Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume X.IV

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Oct 25 1854

During the Crimean War's Battle of Balaclava, Lord Ragland orders the British cavalry corps on a suicide mission to capture artillery guns protected by 19,000 Russian troops. Hundreds are needlessly killed in what is later known as the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Oct 25 1913

Birthday of Klaus Barbie, infamous Nazi War Criminal. After World War II, US Intelligence helped the "Butcher of Lyons" enter Bolivia, where he lived openly for many years in the capital, La Paz. Barbie was finally deported to France in 1987.

Oct 25 1938



The Archbishop of Dubuque, the Most Reverend Francis J.L. Beckman, denounces the newfangled Swing music -- the latest craze -- as nothing more than "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away the moral fiber of young people." Its cannibalistic rhythms are said to lead one down the "primrose path to Hell."

Oct 25 1957

In chair number four of the barber shop at the Park Sheraton hotel in Manhattan, Mafia don Albert Anastasia is shot five times by the Gallo Brothers, under orders from Carlo Gambino.

Oct 25 1983

In order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of nutmeg to satisfy global demand, the United States of America invades the Caribbean island of Grenada. The invasion is rationalized as a rescue mission for American medical school rejects stuck in a sleazy offshore diploma mill.

Oct 25 1991

On the way back from a Huey Lewis concert, rock promoter Bill Graham is killed when his helicopter hits high-voltage power lines in Vallejo, California.

Birthdays today...
1102 - William Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128)
1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)
1510 - Renée of France, french princess (d. 1574)
1683 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (d. 1757)
1759 - Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)
1759 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, British politician (d. 1834)
1767 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
1772 - Geraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
1782 - Levi Lincoln, Jr., 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
1802 - Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strong man (d. 1864)
1806 - Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
1811 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832)
1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
1856 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936)
1864 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956)
1864 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (d. 1920)
1867 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d.1937)
1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1886 - Leo G. Carroll, English actor (d. 1972)
1888 - Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957)
1888 - Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (d. 1943)
1889 - Abel Gance, French film director (d. 1981)
1889 - Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (d. 1985)
1891 - Father Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster (d. 1979)
1895 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
1902 - Henry Steele Commager, American historian (d. 1998)
1902 - Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
1903 - Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman (d. 1976)
1903 - Harry Shoulberg, American painter (d. 1995)
1908 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (d. 2004)
1910 - William Higinbotham, American physicist (d. 1994)
1912 - Minnie Pearl, American comedian and singer (d. 1996)
1913 - Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (d. 1991)
1914 - John Berryman, American poet (d. 1972)
1915 - Ivan M. Niven, Canadian mathematician (d. 1999)
1917 - Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive
1921 - King Michael I of Romania
1923 - Jean Duceppe, Quebec actor (d. 1990)
1924 - Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
1926 - Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter
1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
1927 - Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
1927 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, President of Uruguay
1928 - Marion Ross, American actress
1928 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)
1931 - Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and football manager
1931 - Annie Girardot, French actress
1932 - Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and football manager
1933 - Eugene "Porky" Lee, American child actor (d. 2005)
1935 - Russell Schweickart, astronaut
1936 - Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian
1939 - Robin Spry, Canadian filmmaker and producer (d. 2005)
1940 - Bobby Knight, American basketball coach
1941 - Helen Reddy, Australian singer
1941 - Anne Tyler, American novelist
1944 - Jon Anderson, English singer (Yes)
1944 - James Carville, American political stategist and commentator
1947 - Glenn Tipton, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
1948 - Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach
1948 - Daniel Mark Epstein, American poet and biographer
1948 - Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach
1948 - Dan Issel, American basketball player
1949 - Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Chris Norman, English singer
1951 - Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television)
1952 - Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1954 - Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
1955 - Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist
1955 - Glynis Barber, English actress
1955 - Matthias Jabs, German guitarist (Scorpions)
1957 - Nancy Cartwright, American actress
1958 - Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer
1961 - Ward Burton, American auto racer
1962 - Nick Hancock, British television presenter
1962 - Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1962 - Darlene Vogel, American actress
1963 - Tracy Nelson, American actress
1964 - Michael Boatman, American actor
1964 - Nicole, German singer
1964 - Kevin Michael Richardson, American actor
1965 - Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor
1965 - 2 Cold Scorpio, American professional wrestler
1966 - Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Perry Satullo, American professional wrestler
1969 - Josef Beranek, Czech hockey player
1969 - Oleg Salenko, Russian former footballer
1970 - J.A. Adande, American sports columnist
1970 - Peter Aerts, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist
1970 - Adam Goldberg, American actor
1970 - Adam Pascal, American actor
1970 - Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
1971 - Simon Charlton, English footballer
1971 - Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
1971 - Midori Goto, Japanese violinist
1971 - Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
1971 - Neil Fallon, Lead singer of Clutch (band)
1972 - Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor
1974 - Lee Byung-Kyu, Korean baseball player
1975 - Ryan Clement, former XFL quarterback
1975 - Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician
1976 - Steve Jones, Irish footballer
1977 - Birgit Prinz, German footballer
1978 - Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
1979 - Milena Roucka, Canadian former model current professional wrestler of Czech and Costa Rican descent.
1979 - Rob Hulse, English footballer
1979 - Sarah Thompson, American actress
1979 - Tony Torcato, American baseball player
1980 - Mehcad Brooks, American actor and former model
1981 - Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
1981 - Jerome Isaac Jones, American singer
1981 - Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder)
1982 - Jerome Carter, American football player
1982 - Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer
1983 - Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress
1984 - Danny .S., English record producer
1984 - Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens)
1984 - Katy Perry, American singer
1985 - Ciara Harris, American singer
1986 - DJ Webstar, American disc jockey
1986 - Eddie Gaven, American footballer
1987 - Darron Gibson, Irish football player
1987 - Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast and Olympic medallist
1995 - Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress
2001 - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium

