Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume III

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Jun 1 1571

The "Triple Tree" gallows is installed at Tyburn, England in time for the execution of John Storey, who is hanged, drawn, and quartered for committing treason. The Triple Tree consists of an equilateral triangle nine feet long on each side, 18 feet off the ground. It can hang as many as 24 prisoners at once, and will remain in place for almost 200 years.

Jun 1 1660

After having received a last-minute reprieve seven months earlier, Mary Dyer is hanged for heresy after returning to Boston. Dyer was a member of the Quakers, a subversive religious sect which had been banned by the Puritan colony under "pain of death."

Jun 1 1926

Gladys Baker gives birth to Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles.

Jun 1 1967

The Beatles officially release their new album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, in both mono and stereo versions.

Jun 1 1968

Helen Keller -- America's all-time favorite deaf, dumb, and blind Socialist -- finally dies in Westport, Connecticut at the age of 87.

Jun 1 2001

In just two minutes, Nepal's royal family is nearly exterminated by one of its own. With a selection of machine guns, Crown Prince Dipendra massacres eight relatives, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya. He then turns the gun on himself. Even though Dipendra winds up comatose in a hospital bed, a government council crowns him king anyway. The new monarch dies three days later.

Birthdays today...
1076 - Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
1300 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
1503 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
1633 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
1653 - Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
1675 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
1762 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
1771 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general and military theorist (d. 1831)
1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (d. 1832)
1800 - Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader (d. 1877)
1804 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
1815 - Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
1831 - John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
1833 - John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
1843 - Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
1844 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)
1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
1898 - Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
1901 - John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
1901 - Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
1903 - Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (d. 1973)
1907 - Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine. (d. 1996)
1909 - Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
1913 - Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
1915 - John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
1917 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
1922 - Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
1922 - Joan Caulfield, American actress (d. 1991)
1922 - Joan Copeland, American actress
1924 - William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
1926 - Andy Griffith, American actor
1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1928 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
1930 - John Lemmon, English logician (d. 1966)
1930 - Edward Woodward, English actor
1933 - Charles Wilson, American politician
1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
1935 - Reverend Ike, American televangelist
1936 - Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor
1937 - Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds)
1939 - Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
1940 - René Auberjonois, American actor
1940 - Kip Thorne, American physicist
1944 - Robert Powell, English actor
1945 - Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
1945 - Linda Scott, American singer
1946 - Brian Cox, Scottish actor
1947 - Jonathan Pryce, British actor
1947 - Ron Dennis, CBE, F1 team principal (McLaren)
1947 - Ronnie Wood, English guitarist (Rolling Stones)
1948 - Tomáš Halík, Czech priest and public intellectual
1948 - Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1948 - Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner (1983)
1950 - Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band)
1953 - Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
1953 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer (Son of Sam)
1955 - Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas
1956 - Lisa Hartman, American actress
1957 - Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
1958 - Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
1959 - Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator
1959 - Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
1960 - Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
1961 - Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
1963 - Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
1964 - Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
1965 - Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
1965 - Nigel Short, English chess player
1966 - Greg Schiano, American football coach
1967 - Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
1968 - Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
1969 - Teri Polo, American actress
1970 - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
1970 - Karen Mulder, Dutch supermodel
1970 - R. Madhavan, Indian actor
1971 - Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor
1973 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
1973 - Derek Lowe, American baseball player
1973 - Heidi Klum, German supermodel
1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
1974 - Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
1974 - Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
1974 - Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
1975 - James Storm, American professional wrestler
1975 - Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player
1977 - Veronika Vařeková, Czech supermodel
1977 - Danielle Harris, American actress
1977 - Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
1977 - Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
1977 - Richard Williams, British racing driver
1979 - Santana Moss, American football player
1980 - Oliver James, British actor
1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1982 - Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
1984 - Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
1985 - Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
1985 - Nick Young, American basketball player
1987 - Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
1988 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer

Famous deaths...
195BC - Gaozu of Han of China
193 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
1434 - Wladislaus II of Poland
1571 - John Story, English Catholic
1616 - Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)
1625 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
1639 - Melchior Franck, German composer
1660 - Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred)
1710 - David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
1740 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
1769 - Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
1795 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
1815 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1853)
1823 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
1826 - Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
1841 - David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
1846 - Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
1864 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (b. 1812)
1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
1872 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1795)
1873 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
1876 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
1879 - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
1927 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
1941 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
1943 - Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
1943 - Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1946 - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b. 1914)
1948 - Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
1954 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
1959 - Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
1960 - Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (b. 1883)
1960 - Paula Hitler, Adolf Hitler's final living sibling (b. 1896)
1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (by execution; b. 1906)
1965 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach (b. 1898)
1966 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
1968 - Helen Keller, American humanitarian (b. 1880)
1968 - André Laurendeau, French Canadian writer, journalist and politician (b. 1912)
1969 - Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904)
1971 - Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
1973 - Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
1979 - Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
1980 - Rube Marquard, baseball player (b. 1886)
1980 - Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
1981 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
1983 - Prince Charles of Belgium (b. 1903)
1985 - Richard Greene, British actor (b. 1918)
1986 - Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1958)
1987 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (b. 1921)
1989 - Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari; b. 1917)
1991 - David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
1994 - Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
1996 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (b. 1913)
1998 - Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
1999 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
2001 - Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
2001 - King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
2001 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
2002 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
2003 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (b. 1916)
2004 - William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
2005 - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
2006 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2007 - Arn Shein, American sports writer (b. 1928)
2007 - Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)

Holidays and observances...
Children's Day in some countries.
Poland - Thanksgiving Day
Kenya - Madaraka Day 1963.
Roman Empire - Festival in honour of Carna.
Commemoration of Justin Martyr (Eastern Orthodox).
Saint Crescentinus
Saint Ronan
National Day Against Homophobia in Canada

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Man its nice out today!

[exentix]

so far so good here too... it rained on and off yesterday until around 6 and then it just let loose

[socalrappy700]

It was 80 and sunny yesterday, more of the same today.   

[exentix]

It was 80 and sunny yesterday, more of the same today.   

i think it hit 80 at one point lol... hopefully it will today, looks promising so far 

[socalrappy700]

Where are you from?

[who else but rk]

74 degrees.
and the track will still eb shitty due to yesterday 

[exentix]

Where are you from?

central pa

[RR34]

mmm i woke up to thunderstorms and rain.

[who else but rk]

worked around the house
using the rappy of course  :grin_nod:

[RR34]

worked around the house
using the rappy of course  :grin_nod:

didnt go riding?

[Jester2893]

Anyone have entertainment setups? Like tvs,speakers, consoles things like that? I am looking on redoing my room. Right now I have a huge corner desk that my tv sits on and all my electronics. Its annoying because its so big. I was thinking of hanging my tv on my wall and getting a small shelf/cabinet for my 360 and cable box.

[RR34]

Anyone have entertainment setups? Like tvs,speakers, consoles things like that? I am looking on redoing my room. Right now I have a huge corner desk that my tv sits on and all my electronics. Its annoying because its so big. I was thinking of hanging my tv on my wall and getting a small shelf/cabinet for my 360 and cable box.

me and my dad built a custom entertainment center for my room. ill go snap you a pic real quick

[RR34]

this what ur lookin for jes?

[Jester2893]

Something similar. I currently have something close to that but in a computer desk form. I am looking to try and hang my tv up on the wall to save space.


Thanks for the pic.