug 19 1960

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik V into orbit. On board are two dogs (Belka and Strelka), along with 2 unnamed rats and 40 mice. The menagerie is recovered safely the next day from the landing capsule.

Aug 19 1978

More than 400 people are killed when arsonists lock the exits and set fire to the Rex Cinema in Abadan, Iran. Although the blaze was probably the work of students of fundamentalist Islam, most Iranians immediately assume that it was started by government agents on order of the Shah.

Aug 19 1983

Heisman trophy winner Billy Cannon (from LSU) is sentenced to five years in prison for counterfeiting.

Aug 19 1996

After Miss Universe Alicia Machado gains 40 pounds in just 3 months, she is ordered to lose 27 pounds in two weeks or forfeit the crown.

Birthdays today...
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)
1686 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
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 Quezon, 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 - 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)
1930 - Frank McCourt, Irish-American author
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, Former American president
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 - Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
1953 - Mary Matalin, American political consultant
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
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 - 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, Canadian 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, Major League Baseball Player
1971 - João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football 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 - Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer
1973 - Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer
1975 - Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator
1975 - Tracie Thoms, American actress
1977 - Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Chris Capuano, American baseball player
1979 - Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K)
1979 - Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
1980 - Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
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 (Home And Away) & 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 child actress

Famous 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)
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  bo mb erg, 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)
1968 - George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)
1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (b. 1886)
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)
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 literateur 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)

Holidays and observances...
Roman festivals - Vinalia Rustica celebrated in honor of Venus Libitina commemorating the founding of the oldest known temple to her, on the Esquiline Hill, in 293 BC on this date.
RC saints - Saint Sebald, Saint Louis of Toulouse, Jean-Eudes de Mézeray.
Russian and Georgian Orthodox churches celebrate the Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known in Russia as the "Apples Feast" (it's the first day of the year when eating apples is allowed).
Afghanistan - Afghan Independence Day see above: 1919
National Day of the Filipino Language, Philippines - Holiday for Quezon City, Quezon Province and other municipalities named after Manuel Quezon.
National Aviation Day, USA.

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Aug 19 1996

After Miss Universe Alicia Machado gains 40 pounds in just 3 months, she is ordered to lose 27 pounds in two weeks or forfeit the crown.

no pressure there.   40 lbs in 3 months? WTF!

mornin'

[Krandall]

Hola Peels!

the highest bidder is me  :grin_nod:

And RK.. whoopty do... "reserve not met"

I could put a bid on there too.. not gonna mean shit though.

[Troy]

I'd laugh if the reserve got lowered and he got stuck with it.

[BRAD]

whats up guys?

[Krandall]

I'd laugh if the reserve got lowered and he got stuck with it.

He wouldn't care. It's actually for his dad. His dad's been looking at vipers for who know's how long. It's always been RK's fetish to cruise in one too.

RK curb thumpin a viper. that'd be awesome!

[darkside94]

i have coined rk's new name its
R KELLY 

[BRAD]

I'd laugh if the reserve got lowered and he got stuck with it.

He wouldn't care. It's actually for his dad. His dad's been looking at vipers for who know's how long. It's always been RK's fetish to cruise in one too.

RK curb thumpin a viper. that'd be awesome!

hell yeah it would be. could you imagine the ass beating he would get then.

[darkside94]

watch him flip it like his bike tryin to be a bad ass 

[BRAD]

whats up darkiside? when you start school man?

[darkside94]

i start this friday
first time for me ever goin to a public school
ive always been in those gay ass "christian" schools

[BRAD]

what grade will ya be in?

[darkside94]

im a freshman this year

[darkside94]

gotta go make some mula for the atv bros peace out 

[Colorado700R]

gotta go make some mula for the atv bros peace out 

becarefull on that street corner, and make sure the "johns" wear protection.