Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XIII

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 8 1871

Mrs O'Leary's cow starts the Chicago Fire, killing 250 and destroying 17,000 buildings. Bad cow.

Oct 8 1950

Two United States F-80 fighters strafe the Soviet airfield at Sukhaya Rechka, in the vicinity of Vladivostok. The attack, due to a navigational error, prompts no response from the Soviet Union and the U.S. offers to pay compensation.

Oct 8 1957

Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls of Fire". It is uncertain exactly to what he was referring.

Oct 8 1966

Lysergic Acid (LSD) is enrolled on the list of controlled substances.

Oct 8 1981

A package from the Unabomber detonates at the University of Utah; there are no injuries.

Oct 8 1993

Ted Danson appears in blackface at a Friars Club roast. His offensive comments amuse Whoopi Goldberg but the incident becomes a great embarrassment.

Birthdays today...
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)
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
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 - CeCe Winans, American singer
1965 - Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor
1965 - C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1966 - Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
1967 - Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress
1968 - Ali Benarbia, former Algerian footballer
1968 - Zvonimir Boban, Croatian football player
1968 - Emily Procter, American actress
1968 - Karyn Parsons, 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
1974 - Fredrik Modin, Swedish hockey player
1974 - DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
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)
1978 - Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
1978 - Antonino D'Agostino, Italian football player
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
1982 - Denny Ben (Agency Manager-Birla Sunlife), Birla Sunlife
1983 - Michael Fraser, Scottish football goalkeeper
1983 - Travis Pastrana, American motorsports competitor
1985 - Eiji Wentz, German-Japanese entertainer
1987 - Aya Hirano, Japanese Seiyuu
1993 - Angus T. Jones, American actor (Two and a Half Men)

Famous 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)
1809 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721)
1834 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
1847 - Rose Scott, Social Reformer
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
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)
1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)
1962 - Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer
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)
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)
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)

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

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[RaptorRandy]

Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls of Fire". It is uncertain exactly to what he was referring.

The burn & drip 

[Flynbyu]

Quite possible, but Myra Gail was only 13 then. Must have been the gutter whores on the road.



~Brian

[socalrappy700]

damn, I don't miss the burn.

[Krandall]

Oct 8 1981

A package from the Una bo  mb er detonates at the University of Utah; there are no injuries.


I bet he had pre-detonation alot... 

[Flynbyu]

damn, I don't miss the burn.

Nope, just the skanks.



~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Oct 8 1981

A package from the Una bo  mb er detonates at the University of Utah; there are no injuries.


I bet he had pre-detonation alot... 

"Don't worry, I've got reserves! Give me ten minutes!"



~Brian

[Krandall]

Oct 8 1981

A package from the Una bo  mb er detonates at the University of Utah; there are no injuries.


I bet he had pre-detonation alot... 

"Don't worry, I've got reserves! Give me ten minutes!"



~Brian

"Just let me sleep it off.."

[socalrappy700]

damn, I don't miss the burn.

Nope, just the skanks.



~Brian

Hell yeah!  I miss no name sex!

[Flynbyu]

Oct 8 1981

A package from the Una bo  mb er detonates at the University of Utah; there are no injuries.


I bet he had pre-detonation alot... 

"Don't worry, I've got reserves! Give me ten minutes!"



~Brian

"Just let me sleep it off.."

After detonation, I want to sleep!



~Brian

[Flynbyu]

damn, I don't miss the burn.

Nope, just the skanks.



~Brian

Hell yeah!  I miss no name sex!

I remember the names, just not phone numbers.



~Brian

[socalrappy700]

damn, I don't miss the burn.

Nope, just the skanks.



~Brian

Hell yeah!  I miss no name sex!

I remember the names, just not phone numbers.



~Brian

I just draw a blank, there were some fun days back then.

[Flynbyu]

Yeah....I miss doing the sister and the little sister.



~Brian

[Krandall]

wow.. sis an lil' sis.

I was a saint compared to you guys.

[BRAD]

wow.. sis an lil' sis.

I was a saint compared to you guys.

dude everybody is a saint compared to these guys