Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Mar 15

Today is the International Day Against Police Brutality, first observed in 1997 after Swiss police beat two children age 11 and 12 to death.

Mar 15

Beware the Ides of March.

Mar 15 44

Julius Caesar, already warned to be wary on this the Ides of March by the astrologer Spurinna, assassinated with pointy knives by a group of Senators at the Pompey theater.

Mar 15 1812

Luddites attack Frank Vickerman's wool processing factory at Taylor Hill in West Yorkshire, resulting in general destruction and attempted arson. The rampaging Luddites were incensed because his machines replaced workers, but Vickerman was primarily targeted because of involvement in an Anti-Luddite committee.

Mar 15 1894

Jean Pauwels is killed walking into the Madeline church in Paris, when a bomb in his pocket suddenly goes off. The Belgian anarchist is later determined to have been responsible for two other explosions in February, one of which killed a pedestrian.

Mar 15 1906

Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.

Mar 15 1937

H P Lovecraft dies from cancer and Bright's disease in Rhode Island.

Mar 15 1985

The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).

Mar 15 1998

White House aide Kathleen Willey claims on the trashy TV tabloid program 60 Minutes that President Bill Clinton kissed her, touched her breasts and made her touch his "no-no place." Clinton of course denies this version of events.


Birthdays today...
938 - Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)
1275 - Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)
1455 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
1493 - Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (d. 1567)
1591 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
1638 - Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661)
1666 - George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)
1684 - Francesco Durante, Italian composer (d. 1755)
1713 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762)
1767 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)
1779 - Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)
1790 - Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861)
1791 - Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873)
1809 - Karl Josef von Hefele, German theologian (d. 1893)
1809 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (d. 1876)
1813 - John Snow, English epidemiologist (d. 1858)
1818 - Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (d. 1924)
1821 - Eduard Heine, German mathematician (d. 1881)
1821 - Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895)
1821 - William Milligan, Scottish theologian (d. 1892)
1824 - Jules Chevalier, French priest (d. 1907)
1830 - Paul Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
1830 - Élisée Reclus, French geographer (d. 1905)
1831 - Daniel Comboni, Italian missionary (d. 1881)
1835 - John Henrie Kagi, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
1835 - Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916)
1838 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (d. 1889)
1851 - William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist (d. 1939)
1852 - Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish dramatist (d. 1932)
1854 - Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
1864 - Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (d. 1935)
1866 - Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
1866 - Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910)
1867 - Lionel Johnson, British poet (d. 1902)
1868 - Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)
1869 - Stanisław Wojciechowski, President of Poland (d. 1953)
1874 - Eugène Fiset, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951)
1882 - Jim Lightbody, American runner (d. 1953)
1884 - Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)
1887 - Marjorie Merriweather Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1973)
1890 - Boris Nikolaevich Delaunay, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
1892 - James Basevi Ord, US army officer (d. 1938)
1897 - Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)
1899 - George Brent, American film actor (d. 1979)
1904 - Yu Gwan-sun, Korean independence fighter (d. 1920)
1905 - Berthold von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and Nazi opponent (d. 1944)
1907 - Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
1912 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and novelist (d. 1979)
1912 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (d. 1982)
1913 - MacDonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
1913 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (d. 2002)
1914 - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (d. 1985)
1915 - Joe E. Ross, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)
1916 - Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslav politician (d. 2001)
1916 - Harry James, American musician and band leader (d. 1983)
1918 - Richard Ellmann, American biographer (d. 1987)
1918 - Punch Imlach, Canadian hockey coach and general manager (d. 1987)
1919 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002)
1920 - Lawrence Sanders, American novelist (d. 1998)
1920 - E. Donnall Thomas, American physician, Nobel laureate
1921 - Madelyn Pugh, American television writer
1921 - Stafford Smythe, Canadian hockey executive (d. 1971)
1923 - Charles Wheeler, British journalist (d. 2008)
1924 - Walter Gotell, German actor (d. 1997)
