Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XIII

[BRAD]

whats up anybody online?

[exentix]

well i am, but nobody else is, im goin to bed

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 12 1285

Accused of the ritual murder of Catholic boys, 180 Jews are burned alive in Munich when an angry mob sets fire to their synagogue.

Oct 12 1960

In response to a speech by the Philippine delegation denouncing the USSR's domination of Eastern Europe, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brandishes one of his sandals at the man during a general assembly of the United Nations.

Oct 12 1966

Sammy Davis, Jr. makes a cameo appearance on the ABC television series Batman, during one of their legendary Batclimbs.

Oct 12 1969

According to rumor, Paul is dead. However, the Beatle somehow persists in making several public appearances for years.

Oct 12 1969

Police capture Charles Manson at Barker Ranch, inside Death Valley National Park. Charlie is arrested for arson, after burning a maintenance vehicle blocking his favorite dune buggy route. One of his followers, Susan Atkins, is arrested the following day and spills the beans about the Tate/LaBianca murderers. Manson has not left prison since.

Oct 12 1970

During his court martial for the My Lai Massacre, Lt. William Calley testifies that Cpt. Ernest Medina had ordered that anybody they couldn't move would be "wasted." Which is why Calley said he and his men killed 350 Vietnamese, including more than 100 civilian men, women, and children.

Oct 12 1997

Folk singer John Denver dies when his newest toy, a homebuilt Long-EZ single-seat airplane, crashes into the ocean near Monterey, California. Unfortunately, the person who constructed the plane opted to locate the fuel tank selector valve behind the pilot's left shoulder. In order for Denver to reach back and switch tanks, he had to let go of the flight controls. At which point, the aircraft plunged 500 feet into the Pacific Ocean. Divers later recover most of the body, but not the head. Denver is ultimately identified by his fingerprints.

Oct 12 2000

Two al Qaeda agents pull alongside the USS Cole in a fiberglass boat disguised as a tender at the harbor in Aden, Yemen. Then the boat explodes, ripping a 40-foot hole along the port side of the destroyer's hull, killing 17 sailors and wounding 39 others.

Oct 12 2003

30 lunatics are killed in Randilovshchina, Belarus when a fire sweeps through their sanitarium, many of whom die locked in their rooms. It is believed that the blaze was an act of arson by one of the patients.

