Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[Flynbyu]

and.... to whomever altered my custom title. 

I wonder who did that?



Damn, it took you long enough. I'll change it.

~Brian

[Peelz]

noticed it last night. 

[Peelz]

Gotta run. Peace out sista! 

[BRAD]

What's up ho's

[Peelz]

what's shakin' bacon?


Early spring cleaning here. 60 degrees outside!

[kyledvor61]

warm weather melted all the snow on the ice. took sled out today, was like skipping water the whole time. 2-3" of water over the whole lake and 6" inches in some areas. was interesting

[Out Back Welding]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...warmth

[kyledvor61]

need snow damnit

[BRAD]

whats up guys

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 8 1910

Boy Scouts founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell, a man who enjoyed seeing naked boys swimming just a little too much. It is odd that such a homophobic organization would be founded by a repressed homosexual.

Feb 8 1924

Gee Jong is the first man to die in the gas chamber, at Nevada State Prison in Carson City. A pound of sodium cyanide crystals was lowered into a vessel of diluted sulfuric acid, producing hydrogen cyanide gas which asphyxiated Jong. "At first there is evidence of extreme horror, pain, and strangling. The eyes pop. The skin turns purple and the victim begins to drool."

Feb 8 1960

Beer heir Adolph Coors III (who was ironically allergic to beer), killed after a failed kidnapping attempt in Colorado. By October, Joseph Corbett Jr. is arrested in Canada after an national manhunt.

Feb 8 1990

After "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney expresses his view that "blacks have watered down genes because the less intelligent ones are the ones that have the most children", he is suspended for a month by CBS. Rooney claims the remarks are fabricated.

Feb 8 1994

During an argument Jack Nicholson destroys the windshield of a car with a golf club, screaming "You cut me off!" Charges were dismissed on May 2 after the matter was settled privately. Nicholson did this one month before he was to host the annual Los Angeles Police-Celebrity Golf Tournament. D'oh!

Birthdays today...
412 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (d. 487)
1191 - Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)
1291 - King Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1357)
1405 - Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last reigning Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1453)
1487 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
1552 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
1577 - Robert Burton, English cleric and writer (d. 1640)
1586 - Jacob Praetorius, German composer (d. 1651)
1612 - Samuel Butler, English poet (d. 1680)
1649 - Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
1677 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1756)
1685 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
1700 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (d. 1782)
1720 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
1792 - Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)
1804 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (d. 1834)
1807 - Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889)
1819 - John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
1820 - William Tecumseh Sherman, American Union general (d. 1891)
1822 - Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)
1828 - Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
1834 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (d. 1907)
1847 - Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)
1850 - Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)
1878 - Martin Buber, German philosopher (d. 1965)
1880 - Franz Marc, German painter (d. 1916)
1882 - Thomas Selfridge, First person to die in an airplane crash (d. 1908).
1883 - Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Austrian economist (d. 1950)
1884 - Reginald Baker, Australian athlete and actor (d. 1953)
1886 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970)
1888 - Dame Edith Evans, British actress (d. 1976)
1890 - Claro M. Recto, Filipino nationalist (d. 1960)
1893 - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (d. 1977)
1894 - Ludwig Marcuse, German author and philosopher (d. 1971)
1894 - King Vidor, American film director (d. 1982)
1895 - Hermann Florstedt, Nazi leader (d. 1945)
1900 - Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soviet animator and Russian animation director (d. 1987)
1902 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
1903 - Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977)
1906 - Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1968)
1911 - Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979)
1913 - Betty Field, American actress (d. 1973)
1918 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1921 - Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
1922 - Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996)
1925 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d. 2001)
1926 - Neal Cassady, American writer (d. 1968)
1930 - James Deetz, American anthropologist (d. 2000)
1930 - Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (d. 1987)
1931 - James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
1932 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (d. 2005)
1932 - John Williams, American composer and conductor
1933 - Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
1933 - Jack Larson, American actor
1936 - Larry Verne, American singer
1937 - Manfred Krug, German actor
1939 - José Maria Sison, Filipino communist
1940 - Ted Koppel, American journalist
1941 - Nick Nolte, American actor
1941 - Tom Rush, American singer and songwriter
1942 - Robert Klein, American comedian
1942 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (d. 2004)
1942 - Bob Munden, American shooting competitor
1943 - Creed Bratton, American actor and musician
1943 - Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and Vice Chancellor of Karachi University
1944 - Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor
1944 - Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian documentary photographer
1948 - Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (d. 2002)
1948 - Dan Seals, American singer
1948 - Ron Tyson, American singer (The Temptations)
1949 - Brooke Adams, American actress
1950 - Cristina Ferrare, American former supermodel and actress
1951 - Z'EV, American text/sound artist (born Stefan Weisser)
1953 - Roger Clavet, Québécois politician
1953 - Mary Steenburgen, American actress
1955 - John Grisham, American writer
1955 - Nancy Oliver, American playwright and television writer
1956 - Dave Meros, American bassist (Spock's Beard)
1958 - Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1960 - Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Vince Neil, American singer (Mötley Crüe)
1961 - Bruce Timm,TV Producer (DC Animated Universe)
1963 - Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer
1963 - Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter
1964 - Trinny Woodall, British fashion guru
1966 - Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
1968 - Gary Coleman, American actor
1968 - Claudette Pace, Maltese singer
1969 - Mary McCormack, American actress
1969 - Shiva Rose, American actress
1970 - John Filan, Australian footballer
1970 - Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player
1971 - Mika Karppinen, Finnish drummer (HIM)
1971 - Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier
1971 - Alex Chiu, Chinese-American alternative health product provider
1972 - Paul Wight, American professional wrestler
1973 - Keith McDonald, American baseball player
1974 - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French disc jockey (Daft Punk)
1974 - Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer
1974 - Seth Green, American actor
1974 - Kimbo Slice, American mixed martial artist
1976 - Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
1976 - Adam Piatt, American baseball player
1977 - Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park)
1977 - Barry Hall, Australian rules footballer
1977 - Bridgette Kerkove, American actress
1977 - Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist
1977 - Mathieu Turcotte, Canadian short-track speed skater
1979 - Aaron Cook, American baseball player
1979 - Josh Keaton, American actor and singer
1980 - Ralf Little, English actor/comedian
1980 - Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet)
1980 - Stephen Wright, English footballer
1981 - Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer
1982 - Eric Alexander, American football player
1982 - Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress
1982 - Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor
1982 - Danny Tamberelli, American actor
1983 - Jim Verraros, American singer
1984 - Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player
1987 - Carolina Kostner, Italian European champion figure skater
1988 - Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
1989 - Danielle Harmer, English actress
1995 - Jordan Todosey, Canadian actress

