Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

Famous deaths conitnued......

1938 - George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
1938 - Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1940 - Hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)
1941 - Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1858)
1944 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (b. 1897) (executed)
1944 - Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)
1944 - René Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (b. 1879)
1944 - Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (b. 1906) (executed)
1944 - Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and political activist (b. 1855)
1945 - Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
1945 - Mark Sandrich, American film director, writer and producer (b. 1900)
1946 - Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
1948 - Antonin Artaud, French actor/director (b. 1896)
1950 - Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)
1952 - Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1954 - Noel Gay, English composer, (b. 1898)
1959 - Maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878)
1960 - Herbert O'Conor, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. 1896)
1960 - Leonard Warren, American baritone (b. 1911)
1962 - George Mogridge, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1963 - William Carlos Williams, American poet (b. 1883)
1967 - Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. 1905)
1967 - Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1885)
1969 - Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
1973 - Samuel Tolansky, British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (b. 1907)
1974 - Adolph Gottlieb, American painter (b. 1903)
1976 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
1976 - John Marvin Jones, Texan member of the United States House of Representatives and Chief Judge of the US federal Court of Claims (b. 1882)
1976 - Nikolai Semashko, Soviet sports administrator (b. 1907)
1976 - Jim Walsh, an American basketball player (b. 1930)
1977 - Miles C. Allgood, U.S. Representative from Alabama (b. 1878)
1977 - Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher, literary and art critic (b. 1925)
1977 - Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian systemic botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator (b. 1912)
1977 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951)
1977 - Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925)
1977 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician (b. 1887)
1977 - William Paul, American attorney, legislator, and political activist (b. 1885)
1978 - Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
1978 - Joe Marsala, Chicago-based jazz clarinetist and songwriter (b. 1907)
1978 - John Meighan, Irish Clann na Talmhan politician (b. 1891)
1979 - Harry Hopkinson, British yodeler (b. 1902)
1979 - Gladys McConnell, American movie actress and aviatrix
1979 - Mike Patto, (Michael Thomas McCarthy), English vocalist and front man for The Bow Street Runners (b. 1942)
1979 - Robert John Sinclair, 1st Baron Sinclair of Cleeve, British businessman and public servant
1979 - Willi Unsoeld, American mountain climber (b. 1926)
1980 - Johannes Martin Bijvoet, Dutch chemist and crystallographer (b. 1892)
1980 - Alan Hardaker, English football administrator (b. 1912)
1980 - Eric Kerfoot, English footballer (b. 1924)
1980 - J. F. A. McManus, Canadian pathologist (b. 1911)
1980 - Luis Piazzini, Argentine chess master (b. 1905)
1980 - Alfred Plé, Olympic Frnech rower (b. 1888)
1980 - Alex Vetchinsky, British film designer (b. 1904)
1981 - Odette Barencey, French film actress (b. 1893)
1981 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1981 - Franz Kapus, Swiss Olympic bobsledder (b. 1909)
1981 - John Knight, Australian politician (b. 1943)
1981 - Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer, World War II naval adjutant to Adolf Hitler (b. 1900)
1981 - Torin Thatcher, Indian actor (b. 1905)
1982 - Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-born English novelist (b. 1912)
1984 - Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist (b. 1908)
1984 - Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
1984 - Martin Hürlimann, Swiss photographer (b. 1897)
1984 - Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (b. 1914)
1986 - Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
1986 - Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist (b. 1917)
1986 - Edward MacLysaght, Irish genealogist (b. 1887)
1986 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (b. 1943)
1986 - Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and novelist (b. 1913)
1986 - John Spence, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1920)
1988 - Beatriz Guido, Argentine novelist and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1989 - Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. 1916)
1990 - Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
1990 - Harry Worthington, American track and field athlete (b. 1891)
1991 - Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)
1991 - Kenneth Lindsay, British Labour Party politician (b. 1897)
1992 - Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (b. 1930)
1992 - Art Babbitt, American animator (b. 1907)
1992 - Peter Judge, English cricketer (b. 1916)
1992 - Pare Lorentz, American filmmaker (b. 1905)
1992 - Mary Osborne, American jazz electric guitarist (b. 1921)
1992 - Larry Rosenthal, American professional baseball outfielder (b. 1910)
1993 - Michael Beecher, Australian-based model and actor (b. 1939)
1993 - Art Hodes, American jazz pianist (b. 1904)
1993 - Tomislav Ivčić, Croatian singer, songwriter and politician (b. 1953)
1993 - Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch chemist (b. 1894)
1993 - Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, British Conservative Party politician and government minister (b. 1929)
1993 - Richard Sale, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1911)
1994 - John Candy, Canadian comedian (b. 1950)
1994 - George Edward Hughes, Irish-born philosopher and logician(b. 1918)
1994 - Chris Seydou, Malian fashion designer (b. 1949)
1994 - Paul Solomon, American psychic (b. 1939)
1995 - eden ahbez, American composer (b. 1908)
1995 - Iftekhar, Bollywood character actor (b.?)
1995 - Matt Urban, Lieutenant Colonel United States Army (b. 1919)
1996 - Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912)
1996 - Johnny Sauer, American football player, coach, and broadcaster (b. 1925)
1997 - Joe Baker-Cresswell,English Royal Navy officer, aide-de-camp to King George VI and High Sheriff of Northumberland (b. 1901)
1997 - Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
1997 - Edouard Klabinski, Polish professional racing cyclist (b. 1920)
1997 - Carey Loftin, American actor/stuntman (b. 1914)
1998 - Ivan Dougherty, Australian World War II Army Major General (b. 1907)
1998 - Donald Rodney, British artist (b. 1961)
1998 - Jules Fontaine Sambwa, Zairean political officeholder and economist (b. 1940)
1999 - Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. 1908)
1999 - Del Close, American actor (b. 1934)
1999 - Fritz Honegger, Swiss politician (b. 1917)
1999 - Milosz Magin, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1929)
1999 - Teddy McRae, American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger (b. 1908)
1999 - Joseph Regenstein Jr., American business leader and philanthropist (b. 1923)
1999 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer, translator and literary historian (b. 1921)
2000 - Hermann Brück, German-born UK astronomer (b. 1905)
2000 - Kyi Kyi Htay, four-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actress, singer, opera performer and dancer (b. 1924)
2000 - Michael Noonan, Australian/New Zealand novelist and radio script writer (b. 1921)
2000 - Alphons Silbermann, German Jewish sociologist, musicologist, entrepreneur and publicist (b. 1909)
2001 - Gerardo Barbero, Argentine chess grandmaster (b. 1961)
2001 - Jean René Bazaine, French painter, designer of stained glass windows, and writer (b. 1904)
2001 - Glenn Hughes, American singer (The Village People) (b. 1950)
2001 - Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
2001 - Jim Rhodes, Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
2001 - Harold Stassen, American politician (b. 1907)
2001 - Martin Wright, British bioengineer and inventor of the peak flow meter (b. 1912)
2002 - Claire Davenport, English actress (b. 1933)
2002 - Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (b. 1939)
2002 - Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian writer and translator (b. 1935)
2002 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
2002 - Margarete Neumann, German writer and lyrical poet (b. 1917)
2002 - Shirley Russell, award-winning British costume designer (b. 1935)
2002 - Velibor Vasović, Yugoslavian footballer (b. 1939)
2003 - Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian bank robber (b. 1926)
2003 - Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
2004 - Fernando Lázaro Carreter, Spanish linguist and journalist. (b. 1923)
2004 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (b. 1955)
2004 - Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)
2004 - George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
2004 - Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
2005 - Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)
2005 - Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)
2005 - Una Hale, Australian soprano (b. 1922)
2005 - Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian statesman (b. 1951)
2005 - Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer (b. 1934)
2006 - Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
2006 - John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
2006 - Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
2006 - Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
2007 - Natalie Bodanya (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. 1908)
2007 - Thomas Eagleton, American politician (b. 1929)
2007 - Bob Hattoy, American activist (b. 1950)
2007 - Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer (b. 1954)
2007 - Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian (b. 1966)
2007 - Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934)
2007 - Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932)
2007 - Jorge Kolle Cueto, Bolivian politician
2008 - Tina Lagostena Bassi, Italian lawyer, Italian deputy for Forza Italia party, showoman and writer (b. 1926)
2008 - Robert Bruning, Australian actor and producer (b. 1928)
2008 - Gary Gygax, Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (b. 1938)
2008 - Elena Nathanael, Greek film actress (b. 1941)
2008 - Leonard Rosenman, American film, television and concert composer (b. 1924)
2008 - Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress (b. 1935)
2008 - George Walter, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances...
Pennsylvania - Charter Day (1681).
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada - Charter Day (1881)
Vermont - Admission Day (1791).
Roman Catholicism - Feast day of Saint

