Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 9 1241

Mongols collect nine bags of ears after a battle with Henry, Duke of Poland, at Liegnitz. A feigned retreat separated the 500 Teutonic Knights from their infantry, and the Mongols slaughtered the entire infantry. Apparently you can fit 25,000 ears into nine bags.

Apr 9 1940

Nazi Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Norwegian national socialist Vidkun Quisling seizes the opportunity to declare himself the new prime minister of Norway, but the Germans replace him only five days later.

Apr 9 1948

Jewish terror groups Irgun and Lehi massacre Arab villagers of Deir Yassin located on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road. News of massacre creates panic among other Palestinians, who flee former mandatory Palestine at onset of first Arab-Israeli war.

Apr 9 1957

The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping.

Apr 9 1967



The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.

Apr 9 1969



The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.

Apr 9 1992



Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering by a federal court in Miami.

Birthdays today...
1336 – Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)
1498 – John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)
1597 – John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)
1634 – Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (d. 1696)
1648 – Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
1649 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of Great Britain (d. 1685)
1680 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (d. 1754)
1686 – James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721)
1691 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (d. 1761)
1757 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (d. 1833)
1770 – Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (d. 1831)
1773 – Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824)
1794 – Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881)
1806 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (d. 1859)
1821 – Charles Baudelaire, French poet (d. 1867)
1830 – Eadweard Muybridge, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (d. 1904)
1835 – King Léopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
1865 – Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (d. 1937)
1867 – Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
1872 – Léon Blum, French prime minister (d. 1950)
1882 – Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (d. 1946)
1888 – Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (d. 1974)
1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (d. 1985)
1895 – Michel Simon, French actor (d. 1975)
1897 – John B. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (d. 1974)
1898 – Curly Lambeau, American football coach, executive (d. 1965)
1898 – Paul Robeson, American singer and activist (d. 1976)
1901 – Paul Willis, American actor (d. 1960)
1903 – Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)
1904 – Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)
1905 – J. William Fulbright, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (d. 1995)
1906 – Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (d. 1988)
1906 – Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
1908 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (d. 1997)
1910 – Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (d. 1998)
1912 – Lew Kopelew, Russian author (d. 1997)
1915 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Quebec politician (d. 1968)
1917 – Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist and writer (d. 1965)
1917 – Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002)
1918 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (d. 2008)
1919 – J. Presper Eckert, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
1921 – Jean-Marie Balestre, French motorsports official (FIA) (d. 2008)
1921 – Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
1922 – Carl Amery, German writer (d. 2005)
1926 – Hugh Hefner, American editor and publisher, founder of Playboy
1928 – Tom Lehrer, American musician and mathematician
1928 – Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006)
1930 – F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (d. 2007)
1930 – Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist
1931 – Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (d. 1991)
1932 – Jim Fowler, American zoologist
1932 – Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
1932 – Carl Perkins, American musician (d. 1998)
1932 – Cheeta, chimpanzee actor
1933 – Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor
1934 – Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
1935 – Avery Schreiber, American actor (d. 2002)
1936 – Valerie Solanas, American radical feminist (d. 1988)
1937 – Marty Krofft, Canadian children's television producer
1938 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician
1939 – Michael Learned, American actress
1940 – Jim Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player
1941 – Kaye Adams, American country singer
1941 – Chu Song-woong, Korean stage actor (d. 1985)
1942 – Brandon De Wilde, American actor (d. 1972)
1943 – Terry Knight, American music promoter (d. 2004)
1945 – Peter Gammons, American baseball journalist
1945 – Steve Gadd, American session drummer
1946 – David Webb, English football player and coach
1948 – Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress
1953 – Hal Ketchum, American musician
1954 – Dennis Quaid, American actor
1954 – Iain Duncan Smith, British politician
1955 – Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist
1955 – Kate Heyhoe, American food writer
1956 – Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentine footballer
1957 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer
1957 – Brian Alexander, British broadcaster
1957 – Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
1961 – Mark Kelly, British keyboard player (Marillion)
1962 – Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player
1962 – Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian artist, film director
1963 – Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer
1963 – Joe Scarborough, American television personality
1964 – Rick Tocchet, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Rob Awalt, American football player
1964 – Soyo Oka, Japanese musician
1965 – Jeff Zucker, American television executive
1965 – Paulina Porizkova, Czechoslovakian-born actress and supermodel
1965 – Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted murderer (d. 2002)
1965 – Mark Pellegrino, American actor
1966 – Cynthia Nixon, American actress
1967 – Alex Kahn, American artist
1970 – Mike Barz, American meteorologist and TV anchor
1971 – Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer
1971 – Jacques Villeneuve, French-Canadian race car driver
1971 – Austin Peck, American actor
1971 – Earl Cole, Winner of Survivor: Fiji
1973 – Spenny Rice, Canadian Entertainer
1974 – Jenna Jameson, American porn star
1974 – Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer
1975 – Robbie Fowler, English footballer
1975 – David Gordon Green, American filmmaker
1977 – Gerard Way, Lead Vocalist, My Chemical Romance
1978 – Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
1978 – Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club)
1978 – Veronica Taylor, American actress
1978 – Vesna Pisarović, Croatian singer
1979 – Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes)
1979 – Katsuni, French porn star
1979 – Keith Nobbs, American actor
1979 – Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
1980 – Yoanna House, American model
1980 – Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer
1980 – Clueso, German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
1981 – Milan Bartovič, Slovak ice hockey player
1981 – Eric Harris, Columbine High School shooter (d. 1999)
1981 – Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
1981 – Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player
1982 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor
1982 – Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer
1984 – Linda Chung, Canadian-born Hong Kong actress and singer
1984 – Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player
1985 – Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese actor and singer (NEWS)
1986 – Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer
1986 – Leighton Meester, American actress
1987 – Craig Mabbitt, American singer of Escape the Fate
1987 – Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer
1987 – Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer
1987 – Jazmine Sullivan , American R&B Singer
1990 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
1998 – Elle Fanning, American Actress

