Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Peelz]

ouch

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/most-horrific-russian-torture-devices/8850

easy Krandall, Socal might click this and get a woody. 

[kyledvor61]

any ho's up in da hizzie?

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

March 25 1634

The first settlers arrive in Maryland.

March 25 1655

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.

March 25 1807

The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.

March 25 1939

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII.

March 25 1958

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII.

March 25 1969

During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.

March 25 1992

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.

March 25 2006

A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Birthdays today...
1252 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
1259 - Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
1297 - Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)
1297 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)
1345 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)
1347 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)
1404 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
1479 - Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1533)
1539 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician (d. 1612)
1541 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
1593 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1643 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (d. 1680)
1661 - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
1699 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (d. 1783)
1767 - Joachim Murat, King of Naples (d. 1815)
1782 - Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples (d. 1839)
1800 - Heinrich von Dechsen, German geologist (d. 1889)
1824 - Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (d. 1900)
1840 - Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)
1863 - Simon Flexner, American pathologist (d. 1946)
1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, (d. 1957)
1868 - William Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
1873 - Rudolf Rocker, German anarchist (d. 1958)
1877 - Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
1881 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (d. 1945)
1881 - Mary Gladys Webb, English writer (d. 1927)
1884 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (d. 1950)
1886 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
1892 - Andy Clyde, American actor (d. 1967)
1895 - Siegfried Handloser, German physician (d. 1954)
1897 - John Laurie, Scottish actor (d. 1980)
1899 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (d. 1978)
1901 - Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)
1903 - Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (d. 1990)
1903 - Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
1906 - A.J.P. Taylor, British historian (d. 1990)
1906 - Jean Sablon, French singer (d. 1994)
1908 - Helmut Käutner, German actor and director (d. 1980)
1908 - David Lean, English film director (d. 1991)
1910 - Magda Olivero, Italian soprano
1911 - Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967)
1912 - Jean Vilar, French stage and film actor (d. 1971)
1913 - Sir Reo Stakis, Anglo-Cypriot hotel magnate (d. 2001)
1914 - Norman Borlaug, American agriculturalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1918 - Howard Cosell, American sports reporter (d. 1995)
1920 - Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)
1920 - Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner (d. 1992)
1921 - Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
1921 - Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)
1921 - Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
1922 - Eileen Ford, American model agency executive
1923 - Bonnie Guitar, American singer
1923 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
1924 - Machiko Kyô, Japanese actress
1925 - Flannery O'Connor, American author (d. 1964)
1926 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
1926 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (d. 1999)
1928 - Jim Lovell, American astronaut
1931 - Paul Motian, American jazz drummer and composer
1932 - Gene Shalit, American film critic
1934 - Johnny Burnette, American singer (d. 1964)
1934 - Gloria Steinem, American feminist and publisher
1935 - Flash Elorde, Filipino boxer
1937 - Tom Monaghan, founder of Dominos pizza
1938 - Hoyt Axton, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 1999)
1938 - Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver
1939 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author (d. 1995)
1940 - Anita Bryant, American singer
1941 - Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian politician
1942 - Aretha Franklin, American singer
1942 - Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer
1942 - Kim Woodburn, English television personality
1943 - Paul Michael Glaser, American actor
1946 - Cliff Balsam, English footballer
1946 - Stephen Hunter, American author
1946 - Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (d. 1991)
1946 - Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (d. 1995)
1947 - Elton John, English singer and songwriter
1948 - Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
1948 - Lynn Faulds Wood, Scottish television presenter
1950 - Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax) (d. 1995)
1951 - Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2000)
1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician
1954 - Elli Stai, Greek journalist and TV presenter
1954 - Thom Loverro, American sportswriter
1955 - Daniel Boulud, French chef and restaurateur
1955 - Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player
1956 - Matthew Garber, English actor (d. 1977)
1957 - Jim Uhls, American screenwriter
1958 - Sisy Chen, Taiwanese politician and television commentator
1958 - James McDaniel, American actor
1958 - Ray Tanner, American college baseball coach
1958 - Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician
1960 - Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress
1960 - Steve Norman, British saxophonist (Spandau Ballet)
1960 - Peter O'Brien, Australian actor
1960 - Haywood Nelson, American actor
1960 - Brenda Strong, American actress
1961 - Fred Goss, American actor, comedian, and writer
1962 - Marcia Cross, American actress
1964 - Lisa Gay Hamilton, American actress
1964 - Kate DiCamillo, American children's author
1964 - Alex Solis, Panamanian jockey
1964 - Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
1965 - Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach
1965 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper
1966 - Tom Glavine, American baseball player
1966 - Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist (d. 2008)
1966 - Tatjana Patitz, German supermodel
1966 - Anton Rogan, Irish footballer
1967 - Matthew Barney, American media artist
1967 - Debi Thomas, American figure skater
1967 - Doug Stanhope, American comedian
1969 - Dale Davis, American basketball player
1969 - Cathy Dennis, English singer, songwriter, and actress
1969 - Jeffrey Walker, British Musician (Carcass)
1970 - Kari Matchett, Canadian actress,
1971 - Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player
1971 - Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player
1971 - Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter
1972 - Giniel de Villiers, South African racing driver
1973 - Anthony Barness, English footballer
1973 - Anders Fridén, Swedish singer (In Flames)
1974 - Lark Voorhies, American actress
1975 - Ladislav Benysek, Czech ice hockey player
1975 - Melanie Blatt, British singer (All Saints)
1976 - Francis Bellew, Irish Gaelic footballer
1976 - Cha Tae-hyun, South Korean actor
1976 - Juvenile, American rapper
1976 - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
1976 - Gigi Leung, Hong Kong singer/actress
1976 - Baek Ji Young, South Korean singer
1978 - Teanna Kai, American porn star
1979 - Lee Pace, American actor
1979 - Natasha Yi, American supermodel
1980 - Carrie Lam, Hong Kong actress
1982 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver
1982 - Sean Faris, American actor and model
1982 - Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
1984 - Katharine McPhee, American singer/actress
1986 - Megan Gibson, American softball player
1986 - Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
1986 - Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player
1987 - Jason Castro, American Idol contestant
1987 - Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
1987 - Jacob Bagersted, Danish handballer
1989 - Alyson Michalka, American actress/singer
1989 - Scott Sinclair, English footballer