Famous deaths...
304 - Pope Marcellinus (martyred)
625 - Pope Boniface V
1047 - King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)
1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096)
1200 - Conrad of Wittelsbach, German Archbishop
1230 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180)
1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
1415 - Killed in the Battle of Agincourt:
         Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France
         John I of Alençon (b. 1385)
         Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
         Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371)
         Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
         Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1394)
         Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373)
1492 - Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish Catholic bishop
1495 - King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
1514 - William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431)
1555 - Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (b. 1526)
1557 - William Cavendish, English politician (b. 1505)
1633 - Jean Titelouze, French organist
1647 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
1683 - William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of England
1733 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)
1757 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672)
1760 - George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
1826 - Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (b. 1745)
1833 - Abbas Mirza, prince of Persia (b. 1789)
1852 - John C. Clark, American politician (b. 1793)
1889 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820)
1895 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
1910 - Willie Anderson, Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878)
1920 - King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893)
1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman
1938 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (b. 1892)
1945 - Robert Ley, Nazi German leader (b. 1890)
1953 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867
1955 - Sadako Sasaki atomic bomb victim (b. 1943)
1957 - Albert Anastasia, Italian-born gangster (b. 1902)
1957 - Lord Dunsany, Irish writer (b. 1878)
1960 - Harry Ferguson, farm equipment manufacturer (b. 1884)
1963 - Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898)
1965 - Eduard Einstein, son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910)
1973 - Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
1973 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932)
1976 - Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (b. 1903)
1980 - Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)
1985 - Gary Holton, English actor (b. 1952)
1986 - Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)
1991 - Bill Graham, American rock promoter (b. 1931)
1992 - Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936)
1993 - Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer/songwriter (b. 1958)
1993 - Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
1994 - Kara Spears Hultgreen, American naval pilot (b. 1965)
1994 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
1995 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
1995 - Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-born actress (b. 1920)
1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
2002 - Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
2002 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (b. 1944)
2002 - René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
2003 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Founder Swadhyay Movement (b. 1920)
2003 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925)
2003 - Robert Strassburg, American composer (b. 1915)
2004 - John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939)
2005 - Wellington Mara, American football team owner (b. 1916)
2006 - Danny Rolling, American murderer (b. 1954) (executed)

Holidays and observances...
French Republican Calendar - Betterave (Beetroot) Day, fourth day in the Month of Brumaire
Grenada - Thanksgiving Day (commemorates Invasion of Grenada)
Kazakhstan - Republic Day
Taiwan - Retrocession Day (1945)
Virgin Islands - Thanksgiving Day
Romania - Day of the Romanian Army

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Oct 25 1938



Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

Oct 25 1938, the C*nt kick was invented, bitches have been wary ever since




Morning Brian 

[BRAD]

morninn gents

[Peelz]

mornin' brad...work blows.

[BRAD]

yes it does im stuck here for 3 or 4hrs today

[Peelz]

Wishin' I was ridin.

[BRAD]

me too. it would be nnice to be doing that today

[BRAD]

later man i gotta do some work now

[Flynbyu]

Oct 25 1938



Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

Oct 25 1938, the C*nt kick was invented, bitches have been wary ever since




Morning Brian 

Good morning sir.

~Brian

[BRAD]

hows it going Brian? hows work?

[Flynbyu]

Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

~Brian

[BRAD]

same here man. theres one guy in the library

[Flynbyu]

Are you at school?

~Brian

[BRAD]

yeah i work in the library at my College

[Peelz]

Hey ladies. Just trying to stay motivated here. The office likes to speed through things, makes my life miserable...but means job security.  Every 5 minutes they try to save in planning...adds at leat an hour on my shoulders in R&D/trial and error.