Famous deaths...
1204 - Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor (b. c. 1182)
1250 - Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216)
1250 - William II Longespee
1265 - Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
1296 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)
1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
1599 - Robert Rollock, Scottish educator
1623 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
1696 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
1709 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b. 1658)
1725 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
1749 - Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
1750 - Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
1768 - George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
1772 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
1849 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (b. 1800)
1849 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (b. 1781)
1856 - Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
1907 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (b. 1854)
1910 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
1921 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b. 1842)
1921 - George Formby, Sr., English entertainer (b. 1876)
1929 - Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858)
1932 - Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, New York City gangster from County Donegal in Ireland (b. 1908)
1936 - Charles Curtis, 1st American-Indian Vice-President USA (b. 1860)
1956 - Connie Mack, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862)
1957 - Walther Bothe, German physicist and inventor, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
1957 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
1960 - Giles Gilbert Scott, British architect (b. 1880)
1960 - John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher, (b. 1911)
1963 - George Dolenz, American actor, father of Micky Dolenz (b. 1908)
1964 - Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (b. 1888)
1972 - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
1975 - Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
1977 - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
1980 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
1982 - John Hay Whitney, American financier (b. 1904)
1984 - Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
1985 - William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1901)
1987 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
1990 - Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (b. 1934)
1992 - Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist (b. 1924)
1993 - N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader (b. 1920)
1994 - Raymond Scott, American composer (b. 1908)
1996 - Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
1998 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1998 - Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
1998 - Enoch Powell, British Conservative MP and shadow cabinet member (b. 1912)
1999 - Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
2000 - Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
2000 - Bob Collins, American radio broadcaster (b. 1942)
2000 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
2001 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
2002 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
2002 - Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
2004 - Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
2005 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2005 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
2006 - Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
2006 - Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
2007 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and entertainer (b. 1967)
2007 - Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American professor and reincarnation expert (b. 1918)
2008 - Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)
2009 - Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)

Holidays and observances...
Slovenia - Prešeren Day, the Slovenian cultural holiday.
Nirvana Day - an annual Buddhist festival.
Boy Scouts of America - Scout Sunday; The Sunday preceding February 8 is designated as Scout Sunday and the following Saturday is designated as Scout Sabbath.

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

happy nirvan day

[BRAD]

My 18 year old brother is dating my 47 year old aunt.

<Brad makes his national TV debut>

~Brian

You bastards 

[Krandall]

It's all love man!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 9 1909

The first federal law prohibiting the importation of opium is enacted, aimed not particularly at the ravages the drug was having on American society (none: white people weren't using opium), but at the hated Chinee.

Feb 9 1950

Senator Joseph McCarthy announces he has a list of 205 State Department employees who are Communist Party members. He did not mention that J. Edgar Hoover likes to wear garters and pumps.

Feb 9 1968

"Planet of the Apes" opens.

Feb 9 1979

Serial killer Ted Bundy abducts, rapes, and murders twelve year old Kimberly Leach of Lake City, Florida. He takes her from her junior high school, where she had been elected runner-up Valentine Queen the day before. Kimberly's remains aren't found for eight weeks. It is for this murder that Ted Bundy is sent to the Electric Chair ten years later.