Famous deaths...
752 - Pope-elect Stephen, Italian priest and elected successor to Pope Zachary
1223 - Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)
1345 - Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)
1458 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
1558 - Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer
1561 - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)
1603 - Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)
1609 - Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)
1620 - Johannes Nucius, German composer
1625 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
1712 - Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
1736 - Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect
1738 - Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
1751 - Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
1801 - Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
1818 - Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (b. 1745)
1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)
1873 - Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (b. 1810)
1908 - Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
1914 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
1917 - Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (b. 1832)
1917 - Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (b. 1861)
1918 - Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
1931 - Ida Wells, American civil rights activist (b. 1862)
1951 - Eddie Collins, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1957 - Max Ophüls, German director and writer (b. 1902)
1958 - Tom Brown, American musician (b. 1888)
1967 - Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)
1969 - Max Eastman, American writer (b. 1883)
1969 - Billy Cotton, British bandleader & entertainer (b. 1889)
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)
1975 - Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1980 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)
1980 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)
1980 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
1980 - James Wright, American poet (b. 1927)
1983 - Bob Waterfield, American football player (b. 1920)
1988 - Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1930)
1991 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Catholic prelate (b. 1905)
1992 - Nancy Walker, American actress (b. 1922)
1994 - Max Petitpierre, Swiss politician and jurist (b. 1899)
1995 - James Coleman, American sociologist (b. 1926)
1995 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
1995 - John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer (b. 1914)
1996 - John Snagge, British radio personality (b. 1904)
1998 - Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
1998 - Steve Schiff, United States Congressman (b. 1947)
1999 - Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936)
2000 - Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
2001 - Brian Trubshaw, British Concorde test pilot (b. 1924)
2002 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, English football commentator (b. 1920)
2005 - Paul Henning, American TV/film producer and writer (b. 1911)
2006 - Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2006 - Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
2006 - Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
2007 - Andranik Margaryan, Armenian politician (b. 1951)
2008 - Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926)
2008 - Ben Carnevale, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
2008 - Thierry Gilardi, French football and rugby commentator (b. 1958)
2008 - Gene Puerling, American vocalist and arranger (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances...
In Christianity, March 25 is typically celebrated as the day of the Annunciation so long as it does not fall on a Sunday or during Holy Week or Easter Week.
Hilaria, day of resurrection of Attis, a Phrygian deity
Historic start of the new year (Lady Day) in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United States until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.)
Maryland Day;
Greek Independence Day;
Freedom Day in Belarus;
Mother's Day in Slovenia.

