Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[Flynbyu]

That's amazing to think it could get that cold to drive a truck onto ice.

How think does the ice have to be say for a regular cab truck?

~Brian

For a regular cab truck they recommend around 14" of ice.  I heard the lake ice is around 20" right now.

20 inches?

Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Brian

[Krandall]

Welcome to Up Nort'   

It helped because at the beginning we were sub zero with no snow. So the cold goes straight through the ice. Where as now. with a lot of snow. It blankets/insulates the ice quite a bit. so ice formation is a bit slower.

[Peelz]

... Yea.

Gotta talk to my bro, may do a 10 mile run on the river. We did 2 years ago, was a freakin blast!

I am supposed to be doing the same thing. Utility guys saying I can't keep up. pfffttt please!

Have a great weekend to all my invisible raptor friends.

[kyledvor61]

I saw a dualie out on the ice in front of my house last weekend.


and Gears of war 2 is badass, just finished it

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Jan 31 1945

Private Eddie Slovik executed by firing squad in France during World War II. He is the first U.S. soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. The order for execution, signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, is not applied to other deserters. It is not known why Private Slovik was singled out.

Jan 31 1950

President Truman gives the go-ahead for the development of Edward Teller's hydrogen bomb.

Jan 31 1961

The United States sends its first monkey into space, Ham the chimpanzee. His Mercury/Redstone 2 achieves an altitude of 158 miles, a 19-minute ride that subjects Ham to a force of 16 times gravity. The space ape splashes down safely, his capsule is plucked from the ocean by the USS Donner.

Jan 31 1974

Ted Bundy commits what is sometimes regarded as his first murder, Lynda Ann Healy, a 21 year old senior at the University of Washington. Her skull is not found until a year later. By the time he was executed, Bundy had committed nearly 30 murders, mostly women with dark long hair. It is believed that he may have murdered as early as 1961, when he was 15, but proof is at best circumstantial.

Jan 31 1989

Copies of the March Playboy with LaToya Jackson posing with... snakes! hit the newsstands. She also has a snake tattoo. Face it, the lady really really likes snakes.