Birthdays today...
1008 - Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)
1350 - Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)
1490 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (d. 1548)
1537 - King Edward VI of England (d. 1553)
1558 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)
1558 - Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
1576 - Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)
1602 - William Chillingworth, English religious leader (d. 1644)
1710 - Jonathan Trumbull, American politician and statesman (d. 1785)
1712 - William Shippen, American physician and statesman (d. 1801)
1725 - Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
1792 - Christian Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1860)
1798 - Pedro I of Brazil (d. 1834)
1801 - Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss statesman (d. 1873)
1840 - Helena Modjeska, Polish actress (d. 1909)
1855 - Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (d. 1922)
1860 - Elmer Sperry, American inventor (d. 1930)
1865 - Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1866 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1937)
1872 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (d. 1958)
1874 - Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (d. 1942)
1875 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)
1880 - Louis Hémon, French novelist (d. 1913)
1887 - Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet (d. 1951)
1891 - Edith Stein, Carmelite Catholic nun (d. 1942)
1892 - Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (d. 1975)
1893 - Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (d. 1980)
1894 - Elisabeth of Romania, queen of Greece (d. 1956)
1896 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1904 - Ding Ling, Chinese writer (d. 1986)
1904 - Lester Dent, American writer (d. 1959)
1906 - Joe Cronin, American baseball player and executive (d. 1984)
1908 - Paul Engle, American writer (d. 1991)
1908 - Ann Petry, American novelist (d. 1997)
1910 - Robert Fitzgerald, American poet and translator (d. 1985)
1910 - Bob Sheppard, American baseball announcer
1916 - Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (d. 1994)
1917 - Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2004)
1919 - Gilles Beaudoin, Quebec politician (d. 2007)
1920 - Christy Ring, Irish hurler (d. 1979)
1923 - Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager
1924 - Doris Grau, American actress (d. 1995)
1925 - Denis Lazure, Quebec politician (d. 2008)
1929 - Robert Coles, American psychologist and author
1929 - Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter (d. 2007)
1932 - Dick Gregory, American comedian and activist
1932 - Ned Jarrett, American race car driver
1933 - Guido Molinari, Canadian painter (d. 2004)
1934 - Richard Meier, American architect
1934 - Albert Shiryaev, Russian mathematician
1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (d. 2007)
1935 - Sam Moore, American R&B singer (Sam & Dave)
1935 - Don Howe, English football player and manager
1937 - Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (d. 1969)
1937 - Robert Mangold, American artist
1938 - Bob Miller, American NHL broadcaster
1941 - Michael Mansfield, English barrister
1942 - Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1995)
1944 - Angela Rippon, British television personality
1945 - Aurore Clément, French actress
1945 - Dusty Rhodes, American professional wrestler
1947 - Chris Wallace, American journalist
1947 - George Lam, Hong Kong singer
1948 - Rick Parfitt, British musician (Status Quo)
1949 - Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Venezuelan international terrorist
1949 - Stan Hansen, American professional wrestler
1950 - Susan Anton, American actress
1950 - Robin Askwith, English actor
1950 - Caroline Ellis, English actress
1950 - Dave Freudenthal, American politician
1950 - Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor
1951 - Ed Royce, American politician
1952 - Danielle Proulx, Quebec actress
1953 - Les Dennis, British comedian/TV presenter
1953 - Serge Lepeltier, French politician
1955 - Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
1955 - Jane Siberry, Canadian musician
1956 - David Vanian, British singer, (The Damned)
1957 - Kristen Bjorn, British film director
1958 - Bryn Merrick, British musician, (The Damned)
1959 - Anna Escobedo Cabral, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
1962 - Carlos Bernard, American actor
1962 - Chris Botti, American jazz musician
1962 - Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian President
1962 - Deborah Foreman, American actress
1963 - Lane Frost, American professional bull rider, (d. 1989)
1963 - Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director
1963 - Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer
1963 - Luis Polonia, Dominican baseball player
1965 - Jean-Jacques Daigneault, Canadian hockey player
1965 - Scott O'Grady, American military officer
1966 - Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor
1966 - Wim Jonk, Dutch football player
1966 - Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author
1968 - Bill Auberlen, American race car driver
1968 - Hugh Jackman, Australian actor and singer
1968 - Adam Rich, American actor
1969 - Martie Maguire, American musician (Dixie Chicks)
1969 - Dwayne Roloson, Canadian hockey player
1969 - José Valentín, American baseball player
1970 - Kirk Cameron, American actor
1970 - Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player
1970 - Charlie Ward, American pro basketball player
1970 - Julian, American pornographic actor
1971 - Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor, composer and singer
1971 - Tony Fiore, American baseball player
1972 - Irina Pantaeva, Russian supermodel and actress
1972 - Juan Manuel Silva, Argentine racing driver
1972 - Tom Van Mol, Belgian football player
1973 - Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player
1973 - Rodney Mack, professional wrestler
1974 - Stephen Lee, English snooker player
1974 - Marie Wilson, Canadian actress
1975 - Marion Jones, American track and field athlete
1976 - Sarah Lane, American television personality
1977 - Jessica Barker, Canadian actress
1977 - Bode Miller, American alpine ski-racer
1977 - Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer
1977 - Jay Jenkins, American rapper also known as "Young Jeezy"
1978 - Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist
1979 - Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory)
1981 - Shola Ameobi, English footballer
1981 - Tom Guiry, American actor
1981 - Brian Kerr, Scottish footballer
1981 - Sneha, Indian actress
1982 - Molly Bennett, Irish singer
1983 - Alex Brosque, Australian footballer
1985 - Mike Green, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Marcus T. Paulk, American actor
1986 - Sergio Peter, German footballer
1990 - Henri Lansbury, English footballer
1992 - Taylor Horn, American singer and actress
1992 - Josh Hutcherson, American actor
1997 - Prince Boris of Bulgaria