1925 - Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist (d. 2007)
1926 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football player (d. 1983)
1926 - Ben Johnston, American composer
1927 - Stanisław Kania, Polish politician
1927 - Christian Marquand, French actor and director (d. 2000)
1927 - Carl Smith, American singer
1929 - Cecil Taylor, American jazz pianist
1930 - Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
1932 - Alan Bean, American astronaut
1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American jurist
1933 - Philippe de Broca, French film director (d. 2004)
1934 - Aldo Giorgini, Italian artist
1934 - Richard Layard, Baron Layard, British economist
1934 - Kanshi Ram, Indian dalit leader
1935 - Judd Hirsch, American actor
1935 - Jimmy Swaggart, American televangelist
1936 - David Andrews, Irish politician
1936 - Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)
1936 - Paul Zindel, American author and educator (d. 2003)
1939 - Ted Kaufman, American politician, junior senator of Delaware
1939 - Julie Tullis, British climber (d. 1986)
1939 - Jack Whyte, Scottish-Canadian author
1940 - Frank Dobson, British politician
1940 - Margo Coleman, American advice columnist
1940 - Phil Lesh, American musician (Grateful Dead)
1941 - Mike Love, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1943 - David Cronenberg, Canadian film director
1944 - Chi Cheng, Taiwanese athlete and politician
1944 - Jacques Doillon, French film director
1944 - Sly Stone, American musician
1945 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Bengali lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
1945 - Mark J. Green, American public official
1946 - Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1946 - Masaharu Satō, Japanese seiyū
1946 - Howard E. Scott, American musician (War)
1947 - Ry Cooder, American guitarist
1947 - Juraj Kukura, Slovak actor
1948 - Kate Bornstein, American author
1948 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
1950 - Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer
1952 - Howard Koh, American state government official
1953 - Richard Bruton, Irish politician
1954 - Craig Wasson, American actor
1955 - Dee Snider, American singer (Twisted Sister)
1956 - Clay Matthews, American football player
1957 - Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football manager
1957 - Park Overall, American actress
1957 - David Silverman, American animator
1959 - Harold Baines, American baseball player
1959 - Renny Harlin, Finnish film director
1959 - Lisa Holton, American writer
1959 - Fabio Lanzoni, Italian model
1960 - Marco Pennette, American television producer
1960 - Chris Sanders, American animator and director
1961 - Terry Cummings, American basketball player
1961 - Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player
1962 - Jimmy Baio, American actor
1962 - Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer
1963 - Bret Michaels, American musician (Poison)
1964 - Davide Pinato, Italian footballer
1967 - Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist
1968 - Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
1968 - Mark McGrath, American musician (Sugar Ray)
1968 - Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician
1968 - Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer
1968 - Jon Schaffer, American guitarist (Iced Earth)
1969 - Rona Ambrose, Canadian politician
1969 - Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer
1969 - Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician
1969 - Kim Raver, American actress
1969 - Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
1970 - Derek Parra, American speed skater
1971 - Penny Lancaster, English model
1971 - Joanne Wise, English long jumper
1972 - Mark Hoppus, American musician (+44 and blink-182)
1972 - Mike Tomlin, American football coach
1973 - Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor & model
1974 - Robert Fick, American baseball player
1974 - John "Beatz" Holohan, American musician
1975 - Eva Longoria, American actress
1975 - Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player
1975 - Darcy Tucker, Canadian hockey player
1975 - Will.i.am, American musician
1976 - Katherine Brooks, American television director
1976 - Jennifer 8. Lee, American journalist
1976 - Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
1976 - Jose Sanchez Zolliker, Mexican writer
1977 - Adrian Burnside, Australian baseball player
1977 - Joe Hahn, American musician
1977 - Brian Tee, American actor
1978 - Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
1979 - Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player
1980 - Freddie Bynum, American baseball player
1981 - Mikael Forssell, Finnish footballer
1981 - Young Buck, American rapper
1982 - Jordan Hastings, Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire)
1982 - Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Emily Tyndall, American actress
1983 - Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
1983 - Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer
1984 - Badradine Belloumou, French-born football player
1984 - Kostas Vassiliadis, Greek basketball player
1985 - Eva Amurri, American actress
1985 - Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder
1985 - James MacLurcan, Australian actor
1985 - Tom Chilton, British racing driver
1985 - Kellan Lutz, American model and actor
1987 - Taiwan Brown, American video jockey
1988 - Ever Guzman, Mexican footballer
1989 - Caitlin Wachs, American actress
1991 - Kie Kitano, Japanese actress