Birthdays today...
36BC - Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor (d. 38 AD)
877 - Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)
1512 - King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580)
1543 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)
1550 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)
1597 - John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640)
1624 - Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (d. 1669)
1673 - Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint (d. 1716)
1686 - Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
1752 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (d. 1816)
1759 - François Devienne, French composer (d. 1803)
1797 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (d. 1828)
1820 - William B. Washburn, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)
1835 - William Charles Lunalilo, Monarch of Hawaii (d. 1874)
1857 - George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933)
1865 - Henri Desgrange, Founder of the Tour-de-France (d. 1940)
1865 - Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951)
1866 - Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (d. 1938)
1868 - Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1928)
1872 - Zane Grey, American Western writer (d. 1939)
1881 - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
1881 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
1884 - Theodor Heuss, 1st President of Germany (Bundespräsident) (d. 1963)
1889 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958)
1892 - Eddie Cantor, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
1894 - Isham Jones, American musician (d. 1956)
1896 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1966)
1902 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
1902 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
1905 - John O'Hara, American writer (d. 1970)
1911 - Eddie Byrne, British actor (d. 1981)
1913 - Don Hutson, American football player (d. 1997)
1914 - Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1997)
1914 - Sri Daya Mata, Hindu religious figure
1914 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (d. 1994)
1915 - Alan Lomax, American musicologist (d. 2002)
1915 - Thomas Merton, American author and monk (d. 1968)
1915 - Garry Moore, American comedian (d. 1993)
1919 - Jackie Robinson, American baseball player, and the first black player in Major League Baseball (d. 1972)
1921 - John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)
1921 - Carol Channing, American actress and singer
1921 - E. Fay Jones, American architect (d. 2004)
1921 - Mario Lanza, American singer (d. 1959)
1922 - Joanne Dru, American actress (d. 1996)
1923 - Norman Mailer, American writer and journalist (d. 2007)
1925 - Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights leader
1926 - Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1928 - Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (d. 1958)
1929 - Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Jean Simmons, English actress
1930 - Lynn Carlin, American actress
1930 - Joakim Bonnier, Swedish racecar driver (d. 1972)
1931 - Ernie Banks, American baseball player
1931 - Christopher Chataway, English athlete, newscaster and politician
1933 - Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1997)
1933 - Bernardo Provenzano , Mafia Boss
1934 - James Franciscus, American actor (d. 1991)
1934 - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1935 - Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese writer, Nobel laureate
1937 - Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
1937 - Andrée Boucher, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1937 - Philip Glass, American composer
1937 - Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008)
1938 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
1938 - James G. Watt, American politician
1939 - Claude Gauthier, Canadian singer and songwriter
1940 - Kitch Christie, South African rugby union coach (d. 1998)
1941 - Richard A. Gephardt, American politician
1941 - Jessica Walter, American actress
1942 - Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
1942 - Derek Jarman, British director and writer (d. 1994)
1944 - Charlie Musselwhite, American musician
1945 - Joseph Kosuth, American conceptual artist
1946 - Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (d. 1978)
1947 - Jonathan Banks, American actor
1947 - Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
1948 - Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
1949 - Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and sports journalist
1949 - Ken Wilber, American philosopher
1950 - Alexander Korzhakov, Boris Yeltsin's bodyguard
1951 - Dave Benton, Aruban-born singer
1951 - Harry Wayne Casey, American singer and musician (KC and the Sunshine Band)
1951 - Phil Manzanera, English guitarist (Roxy Music, Quiet Sun, 801)
1952 - Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (d. 1969)
1954 - Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch musician (Whitesnake)
1956 - John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten, English singer (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.)
1959 - Anthony LaPaglia, Australian actor
1959 - Kelly Lynch, American actress
1959 - Kelly Moore, American stock car driver
1960 - Grant Morrison, British comic author
1961 - Lloyd Cole, British singer
1962 - Sophie Muller, Music video director
1964 - Sylvie Bernier, Quebec diver
1964 - Jeff Hanneman, American musician (Slayer)
1964 - Billey Shamrock, Swedish singer
1966 - Dr Umar Alisha, Indian Sufi master
1967 - Fat Mike, American musician
1967 - Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress
1967 - Joey Wong, Taiwanese actress
1968 - Matt King, British actor and comedian
1968 - Patrick Stevens, Belgian athlete
1970 - Minnie Driver, British actress
1971 - Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress
1971 - Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian
1971 - Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer
1973 - Portia de Rossi, Australian actress
1974 - Wil Anderson, Australian comedian
1974 - Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player
1975 - Fred Coleman, former National Football League wide receiver
1975 - Jackie O, Australian radio host
1975 - Preity Zinta, Indian actress
1976 - Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer
1976 - Buddy Rice, American race car driver
1977 - Mark Dutiaume, National Hockey League player
1977 - Shingo Katori, Japanese actor and singer (SMAP)
1977 - Jim Kleinsasser, National Football League tight end
1977 - Kate Shindle, American actress
1977 - Kerry Washington, American actress
1978 - Fabián Caballero, Argentine footballer
1978 - Brad Rutter, Jeopardy! champion
1978 - Ray Shah, Irish DJ, TV, radio presenter
1979 - Daniel Tammet, British autistic savant
1980 - James Adomian, American actor
1980 - Ryan Kienle, American musician
1980 - Tiffany Limos, American actress
1981 - Sergio D. Acosta, Chicano filmmaker
1981 - Julio Arca, Argentinian football player
1981 - Justin Timberlake, American singer
1981 - Amrita Arora, Indian actress
1982 - Yuniesky Betancourt, Major League Baseball shortstop
1982 - Andreas Görlitz, German football player
1982 - Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese actor, comedian and TV host
1982 - Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
1982 - Jānis Sprukts, National Hockey League player
1982 - Brad Thompson, Major League Baseball player
1983 - James Sutton, British television actor
1983 - Tom Vangeneugden, Belgian swimmer
1984 - Jeremy Wariner, American 400m runner
1984 - Vernon Davis, NFL player
1985 - Adam Federici, Australian footballer
1985 - Mario Williams, NFL player
1986 - Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Belgian football goalkeeper
1990 - Kota Yabu, Japanese actor and singer

