Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume X.IV

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 23 4004 BC

According to calculations by 17th century biblical theologian James Ussher, GERD creates the heavens and the Earth.

Oct 23 1976

In an astonishing lack of forethought, President Jimmy Carter admits a deadly sin in a Playboy magazine interview: "I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. GERD knows I will do this and forgives me."

Oct 23 1983

NBC news anchor Jessica Savitch drowns in 18 inches of dirty water after her car flips upside down into a ditch. The events are later played out in a lovely Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, made-for-cable tearjerker.

Oct 23 1983

An Islamic Jihad suicide bomber drives a truck loaded with 2.5 tons of TNT into the US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion kills 241 American servicemen. Simultaneously, a smaller truck bomb strikes another base in Beirut, killing 58 French soldiers. Even though the NSA has proof that the Iranians are behind the attacks, President Ronald Reagan begins delivering them weapons for hostages only 39 days later.

Oct 23 1987

Robert Bork is borked, the Senate voting a record 58 to 42 to refuse him a seat on the Supreme Court. Ostensibly this was because he admitted to smoking marijuana as a youth, which would be the wrong reason. He should have been rejected for being a statist sleazebag.

Oct 23 1995

The murderer of the popstar singer Selena, and president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, found guilty in Houston of her slaying.

Oct 23 1997

Newborn son of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince dies of complications from a "rare skull deformity." The baby's death certificate fails to name either the father or mother.

Birthdays today...
1503 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)
1516 - Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)
1634 - Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)
1698 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782)
1705 - Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
1715 - Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
1762 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843)
1766 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847)
1771 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)
1790 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)
1796 - Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1857)
1801 - Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851)
1805 - John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886)
1813 - Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
1815 - João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)
1817 - Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875)
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
1844 - Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
1865 - Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)
1869 - John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
1870 - Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. 1948)
1873 - William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975)
1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946)
1876 - Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970)
1880 - Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)
1885 - Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
1888 - Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
1893 - Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)
1894 - Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)
1896 - André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930)
1900 - Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958)
1904 - Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)
1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1905 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
1908 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1909 - Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992)
1918 - James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
1919 - Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992)
1920 - Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998)
1922 - Coleen Gray, American actress
1923 - Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet
1923 - Ned Rorem, American composer
1923 - Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
1925 - Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994)
1925 - Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
1928 - Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1985)
1928 - Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (d. 1971)
1927 - Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher
1931 - Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
1931 - Diana Dors, British actress (d. 1984)
1931 - William P. Clark, United States Secretary of the Interior under Ronald Reagan
1935 - Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer
1936 - Philip Kaufman, American film director
1940 - Ellie Greenwich, American singer
1940 - Pelé, Brazilian footballer
1940 - Baby Jane Holzer, American art collector, film producer and Andy Warhol "superstar"
1941 - Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician
1941 - Mel Winkler, American actor
1942 - Michael Crichton, American writer
1942 - Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
1944 - Mike Harding, English singer and comedian
1945 - Kim Larsen, Danish singer
1946 - Mel Martinez, American politician
1948 - Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur
1948 - Brian Ross, American journalist
1948 - Tony Anselmo, American animator and cartoon voice actor
1949 - Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead)
1949 - Nick Tosches, American writer
1951 - Charly García, Argentine singer
1951 - Fatmir Sejdiu, President of Kosovo
1952 - Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005)
1954 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
1956 - Dwight Yoakam, American singer
1958 - Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, professor, author
1959 - Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor
1959 - Sam Raimi, American film director
1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
1960 - Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author (d. 2008)
1960 - Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist
1961 - Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer
1961 - Don and Ron Harris, American professional wrestlers
1961 - Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer
1962 - Doug Flutie, American football player
1964 - Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica)
1965 - Augusten Burroughs, American writer
1965 - Al Leiter, American baseball player
1966 - Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver
1967 - Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont)
1969 - Trudi Canavan, Australian writer
1970 - Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster
1971 - Christopher Horner, American cyclist
1974 - Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
1974 - Jasmin St. Claire, Former pornographic actress
1975 - Odalys García, Cuban actress
1975 - Jessicka, American artist
1975 - Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
1976 - Cat Deeley, English model and television personality
1976 - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian
1978 - Steve Harmison, English cricketer
1978 - Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
1978 - Archie Thompson, Australian footballer
1979 - Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
1979 - Jorge Solís, Mexican professional boxer
1980 - Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1981 - Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver
1981 - Ben Francisco, American baseball player
1982 - Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
1983 - Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer
1983 - Josh Strickland, American entertainer
1984 - Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
1985 - Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American writer and actress
1985 - James Kotecki, American political blogger
1986 - Briana Evigan, American actress
1986 - Jake Robinson, English footballer
1986 - Jessica Stroup, American Actress
1987 - Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play)
1988 - Nicolaj Agger, Danish football player
1990 - Stevie Brock, American singer
1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan

Famous deaths...
42BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator (b. 85 BCE)
930 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)
1456 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)
1550 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
1581 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
1616 - Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)
1688 - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610)
1730 - Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
1764 - Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683)
1774 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)
1869 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
1872 - Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811)
1885 - Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829)
1910 - Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853)
1915 - W. G. Grace, English cricketer (b. 1848)
1921 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (b. 1840)
1939 - Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872)
1942 - Ralph Rainger, American composer (b. 1901)
1944 - Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
1944 - Hana Brady, Holocaust victim
1950 - Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886)
1953 - Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles (b. 1869)
1957 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)
1959 - Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
1978 - Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909)
1983 - Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
1984 - James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. 1892)
1984 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922)
1986 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1893)
1989 - Armida, Mexican actress (b. 1911)
1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)
1994 - Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)
1996 - Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)
1997 - Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
1998 - Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
2000 - Rodney Anoa'i aka Yokozuna, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
2001 - Ronald William Kirby, British artist (b. 1928)
2001 - Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (b. 1917)
2002 - Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915)
2003 - Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician (b. 1944)
2003 - Soong May-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897)
2004 - Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919)
2005 - Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)
2005 - William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)
2005 - John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)
2006 - Lebo Mathosa, South African entertainer (b. 1977)
2007 - John Ilhan, Australian entrepreneur (b. 1965)
2007 - Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-born Chinese businessman (b. 1918)

Holidays and observances...
R.C. Saints - Saint Giovanni da Capistrano; Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius; Saint Anthony Mary Claret; Saint Ignatius of Constantinople
Hungary - National Day (revolution of 1956 and the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary in 1989)
Astrology: First day of sun sign Scorpio in Western tropical astrology.
Chemistry: Mole Day
French Republican Calendar - Céleri (Celery) Day, second day in the Month of Brumaire
Republic of Macedonia - Day of the revolution
Chulalongkorn Memorial Day in Thailand

Have a great Thursday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

morning...happy chulalongkorn memorial day   

[Krandall]

Oct 23 1976

In an astonishing lack of forethought, President Jimmy Carter admits a deadly sin in a Playboy magazine interview: "I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. GERD knows I will do this and forgives me."



Good thing GERD know's brian's a good guy. 

[Peelz]

Oct 23 1976

In an astonishing lack of forethought, President Jimmy Carter admits a deadly sin in a Playboy magazine interview: "I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. GERD knows I will do this and forgives me."



Good thing GERD know's brian's a good guy. 

 

[Peelz]

"all by myseeeeelf.....don't wanna be ........"

Oct 23 1987

Robert Bork is borked, the Senate voting a record 58 to 42 to refuse him a seat on the Supreme Court. Ostensibly this was because he admitted to smoking marijuana as a youth, which would be the wrong reason. He should have been rejected for being a statist sleazebag.

I like that one...

[Colorado700R]

Morning gents 

[NaturalRaptor]

Morning gents 

Howdy HO!   

[Flynbyu]

"all by myseeeeelf.....don't wanna be ........"

Oct 23 1987

Robert Bork is borked, the Senate voting a record 58 to 42 to refuse him a seat on the Supreme Court. Ostensibly this was because he admitted to smoking marijuana as a youth, which would be the wrong reason. He should have been rejected for being a statist sleazebag.

I like that one...

He should have been using meth!



~Brian

[BRAD]

whats up guys

[Peelz]

whats up guys

waz shakin' bacon?

[BRAD]

ah chillin in the library for abit then im off work till 4  tonight

[Peelz]

ah chillin in the library for abit then im off work till 4  tonight

chillin? get back to studying! or surfing porn, whatever floats ur boat!

[BRAD]

ah chillin in the library for abit then im off work till 4  tonight

chillin? get back to studying! or surfing porn, whatever floats ur boat!

no studyin im on fall break so we have no homework

[Peelz]

ah chillin in the library for abit then im off work till 4  tonight

chillin? get back to studying! or surfing porn, whatever floats ur boat!

no studyin im on fall break so we have no homework

sweet! homework sux!

[BRAD]

heck yea it does. i do have alittle science or physics work. but the g/f is gonna help with that tomorrow night