Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 2 1793

Czech composer Franz Kotzwara, who penned "The Battle of Prague," dies from autoerotic asphyxiation in a London brothel.

Feb 2 1852

The first public toilet is inaugurated, located at 95 Fleet Street in London, by the Society of Arts.

Feb 2 1971

Idi Amin Dada assumes power in Uganda, taking the government from President Milton Obote. One of his favorite pastimes seems to have been eating the brains of live prisoners. Also while in office, he eats one of his own sons.

Feb 2 1979

Sid Vicious, bassist for the Sex Pistols, dies in his sleep of a heroin overdose. He was waiting to stand trial for the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.

Feb 2 1982

President Hafiz al-Asad orders destruction of Syrian city of Hama after its occupation by Muslim Brotherhood forces seeking to topple the Syrian regime. Estimates of total deaths in this city of 180,000 ranged from 10,000 to 25,000 killed.

Feb 2 1997



Marv Albert, nationally known sportscaster, allegedly bites a 42 year old woman after an evening of watching pornographic movies. By September he is on trial for sodomy. Yessss!

Feb 2 1998

Actor Daniel Baldwin is discovered by police in his Plaza Hotel room totally naked and disoriented, with a porno movie playing at high volume. He was checked into a New York hospital in critical condition, apparently coming down from a cocaine binge. It is not clear why any Baldwin would be unable to handle his cocaine.

Birthdays today...
1208 - James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
1455 - King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
1494 - Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
1502 - Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)
1506 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)
1522 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
1600 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1613 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1621 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian humanist (d. 1679)
1649 - Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
1650 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687)
1669 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732)
1695 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
1695 - François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
1700 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (d. 1766)
1711 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
1714 - Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785)
1717 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
1786 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856)
1802 - Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887)
1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862)
1829 - Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
1841 - François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912)
1842 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927)
1849 - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)
1851 - José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
1860 - Curtis Guild, Jr., American politician (d. 1915)
1861 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
1873 - Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat and statesman (d. 1956)
1875 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (d. 1962)
1878 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955)
1881 - Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
1882 - James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)
1887 - Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
1888 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
1889 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)
1890 - Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
1893 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974)
1893 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970)
1895 - George Halas, American NFL co-founder (d. 1983)
1896 - Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
1897 - Aimé Avignon, France's former oldest living man (d. 2007)
1897 - Howard Johnson, American hotelier (d. 1972)
1900 - Willie Kamm, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1901 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987)
1902 - Newbold Morris, American politician (d. 1966)
1905 - Ayn Rand, Russian-born American author and philosopher (d. 1982)
1908 - Wes Ferrell, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1909 - Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
1912 - Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic
1912 - Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (d. 1997)
1913 - Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
1914 - Eric Kierans, Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004)
1915 - Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002)
1915 - Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005)
1916 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
1918 - Hella S. Haasse, Dutch writer
1923 - James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
1923 - Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988)
1923 - Red Schoendienst, American baseball player and manager
1923 - Liz Smith, American gossip columnist
1924 - Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born American producer and musician
1925 - Elaine Stritch, American actress
1926 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician
1927 - Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991)
1928 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American civil rights activist (d. 1998)
1931 - Dries van Agt, Dutch politician
1931 - Les Dawson, British comedian (d. 1993)
1931 - Judith Viorst, American author
1932 - Robert Mandan, American actor
1933 - Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
1933 - Than Shwe, ruler of Myanmar
1936 - Duane Jones, American actor
1937 - Don Buford, American baseball player
1937 - Remak Ramsay, American actor
1937 - Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian
1939 - Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (d. 2000)
1940 - Wayne Fontes, American football coach
1940 - David Jason, English actor
1942 - Graham Nash, British-born American musician
1943 - Susan Hanson, English actress
1944 - Andrew Davis, British conductor
1944 - Karen Foss, American broadcaster
1944 - Geoffrey Hughes, British actor
1946 - Alpha Oumar Konaré, Mali politician
1947 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress
1948 - Al McKay, American guitarist and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1948 - Roger Williamson, English racecar driver (d. 1973)
1949 - Francisco Maturana, Colombian football manager
1949 - Brent Spiner, American actor
1949 - Ross Valory, American musician (Journey)
1950 - Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler
1952 - John Cornyn, American politician
1953 - Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
1954 - Christie Brinkley, American model
1954 - Ina Garten, American author and TV personality
1954 - Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer and actor
1954 - John Tudor, American baseball player
1955 - Virginia Leng, British equestrian
1957 - Phil Barney, French singer
1958 - Michel Marc Bouchard, Quebec playwright
1960 - Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
1961 - Lauren Lane, American actress
1961 - Steve Penney, National Hockey League goaltender
1962 - Andy Fordham, English darts player
1962 - Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
1962 - Michael T. Weiss, American actor
1963 - Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996)
1963 - Philip Laats, Belgian judoka
1965 - Carl Airey, English footballer
1965 - Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler
1966 - Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player
1966 - D. C. Douglas, American actor and director
1966 - Robert DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
1967 - Arturs Irbe, Latvian hockey player
1967 - Laurent Nkunda, Congolese military leader
1968 - Sean Elliott, American basketball player
1968 - Scott Erickson, American baseball player
1968 - Simon Wickham-Smith, British musician
1969 - Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
1969 - Tim Sherwood, English footballer
1970 - C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
1970 - Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
1970 - Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
1970 - Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress
1972 - Tego Calderón Puerto Rican reggaeton
1972 - Dana International, Israeli singer
1972 - Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
1973 - Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
1973 - Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress
1975 - Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player
1975 - Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
1975 - Niclas Wallin, Swedish hockey player
1976 - James Hickman, British swimmer
1976 - Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
1977 - Heather Martin, American gospel singer
1977 - Shakira, Colombian singer
1977 - Libor Sionko, Czech football player
1978 - Eden Espinosa, American singer and actress
1978 - Barry Ferguson, Scotish football player
1979 - Fani Halkia, Greek hurdler
1979 - Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
1979 - Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
1980 - Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
1980 - Gucci Mane, American rapper
1980 - Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player
1981 - Jason Kapono, American basketball player
1982 - Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer
1982 - Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress
1982 - Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
1982 - Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress
1983 - Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
1983 - Will South, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
1983 - Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player
1983 - Alex Westaway, British musician
1985 - Kunal Kapoor, Indian Living in Canada - aka Kenu
1987 - Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
1987 - Martin Spanjers, American actor
1992 - Danielle White, American singer

