Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[dragonz]

evening gents

Sorry, bit f**kin late for that now, It's bloody well morning now!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 24 1928

The Supreme Court of Canada declares that though women are indeed legal "persons," they are nevertheless ineligible to serve in the Canadian Senate. The Court agreed that the term "person" applies equally to humans of both genders, but the British North America Act referred specifically to "fit and qualified persons" -- necessarily excluding unfit and unqualified people (aka females).

Apr 24 1934

The present incarnation of actress Shirley MacLaine is born.

Apr 24 1967

Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov soon becomes the world's first space mission fatality after his Soyuz parachutes become entangled four miles above the Earth.

Apr 24 1980

A mission to rescue 53 American hostages from Tehran fails; 8 US soldiers are killed.

Apr 24 1990

STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Apr 24 1993

An IRA bomb causes $1.5 billion of damage in central London when it destroys several square blocks. One person is killed and 40 injured.

Apr 24 1995

The Unabomber strikes, killing a timber industry lobbyist. Gilbert Murray is killed in his Sacramento office, opening mail addressed to the man he replaced.

Apr 24 1997

A petri dish arrives in an 8x10 manila envelope at the Washington, D.C. offices of B'nai B'rith International. The dish, labeled "anthracks," drips a liquidy red gel which is later determined to contain a relatively harmless strain of Bacillus cereus.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).
    * 1184 BC – Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional).
    * 1558 – Mary Queen of Scots marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    * 1704 – The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published.
    * 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
    * 1862 – American Civil War: A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut passes two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.
    * 1877 – Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878: Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire.
    * 1898 – The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
    * 1907 – Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
    * 1913 – The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.
    * 1915 – Onset of the Armenian Genocide.
    * 1916 – Easter Rising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett start a rebellion in Ireland.
    * 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for ice-trapped ship Endurance.
    * 1918 – First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.
    * 1926 – The Treaty of Berlin under which Germany and the Soviet Union each pledged neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
    * 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
    * 1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
    * 1957 – Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
    * 1961 – The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa is salvaged.
    * 1963 – Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
    * 1964 – Mexico becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
    * 1965 – Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño, overthrows the triumvirate that was in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
    * 1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1, when the parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
    * 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."
    * 1968 – Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
    * 1970 – The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched.
    * 1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.
    * 1975 – The Baader-Meinhof Gang takes 13 hostages at the West German embassy in Stockholm.
    * 1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
    * 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.
    * 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
    * 1991 – Freddie Stowers is awarded the posthumous Medal of Honor for which he had been recommended in 1918.
    * 1993 – The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act comes into force establishing Panchayati Raj system in India.
    * 1993 – An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
    * 1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.
    * 2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
    * 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
    * 2006 – King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.
    * 2007 – Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime.
    * 1533 – William I of Orange (d. 1584)
    * 1581 – Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
    * 1620 – John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (d. 1674)
    * 1706 – Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
    * 1718 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)
    * 1743 – Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (d. 1823)
    * 1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)
    * 1815 – Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
    * 1845 – Carl Spitteler, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
    * 1856 – Henri Philippe Pétain, French soldier and statesman (d. 1951)
    * 1876 – Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)
    * 1876 – Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)
    * 1878 – Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
    * 1882 – Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)
    * 1887 – Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)
    * 1889 – Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
    * 1889 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
    * 1896 – Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
    * 1897 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
    * 1899 – Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
    * 1903 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (d. 1936)
    * 1904 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)
    * 1905 – Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989)
    * 1906 – William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
    * 1907 – William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
    * 1908 – Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000)
    * 1914 – William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977)
    * 1914 – Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef and humorist (d. 2001)
    * 1916 – Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
    * 1922 – J.D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
    * 1923 – Doris Burn, American children's books author and illustrator
    * 1924 – Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician (d. 2009)
    * 1924 – Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002)
    * 1926 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
    * 1929 – Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor
    * 1930 – Jerome Callet, American musician
    * 1930 – Richard Donner, American film director and producer
    * 1933 – Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer and biographer
    * 1933 – Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)
    * 1933 – Alan Eagleson, Canadian ice hockey agent and promoter
    * 1933 – Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor
    * 1933 – Freddie Scott, American singer (d. 2007)
    * 1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author
    * 1936 – Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
    * 1937 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
    * 1940 – Sue Grafton, American author
    * 1941 – Richard Holbrook, American diplomat
    * 1941 – John Williams, Australian guitarist
    * 1942 – Richard M. Daley, American politician
    * 1942 – Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor
    * 1943 – Richard Sterban, American singer
    * 1945 – Doug Clifford, American drummer
    * 1945 – Robert Knight, American singer
    * 1945 – Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
    * 1945 – Dick Rivers, French singer and actor
    * 1947 – Claude Dubois, Quebec singer and songwriter
    * 1947 – Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament
    * 1947 – Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
    * 1948 – Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada
    * 1949 – Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter
    * 1952 – Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
    * 1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
    * 1954 – Mumia Abu-Jamal, American death-row inmate
    * 1954 – Captain Sensible, British guitarist
    * 1955 – John de Mol, Dutch media businessman
    * 1955 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor
    * 1957 – David J, British musician
    * 1957 – Boris Williams, British musician
    * 1958 – Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
    * 1958 – Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
    * 1959 – Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer
    * 1959 – Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player
    * 1959 – Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
    * 1962 – Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager
    * 1962 – Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
    * 1963 – Paula Frazer, American singer/songwriter
    * 1963 – Billy Gould, American musician
    * 1963 – Mano Solo, French singer
    * 1963 – Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
    * 1964 – Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor
    * 1964 – Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor
    * 1965 – Son Chang Min, South Korean actor
    * 1966 – Pierre Brassard, Quebec humorist and actor
    * 1966 – Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
    * 1967 – Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player
    * 1968 – Stacy Haiduk, American actress
    * 1968 – Todd Jones, American baseball player
    * 1968 – Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler
    * 1968 – Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician
    * 1969 – Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
    * 1969 – Melinda Clarke, American actress
    * 1969 – Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress
    * 1970 – Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer
    * 1971 – Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer
    * 1972 – Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
    * 1972 – Nicolas Gill, Canadian judoka
    * 1972 – Chipper Jones, American baseball player
    * 1972 – Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
    * 1973 – Eric Snow, American basketball player
    * 1973 – Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
    * 1973 – Gabby Logan, British television presenter
    * 1974 – Kristie Krabe, American stage actress
    * 1974 – Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer
    * 1974 – Derek Luke, American actor
    * 1974 – Brian Marshall, American bassist
    * 1974 – Dave Vitty, British radio personality
    * 1974 – Ashish Jagtiani, Indian radio personality
    * 1975 – Sam Doumit, American actress
    * 1975 – Thad Luckinbill, American actor
    * 1976 – Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
    * 1977 – Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarusian writer
    * 1977 – Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player
    * 1978 – Eric Balfour, American actor
    * 1978 – Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress
    * 1978 – Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress
    * 1979 – Laurentia Tan, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne
    * 1980 – Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
    * 1980 – Austin Nichols, American actor
    * 1980 – Danny Gokey, American singer
    * 1981 – Taylor Dent, American tennis player
    * 1982 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer
    * 1983 – Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
    * 1984 – Tyson Ritter, American musician
    * 1987 – Kristopher Letang, Canadian hockey player
    * 1987 – Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer
    * 1994 – Austin Rogers, American actor
    * 1998 – Ryan Newman, American actress