Famous deaths...
  93 – Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty
491 – Zeno, Byzantine Emperor
715 – Pope Constantine
1024 – Pope Benedict VIII
1137 – William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
1483 – King Edward IV of England (b. 1442)
1484 – Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)
1492 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesmen (b. 1449)
1553 – François Rabelais, French writer
1557 – Mikael Agricola, Finnish scholar (b. c. 1510)
1626 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist (b. 1561)
1654 – Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1588)
1693 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
1747 – Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief
1754 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher (b. 1679)
1761 – William Law, British minister (b. 1686)
1804 – Jacques Necker, French statesman (b. 1732)
1806 – William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
1872 – Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
1876 – Charles Goodyear, American politician (b. 1804)
1889 – Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786)
1909 – Helena Modrzejewska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
1917 – James Hope Moulton, British scholar of Classical Greek (b. 1863)
1936 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (b. 1855)
1940 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (b. 1865)
1944 – Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (b. 1920)
1945 – Wilhelm Canaris, German Admiral (b. 1887)
1945 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (b. 1906)
1945 – Georg Elser, failed assassin of Hitler (b. 1903)
1948 – George Carpenter, Australian Salvation Army general (b. 1872)
1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903)
1951 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (b. 1862)
1953 – Eddie Cochems, Father of the Forward Pass in American football (b. 1877)
1959 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867)
1961 – King Zog of Albania (b. 1895).
1963 – Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (b. 1891)
1970 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896)
1976 – Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer, pianist (b. 1903)
1976 – Phil Ochs, American singer (b. 1940)
1978 – Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b. 1883)
1982 – Wilfrid Pelletier, French Canadian conductor (b. 1896)
1988 – Brook Benton, American singer (b. 1931)
1988 – David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (b. 1937)
1989 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (b. 1946)
1991 – Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
1996 – Richard Condon, American novelist (b. 1915)
1996 – James W. Rouse, American real estate developer, activist, and philanthropist (b. 1914)
1997 – Helene Hanff, American writer (b. 1916)
1997 – Mae Boren Axton, American singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
1998 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
1999 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Niger politician and general (b. 1949)
2001 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
2002 – Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
2002 – Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
2006 – Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
2006 – Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (b. 1924)
2007 – Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances...
Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor, celebrated as Bataan Day in Bataan) in the Philippines.

Have a great Thursday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.   

Wish I could have flown on it.

[Flynbyu]

The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.   

Wish I could have flown on it.

I got to see the Concorde take off at Heathrow in 1996.

Very cool to see an airliner with afterburners. Reheating those Rolls-Royce engines and watching the condensation roll over those huge delta wings as it rotated was awesome. 

It's a very small aircraft when compared to other airliners.....It was well ahead of it's time.

~Brian

[Peelz]

I had a friend who got to fly to England on one. We were like 8 or 9. I was jealous as f**k!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Today is Good Friday.

Good Friday is also called Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday, is a religious holiday observed primarily by adherents to Christianity commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Golgotha, an event central to Christian theology. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and often coincides with the Jewish observance of Passover.


Apr 10 1848

250 people die in a bridge collapse in Yarmouth, England. They had gathered on the suspension bridge to watch a clown boat be pulled by a flock of geese.