Famous deaths...
1398 - Emperor Sukō (b. 1334)
1435 - Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398)
1561 - Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar
1561 - Menno Simons, Dutch Mennonite leader (b. 1496)
1580 - Henry of Portugal (b. 1512)
1606 - Guy Fawkes - Gunpowder Plot conspirators (b. 1570)
1606 - Ambrose Rokewood - Gunpowder Plot conspirators (b. c.1578)
1606 - Thomas Wintour - Gunpowder Plot conspirators (b. 1571)
1615 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)
1632 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
1665 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)
1686 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604)
1720 - Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (b. c. 1654)
1729 - Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
1736 - Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678)
1788 - Charles Edward Stuart, the exiled Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1720)
1790 - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (b. 1718)
1794 - Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral (b. 1711)
1815 - José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan independentist leader (b. 1775)
1828 - Alexander Ypsilantis, Phanariot Greek military commander and national hero of the Greek War of Independence (b. 1792)
1836 - John Cheyne (physician), British physician, surgeon and author (b. 1777)
1844 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
1888 - John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
1892 - Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist (b. 1834)
1907 - Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)
1923 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (b. 1869)
1933 - John Galsworthy, English writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1867)
1942 - Henry Larkin, American baseball player (b. 1860)
1942 - Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (b. 1917)
1944 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (b. 1882)
1945 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920)
1954 - Edwin Howard Armstrong, American electrical engineer and inventor of the FM radio (b. 1890)
1955 - John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
1956 - A. A. Milne, English author (b. 1882)
1966 - General Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army Officer (b. 1887)
1967 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1908)
1969 - Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894)
1970 - Slim Harpo, American singer (b. 1924)
1971 - Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (b. 1891)
1973 - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1974 - Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born film studio executive (b. 1882)
1976 - Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (b. 1941)
1981 - Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (b. 1909)
1987 - Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1907)
1990 - Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-born imam (b. 1935)
1995 - George Abbott, American stage director and producer (b. 1887)
1997 - John Joseph Scanlan, Irish Catholic prelate (b. 1930)
1999 - Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)
1999 - Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler
2000 - Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. 1926)
2001 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. 1923)
2002 - Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (b. 1919)
2004 - Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913)
2006 - Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (The Red Shoes) and ballerina (b. 1926)
2007 - Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
2007 - Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author (b. 1944)
2007 - Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924)
2007 - Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and wife of Oliver Tambo (b. 1929)
2008 - Zeltim Odie Peterson, famous pug (b. 1997)

Holidays and observances...
Catholicism - Feast day of St. John Bosco, patron saint of Christian apprentices, editors, and publishers


Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Unfortunate addition to today's history.  My wonderful dog Casey passed away this morning.  I couldn't of asked for a better dog.

I know you're running through the mountains Case, free and happy. 


Thank you for the 12 years of being my constant friend, regardless of the trials of my days.


I miss you.


Aaron

[Peelz]

Unfortunate addition to today's history.  My wonderful dog Casey passed away this morning.  I couldn't of asked for a better dog.

I know you're running through the mountains Case, free and happy. 


Thank you for the 12 years of being my constant friend, regardless of the trials of my days.


I miss you.


Aaron

That's sad Aaron. Sorry for the loss.

[socalrappy700]

Unfortunate addition to today's history.  My wonderful dog Casey passed away this morning.  I couldn't of asked for a better dog.

I know you're running through the mountains Case, free and happy. 


Thank you for the 12 years of being my constant friend, regardless of the trials of my days.


I miss you.


Aaron

Just saw this on face book.  Sorry for your loss bro.  What happened?

[exentix]

superbowl today  GO STEELERS!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 1 1861

Texas secedes from the Union, becoming independent once again. Since the articles of statehood passed by the U.S. Congress give Texas this right, it is perhaps the only state whose secession was legal.

Feb 1 1964

Governor Matthew Welsh of Indiana declares "Louie, Louie" as recorded by The Kingsmen (originally by Richard Berry & The Pharaohs) "pornographic". And while the FCC couldn't figure out the lyrics, the governor's move backfires by making the song one of the most covered titles in existence.

Feb 1 1968



In Saigon, South Vietnam's national police chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan summarily executes an accused Viet Cong spy with a bullet to the head. Unfortunately for the general, he happens to shoot him right in front of NBC cameraman Vo Suu and Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams.

Feb 1 1970

US Government report reveals that 31% of college students have tried pot, man.

Feb 1 1974

A fire on the 12th floor of the 25 story Joelma Bank Building in Sao Paulo Brazil, killing 177 and seriously burning 293. A crowd of 10,000 spectators hampered firefighters near the building. The new building's cheap construction was primarily at fault.

Feb 1 1976

Heisenberg may have died today.

Feb 1 1998

Michael King of Clayton, Georgia is charged with the baseball bat beating death of Kenneth Paul Smith. King urinated in Smith's front yard, and after the property owner complained, he was severely beaten with a bat kept in King's Ford Mustang.

Feb 1 2003

The Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on re-entry, with its debris hitting homes and businesses in Nacogdoches Texas.