Famous deaths...
44BC - Julius Caesar (Murdered)(b. 100 BC)
220 - Cao Cao, King of Wei (b. 155)
493 - Odoacer, King of Italy (murdered) (b. 435)
1145 - Pope Lucius II
1311 - Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens
1416 - John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (b. 1340)
1536 - Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, Grand Vizer under Suleiman the Magnificent
1575 - Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)
1644 - Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (b. 1576)
1670 - John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597)
1673 - Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615)
1701 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b. 1624)
1711 - Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645)
1820 - Clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751)
1842 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (b. 1760)
1849 - Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
1891 - Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823)
1891 - Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (b. 1819)
1898 - Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist (b. 1813)
1937 - H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (b. 1890)
1941 - Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (b. 1864)
1951 - John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-born astronomer (b. 1889)
1957 - Ernst Nobs, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1886)
1959 - Lester Young, American musician (b. 1909)
1962 - Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1966 - Abe Saperstein, American basketball executive (b. 1902)
1970 - Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer (b. 1897)
1971 - Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
1972 - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (b. 1910)
1975 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (b. 1900)
1977 - Antonino Rocca, Argentine professional wrestler (b. 1927)
1977 - Hubert Aquin, Quebec novelist, political activist and editor (b. 1929)
1981 - René Clair, French film director (b. 1898)
1983 - Rebecca West, English writer (b. 1892)
1983 - Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian football midfielder and manager (b. 1905)
1985 - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (b. 1921)
1988 - Dmitri Polyakov, Soviet double-agent (b. 1926)
1989 - Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet (b. 1915)
1990 - Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-born journalist (hanged) (b. 1958)
1990 - Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
1991 - Bud Freeman, American jazz musician (b. 1906)
1997 - Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)
1997 - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian painter (b. 1906)
1998 - Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer (b. 1903)
2001 - Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909)
2003 - Dame Thora Hird, British actress (b. 1911)
2003 - Paul Stojanovich, Reality TV pioneer (b. 1956)
2004 - Sir William Pickering, New Zealand-born space scientist (b. 1910)
2004 - John Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2005 - Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944)
2005 - Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927)
2006 - George Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
2006 - Red Storey, Canadian football player and hockey referee (b. 1918)
2007 - Charles Harrelson, American hitman and father of Woody Harrelson (b. 1938)
2007 - Bowie Kuhn, American commissioner of baseball (b. 1926)
2007 - Stuart Rosenberg, American film and television director (b. 1927)
2008 - Mikey Dread,Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
2008 - Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer, TV shows announcer (b. 1951)
2008 - Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances...
In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March.
International Day Against Police Brutality
For corporations in the United States that use the calendar year as their fiscal year, the date on which the corporation must file its corporate income tax return
Constitution Day in Belarus
National holiday in Hungary celebrating the 1848 Revolution. (See also Public holidays in Hungary)
In Japan, Hōnen Matsuri (harvest festival)

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[exentix]

mornin fella's 

[Colorado700R]

Good Morning all, and enjoy your day off Brian 

[Flynbyu]

Thanks.

I'm off to make breakfast.

Have a good one guys.

~Brian

[exentix]

later brian

[Peelz]

Mar 15 1985

The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).


Think they had things like Raptor Source in mind when this all began? 

Happy Sunday crackas!

[exentix]

bored...

[Mad Dog]

I am also, waiting on the server.

[Colorado700R]

Good morning Peeps 

[NaturalRaptor]

Whats up all?

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Mar 16

St. Urho's Day, Patron saint of Finnish vineyard workers. Attributed to him is the miracle of banishing grasshoppers from Finland which he accomplished with a few choice Finnish phrases, thereby saving the season's grape crop. But in reality a bunch of very drunk people made this up in 1956.

Mar 16 1190

More than 150 and perhaps as many as 500 Jews, secured in Clifford's Tower at York, die from suicide and massacre after they are sieged by townspeople under Richard Malebys. Malebys was a nobleman who owed money to the Jews; after their siege all records relating to moneylending were destroyed. It is the largest massacre of Jews in the history of the United Kingdom.

Mar 16 1792

At a masquerade ball, a disgruntled Captain Jacob Johan Ankarstroem shoots Swedish King Gustav III near the heart with a bullet composed of lead and carpet tacks. The king dies twelve days later, and as punishment the Captain is decapitated, drawn, and quartered.

Mar 16 1949



Erik Estrada's birthday.