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

March 25 1969

During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.


what was he thinking... of all the women out there that wanted him.. He picks her. 

[Peelz]

happy slovenian mother's day

[Flynbyu]

March 25 1969

During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.


what was he thinking... of all the women out there that wanted him.. He picks her. 

He liked that black forrest 70's bush.



~Brian

[Krandall]

mmm hot. 

[Flynbyu]

Roll her over and the back looks the same as the front.



~Brian

[Krandall]

a great world we live in today!!!! SHAVED!

[Flynbyu]

I like it that way or high and tight.

~Brian

[Krandall]

I like it that way or high and tight.

~Brian

amen brotha. amen..

[BRAD]

Morning gents. How's work going?

[Krandall]

Hey B-rad!!! goin good here. Except I forgot my wallet @ home... 

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Mar 26 1830

Joseph Smith publishes The Book of Mormon, after translating it from golden plates turned over by the angel Moroni. Smith maintained that the text contained in the tablets were written in "Reformed Egyptian" which he read by means of two magic stones from the Old Testament, the Urim and Thummim.

Mar 26 1942

Nazis began sending Jews to Auschwitz.

Mar 26 1969

John & Yoko's "Bed-In" begins.

Mar 26 1970

Peter Yarrow of folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, admits fucking a 14 year old girl in Washington D.C.

Mar 26 1995



West coast rapper and member of rap group N.W.A. Eazy-E dead from AIDS.


Birthdays today...
603 - Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque (d. 683)
1516 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
1554 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
1698 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765)
1749 - William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800)
1753 - Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigation expert (d. 1838)
1794 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
1859 - Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
1868 - King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
1871 - Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)
1874 - Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
1875 - Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
1875 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (d. 1965)
1876 - Prince William of Wied (d. 1945)
1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965)
1882 - Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist (d. 1940)
1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
1886 - Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
1894 - Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
1896 - Rudolf Dassler, Founder of PUMA AG (d. 1974)
1898 - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1888 - Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964)
1904 - Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
1904 - Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (d. 1986)
1904 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
1905 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
1905 - Monty Berman, British film and television producer (d. 2006)
1906 - Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
1908 - Franz Stangl, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1971)
1908 - Henry (Hank) Sylvern, U.S. radio personality (d. 1964)
1911 - Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
1911 - Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (d. 1983)
1911 - T. Hee, American animator (d. 1988)
1913 - Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (d. 1995)
1914 - William Westmoreland, U.S. general (d. 2005)
1916 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
1916 - Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
1916 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 - Rufus Thomas, American musician (d. 2001)
1919 - Roger Leger, Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1965)
1919 - Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist
1923 - Gert Bastian, German politician (d. 1992)
1923 - Bob Elliott, American comedian
1925 - Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
1925 - James Moody, American jazz musician, composer, and actor
1929 - Edwin Turney, American businessman
1929 - Tom Foley, American politician, former Speaker of the House
1930 - Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1931 - Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
1933 - Vine Deloria, Indigenous-American scholar (d. 2005)
1934 - Alan Arkin, American actor
1935 - Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestine National Authority
1936 - Harry Kalas, American sportscaster
1937 - Wayne Embry, American basketball player
1938 - Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1940 - James Caan, American actor
1940 - Nancy Pelosi, American politician and 60th Speaker of the House
1941 - Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist
1941 - Yvon Marcoux, Quebec politician
1942 - Erica Jong, American author
1943 - Bob Woodward, American journalist
1944 - Diana Ross, American singer (Supremes)
1945 - Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2004)
1946 - Johnny Crawford, American actor
1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician
1947 - Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986)
1948 - Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
1948 - Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith)
1949 - Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
1949 - Patrick Süskind, German writer
1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, American singer
1950 - Martin Short, Canadian comedian
1950 - Ernest Thomas, American actor
1950 - Alan Silvestri, American film score composer
1951 - Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1952 - Didier Pironi, French Formula One driver (d. 1987)
1953 - Elaine Chao, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island
1953 - Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (d. 2002)
1954 - Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1954 - Curtis Sliwa, American founder of the Guardian Angels
1955 - Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Charly McClain, American singer
1957 - Leeza Gibbons, American television host
1957 - Paul Morley, English music journalist and musician
1958 - Chris Codiroli, American baseballer
1958 - Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
1959 - Cock Blocker, American reporter and correspondent
1960 - Marcus Allen, American football player
1960 - Jennifer Grey, American actress
1961 - Leigh Bowery, Australian-born English fashion performance artist (d. 1994)
1961 - William Hague, British politician
1962 - John Stockton, American basketball player
1962 - Paul de Leeuw, Dutch television host
1963 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
1963 - Roch Voisine, Canadian singer and songwriter
1964 - Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver
1964 - Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1964 - Baz Warne, English Guitarist (The Stranglers)
1966 - Nick Wirth, British engineer
1966 - Michael Imperioli, American actor
1967 - Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league footballer
1968 - Kenny Chesney, American singer
1968 - James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle)
1968 - Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
1970 - Paul Bosvelt, Dutch football player
1970 - Martin McDonagh, Anglo-Irish playwright and film director
1971 - Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
1972 - Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
1972 - Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
1973 - Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
1973 - Lawrence E. Page, American search engine pioneer
1973 - T.R. Knight, American actor
1973 - Matt Burke, Australian rugby player
1974 - Mike Peca, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Joachim Alcine, Haitian-born Quebec boxer
1976 - Amy Smart, American actress
1976 - Natalia Livingston, American actress
1976 - Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
1976 - Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer
1977 - Kevin Davies, English footballer
1977 - Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler
1978 - Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
1979 - Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist
1979 - Pierre Wome, Cameroonian footballer
1979 - Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
1980 - Son Ho Young, Korean singer
1981 - Baruch Dego, Israeli football player
1981 - Jay Sean, British R&B singer
1981 - Josh Wilson, American baseball player
1982 - Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
1983 - Michael Brendli, American professional wrestler
1984 - Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984 - Stéphanie Lapointe, French-Canadian singer
1984 - Sara Jean Underwood, American model
1984 - David McGowan, English footballer
1985 - Keira Knightley, English actress
1985 - Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricket captain
1985 - Jonathan Groff, American stage actor
1986 - Jonny Craig, Canadian singer and songwriter
1987 - Yui, Japanese musician
1988 - Suvi Koponen, Finnish model
1990 - Yuya Takaki, Japanese actor and singer
1990 - Yūya Yagira, Japanese actor

