Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XX

[BRAD]

Im having to write a comparative essay on The Persian Wars by Herodutus and The Peloponnesian Wars by Thucydides

[Peelz]

Im having to write a comparative essay on The Persian Wars by Herodutus and The Peloponnesian Wars by Thucydides

Jeez don't have too much fun.

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 15 1898

The battleship U.S.S. Maine blows up in Havana Harbor, commencing a splendid little war against Spain that ends with the United States owning a colonial empire and Cuba under martial law.

Feb 15 1933

An unsuccessful attempt on FDR's life by Joseph Zangara in Miami leaves Chicago mayor Anton Czermak dead. Zangara is electrocuted the following month.

Feb 15 1936



At a speech in Berlin, Hitler confronts German industry with the challenge of creating the Volkswagen. Thus Ferdinand Porsche designs the Beetle which is now widely seen as the final solution to fahrvergnugen. But neither Hitler nor Porsche would have the foresight to realize how groovy the Beetle would be, man.

Feb 15 1954

Ronald Reagan opens his stand-up act at the Las Vegas Ramona Room with the "Honey Brothers", a wacky slapstick troupe. His show was a smashing success.

Feb 15 1961

The U.S. figure skating team is obliterated when their Sabena Airlines 707 crashes in Belgium.

Feb 15 1992

Jeffrey Dahmer sentenced to fifteen consecutive life terms for the murder of fifteen young and mostly ethnic boys. He completed his sentence when he was beaten to death in the shower by other inmates.

Feb 15 1995

The most wanted computer hacker in history, Kevin Mitnick, is arrested in Raleigh North Carolina for various offenses, one of which was breaking into security specialist Tsutomu Shimomura's computer.