Famous deaths...
672 - Saint Chad
1124 - Bořivoj II of Bohemia
1218 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
1250 - Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
1461 - Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England
1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)
1580 - Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
1594 - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1525)
1648 - George Abbot, English writer
1660 - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
1660 - Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (b. 1608)
1661 - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
1688 - Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
1704 - Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (b. 1661)
1712 - Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
1714 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (b. 1643)
1723 - Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (b. 1666)
1768 - Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
1769 - Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
1802 - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (b. 1713)
1804 - George Walton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1749-50)
1895 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)
1904 - William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841)
1907 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
1909 - Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (b. 1829)
1918 - John L. Sullivan, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1858)
1922 - William Desmond Taylor, Irish film director (b. 1872)
1925 - Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
1926 - Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
1932 - Agha Petros, Assyrian nationalist leader
1942 - Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (b. 1905)
1945 - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician (b. 1884)
1948 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b. 1894)
1948 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870)
1950 - Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
1956 - Charles Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
1956 - Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
1957 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
1961 - Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
1969 - Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
1970 - Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)
1970 - Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1872)
1972 - Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer (b. 1876)
1973 - Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
1979 - Sid Vicious, English musician (Sex Pistols) (b. 1957)
1980 - William Howard Stein, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1982 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b. 1905)
1983 - Sam Chatmon, American blues musician (b. 1897)
1987 - Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
1987 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
1988 - Marcel Bozzuffi, French film actor (b. 1929)
1989 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951)
1989 - Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (b. 1901)
1990 - Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
1992 - Bert Parks, American television host (b. 1914)
1995 - Fred Perry, British tennis player (b. 1909)
1995 - Donald Pleasence, English actor (b. 1919)
1996 - Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, and director (b. 1912)
1997 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
1997 - Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904)
1999 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (b. 1962)
2002 - Paul Baloff, American singer (Exodus) (b. 1960)
2002 - Claude Brown, American writer (b. 1937)
2003 - Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
2004 - Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
2005 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
2007 - Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
2007 - Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
2007 - Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927)
2007 - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
2007 - Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
2007 - Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
2008 - Katoucha, Guinean model and activist (b. 1960)

Holidays and observances...
Ancient Latvia - Veja Diena observed.
Czech Republic - Hromnice.
France - Chandeleur (= Candlemas), AKA "Crêpe (Pancake) Day".
Paganism - Imbolc (in northern hemisphere), Lughnasadh (in southern hemisphere).
Scotland - A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas).
United States and Canada - Groundhog Day.
University of King's College - George III Day
Yemanja - Celebration of Yemanja, the sea goddess.
World Wetlands Day

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[NaturalRaptor]

1977 - Shakira, Colombian singer

Shakira's Birthday!   