Feb 9 1989

Officials for the World Wrestling Federation testify before the New Jersey Senate that their matches are actually rigged. Say it ain't so!

Feb 9 1990

Singer Del Shannon commits suicide with a .22 rifle. He is most remembered for his 1961 hit, Runaway.

Birthdays today...
1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
1645 - Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)
1666 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737)
1748 - Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
1756 - Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
1763 - Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
1769 - Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)
1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
1775 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856)
1781 - Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)
1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
1800 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
1834 - Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912)
1839 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
1846 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
1865 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (d. 1949)
1867 - Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist.
1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
1880 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
1885 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
1891 - Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958)
1892 - Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
1892 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (d. 1936)
1895 - Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959)
1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)
1901 - Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972)
1901 - James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
1902 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999)
1906 - André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
1909 - Heather Angel, British actress (d. 1986)
1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
1909 - Dean Rusk, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
1909 - Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. 2007)
1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
1911 - William Darby, American World War II Army officer (d. 1945)
1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (d. 1970)
1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984)
1914 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986)
1915 - Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
1916 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress
1922 - Jim Laker, English cricketer (d. 1986)
1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
1925 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
1926 - Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
1928 - Frank Frazetta, American illustrator
1928 - Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
1928 - Roger Mudd, American journalist
1929 - Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d. 2005)
1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003)
1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
1932 - Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player
1932 - Gerhard Richter, German painter
1933 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (d. 2003)
1934 - John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner
1936 - Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer
1936 - Clive Swift, British actor
1937 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1939 - Barry Mann, American singer
1939 - Janet Suzman, South African actress
1940 - Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows)
1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel laureate
1941 - Sheila Kuehl, American actress
1942 - Carole King, American singer
1943 - Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter
1943 - Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speedskater
1943 - Joe Pesci, American actor
1943 - Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
1944 - Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality
1944 - Alice Walker, American writer
1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress
1945 - Gérard Lenorman, French singer
1946 - Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician
1946 - Vince Papale, American football player
1946 - Jim Webb, United States Senator from Virginia
1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
1947 - Joe Ely, American musician
1947 - Major Harris, American singer
1947 - Michel Lamarche, Canadian professional wrestler
1949 - Judith Light, American actress
1950 - Richard F. Colburn, American politician
1952 - Danny White, American football player
1952 - Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
1953 - Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
1953 - Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer
1954 - Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor
1954 - Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
1954 - Kevin Warwick, Cyborg Scientist
1955 - Jim J. Bullock, American actor
1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
1957 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager
1958 - Chris Nilan, National Hockey League player
1958 - Cyrille Regis, English former footballer
1960 - Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1960 - Peggy Whitson, NASA astronaut
1961 - John Kruk, American baseball player
1961 - Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
1962 - Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)
1963 - Brian Greene, American physicist
1963 - Travis Tritt, American singer
1965 - Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater
1965 - Julie Warner, American actress
1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
1966 - Harald Eia, Norwegian TV - comedian
1967 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player
1968 - Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
1968 - Rahul Roy, Indian actor
1969 - Jimmy Smith, American football player
1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
1971 - Sharon Case, American actress
1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
1972 - Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
1972 - Jason Winston George, American actor
1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
1974 - Brad Maynard, National Football League punter
1973 - Colin Egglesfield, American actor
1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
1975 - Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
1975 - Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. 2008)
1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
1978 - Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
1980 - Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
1981 - Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
1983 - Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
1984 - Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior
1984 - Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
1986 - Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
1987 - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
1987 - Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
1989 - Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player
1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
1990 - Camille Winbush, American actress
1992 - Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor

Famous deaths...
1011 - Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
1199 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
1450 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
1555 - Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510)
1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
1640 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
1675 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
1709 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664)
1751 - Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
1752 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
1777 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)
1782 - Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Lebanese orientalist (b. 1710)
1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
1857 - Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)
1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (b. 1798)
1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
1891 - Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
1940 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
1951 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870)
1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
1969 - Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
1973 - Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
1973 - Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919)
1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
1978 - Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
1979 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1980 - Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (b. 1900)
1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
1984 - Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
1991 - James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1934)
1995 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
1995 - David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
1997 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945)
1999 - Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
2005 - Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (b. 1938)
2006 - Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
2006 - Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
2008 - Christopher Hyatt Occultist,Philosopher and Author.
2008 - Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931)
2008 - Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. 1930)
2008 - Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who.

Holidays and observances...
Saint Ansbert of Rouen
Saint Maron's Day - Lebanon
Saint Apollonia, patron saint of dentists and dental technicians
Saint Teilo's Day - Wales

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Feb 9 1989

Officials for the World Wrestling Federation testify before the New Jersey Senate that their matches are actually rigged. Say it ain't so!


:'( :'( :'(

LIES.. ITS REAL!