Famous deaths...
304 - Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian
922 - Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer
1130 - King Sigurd I of Norway (b. c. 1090)
1212 - King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
1517 - Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer
1535 - Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)
1546 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat
1566 - Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1510)
1649 - John Winthrop, second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1679 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
1697 - Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)
1726 - Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664)
1772 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
1776 - Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)
1780 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)
1793 - John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
1797 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (b. 1726)
1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)
1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
1858 - John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)
1881 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)
1885 - Anson Stager, American telegraphist (b. 1825)
1888 - Barghash bin Said, second Sultan of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
1892 - Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819)
1902 - Cecil Rhodes, English explorer (b. 1853)
1905 - Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)
1910 - Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
1910 - An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (executed) (b. 1879)
1920 - William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
1923 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
1926 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
1929 - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)
1933 - Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)
1940 - Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)
1942 - Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1945 - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
1951 - James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864)
1957 - Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)
1958 - Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)
1959 - Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (b. 1888)
1969 - John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937)
1973 - Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
1973 - Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
1973 - Don Messer, Canadian fiddler (b. 1909)
1973 - George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
1976 - Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888)
1976 - Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
1978 - Wilfred Pickles, English actor and broadcaster (b. 1904)
1983 - Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy (b. 1907)
1984 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (b. 1922)
1987 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
1990 - Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
1992 - Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (b. 1937)
1995 - Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A) (b. 1963)
1996 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
1996 - David Packard, American engineer and businessman (b. 1912)
1997 - Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931)
2000 - Alex Comfort, American author (b. 1920)
2002 - Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (b. 1927)
2004 - Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)
2004 - Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
2005 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
2005 - Gérard Filion, Quebec businessman and journalist (b. 1909)
2005 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
2005 - Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2006 - Anil Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1944)
2006 - Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
2006 - Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
2008 - Heath Benedict, American Football Player (b. 1983)
2008 - Robert Fagles, American translator and professor (b. 1933)
2008 - Wally Phillips, American radio personality (b. 1925)
2008 - Manuel Marulanda Velez aka Tirofijo, founder and lifelong leader of Colombian rebel group FARC-EP (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances...
Independence Day - Bangladesh
Zoroastrianism - Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday.
Prince Kuhio Day in Hawaii

Have a great Thursday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Mar 26 1942
Nazis began sending Jews to Auschwitz.

all aboard!