Famous deaths...
632 - Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda
638 - Pope Honorius I
642 - Pope John IV
1095 - Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)
1176 - William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician
1320 - Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor
1491 - Fritz Herlen, German artist
1492 - Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
1565 - Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)
1576 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)
1590 - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)
1600 - Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)
1632 - Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
1646 - François de Bassompierre, Marshal of France (b. 1579)
1678 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
1679 - William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
1685 - Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (b. 1628)
1730 - King Frederick IV of Denmark (b. 1671)
1758 - Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)
1845 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780)
1870 - Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1807)
1875 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
1896 - Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)
1898 - Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)
1915 - Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
1924 - Anatole France, French author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
1940 - Tom Mix, American actor (b. 1880)
1946 - Joseph Stilwell, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1948 - Susan Sutherland Isaacs, educational psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885).
1954 - George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)
1956 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b. 1872)
1958 - Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1960 - Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician (b. 1898)
1965 - Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
1967 - Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian Socialist politician leader
1969 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater (b. 1912)
1970 - Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)
1971 - Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1893)
1971 - Gene Vincent, pioneering American rock'n'roll musician (b. 1935)
1973 - Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, known from Seven Years in Tibet (b. 1899)
1978 - Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious (b. 1958)
1983 - The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Wrestling manager
1984 - Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (bombing victim) (b. 1925)
1985 - Johnny Olson, American game show announcer (b. 1910)
1985 - Ricky Wilson, American musician; member of The B-52's (b. 1953)
1987 - Alf Landon, Governor of Kansas (b. 1887)
1988 - Ruth Manning-Sanders, author of children's books (b. 1895)
1989 - Jay Ward, American animator (Rocky and Bullwinkle, etc.) (b. 1920)
1991 - Arkady Strugatsky, Russian novelist (b. 1925)
1993 - Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1902)
1993 - Tofik Bakhramov, Russian footballer (b. 1926)
1994 - Gérald Godin, Québécois poet and politician (b. 1938)
1996 - Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
1996 - René Lacoste, French tennis player (b. 1904)
1997 - John Denver, American singer (b. 1943)
1998 - Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
1998 - Mario Beaulieu, French Canadian politician (b. 1930)
1999 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (b. 1936)
1999 - Robert Marsden Hope, Australian Justice and Royal Commissioner (b. 1919)
2001 - Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, British politician (b. 1907)
2002 - Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (b. 1916)
2002 - Audrey Mestre, French diver (b. 1974)
2003 - Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b. 1914)
2003 - Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
2003 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
2005 - C. Delores Tucker, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1927)
2006 - Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (b. 1919)
2007 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances...
October 12 is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:

St. Heribert
Saint Wilfrid
Saint Alphonsa Muttathupandathu
October 12 is also a holiday in the following countries:

Equatorial Guinea - Independence Day (from Spain, 1968)
Malawi - Mother's Day
Spain - National Day
Columbus Day (traditionally) - United States.
El Dia de la Raza - Latin America.
French Republican Calendar - Chanvre (Hemp) Day, twenty-first day in the Month of Vendémiaire
Brazil - Children's Day and the day of Our Lady of Aparecida (National Religious holiday).
United States - Freethought Day
United Kingdom - National Coming Out Day

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Headed out for breakfast!

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Headed out for breakfast!

~Brian

  Suck it Trebek

[dick-84]

Whats up guys? I just got back from silver lake. Damn was it a nice day out. And the dunes were preety damn nice.

[Colorado700R]

Cool 


You get to ride?  What you ride?

[dick-84]

Cool 


You get to ride?  What you ride?

Rode a YFZ450. Took Sand84 700 for a spin a couple times and almost wrecked it the second time. Hit a nasty dropoff that almost threw me off. But i heldon and took off like nothing happen.  :grin_nod:

[darkside94]

damn you
damn you all to hell 
hows it been guys

[dick-84]

    Not to much. I am beat!

[darkside94]

yea yea yea
wish i had someones yfz to ride  :'(

[dick-84]

And im going back in 2weeks for 3days. 

[exentix]

just stoppin in to sey HOLA! gotta get to bed tho, later guys

[darkside94]

holy senor fellow mini ho
guess what my friends ex
and my ex's friend is in love with me  :grin_nod:

[BRAD]

whats up guys?