Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Mar 22 1622

A band led by the Brother of Powhatan slaughters 347 settlers near Jamestown, in the first Indian massacre.

Mar 22 1923



Marcel Marceau's birthday. Fucking mimes.

Mar 22 1931



William Shatner, the great actor, birthday.

Mar 22 1933

The first SS-run concentration camp, Dachau, receives prisoners.

Mar 22 1947

U.S. President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835, beginning the Great Loyalty Crusade. 2,000,000 government employees were required to take oaths and submit to loyalty investigations; of those a mere 139 were terminated in the span of three years.

Mar 22 1972

National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse recommends ending criminal penalties for possession of marijuana. No subsequent administration has heeded their recommendation.

Mar 22 1978

One of the Flying Wallendas, 73 year old Karl Wallenda, plunges to his death on a cable strung between two hotels in San Juan, PR.

Mar 22 1991

Ivana divorces The Donald.

Birthdays today...
841 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)
875 - William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
1366 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)
1459 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
1503 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)
1599 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
1609 - King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)
1663 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
1712 - Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)
1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
1723 - Charles Carroll, American statesman (d. 1783)
1759 - Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
1797 - King Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)
1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)
1817 - Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (d. 1876)
1818 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
1857 - Paul Doumer, French President (d. 1932)
1860 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician (d. 1940)
1866 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (d. 1913)
1868 - Robert Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1869 - Emilio Aguinaldo, first President of the Philippines (d. 1964)
1878 - Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)
1880 - Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
1885 - Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1887 - Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961)
1896 - He Long, Chinese marshal (d. 1969)
1901 - Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)
1902 - Madeleine Milhaud, French actress (d. 2008)
1907 - James Gavin, American general and ambassador (d. 1990)
1907 - Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
1908 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
1908 - Louis L'Amour, American author (d. 1988)
1909 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (d. 1983)
1910 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (d. 1979)
1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (d. 1985)
1912 - Karl Malden, American actor
1913 - Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish combat pilot (d. 2001)
1913 - Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
1913 - Lew Wasserman, American film studio executive (d. 2002)
1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
1917 - Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
1918 - Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (d. 1997)
1920 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (d. 2000)
1920 - Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (d. 1981)
1921 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (d. 2004)
1923 - Marcel Marceau, world renown French Mime (d. 2007)
1924 - Allen Neuharth, American businessman
1924 - Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
1928 - Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
1928 - E.D. Hirsch. American social commentator
1928 - Ed Macauley, American basketball player
1930 - Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator
1930 - Pat Robertson, American televangelist
1930 - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist
1931 - Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1931 - William Shatner, Canadian actor
1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran
1933 - May Britt, Swedish actress
1934 - Orrin Hatch, American politician
1934 - Larry Martyn, English comedy actor (d. 1994)
1935 - M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
1936 - Ron Carey, American labor leader
1936 - Roger Whittaker, British singer
1937 - Angelo Badalamenti, American composer
1937 - Armin Hary, German athlete
1940 - Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
1941 - Jeremy Clyde, British actor and musician (Chad and Jeremy)
1941 - Billy Collins, American poet
1941 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
1942 - Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
1942 - Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
1942 - Dick Pound, Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
1943 - George Benson, American musician
1943 - Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
1946 - Rudy Rucker, American author
1946 - Don Chaney, American basketball player and head coach
1947 - James Patterson, American author
1948 - Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer
1949 - Fanny Ardant, French actress
1950 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player
1952 - Bob Costas, American sports commentator
1952 - Jay Dee Daugherty, American drummer
1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician
1955 - Lena Olin, Swedish actress
1955 - Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia
1956 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003)
1957 - Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
1958 - Laurie David, American political activist
1958 - Pete Wylie, British singer/songwriter
1959 - Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor
1959 - Avraham Fried, Orthodox Jewish Musician
1965 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
1965 - Emma Wray, English actress
1966 - Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
1966 - Brian Shaw, American basketball player
1967 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
1968 - Euronymous, Norwegian black metal musician (d. 1993)
1970 - Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer
1970 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
1971 - Will Yun Lee, American actor
1972 - Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
1972 - Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1972 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater
1973 - Beverley Knight, English singer
1973 - Joe Nedney, American football player
1974 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player
1974 - Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
1974 - Kidada Jones, American actress
1975 - Cole Hauser, American actor
1975 - Jiří Novák, Czech tennis player
1976 - Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
1976 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress
1977 - Joey Porter, American football player
1978 - Tom Poti, professional hockey player
1979 - Aaron North, American musician
1979 - Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
1980 - Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
1980 - Pamela O'Connor, Scottish ice dancer
1981 - Victoria Lanz, Venezuelan porn star
1981 - MIMS, American rapper
1983 - Dagoberto, Brazilian footballer
1985 - Mike Jenkins, American football player
1988 - Tania Raymonde, American actress
1992 - Luke Freeman, English footballer
1993 - Mick Hazen, American actor

