Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XII

[Flynbyu]

The Week in History....

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Saturday Sep 20, 2008
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Sep 20 1187

Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.

Sep 20 1939

A German Messerschmitt Bf 109 is shot down by Fairey Battle gunner Sgt. F. Letchard during a patrol near Aachen. This is the RAF's first aerial victory of the Second World War.

Sep 20 1973

Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

Sep 20 1979

Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.

Sep 20 1998

Baltimore Orioles third baseman Cal Ripken, Jr. chooses to sit out the Orioles' game against the New York Yankees, ending his record streak for consecutive Major League Baseball games played at 2,632.
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Sunday Sep 21, 2008
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Sep 21

The first day of Fall.

Sep 20 1942

The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.

Sep 21 1961

Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.

Sep 21 1964

The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3  bo mb er, made its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.

21st September 1976 Busby Was Born

Sep 21 1981

Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female supreme court justice.

Sep 21 1989

Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

Sep 21 2000

Raptorsource's own Brian a.k.a Flynbyu is marries Brandy on the beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
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Monday Sep 22 2008
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Sep 22 1862

Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.

Sep 22 1888

Puberty just got better. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

Sep 22 1893

The first American-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed

Sep 22 1927

Jack Dempsey loses the Long Count boxing match to Gene Tunney.

Sep 22 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.

Sep 22 1995

E-3B AWACS crashed outside of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board killed.

Sep 22 2006

A sad day for aviation, the F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.

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Tuesday Sep 23 2008
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Sep 23 1806

Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Sep 23 1846

Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

Sep 23 1988

José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club.

Sep 23 2002

Nerd rejoice as the first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.

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Wednesday Sep 24 2008
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Sep 24 622

Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.

Sep 24 1789

The office of the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the United States Post Office Department are established.

Sep 24 1906

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument

Sep 24 1946

Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

Sep 24 1948

The Honda Motor Company is founded.

Sep 24 1957

President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

Sep 24 1996

U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

Sep 24 2005

Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.

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Thursday Sep 25 2008
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Sep 25 1789

The U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment, the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights. Only the Bill of Rights were ratified at the time, while the other two were proposed by James Madison but not ratified. In 1992, the Congressional Compensation Amendment was ratified as the 27th amendment to the Constitution.

Sep 25 1929

Medal of Honor recipient Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full Instrument Flying from take off to landing is possible.
1944 - Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.

Sep 25 1957

Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated through the use of United States Army troops.

Sep 25 1997

Wing Commander Andy Green, OBE (RAF) establishes the world Land Speed Record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah in the ThrustSSC jet-powered car, and becomes the first man to break the speed of sound on land.

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Friday Sep 26 2008
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Sep 26 1580

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.

Sep 26 1934

Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.

Sep 26 1960

Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R.

Sep 26 1973

Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.

Sep 26 1981

Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.

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Saturday Sep 27 2008
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Sep 27 1777

Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.

Sep 27 1908

The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.

Sep 27 1938

Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.

Sep 27 1954

The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.

Sep 27 1956

USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.

Sep 27 1964

The Warren Commission releases its lies report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

Sep 27 1998

Porn addicts rejoice as Google is launched.

Sep 27 1998

Mark McGwire hits his 70th home run of the 1998 MLB season, besting the previous record of Roger Maris by 9.

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Sunday Sep 28 2008
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Sep 28 1867

The United States takes control of Midway Island.

Sep 28 1928

UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis. Fahkin' wankas!

Sep 28 1941

The cryogenically frozen Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox finishes the season with a batting average of .406. He is the latest major league player to have a batting average of .400 or better.

Sep 28 1971

Hippies get pissed as the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis.

Sep 28 2008

Raptorsource's own Flynbyu returns from Antigua.


Have a great week guys!

<Unlock this thread when Volume XI has run it's course please>

~Brian


 

[Krandall]

Here's to another beginning.

[Krandall]

did anyone catch the Letterman show last night?

ERMAHGERD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E

[Busby]

The Week in History....

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Sunday Sep 21, 2008
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Sep 21 2000
Raptorsource's own Brian a.k.a Flynbyu is marries Brandy on the beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

AHEM !!!! (21st September 1976 Busby Was Born) not even a friggin happy bday !!!

Well I know I am the newbie here but geeez  :'(

[Krandall]

Updated for Accuracy.

[exentix]

sup dudes =) im actually in a good mood today, my dad didnt say no when i asked him if i could go to the drags this weekend  now i just have to clean the house and im good to go, and my gf might be going with  even better!

im hungry 

[kyledvor61]

fatass.

sup ho's?

actually imm hungry too

[BRAD]

whats up whores?

[exentix]

gettin ready to start cleaning the house some 'fore my dad gets here so i can watch the races this weekend 

[Busby]

Updated for Accuracy.

ty Krandall

[BRAD]

gettin ready to start cleaning the house some 'fore my dad gets here so i can watch the races this weekend 

haha ur his maid today

[exentix]

dude its every dam day  oh well, ill do it without complaining today 

[Busby]

gettin ready to start cleaning the house some 'fore my dad gets here so i can watch the races this weekend 

haha ur his maid today

[kyledvor61]

dude its every dam day  oh well, ill do it without complaining today 

he gonna make you wear that little dress too?

[exentix]

bite me asswipe  thats not funny... but no hes not even here atm