Apr 10 1917

133 people are killed in an explosion at the Eddystone ammunition factory in Chester, PA. Satan is immediately implicated, with one official declaring the blast to be "the result of a diabolical plot conceived in the degenerate brain of a demon in human guise." It later turns out to have been caused by poorly-maintained powder loading machinery.

Apr 10 1919

Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata and his bodyguards are shot to death after being lured to a meeting by army colonel Jesus Guajardo. For his deception, Guajardo collects a reward of 52,000 pesos and is promoted to the rank of general.

Apr 10 1942

Approximately 66,000 Filipino and 11,796 U.S. soldiers near the Philippine town of Mariveles surrender to Japanese forces. Unable to feed their wounded and starving POWs, the Japanese opt for the 61-mile "Bataan Death March" to mitigate the problem.

Apr 10 1945

Buchenwald death camp liberated by U.S. forces.

Apr 10 1947

Agents of the FBI pay a visit to Screen Actors Guild president Ronald Reagan and his wife, actress Jane Wyman. They accuse the couple of belonging to Communist front groups. Reagan quickly agrees to become a secret informer.

Apr 10 1992



Comedian Sam Kinison killed in a car accident.

Apr 10 1997

The Jerusalem Post reports that high rabbinical sources have confirmed the birth of a rare red heifer named Melody in a kibbutz near Haifa. The ashes from such a beast will be needed to ceremonially purify any Jews before they would be permitted to enter the former site of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. At present, the parcel is occupied by the Dome of the Rock mosque, which is located on the spot where Muslims believe that Mohammed rode his horse into Heaven. The goal here is to reconstruct the Hebrew temple, but this would necessitate tearing down the mosque, virtually guaranteeing outright war between Israel and the Arab world. Even more ominous, the construction project is a necessary prerequisite for the second coming of Christ, which itself involves all the End Times stuff in the book of Revelation. Melody is the first red heifer in 2,000 years, and quite possibly the last.

Apr 10 2003

FBI agents raid the Noonday, Texas home of avowed white supremacist William Joseph Krar. Upon searching the domicile and some rented storage units, the agents turn up an arsenal including briefcase bombs with remote-controlled detonators, full-auto machine guns, silencers, nearly 500,000 rounds of ammunition, a 1953 military land mine, more than 800 grams of sodium cyanide, and a copy of The Turner Diaries. Krar later receives 11 years for possession of a dangerous chemical weapon.

Birthdays today...
1389 – Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
1583 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1656 – René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1704 – Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 – John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1735 – Button Gwinnett, Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (d. 1777)
1755 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
1762 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 – William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
1794 – Matthew C. Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
1796 – James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1827 – Lew Wallace, Union general in the American Civil War and novelist (d. 1905)
1829 – William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1837 – Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
1847 – Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
1864 – Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
1865 – Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 – George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
1868 – George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
1880 – Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
1880 – Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
1882 – Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)
1887 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1891 – Frank Barson, English footballer (d. 1968)
1894 – Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
1897 – Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)
1903 – Claire Boothe Luce, American activist, (d. 1987)
1910 – Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
1911 – Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
1913 – Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
1915 – Harry Morgan, American actor
1917 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1918 – Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
1921 – Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
1921 – Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
1923 – Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
1924 – Kenneth Noland, American painter
1925 – Linda Goodman, New York Times bestselling American astrologer and poet (d. 1995)
1926 – Junior Samples, American southern comedian (d. 1983)
1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1929 – Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
1929 – Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
1930 – Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist
1930 – Dolores Huerta, American labor activist
1930 – Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor/comedian (d. 2006)
1930 – Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
1932 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
1933 – Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
1934 – David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
1934 – Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1935 – John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist (d. 1961)
1936 – John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
1937 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
1938 – Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster
1940 – Gloria Hunniford, Northern Irish TV and radio presenter
1941 – Paul Theroux, American author
1942 – Ian Callaghan, English footballer
1942 – Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1943 – Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete
1946 – David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
1947 – Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
1950 – Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
1950 – Barry M. Riemer, American author
1950 – Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1950 – Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer
1951 – David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
1951 – Steven Seagal, American actor
1954 – Peter MacNicol, American actor
1955 – Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1957 – John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
1957 – Steve Gustafson, American musician
1958 – Bob Bell, British engineer
1958 – Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
1958 – Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer
1959 – Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
1959 – Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
1959 – Davy Carton, Irish musician (Saw Doctors)
1960 – Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens
1960 – Katrina Leskanich, American musician
1961 – Nicky Campbell, Scottish TV & radio presenter
1961 – Joe Cole (roadie), American roadie (d. 1991)
1962 – Steve Tasker, American football player
1963 – Warren DeMartini, American musician
1963 – Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1965 – Tim Alexander, American musician
1967 – Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – David Rovics, American folksinger
1968 – Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
1969 – Billy Jayne, American actor
1969 – Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
1970 – Matt Barlow, American musician
1970 – Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
1970 – Kenny Lattimore, American singer
1970 – Mike Mushok, American musician
1970 – Q-Tip, American musician
1971 – Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
1972 – Ed Byrne, Irish stand up comedian/voice over artist
1973 – Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
1973 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
1973 – Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
1973 – Christopher Simmons, American designer
1974 – Eric Greitens, American former military officer
1974 – Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
1975 – Chris Carrabba, American singer
1976 – Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
1978 – Sir Christus, famous Finnish guitarist
1979 – Shemekia Copeland, American singer
1979 – Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
1979 – Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
1979 – Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
1980 – Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
1980 – Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
1980 – Bryce Soderberg, American musician
1981 – Gretchen Bleiler, American snowboarder
1981 – Laura Bell Bundy, American actor
1981 – Liz McClarnon, British singer
1981 – Michael Pitt, American actor
1981 – Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
1982 – Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
1982 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
1982 – Andre Ethier, American baseball player
1983 – Ryan Merriman, American actor
1984 – Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
1985 – Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
1985 – Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
1986 – Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
1986 – Ayesha Takia, Indian actress
1987 – Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1988 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor
1990 – Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
1990 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1990 – Ben Amos, English footballer
1991 – Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
2007 – Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch princess