Famous deaths...
1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
1544 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
1602 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)
1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1687 - Jean Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (b. 1632)
1758 - Jonathan Edwards, American minister (b. 1703)
1758 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
1772 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
1820 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
1840 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
1896 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b. 1822)
1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
1924 - William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (b. 1848)
1934 - Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
1945 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1857)
1951 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
1952 - Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
1955 - Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
1958 - Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
1960 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
1966 - John Harlin, American mountaineer (b. 1935)
1974 - Peter Revson, American racecar driver (b. 1939)
1977 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904)
1978 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
1981 - James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
1986 - Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
1986 - Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
1990 - Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b. 1928)
1991 - Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
1991 - Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
1991 - Gloria Holden, American film actress (b. 1908)
1994 - Dan Hartman, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
1994 - Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1996 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles) (b. 1945)
1999 - David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
2001 - Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish combat pilot (b. 1913)
2001 - William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
2003 - Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2004 - Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. c. 1937)
2005 - Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
2006 - Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
2006 - Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician (b. 1939)
2007 - Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2008 - Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
2009 - Jade Goody, Business woman and television personality (b.1981)

Holidays and observances...
The fourth day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
World Water Day.
In the Gregorian Calendar 22 March is the earliest date on which Easter Sunday can fall (25 April is the latest)
Mothering Sunday 2009.

Have a great Sunday.

~Brian

[Peelz]

big shout out to Admin for the new sig

[Krandall]

someone got bored. 

[Flynbyu]

big shout out to Admin for the new sig

It wasn't me.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

March 23 1889

President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22.

March 23 1903

The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes.

March 23 1919

In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.

March 23 1956

Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.

March 23 2001

The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

March 23 2005

The United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

Birthdays today...
1429 - Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)
1638 - Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)
1645 - William Kidd, Scottish sailor (d. 1701)
1699 - John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)
1723 - Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)
1732 - Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
1754 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
1769 - William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
1769 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
1823 - Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1826 - Léon Minkus, German/Czech composer and violinist (d. 1917)
1831 - Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)
1834 - Julius Reubke, German composer (d. 1858)
1858 - Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)
1862 - Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
1868 - Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)
1874 - J. C. Leyendecker, German American Illustrator (d. 1951)
1878 - Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (d. 1934)
1880 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)
1881 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
1881 - Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1882 - Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)
1887 - Juan Gris, Spanish artist (d. 1927)
1887 - Josef Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1945)
1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
1893 - Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)
1893 - G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu), Indian Inventor & Engineer (Edison of India) (d. 1974)
1895 - Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (d. 2001)
1899 - Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
1900 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
1904 - H. Beam Piper, American science fiction author (d. 1964)
1905 - Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
1905 - Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
1907 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998)
1912 - Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
1915 - Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (d. 1991)
1919 - Carl Graffunder, mid-century modernist architect
1920 - Neal Smith, former United States Congressman
1920 - Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
1921 - Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (d. 1967)
1922 - Marty Allen, American comedian and actor
1922 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1924 - Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (d. 1980)
1925 - David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
1929 - Sir Roger Bannister, English runner
1931 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
1931 - Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player
1932 - Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1933 - Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist, known for the Stanford prison experiment
1934 - Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician
1934 - Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
1934 - Mark Rydell, American film and television director
1937 - Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder
1937 - Robert Gallo, American physician
1938 - Maynard Jackson, first black mayor of Atlanta (d. 2003)
1938 - Dave Pike, American jazz musician
1939 - Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and entertainer
1941 - Jim Trelease, American educator and children's literature author
1942 - Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (d. 1980)
1943 - Lee May, former Major League Baseball player
1943 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001)
1944 - Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer
1944 - Tony McPhee, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
1945 - Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker
1945 - David Grisman, American bluegrass musician
1948 - David Olney, American musician
1949 - Ric Ocasek, American musician (The Cars)
1949 - Roland Lee, American Watercolor Artist
1950 - Anthony De Longis, American actor
1950 - Corinne Clery, French actress
1951 - Ron Jaworski, American football player and analyst
1952 - Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
1953 - Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
1953 - Chaka Khan, American singer
1953 - Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian entrepreneur, Chairman of Biocon Ltd
1954 - Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
1955 - Moses Malone, American basketball player
1955 - Petrea Burchard, American actress
1956 - José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician, president of the European Commission
1957 - Amanda Plummer, American actress
1957 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (d. 1998)
1958 - Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
1958 - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (d. 1997)
1959 - Catherine Keener, American actress
1959 - Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (d. 1997)
1959 - Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (d. 2005)
1960 - Nicol Stephen, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
1961 - Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster
1962 - Steve Redgrave, British rower, 5 Olympic Gold Medals
1963 - Míchel (José Miguel González Martín), Spanish footballer
1964 - Hope Davis, American actress
1964 - John Pinette, American comedian
1965 - Sarah Buxton, American actress
1965 - Richard Grieco, American actor and singer
1965 - Marti Pellow, Scottish singer
1965 - Gary Whitehead, American poet
1967 - David Ford, Canadian kayaker
1968 - Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
1968 - Mitch Cullin, American novelist
1968 - Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer
1968 - Michael Atherton, English cricketer
1971 - Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian supermodel
1971 - Karen McDougal, American model
1971 - Gail Porter, British television presenter
1971 - Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese professional wrestler
1972 - Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
1972 - Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
1973 - Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
1973 - Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver
1973 - Jason Kidd, American basketball player
1975 - Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)
1976 - Michelle Monaghan, American actress
1976 - Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider
1976 - Jeremy Newberry, American football player
1976 - Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Keri Russell, American actress
1976 - Jayson Blair, American journalist and author
1976 - Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing car driver
1977 - Jean Carlos Gamarra, Peruvian taekwondo practitioner
1978 - Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer
1978 - Nicholle Tom, American actress
1978 - Perez Hilton, American television personality and blogger
1979 - Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
1979 - Misty Hyman, American swimmer
1979 - Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish International rugby player
1979 - Natalya Baranovskaya, Olympic swimmer
1980 - Russell Howard, British Comedian
1981 - Luciana Carro, Canadian actress
1981 - Erin Crocker, American NASCAR driver
1981 - Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player
1982 - José Raúl Contreras, Chilean footballer
1983 - Jerome Thomas, English footballer
1985 - Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
1986 - Farren Ray, Australian Rules Football
1986 - Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
1986 - Steven Strait, American actor
1990 - Princess Eugenie of York
1995 - Jan Lisiecki, Canadian Pianist
1999 - Prince Beltran of Bulgaria