[Krandall]

Feb 2 1998

Actor Daniel Baldwin is discovered by police in his Plaza Hotel room totally naked and disoriented, with a porno movie playing at high volume. He was checked into a New York hospital in critical condition, apparently coming down from a cocaine binge. It is not clear why any Baldwin would be unable to handle his cocaine.





A baldwin unable to hold drugs is unheard of!

[Peelz]

Feb 2 1997



Marv Albert, nationally known sportscaster, allegedly bites a 42 year old woman after an evening of watching pornographic movies. By September he is on trial for sodomy. Yessss!

lol "YESSSS!"



Morning fellas.

[Krandall]

I was in a pool @ work for the Superbowl, just found out I won $100! not bad for a $4 investment! 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 3 1882

P.T. Barnum purchases the elephant Jumbo. He keeps him for three years until the animal's skull is crushed by a train. After his death, Jumbo gets extra exposure, as his stuffed skin and skeleton are shown separately.

Feb 3 1913

In one of the blackest days in U.S. history, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. This amendment created the income tax.

Feb 3 1959



The Day the Music Died: A small plane carrying The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), Buddy Holly, and Richie Valens crashes near Mason City, Iowa, while en route to a show in Fargo, North Dakota.

Feb 3 1998

The tail of a U.S. marine tactical surveillance jet on a training mission severs a tram cable at a ski resort near Trento in northern Italy, sending 20 skiers nearly 300 feet to their deaths.

Feb 3 1998

Female axe murderer Karla Faye Tucker executed by lethal injection at Huntsville State Prison, Texas. Tucker had brutally murdered Jerry Dean and Deborah Thornton with a pickaxe in 1983. The last woman executed in Texas was also an axe murderer, Chipita Rodriguez, who was hanged in 1863.

Birthdays today...
1338 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)
1677 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
1690 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)
1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
1747 - Samuel Osgood, American patriot (d. 1813)
1777 - John Cheyne, British physician, surgeon and author (d. 1836)
1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830)
1807 - Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate general (d. 1891)
1808 - Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar, Princess of Prussia (d. 1877)
1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847)
1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872)
1817 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910)
1824 - Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (d. 1894)
1826 - Walter Bagehot, British essayist, journalist and businessman, (d. 1877)
1830 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881)
1843 - William Cornelius Van Horne, American-born railway pioneer and executive (d. 1915)
1859 - Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935)
1862 - James Clark McReynolds, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946)
1872 - Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (d. 1946)
1876 - William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (d. 1937)
1887 - Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)
1889 - Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director, (d. 1968)
1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
1894 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (d. 1978)
1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
1899 - João Café Filho, Brazilian president (d. 1970)
1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
1899 - Doris Speed, English actress (d. 1994)
1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
1905 - Arne Beurling, American mathematician(d. 1986)
1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997)
1909 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (d. 1989)
1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
1911 - Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
1912 - Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (d. 1990)
1913 - Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
1918 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (d. 2007)
1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner (d. 1994)
1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician
1920 - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
1923 - Alys Robi, Quebec singer
1924 - E. P. Thompson, English socialist historian, (The Making of the English Working Class), (d. 1993)
1924 - Martial Asselin, French Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Quebec
1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist
1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005)
1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian
1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
1927 - Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker
1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
1927 - Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
1927 - Blas Ople, Filipino politician (d. 2003)
1928 - Frankie Vaughan, British singer (d. 1999)
1929 - Ken Shipp, American football coach
1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter
1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
1933 - Paul Sarbanes, American politician
1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
1938 - Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer
1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director
1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player
1941 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
1941 - Dory Funk, Jr., American professional wrestler
1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress
1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)
1943 - Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress
1945 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)
1945 - Bob Griese, American football player
1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist
1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)
1947 - Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor
1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter
1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, Nobel Peace laureate
1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author
1949 - Arthur Kane, American musician
1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
1951 - Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
1952 - Fred Lynn, American baseball player
1953 - Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician
1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
1956 - John Jefferson, American football player
1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1957 - Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver
1957 - Steven Stapleton, British musician (Nurse With Wound)
1958 - Joe F. Edwards, Jr., NASA astronaut
1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist
1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor
1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
1959 - Lol Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure)
1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
1960 - Marty Jannetty, American Wrestler
1961 - Jay Adams, American skateboarder
1961 - Linda Eder, American singer
1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor
1962 - Michele Greene, American actress
1965 - Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician
1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress
1966 - Frank Coraci, American film director
1967 - Dave Benson-Phillips, Children's TV Presenter
1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer
1968 - Vlade Divac, National Basketball Association player
1969 - Retief Goosen, professional golfer
1970 - Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer
1970 - Warwick Davis, British actor
1971 - Sean Dawkins, American former football player
1971 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
1971 - Vincent Elbaz, French actor
1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
1971 - Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
1971 - Metin Türkcan, Turkish musician, guitarist
1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian football player
1972 - Jesper Kyd, Film and Video game music composer
1973 - Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist
1974 - Konrad Gałka, Polish swimmer
1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian hockey player
1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress
1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player
1976 - Tim Heidecker, American comedian
1977 - Daddy Yankee , reggaeton singer/rapper.
1978 - Adrian R'Mante, American actor
1978 - Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer
1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer
1981 - Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer
1981 - Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer
1982 - Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
1982 - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)
1983 - Richard Bartel, National Football League quarterback
1983 - Silambarasan Rajendar, South Indian actor
1989 - Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
1989 - Ryne Sanborn, American actor
1990 - Sean Kingston, American reggae rapper