Birthdays today...
1458 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
1471 - Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)
1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
1571 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (d. 1621)
1620 - François Charpentier, French archaeologist (d. 1702)
1705 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
1725 - Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
1734 - William Stacy, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1802)
1739 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
1748 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (d. 1832)
1759 - Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist (d. 1824)
1809 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
1809 - André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)
1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist (d. 1906)
1825 - Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)
1835 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)
1841 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)
1845 - Elihu Root, American statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1937)
1847 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
1856 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
1861 - Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1938)
1861 - Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
1873 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1964)
1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, Irish Antartic explorer (d. 1922)
1877 - Louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)
1882 - John Barrymore, American actor (d. 1942)
1883 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
1890 - Robert Ley, Nazi official (d. 1945)
1892 - James Forrestal, United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949)
1893 - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (d. 1947)
1895 - Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (d. 1971)
1896 - Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)
1898 - Totò, Italian actor and composer (d. 1967)
1898 - Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)
1899 - Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
1899 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
1904 - Antonin Magne, French cyclist (d. 1983)
1905 - Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)
1907 - Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)
1907 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
1908 - Sarto Fournier, Quebec politician (d. 1980)
1909 - Miep Gies, Dutch biographer of Anne Frank
1909 - Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)
1910 - Irena Sendler, Polish social worker (d. 2008)
1911 - Leonard Woodcock, American labor union official and diplomat (d. 2001)
1913 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)
1914 - Hale Boggs, American politician (d. 1972)
1914 - Kevin McCarthy, American actor
1916 - Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
1918 - Allan Arbus, American actor
1918 - Hank Locklin, American country music singer and songwriter
1920 - Endicott Peabody, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
1921 - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)
1922 - John Bayard Anderson, American politician
1923 - Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist, widow of Andrei Sakharov
1927 - Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1929 - Graham Hill, English race car driver (d. 1975)
1929 - James Schlesinger, American politician
1930 - Nico Minardos, American actor
1931 - Claire Bloom, British actress
1931 - Geoff Edwards, American television game show host
1934 - Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005)
1934 - Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist
1935 - Susan Brownmiller, American feminist and writer
1935 - Roger Chaffee, astronaut (d. 1967)
1935 - Gene Hickerson, American football player
1937 - Gregory Mcdonald, American author
1939 - Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier
1939 - Robert Hansen, American serial killer
1940 - John Hadl, American football player
1940 - Hamzah Haz, Indonesian politician
1941 - Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
1941 - Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
1944 - Mick Avory, British drummer (The Kinks)
1945 - John Helliwell, British musician (Supertramp)
1945 - Douglas Hofstadter, American academic and writer
1946 - Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician
1947 - John Coolidge Adams, American composer
1947 - Marisa Berenson, American actress
1947 - David Brown, American musician (Santana) (d. 2000)
1947 - Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)
1948 - Ron Cey, American baseball player
1948 - Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
1949 - Ken Anderson, American football player
1949 - Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
1950 - Hark Tsui, Hong Kong film director
1951 - Melissa Manchester, American singer
1951 - Jane Seymour, British actress
1953 - Christine Smalley, Seminary founder
1953 - Tony Adams, Irish film producer (d. 2005)
1954 - Matt Groening, American cartoonist
1954 - Armand Parmentier, Belgian athlete
1955 - Christopher McDonald, American actor
1955 - Janice Dickinson, American Ex-Supermodel
1956 - Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992)
1957 - Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver
1957 - Steve Farhood, American boxing historian and analyst
1958 - Chrystine Brouillet, Quebec novelist
1958 - Matthew Ward, American singer, (Second Chapter of Acts), songwriter and author
1959 - Ali Campbell, British singer and songwriter (UB40)
1959 - Brian Propp, Canadian hockey player
1959 - Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
1960 - Mikey Craig, British musician (Culture Club)
1960 - Roman Kostrzewski, Polish heavy metal musician
1960 - Darrell Green, American football player
1964 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
1964 - Leland D. Melvin, NASA astronaut
1967 - Jane Child, Canadian musician
1967 - Kelley Menighan Hensley, American actress
1968 - Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter
1968 - Mieke Suys, Belgian triathlete
1969 - Josh Marshall, American journalist
1969 - Bryan Williams, American record executive and rapper
1970 - Craig Gass, American impressionist and comedian
1971 - Renée O'Connor, American actress and director
1971 - Ray Sefo, New Zealand kick boxer
1972 - Jaromír Jágr, Czech hockey player
1973 - Kateřina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier
1973 - Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
1973 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
1973 - Alex Borstein, American actress and animator
1974 - Miranda July, American performance artist
1974 - Gina Lynn, American porn actress
1974 - Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer (Lordi)
1974 - Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1974 - Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
1975 - Serge Aubin, Canadian hockey player
1975 - Brendon Small, American comedian and animator
1976 - Brandon Boyd, American musician (Incubus)
1976 - Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician (The Killers)
1977 - Brooks Wackerman, American musician
1978 - Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy)
1978 - Tuan Le, American poker player
1979 - Alenka Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
1979 - Josh Low, English footballer
1979 - Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver
1980 - Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter (Bright Eyes)
1981 - Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K)
1981 - Olivia Longott, American singer
1981 - Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
1981 - Jenna Morasca, American model
1983 - Ashley Tesoro, American actress and singer
1983 - Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
1984 - Meera Jasmine, Indian actress
1984 - Dorota Rabczewska, Polish singer (Virgin)
1986 - Gabriel Paletta, Argentine footballer
1987 - Jarrod Sammut, Australian-Maltese rugby league player, Penrith Panthers.
1988 - Hironori Kusano, Japanese Idol
1989 - Bonnie Dennison, American actress
1990 - Erwin Sak, Polish footballer

Famous deaths...
1145 - Pope Lucius II
1621 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)
1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
1738 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
1775 - Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690)
1781 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
1818 - Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian general (b. 1746)
1835 - Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
1839 - Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)
1843 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek military figure (b. 1770)
1844 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
1847 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)
1848 - Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)
1849 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (b. 1804)
1857 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
1869 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)
1911 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
1928 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
1932 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865)
1939 - Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter (b. 1878)
1956 - Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (b. 1878)
1959 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1879)
1964 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician (b. 1880)
1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
1966 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (b. 1909)
1970 - Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (b. 1882)
1971 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
1973 - Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
1973 - Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
1974 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
1975 - Gulam Muhammad Bulla, Kashmir Sopore,Politician Killed in custody.
1981 - Mike Bloomfield, American musician (b. 1943)
1981 - Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
1984 - Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
1988 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918)
1992 - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
1992 - William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
1996 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
1996 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
1996 - Lucio Agostini, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
1998 - Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
1999 - Big L, American rapper (b. 1974)
1999 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1926)
2002 - Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b. 1914)
2002 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
2004 - Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and jurist (b. 1917)
2004 - Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 - Samuel Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)
2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2007 - Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1926)
2007 - Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2008 - Amnon Netzer, Iranian-Israeli historian (b. 1934)
2008 - Ashley Callie, South African actress (b. 1976)