    Famous deaths...

    *  624 – Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
    *  709 – Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint
    * 1338 – Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
    * 1342 – Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)
    * 1622 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar and saint (b. 1577)
    * 1656 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
    * 1731 – Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660)
    * 1736 – Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
    * 1779 – Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
    * 1794 – Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier; father of Axel von Fersen the Younger (b. 1719)
    * 1852 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
    * 1891 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (b. 1800)
    * 1924 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (b. 1844)
    * 1938 – George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
    * 1939 – Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
    * 1942 – Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)
    * 1942 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
    * 1944 – William Stephens, American political figure (b. 1859)
    * 1945 – Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
    * 1947 – Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
    * 1947 – Hans Biebow, German WWII figure (b. 1902)
    * 1957 – Harry McClintock, American country singer and hobo
    * 1960 – Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
    * 1964 – Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (b. 1895)
    * 1965 – Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
    * 1967 – Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (b. 1927)
    * 1974 – Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
    * 1975 – Pete Ham, Welsh musician (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
    * 1980 – Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (b. 1904)
    * 1982 – Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (b. 1896)
    * 1983 – Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
    * 1986 – Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (b. 1896)
    * 1993 – Oliver Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1917)
    * 1997 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (b. 1927)
    * 1997 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (b. 1922)
    * 2001 – Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
    * 2001 – Leon Sullivan, American civil rights leader and pastor (b. 1922)
    * 2002 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourish sculptor (b. 1908)
    * 2004 – Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906)
    * 2005 – Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
    * 2005 – Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
    * 2006 – Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927)
    * 2006 – Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914)
    * 2006 – Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
    * Australia – Kapyong Day a day of remembrance for Korean War veterans, named after the Battle of Kapyong in 1951
    * The Gambia – Republic Day in (1970).
    * Nepal - Democracy Day, commemorating the reinstitution of parliament in 2006
    * Niger - Concord Day, commemorating the 1995 peace accord ending the Tuareg Rebellion.

Have a great Friday!

~Brian

[Krandall]

Apr 24 1997

A petri dish arrives in an 8x10 manila envelope at the Washington, D.C. offices of B'nai B'rith International. The dish, labeled "anthracks," drips a liquidy red gel which is later determined to contain a relatively harmless strain of Bacillus cereus.


Leave it to Peels for poor spelling.......

[Flynbyu]

Peels would send a wicked strain of meth, and become High Times "Man of the Year".



~Brian

[Peelz]

Apr 24 1997

A petri dish arrives in an 8x10 manila envelope at the Washington, D.C. offices of B'nai B'rith International. The dish, labeled "anthracks," drips a liquidy red gel which is later determined to contain a relatively harmless strain of Bacillus cereus.


Leave it to Peels for poor spelling.......

ahem...leave it to whom for poor spelling?


Happy Nepalese Democracy Day.


VIVA NEPAL!!!

[Flynbyu]

Word up Nepal.



~Brian

[Krandall]

 

Nepal FTW! 

[Flynbyu]

Suck it China!



~Brian

[Colorado700R]

Nepal- Home of the Uber Hippies

[Flynbyu]

Don't forget about Tibet.

~Brian

[Krandall]

quiet on the home front.

[Flynbyu]

Same here.

I've signed two people up today, both new autos. Just got one approved on my demo, so that's a bonus.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

sup Gangstas?

[Flynbyu]

Another day at the office...you?

~Brian

[Krandall]

Same chit, different day.


Picking up a 95 Ford Ranger tomorrow. Pulling the Cab and box off it. and ripping the motor out. Going to be the bones for my rat rod project