Have a great Wednesday.

LONG list today.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

So why did we have to split up the today in history? 

[Flynbyu]

Over the 20,000 character limit.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

3 mobsters/organized crime figures on today's list in "Famous deaths".

1944 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (b. 1897) (executed)
1944 - Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)
1944 - Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (b. 1906) (executed)

~Brian

[Krandall]

oh dang, Popular day for deaths/births!

[socalrappy700]

Over the 20,000 character limit.

~Brian

Is that something new?  It wasn't a problem before.

[Flynbyu]

Over the 20,000 character limit.

~Brian

Is that something new?  It wasn't a problem before.

No, it's always been that way.

Today's list was just way bigger than normal. It's that way a couple of times a year.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Daily News Double Post!


Mar 4 1966

John Lennon claims that The Beatles are "more popular than Jesus", and that "Christianity will... vanish and shrink".


All hail the beatles!

Karma bit him in the ass.

[Flynbyu]

Yeah.

He was an incredible artist, but his ego got in the way after he left the Beatles.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Yeah.

He was an incredible artist, but his ego got in the way after he left the Beatles.

~Brian

Don't trash the man upstairs or he'll send a psycho fan after you.

[BRAD]

morning gents.  hows work going?

[Krandall]

goin good here! It's already 10!

[Flynbyu]

Yeah.

He was an incredible artist, but his ego got in the way after he left the Beatles.

~Brian

Don't trash the man upstairs or he'll send a psycho fan after you.

Yeah, bad deal.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Brian.


∞ = hold "alt" and on your number pad type (while still holding alt) 236  let go of alt. you should have a ∞

[Flynbyu]

Brian.


∞ = hold "alt" and on your number pad type (while still holding alt) 236  let go of alt. you should have a ∞

Cool.

Thanks!

~Brian