Mar 16 1968

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade Americal Division massacre over 300 civilian men, women, and children in the village of My Lai in South Vietnam.

Mar 16 1978

Italian Red Brigades kidnap former Italian Premier Aldo Moro for release of imprisoned comrades. Moro was murdered and his body found on 9 May 1978.

Mar 16 1984

The CIA's station chief in Beirut, William Buckley, is kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad and later murdered.

Mar 16 1994

Figure skater Tonya Harding arrested for obstruction of prosecution during the fallout from the Nancy Kerrigan figure skate clubbing.

Birthdays today...
1338 - Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)
1445 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)
1473 - Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1581 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
1585 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (d. 1618)
1631 - René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
1654 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1687 - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757)
1750 - Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1848)
1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
1773 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
1774 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer (d. 1814)
1789 - Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (d. 1854)
1794 - Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (d. 1881)
1800 - Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846)
1805 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1834 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (d. 1907)
1839 - René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1839 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (d. 1922)
1840 - Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)
1846 - Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (d. 1927)
1851 - Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)
1856 - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1879)
1857 - Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)
1859 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906)
1865 - Patsy Donovan, American baseball player (d. 1953)
1869 - F. A. Forbes, Scottish author (d. 1936)
1871 - Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1877 - Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iranian shah (d. 1941)
1878 - Clemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal (d. 1946)
1889 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
1890 - Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)
1892 - James Petrillo, American president of the musicians union (d. 1984)
1892 - César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)
1897 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)
1883 - Ethel Anderson, Australian poet (d. 1958)
1901 - Edward Pawley, American actor (d. 1988)
1902 - Leon Roppolo, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)
1903 - Mike Mansfield, American politician, and diplomat (d. 2001)
1905 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (d. 1977)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist (d. 1986)
1906 - Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer
1906 - Henny Youngman, American comedian (d. 1998)
1908 - René Daumal, French writer (d. 1944)
1908 - Robert Rossen, American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
1911 - Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician
1911 - Josef Mengele, German physician and SS officer (d. 1979)
1912 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
1916 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 - Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
1918 - Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1920 - John Addison, British composer (d. 1998)
1920 - Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (d. 1947)
1920 - Sid Fleischman, American author
1920 - Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolph Hitler (d. 2002)
1920 - Leo McKern, Australian actor (d. 2002)
1922 - Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter and playwright
1925 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (d. 2004)
1926 - Charles Goodell, American politician (d. 1987)
1926 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian
1927 - Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1967)
1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American senator (d. 2003)
1927 - Olga San Juan, American comedian
1928 - Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor
1928 - Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano
1929 - Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
1930 - Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (d. 2001)
1931 - Betty Johnson, American singer
1932 - Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1932 - Walter Cunningham, American astronaut
1932 - Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer
1933 - Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist
1934 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (d. 2002)
1935 - Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
1936 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1937 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (d. 1996)
1939 - Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach
1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director
1940 - Jan Pronk, Dutch politician
1940 - Keith Rowe, English painter and guitarist (AMM)
1941 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
1941 - Chuck Woolery, American game show host
1942 - Roger Crozier, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1996)
1942 - James Soong, Taiwanese politician
1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician
1943 - Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, professor and author
1943 - Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005)
1946 - Michael Basman, English chess master
1946 - Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor
1947 - Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
1947 - Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor
1948 - Michael Bruce, American musician (Alice Cooper)
1948 - Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer, songwriter and film director
1948 - Margaret Weis, American author
1949 - Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican actor
1949 - Victor Garber, Canadian actor
1949 - Elliott Murphy, American Singer-Songwriter
1951 - Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
1951 - Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
1952 - Philippe Kahn, French-born entrepreneur
1952 - Scott Simon, American journalist and radio personality
1953 - Isabelle Huppert, French actress
1953 - Richard Stallman, American free software activist
1954 - Jimmy Nail, British actor and singer
1954 - Nancy Wilson, American guitarist, singer and actress (Heart)
1955 - Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
1955 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1958 - Jorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor
1958 - Kate Worley, American comic book writer (d. 2004)
1959 - Flavor Flav, American rapper, and reality tv star
1959 - Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
1960 - Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league footballer
1961 - Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book artist, writer and media entrepreneur
1963 - Jimmy Degrasso, American musician (F5)
1963 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002)
1964 - Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter
1964 - Pascal Richard, Swiss cyclist
1964 - Gore Verbinski, American movie director
1965 - Richard Daniel Roman, English songwriter and record producer
1965 - Belén Rueda, Spanish actress
1967 - Lauren Graham, American actress
1968 - Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher
1970 - Joakim Berg, Swedish singer (Kent)
1970 - Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, Icelandic singer, songwriter and disc jockey
1970 - Reynolds Wolf, American TV meteorologist and journalist
1971 - Alan Tudyk, American actor
1972 - Velibor Radovic, Serbian basketball player
1973 - Brant Bjork, American musician (Kyuss)
1974 - Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
1974 - Fotini Vavatsi, Greek archer
1975 - Sienna Guillory, English actress
1976 - Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Paul Schneider, American actor
1976 - Nick Spano, American actor
1977 - Donal Óg Cusack, Irish hurler
1978 - Brooke Burns, American actress
1979 - Edison Méndez, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 - Rashad Moore, National Football League player
1979 - Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1980 - Todd Heap, American football player
1980 - Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
1981 - Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
1981 - Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
1981 - Yoav Ziv, Israeli footballer
1982 - Riley Cote, Canadian hockey player
1983 - Brandon League, American baseball player
1984 - Levi Brown, American football player
1985 - Nicole Trunfio, Australian supermodel
1985 - Christopher Wojciechowski, American disc golfer
1986 - Joe Denly, English cricketer
1986 - Ken Doane, American wrestler
1986 - T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
1987 - Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
1989 - Peaches Geldof, English socialite
1989 - Blake Griffin, American basketball player
1989 - Theo Walcott, English footballer
1991 - Wolfgang Van Halen, American musician