Famous deaths...
619 - Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury
699 - Saint Werburgh
1014 - King Sweyn I of Denmark
1116 - King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)
1399 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340)
1428 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
1451 - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
1468 - Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher
1566 - George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
1619 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564)
1737 - Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)
1802 - Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (b. 1723)
1832 - George Crabbe, English naturalist (b. 1754)
1862 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (b. 1774)
1866 - François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)
1874 - Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)
1889 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848)
1922 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839)
1924 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (b. 1856)
1929 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist (b. 1878)
1935 - Hugo Junkers, German engineer (b. 1859)
1936 - Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, consort of William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b. 1885)
1937 - Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (b. 1887)
1945 - Roland Freisler, Nazi leader (b. 1893)
1947 - Marc Mitscher, American Navy Admiral (b. 1887)
1956 - Émile Borel, French mathematician (b. 1871)
1956 - Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (b. 1916)
1959 - The Day the Music Died
           Buddy Holly, American singer (b. 1936)
           Roger Peterson, pilot (b. 1937)
           Ritchie Valens, American singer (b. 1941)
           J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, American singer (b. 1930)
1960 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
1961 - Viscount Dunrossil, Australian governor-general (b. 1893)
1964 - Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (b. 1880)
1967 - Joe Meek, English record producer (b. 1929)
1969 - Eduardo Mondlane Mozambican independence founder (b. 1920)
1975 - William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (b. 1873)
1975 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (b. 1904)
1985 - Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1912)
1989 - John Cassavetes, American actor (b. 1929)
1989 - Lionel Newman, American movie music orchestra leader, composer and arranger (b. 1916)
1991 - Harry Ackerman, American TV executive producer (b. 1912)
1991 - Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances...
Japan - the festival of Setsubun before spring.
Mozambique - Heroes' Day.
United States - Four Chaplains Day.
United States - the earliest calendar day that Mardi Gras can occur.

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Feb 3 1998

The tail of a U.S. marine tactical surveillance jet on a training mission severs a tram cable at a ski resort near Trento in northern Italy, sending 20 skiers nearly 300 feet to their deaths.

That's sad..

I had to google it to read more about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable-car_disaster

They ended up getting 1.9 million per person (the families)

[Peelz]

Good morning Boys.

[Flynbyu]

Staying home again today. I'm sickly.

Oh, and the aircraft responsible for the ski lift incident....



EA-6B Prowler



~Brian

[Peelz]

you were sick yesterday? hope you feel better man.

[Flynbyu]

Thanks.

Yep. Sick yesterday too. Went to the doctor, got some meds. Sorry, I didn't think you carried antibiotics.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Thanks.

Yep. Sick yesterday too. Went to the doctor, got some meds. Sorry, I didn't think you carried antibiotics.

~Brian

  Nope, but remember I have a full supply of pseudophedrine...albeit slightly diluted.  Clear that congestion right up. And get ya' moving!

[Flynbyu]

I haven't been sleeping well, so I'll have to pass. I think staying up for the next three days wouldn't be so good.



Looks like it's nap time for me. Starting to get sleepy again.

Later gang.

~Brian

[Krandall]

I haven't been sleeping well, so I'll have to pass. I think staying up for the next three days wouldn't be so good.



Looks like it's nap time for me. Starting to get sleepy again.

Later gang.

~Brian

Later B. Hope you feel better.

do you have a nurse takin care of you?  

[Krandall]

whachoo think... (very basic now.. but the outlined idea)