Holidays and observances...
Ancient Rome - Third and final day of Lupercalia
Flag Day in Canada
John Frum Day in Vanuatu
National Day in Serbia
Total Defence Day in Singapore


Have a great Sunday...

~Brian

[BRAD]

Morning Gents.

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Feb 16 1923

Lord Carnarvon opens King Tut's tomb, revealing one of the most well-preserved treasures from the ancient world. While it has been frequently reported that a curse killed 13 of the 20 people present at the opening of the tomb, there was no curse and no unusual death patterns occurred.

Feb 16 1959



Failed baseball player Fidel Castro is sworn in as President For Life of Cuba. During his first year of rule 500 are put to the firing squad, an RBI record any dictator would be proud of.

Feb 16 1978

The first computer bulletin board system goes live on an S-100 motherboard and CP/M, and a Hayes 300 baud modem. Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss's Computerized Bulletin Board System still kinda runs to this day, but the Internet has taken the place that BBS's used to have. And this is why you have no social life, loser.

Feb 16 1988

Richard Farley, a man obsessed with the lovely and petite Laura Black, entered his former workplace in Sunnyvale, California, and killed 7 employees as he made his way towards Laura's office. A hearing was scheduled regarding her restraining order against him for the following day. Farley fails in his attempt to kill her, leaving Laura critically wounded.