Famous deaths...
1103 - Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
1361 - Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c. 1310)
1369 - King Pedro of Castile (b. 1334)
1548 - Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen
1555 - Pope Julius III (b. 1487)
1559 - Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle)
1596 - Henry Unton, English diplomat
1606 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547)
1618 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
1653 - Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (b. 1604)
1675 - Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1619)
1680 - Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)
1742 - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
1747 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)
1748 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b. 1684)
1754 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)
1783 - Charles Caroll, American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
1801 - Tsar Paul of Russia (b. 1754)
1842 - Stendhal, French writer (b. 1783)
1914 - Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
1927 - Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859)
1931 - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters
1935 - Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886)
1947 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
1955 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
1960 - Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)
1964 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1904)
1965 - Mae Murray, American actress (b. 1889)
1968 - Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (b. 1918)
1970 - Del Lord, Canadian director (b. 1894)
1972 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895)
1979 - Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
1980 - Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (b. 1928)
1982 - Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient (b. 1921)
1985 - Richard Beeching, chairman of British Railways (b. 1913)
1985 - Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and professor (b. 1908)
1985 - Ben Hardwick, Britain's youngest liver transplant patient (b. 1982)
1990 - John Dexter, English stage and film director
1991 - Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
1992 - Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (b. 1950)
1994 - Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
1994 - Donald Swann, British composer, musician and entertainer (b. 1923)
1995 - Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (b. 1953)
1995 - Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
1998 - Gerald Stano, American serial killer (b. 1951)
1999 - Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. ?)
2001 - Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)
2002 - Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)
2002 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
2003 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b. 1926)
2004 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
2006 - David B. Bleak, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
2006 - Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
2006 - Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
2007 - Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)
2007 - Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer (b. 1973)

Holidays and observances...
Roman Empire - The fifth and final day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva.
Roman Empire - Tubilustrium was held in honor of Mars.
Ancient Latvia - Lieldienas held in honor of Mara and other pagan goddesses.
Pakistan - National Day (Republic Day).
Hungary, Poland - Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship.

Have a great Monday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

March 23 1956
Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.

Go packistan....

[Flynbyu]

So are you dragging ass today after five hours in a car yesterday?

~Brian

[Peelz]

Happy pakistanian national day.

[Flynbyu]

Pakitsan loves America.



~Brian

[Peelz]

Pakitsan loves America.



~Brian

Like cats love water.

[Flynbyu]

Yes they do.



~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Score!

~Brian

[Krandall]

So are you dragging ass today after five hours in a car yesterday?
~Brian

We had a nice trip break. Lydia's brother lives in Black River Falls about 2.5 hours away from our place. So.. after the wedding we drove there and stayd the night. but... still dragging.. didn't get to their place until 2:00am sunday morning and got up @ 8:00am.

today's suckin baaaallllls.

[Flynbyu]

I bet.

I hate driving that far.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Michael Bolton FTW!

~Brian