Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XII

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 5 1858

An arsonist sets fire to New York City's iron and glass Crystal Palace. America's most prestigious museum is reduced to 1,200 tons of molten slag, causing $2 million in damage and destroying thousands of priceless artworks belonging to the American Institute.

Oct 5 1864

60,000 are killed when a tropical cyclone hits Calcutta. On the same day, a 200-foot tsunami kills thousands in Kamaishi, Japan.

Oct 5 1942

German engineer Herman Graebe witnesses a Nazi mass execution in the Ukraine. After the war, he writes a famous and terrifying testimony.

Oct 5 1990



After a ten-day trial, a jury acquits the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center of obscenity charges resulting from an exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. So, bullwhips up the ass are now officially A-OK.

Oct 5 1994

Predicting that the world would soon end in an environmental disaster, homeopath Luc Jouret and 52 others belonging to his Order of the Solar Temple commit mass suicide near Cheiry, Switzerland and Montreal, Canada.

Oct 5 1996

Less than a year after Thomas Hamilton gunned down a teacher and 16 preschoolers in Dunblane, Scotland, British authorities ban the sale of Slaughter in the Playground, a CD-ROM game based on hunting and killing children on a school playground.

Oct 5 1999

In a move reminiscent of both Nazi crimes committed against Gypsies and the postwar construction of the Berlin Wall, the town of Usti nad Labem in the Czech Republic begins construction of a barrier to separate a portion of its Gypsy population away from more respectable folks.

Birthdays today...
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)
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)
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. 1962)
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)
1911 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)
1912 - Fritz Fischer, Nazi war criminal
1913 - Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
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)
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
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
1941 - Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
1942 - Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations)
1943 - Steve Miller, American musician (Steve Miller Band)
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)
1953 - Russell Mael, American pop singer (Sparks)
1955 - Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
1957 - Mark Geragos, American attorney
1957 - Lee Thompson, English saxophonist, vocalist
1957 - Bernie Mac, American 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 - Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
1967 - Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
1970 - Josie Bissett, American actress
1970 - Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996)
1970 - South Park Mexican, American rapper
1971 - Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
1972 - Grant Hill, American basketball player
1972 - Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
1974 - Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer
1974 - Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
1974 - Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)
1975 - Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
1975 - Parminder Nagra, English actress
1975 - Kate Winslet, English actress
1975 - Scott Weinger English 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 soccer player
1979 - Jaime Chambers, American television reporter
1980 - Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte)
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
1990 - Myles Jeffrey, American actor

Famous 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
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 (shot down) (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 (b. 1884 or 1885)
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-born 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)

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 and Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos in the Roman Catholic Church

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Happy Mundus patet: a harvest feast involving the dead.

I had forgotten

[Peelz]

Oh Yeah...


4-0-0-0
bow chicka wow wow

[Colorado700R]

Happy Mundus patet: a harvest feast involving the dead.

I had forgotten

It's also known as "Socal's Dig and date" 

[Colorado700R]

Oh Yeah...


4-0-0-0
bow chicka wow wow

congrats whore

[Peelz]

Happy Mundus patet: a harvest feast involving the dead.

I had forgotten

It's also known as "Socal's Dig and date" 

he gives new meaning to "dinner and a movie"

[Colorado700R]

Krandall loves Mangina

[darkside94]

ok damn it lasted a week
out with the old and in with the new
gf just broke up with me 

[Colorado700R]

Congrats  I mean I'm sorry 

[darkside94]

Congrats  I mean I'm sorry 

naaaaa go ahead and cross out sorry
her friends hotter  :wootwoot:

[darkside94]

ohhh and shes not shorter than kyle 

[exentix]

good luck with the new one dark 

[Peelz]

you guys having site troubles? Down for awhile.... Did you not like the shout feature? no biggie. just curious.

[Krandall]

Yeah, waiting to hear back from the host to see what was up.. I have a server all to myself and I know as much as they took the whole thing off-line for about 45 mins. Shout feature was the only thing that had changed so I took it off.

[UncleBeaner]

Yeah, waiting to hear back from the host to see what was up.. I have a server all to myself and I know as much as they took the whole thing off-line for about 45 mins. Shout feature was the only thing that had changed so I took it off.

i still love you