Famous deaths...
879 – Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (b. 846)
948 – King Hugh of Italy
1533 – King Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471)
1545 – Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
1585 – Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
1599 – Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1601 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
1619 – Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c. 1550)
1640 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
1646 – Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1704 – William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
1706 – Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
1756 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
1760 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
1786 – John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
1806 – Horatio Gates, American Revolutionary War hero (b. 1727)
1813 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (b. 1736)
1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
1882 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
1904 – Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
1919 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879)
1920 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1938 – Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
1945 – Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1945 – H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (b. 1882)
1954 – Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer (b. 1862)
1954 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1955 – Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
1958 – Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1962 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
1965 – Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
1965 – Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
1966 – Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
1969 – Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
1975 – Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
1979 – Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
1980 – Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1914)
1986 – Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
1991 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
1991 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
1992 – Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
1993 – Chris Hani, South African activist (b. 1942)
1994 – Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
1995 – Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)
1997 – Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
1999 – Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
2000 – Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
2000 – Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
2003 – Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
2005 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
2005 – Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
2005 – Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2005 – Scott Gottlieb, American drummer (Bleed the Dream) (b. 1970)
2007 – Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances...
Good Friday

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

Camberlynn Jenee' came into this world healthy and beautiful at 7lb 4oz and 20.5in long.  I'll make sure to post picture later.  I'm just home for a break and to be with Owen for awhile.  He's still fighting a nasty cold so he's not feeling the best. 

[Colorado700R]

 

Congrats big guy!!

[Flynbyu]

Camberlynn Jenee' came into this world healthy and beautiful at 7lb 4oz and 20.5in long.  I'll make sure to post picture later.  I'm just home for a break and to be with Owen for awhile.  He's still fighting a nasty cold so he's not feeling the best. 

Awesome man!

I was thinking it was anyday now. Hope mom is doing okay!



~Brian

[Krandall]

congrats man!!! If you want I think I can save the pic from my phone and upload it.

[socalrappy700]

congrats man!!! If you want I think I can save the pic from my phone and upload it.

If you could that would be great, my phone is dead.  I'll get some more up later.

And Jenee' is doing great Brian, much better this time.

[Krandall]

Camberlynn Jenee' came into this world healthy and beautiful at 7lb 4oz and 20.5in long.  I'll make sure to post picture later.  I'm just home for a break and to be with Owen for awhile.  He's still fighting a nasty cold so he's not feeling the best. 

Here she is:

[Peelz]

Congrats Socal! Glad to hear everyone is doing fine.

[Peelz]

Camberlynn Jenee' came into this world healthy and beautiful at 7lb 4oz and 20.5in long.  I'll make sure to post picture later.  I'm just home for a break and to be with Owen for awhile.  He's still fighting a nasty cold so he's not feeling the best. 

Here she is:

adorable. Must take after mommy.  :grin_nod:

[Flynbyu]

Tornados last night.

One ten miles north of me, one 48 miles south that killed three people.

It got ugly!!!

~Brian

[Peelz]

the story of the crazy lady running from the CHP in a scion XB i was watching before leaving for work. Lady was nuts, flipping the cops off, doing donuts in the median. Thought it might be Krandall for a sec.



If anybody can find any video, post it up. it was priceless.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12115190