Feb 1 2004



During the MTV-provided halftime show of the Superbowl, former boy band member Justin Timberlake conducts an obviously pre-scripted move to expose Janet Jackson's right tit, which oddly sports a ninjitsu-style throwing star as a pasty. The nation is shocked, simply shocked, that a pristine, noncommercial event such as the Superbowl could be ruined by a Jackson. Timberlake sings: I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song." Obviously scripted.

Feb 1 2006

Singer Mary J. Blige reveals on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she was molestered by a family friend when she was a child.

Birthdays today...
1261 - Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)
1459 - Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)
1462 - Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)
1552 - Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur (d. 1634)
1635 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)
1663 - Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress (d. 1748)
1690 - Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (d. 1768)
1761 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
1763 - Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (d. 1854)
1796 - Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)
1801 - Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
1820 - George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. 1897)
1844 - G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924)
1851 - Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908)
1859 - Victor Herbert, Irish composer (d. 1924)
1872 - Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949)
1872 - Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (d. 1927)
1873 - Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler (d. 1947)
1873 - John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1901)
1874 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d. 1929)
1878 - Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
1882 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
1884 - Bradbury Robinson, who threw the first forward pass in American football history in 1906 (d. 1949)
1884 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (d. 1937)
1887 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947)
1894 - John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
1894 - James P. Johnson, American composer (d. 1955)
1895 - Conn Smythe, Canadian builder of the National Hockey League (d. 1980)
1901 - Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
1902 - Langston Hughes American writer (d. 1967)
1902 - Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
1904 - S. J. Perelman, American humorist (d. 1979)
1905 - Emilio G. Segrè, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1989)
1906 - Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
1907 - Günter Eich, German lyricist (d. 1972)
1907 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (d. 1993)
1908 - George Pál, Hungarian-born director and producer (d. 1980)
1909 - George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer
1915 - Stanley Matthews, English football player (d. 2000)
1918 - Muriel Spark, Scottish author (d. 2006)
1922 - Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004)
1924 - H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (d. 1997)
1924 - Ben Weider, Quebec businessman and author
1926 - Stuart Whitman, American actor
1930 - Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
1930 - Mario Beaulieu, Quebec politician (d. 1998)
1930 - Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician
1931 - Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation (d. 2007)
1931 - Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
1934 - Bob Shane, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio)
1936 - Azie Taylor Morton, 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
1937 - Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers)
1937 - Garrett Morris, American comedian
1937 - Ray Sawyer, American singer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
1938 - Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor
1939 - Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist
1939 - Claude François, French singer (d. 1978)
1939 - Paul Gillmor, American politician (d. 2007)
1939 - Joe Sample, American jazz pianist
1940 - Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
1940 - Hervé Filion, Quebec harness racer
1941 - Karl Dall, German television host
1941 - Jerry Spinelli, children's author
1942 - Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer
1942 - Muna Wassef, Syrian/Arab actress and United Nations Goodwill ambassador.
1944 - Mike Enzi, American politician, senator of Wyoming
1944 - Burkhard Ziese, German football manager
1945 - Serge Joyal, French Canadian politician
1946 - Chris Clark, Motown Soul singer
1947 - Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (d. 1975)
1947 - Normie Rowe, Australian singer
1947 - Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
1948 - Rick James, American musician and composer (d. 2004)
1948 - Elisabeth Sladen, British actress
1950 - Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer
1951 - Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
1952 - Jenő Jandó, Hungarian pianist
1953 - Brendan Batson, English former footballer
1954 - Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag)
1954 - Bill Mumy, American actor and musician
1955 - Ernie Camacho, baseball player
1956 - Brahmanandam, Indian film actor
1956 - Exene Cervenka, American musician
1956 - Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 - Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
1958 - Luther Blissett, English footballer
1961 - Volker Fried, German field hockey player
1961 - Daniel Tani, NASA astronaut
1962 - José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
1962 - Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist
1963 - Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist
1964 - Mario Pelchat, Quebec singer
1964 - Linus Roache, English actor
1965 - Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
1965 - Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993)
1965 - Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1966 - Michelle Akers, American soccer player
1966 - Rob Lee, English footballer
1967 - Meg Cabot, American author
1967 - Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician
1968 - Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress
1968 - Pauly Shore, American comedian
1968 - Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Kent Mercker, American baseball player
1969 - Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer
1969 - Joshua Redman, American musician
1969 - Brian Krause, American actor
1969 - Patrick Wilson, American musician (Weezer)
1970 - Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000)
1970 - Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
1971 - Michael C. Hall, American actor
1971 - Jill Kelly, American porn actress
1971 - Ron Welty, American musician
1971 - Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
1971 - Ajay Jadeja, Former Indian cricketer
1972 - Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality
1972 - Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d. 1999)
1973 - Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist
1973 - Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
1974 - Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
1974 - David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer
1975 - Big Boi, American musician (Outkast)
1975 - Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
1976 - Phil Ivey, American poker player
1977 - Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer
1979 - Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
1979 - Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
1979 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican Singer (d. 2006)
1979 - Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress
1980 - Héctor Luna, Dominican Republic baseball player
1980 - Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
1980 - Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
1981 - Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer
1981 - Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
1981 - Rob Austin, British racing driver
1982 - Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
1983 - Kevin Martin, American basketball player
1983 - Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
1984 - Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
1984 - Lee Thompson Young, American actor
1985 - Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer
1985 - Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher
1985 - Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
1986 - Lauren Conrad, American TV star
1987 - Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
1989 - Hurricane Chris, American rapper
1990 - Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter

Famous deaths...
1248 - Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
1328 - King Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
1542 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)
1563 - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)
1590 - Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator
1691 - Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
1718 - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660)
1733 - King Augustus II of Poland (b. 1670)
1734 - John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
1743 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. 1657)
1761 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
1768 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)
1793 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)
1832 - Archibald Murphey, North Carolina politician (b. 1777)
1850 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1846)
1851 - Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797)
1893 - George Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
1897 - Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)
1903 - George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (b. 1819)
1908 - King Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
1928 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
1936 - Georgios Kondylis, general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1940 - Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)
1944 - Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (b. 1872)
1957 - Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
1958 - Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888)
1959 - Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
1963 - Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's face (b. 1888)
1966 - Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (b. 1885)
1966 - Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895)
1970 - Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921)
1976 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
1976 - George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1878)
1980 - Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
1981 - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1892)
1981 - Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908)
1986 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1902)
1986 - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
1987 - Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
1988 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (b. 1975)
1989 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1918)
1991 - Carol Dempster, American actress (b. 1901)
1991 - Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
1997 - Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1916)
1999 - Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907)
1999 - Barış Manço, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. (b. 1943)
2001 - André D'Allemagne, Quebec teacher, political observer and essayist (b. 1929)
2002 - Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
2003 - Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster):
            Michael P. Anderson (b. 1959)
            David Brown (b. 1956)
            Kalpana Chawla (b. 1961)
            Laurel Clark (b. 1961)
            Rick D. Husband (b. 1957)
            Willie McCool (b. 1961)
            Ilan Ramon (b. 1954)
2003 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
2004 - May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
2005 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932)
2006 - Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937)
2006 - Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931)
2007 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
2007 - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
2007 - Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
2007 - Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
2007 - Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b. 1946)
2008 - Beto Carrero, Brazilian theme park owner and entertainer (b. 1937)

Holidays and observances...
The start of Black History Month in the United States.
Imbolc - the first day of Spring in Ireland (Irish Calendar) and one of the four Gaelic seasonal (and sometimes religious) festivals. Also part of the Wiccan Wheel of the Year.
The start of LGBT History Month in the United Kingdom.
Feast day of Astina in the Syrian church
St. Brigid, patron saint of Ireland. Feast day in the Roman Catholic Church.
National Freedom Day in the United States


Have a great Sunday.


~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Sorry to hear about your pooch Aaron.

I hate loosing an animal. I started buying parrots for the fact that they live much longer for this exact reason. The last two dogs and a cat I bought passed and it was really tough on me and my girlfriend at the time. I love dogs and cats, but I just can't stand to have to put one down or loose one to disease. I lost a dog to parvo, one to old age, and a cat to feline lukemia.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Unfortunate addition to today's history.  My wonderful dog Casey passed away this morning.  I couldn't of asked for a better dog.

I know you're running through the mountains Case, free and happy. 


Thank you for the 12 years of being my constant friend, regardless of the trials of my days.


I miss you.


Aaron

Just saw this on face book.  Sorry for your loss bro.  What happened?

Cancer/old age 

[Krandall]

sorry to hear bro.. It's never easy losing a pet...

[Colorado700R]

lost 2 dogs in one year.  Cosmo (golden retriever) back in feb 08, and Casey (Pit mix) yesterday 


I still have charlie, my Chesapeake Bay Retriever though 

[BRAD]

Sorry to hear it Aaron.