Birthdays today...
1032 - Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
1222 - Nichiren Daishonin, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)
1497 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (d. 1560)
1519 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (d. 1572)
1543 - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
1620 - Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia (d. 1688)
1643 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)
1698 - Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (d. 1758)
1727 - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817)
1740 - Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
1761 - Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
1786 - Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
1802 - Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, American philosopher (d. 1866)
1804 - Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
1812 - Henry Wilson, 18th Vice President of US (d. 1875)
1821 - Heinrich Barth, German explorer (d. 1865)
1822 - Sir Francis Galton, English explorer and biologist (d. 1911)
1824 - Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
1826 - Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
1826 - Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
1831 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (d. 1895)
1834 - Ernst Haeckel, German zoologist and philosopher (d. 1919)
1838 - Henry Adams, American historian and novelist (d. 1918)
1845 - George Kennan, American explorer (d. 1924)
1847 - Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (d. 1917)
1848 - Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (d. 1935)
1856 - Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1856 - Willem Kes, Dutch conductor (d. 1934)
1866 - Billy Hamilton (baseball player), MLB Hall of Fame Outfielder (d. 1940)
1866 - Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (d. 1949)
1874 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)
1876 - George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian (d. 1962)
1878 - Pamela Colman Smith, artist, writer, designer of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck of tarot cards (d. 1951)
1880 - Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1883 - Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980)
1884 - Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (d. 1951)
1886 - Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic (d. 1963)
1887 - Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
1898 - Katharine Cornell, American actress (d. 1974)
1891 - Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
1901 - Vincent Coleman, American actor (d. 1971)
1901 - Wayne King, American musician and orchestra leader (d. 1985)
1901 - Chester Morris, American film actor (d. 1970)
1903 - Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978)
1903 - George-Henri Lévesque, Quebec priest and sociologist (d. 2000)
1904 - George F. Kennan, American historian, diplomat and political policy-maker (d. 2005)
1906 - Vera Menchik, British-Czech chess player, the first Women's World Champion in chess (d. 1944)
1909 - Hugh Beaumont, American actor (d. 1982)
1909 - Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (d. 1995)
1909 - Richard McDonald, American fast food pioneer (d. 1998)
1915 - Jim O'Hora, American college football coach (d. 2005)
1915 - Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (d. 2007)
1915 - Michael Relph, British film producer and director (d. 2004)
1916 - Bill Doggett, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (d. 1996)
1918 - Patty Andrews, American singer
1920 - Anna Mae Hays, American army general
1921 - Jean Behra, French Formula One driver (d. 1959)
1921 - Araucaria, British crossword compiler
1921 - Vera-Ellen, American actress (d. 1981)
1922 - Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German night fighter pilot (d. 1950)
1925 - Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitar master (d. 2004)
1926 - John Schlesinger, English film director (d. 2003)
1927 - June Brown, British actress
1929 - Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
1931 - George E. Sangmeister, American politician (d. 2007)
1931 - Ken Takakura, Japanese actor
1932 - Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (d. 2007)
1932 - Otis Blackwell, American songwriter and singer (d. 2002)
1932 - Harry Goz, American actor (d. 2003)
1932 - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
1934 - Herbie & Harold Kalin, American singers
1934 - Marlene Hagge, American professional golfer
1935 - Sonny Bono, American entertainer & U.S. Congressman (d. 1998)
1936 - Jill Kinmont, American skier
1937 - Yuri Manin, Russian mathematician
1938 - John Corigliano, American composer
1938 - Barry Primus, American actor
1939 - Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter and composer (d. 2004)
1939 - Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1941 - Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
1943 - Brig Owens, American football player
1944 - Richard Ford, American novelist
1944 - António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde
1945 - Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
1945 - Frank Welker, American voice actor
1946 - Ian Lavender, English actor
1948 - Eckhart Tolle, Author and spiritual teacher
1950 - Peter Hain, British politician
1950 - Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese acid-folk singer
1950 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong famous singer (d. 2002)
1951 - William Katt, American actor
1952 - Barry Foote, Major League Baseball player
1953 - George Martin, American footballer
1953 - Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 - Roberta Williams, computer game designer
1954 - Michael Holding, West Indian cricketer
1954 - Iain Banks, Scottish author
1954 - Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (d. 1996)
1955 - Hunt Block, American actor
1956 - James Ingram, American singer
1957 - LeVar Burton, American actor
1958 - Natalie Angier, American journalist and author
1958 - Lisa Loring, American actress
1958 - Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
1958 - Michael W. Burns, American politician
1959 - John McEnroe, American tennis player
1959 - Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player
1960 - Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
1960 - Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress
1961 - Andy Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran, The Power Station)
1962 - John Balance, English musician (Coil, Psychic TV) (d. 2004)
1963 - Dave Lombardo, Cuban drummer (Slayer)
1963 - Dano Halsall, Swiss swimmer
1964 - Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
1964 - Christopher Eccleston, English actor
1967 - John Valentin, baseball player
1967 - Keith Gretzky, former hockey player; brother of Wayne Gretzky
1968 - Warren Ellis, British comic writer
1969 - David Heath, American professional wrestler better known as Gangrel
1970 - D.J. Wallis, American fitness competitor
1970 - Serdar Ortac, Turkish popstar
1970 - Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer
1971 - Amanda Holden, British actress
1972 - Jerome Bettis, American football player.
1972 - Sarah Clarke, American actress
1973 - Christian Bassedas, Argentine former footballer
1973 - Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
1973 - Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer
1973 - Maureen Johnson, American author
1974 - Fanis Katergiannakis, Greek footballer
1974 - Johnny Tri Nguyen, Vietnamese American stuntman and martial arts actor
1975 - Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer
1975 - Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver
1975 - Don Jeffcoat, American actor
1976 - Eric Byrnes, American baseball player
1976 - Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey)
1976 - Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor
1977 - Ian Clarke, Irish computer programmer
1977 - Ahman Green, American football player
1978 - Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete
1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway actor and Muppeteer
1978 - Wasim Jaffer, Indian Cricketer
1979 - Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1979 - Eric Mun, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
1980 - Agim Kaba, American actor and film producer
1980 - Ashley Lelie, American football player
1981 - Jay Howard, British racing driver
1981 - Jerry Owens, American baseball player
1981 - Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
1982 - Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, American rapper
1983 - Tuomo Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player
1985 - Zoi Dimoschaki, Greek swimmer
1987 - Theresa Goh, Singaporean Paralympic swimmer
1988 - Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
1991 - Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, Princess of Luxembourg