Famous deaths...
  37 - Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, Roman Emperor (b. 46 BC)
455 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)
1021 - Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III
1037 - Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen
1072 - Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop
1322 - Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)
1410 - John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)
1457 - László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
1485 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
1559 - Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
1649 - St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
1620 - St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing
1679 - John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
1721 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
1736 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (b. 1710)
1737 - Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)
1738 - George Bähr, German architect (b. 1666)
1747 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
1888 - Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)
1890 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
1892 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)
1898 - Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (b. 1872)
1899 - Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
1903 - Roy Bean, American jurist
1914 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1843)
1926 - Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
1930 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish dictator (b. 1870)
1935 - John James Richard Macleod, Scottish-born physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
1935 - Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886)
1936 - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
1940 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1945 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
1955 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (b. 1914)
1957 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
1961 - Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903)
1968 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (b. 1895)
1968 - Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (b. 1907)
1970 - Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1946)
1971 - Thomas Dewey, American presidential candidate (b. 1902)
1975 - Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936)
1975 - T-Bone Walker, American musician (b. 1910)
1977 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. 1917)
1979 - Jean Monnet, French politician (b. 1888)
1980 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
1983 - Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
1983 - Fred Rose, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1984 - John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
1985 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1992 - Yves Rocard, French physicist (b. 1903)
1992 - Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (b. 1919)
1993 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and producer (b. 1945)
1996 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954)
1998 - Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
1999 - Gratien Gélinas, Quebec playwright and director (b. 1909)
2000 - Thomas Ferebee, Hiroshima bombardier (b. 1918)
2001 - Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
2001 - Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
2003 - Rachel Corrie, American political activist (b. 1979)
2003 - Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1931)
2004 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
2005 - Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
2005 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (b. 1914)
2005 - Anthony George, American TV actor (b. 1921)
2005 - Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (b. 1927)
2005 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2006 - David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
2007 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2008 - Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
2008 - Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (b. 1946)
2008 - Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942)
2008 - G. David Low, American astronaut (b. 1956)
2008 - John Hewer, Actor famous for portraying Captain Birdseye in British commercials. (b. 1922)
2008 - Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer (Bonham). (b. 1968)

Holidays and observances...
Latvia - The controversial Latvian Legion Day
The first day of the Bacchanalia in ancient Rome

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Poncharelli's Birthday! 

CHIPS was the shiznit

[Krandall]

Mar 16 1984

The CIA's station chief in Beirut, William Buckley, is kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad and later murdered.



AH... DURKA DURKA JIHAD. DURKA DURKA

[Flynbyu]

Jihad is for pussies.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

GERD hates Jihad