Famous deaths...
1247 - Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)
1279 - King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
1391 - John V Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1332)
1531 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
1560 - Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat
1710 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
1721 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
1754 - Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
1820 - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758).
1844 - Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)
1898 - Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
1899 - Félix Faure, President of France (b. 1841)
1907 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)
1912 - St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
1917 - Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
1919 - Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893)
1928 - Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)
1932 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841)
1932 - Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
1967 - Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born actor (b. 1887)
1967 - Smiley Burnette, American actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1911)
1974 - John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888)
1975 - Morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903)
1975 - Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (b. 1927)
1977 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897)
1978 - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895)
1979 - Nematollah Nassiri, executed Iran general/head of SAVAK (b. 1911)
1980 - Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)
1988 - Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916)
1990 - Keith Haring, American artist (b. 1958)
1991 - Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (b. 1932)
1992 - Angela Carter, English writer (b. 1940)
1992 - Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (b. 1917)
1992 - Herman Wold, Swedish statistician (b. 1908)
1996 - Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
1996 - Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California (b. 1905)
1996 - Brownie McGhee, American singer (b. 1915)
1997 - Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912)
1999 - Michael Larson, Press Your Luck Big-winning contestant (b. 1949)
2000 - Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)
2000 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911)
2000 - Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (b. 1918)
2001 - Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
2001 - Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916)
2001 - William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915)
2002 - Walter Winterbottom, England football manager (b. 1913)
2003 - Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907)
2004 - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
2004 - Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937)
2005 - Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975)
2005 - Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk and mother of their only child King Fuad II
2006 - Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
2006 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances...
Lithuania - Independence Day (1918)
Canada - Family Day
US - President's Day

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Feb 16 1923

Lord Carnarvon opens King Tut's tomb, revealing one of the most well-preserved treasures from the ancient world. While it has been frequently reported that a curse killed 13 of the 20 people present at the opening of the tomb, there was no curse and no unusual death patterns occurred.

How awesome would that be... To be one of the first people inside a kings tomb. SWEET!

[Flynbyu]

I watched a documentary on the pyramids, and they went inside them. Unreal. I think it would be so cool to go. It's commercialized there now....Check this.




KFC/Pizza Hut near the pyramids!

~Brian

[Krandall]

+1 when I was in high school, Archeology was one of the things I wanted to do.. But then I thought about it... and It'd get boring dusting stuff off w/ a freaking brush.

[BRAD]

Whats up guys?

[Flynbyu]

+1 when I was in high school, Archeology was one of the things I wanted to do.. But then I thought about it... and It'd get boring dusting stuff off w/ a freaking brush.

Agreed. It would get old. It would be rewarding though.

~Brian

[Krandall]

No kidding, I can't even imagine. just sneak a few gold pieces out w/ you. PAYDAY!

[Flynbyu]

When we went to St. Thomas in 2004, we were told about a tourist that was snorkeling around Ginger Island that came across a cache of gold pieces in a cave near the shore. Needless to say, he doesn't work anymore.

~Brian

[Krandall]

BADASS!!! It's out there that's for sure.


Do anything fun this weekend?


I got to meet Bert saturday got me a new project to work on. didn't get a chance to take pics, but it's a 1978 yamaha XS 1100 Motorcycle. Needs some stuff. But. Got a deal on it.

[Flynbyu]

Those make AWESOME drag bikes!

We didn't do much. We went over to our property to check on it, and went in a couple of open houses in a place called Riley Farm. The first house we went in was 4197 square feet. $725,000.

It was HUGE!


~Brian

[Krandall]

Lydia and I looked @ some houses that are in no way affordable... most expensive house in the city we're looking in... 2.2 million...

186 Acres and 7000 Square Feet... I could park my cars and quad in there and STILL have more room than Id know what to do with.