Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[socalrappy700]

Apr 13 1994

The United Nations Human Rights Committee declares sodomy to be a basic human right. The committee determined that laws against assf  Angry  cking (particularly in Tasmania) breach articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

VERY happy day for Randy.

[Krandall]

Apr 13 1992

Chicago's downtown business center is crippled by massive flooding, as 124 million gallons of water inundate 50 miles of underground freight tunnels and adjoining basements. City workers dump sandbags, rocks, and mattresses into the Chicago River in a vain attempt to slow the floodwaters. All told, it will take 12 days to seal the leak and drain the tunnels. The disaster causes $800 million in damage, and the IRS graciously grants one week of amnesty for Chicago-area residents to file their tax returns.





So nice of the IRS...

[Peelz]

Apr 13 1994

The United Nations Human Rights Committee declares sodomy to be a basic human right. The committee determined that laws against assf  Angry  cking (particularly in Tasmania) breach articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

VERY happy day for Randy.

 

like he cares if it is legal.

[Krandall]

Apr 13 1994

The United Nations Human Rights Committee declares sodomy to be a basic human right. The committee determined that laws against assf  Angry  cking (particularly in Tasmania) breach articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

VERY happy day for Randy.

 

like he cares if it is legal.

they don't call it underground for nothin. 

[Flynbyu]

Backdoor man!



~Brian

[Peelz]

Backdoor man!



~Brian

Didn't realize Kyle logged on yet. 

have a great evening guys. 

[Krandall]

later man

[Flynbyu]

Gotta go check the Tahoe battery.....I drove it today to get the oil changed.

Damn battery is struggling to turn the motor over.

Shit.

~Brian

[kyledvor61]

Backdoor man!



~Brian

Didn't realize Kyle logged on yet. 

have a great evening guys. 

bastard

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Apr 14 73

With the 10th Roman Legion about to breach the gates of their mountaintop fortress, 960 Sicarii Jews commit mass suicide at Masada. According to Josephus, the radical cult selected ten swordsmen by lottery to perform the killing. Then they held a second lottery to choose one man to kill the remaining nine. Finally, the last one fell on his sword.

Apr 14 1865

President Abraham Lincoln receives a cranial gunshot wound from the nation's most famous actor, John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln dies the following day, primarily from ill-advised attempts to extract the bullet lodged in his brain.

Apr 14 1986

1 kg (2.2 pound) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.

Apr 14 1989

California winery worker Ramon Salcido picks up a butcher knife and kills his wife, mother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, and two of his own daughters. Then he goes to work and kills his supervisor.

Apr 14 2000

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich files a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.

Birthdays today...
1336 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)
1572 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
1578 – King Philip III of Spain (d. 1621)
1629 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician (d. 1695)
1668 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)
1714 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788)
1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
1741 – Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
1773 – Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854)
1788 – David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870)
1818 – Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, queen of Hanover (d. 1909)
1827 – Augustus Pitt Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
1857 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (d. 1944)
1866 – Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
1868 – Peter Behrens, German architect (d. 1940)
1870 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (d. 1905)
1870 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1929)
1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)
1882 – Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher, (d. 1936)
1886 – Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (d. 1956)
1891 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d. 1956)
1892 – Vere Gordon Childe, Australian philologist (d. 1957)
1897 – Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)
1902 – Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)
1904 – Sir John Gielgud, English actor (d. 2000)
1905 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (d. 1999)
1907 – François Duvalier, Haitian politician (d. 1971)
1917 – Marvin Miller, American labor activist
1917 – Valerie Hobson, British actress (d. 1998)
1921 – Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate
1923 – Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golf player
1924 – Shorty Rogers, American jazz musician (d. 1994)
1925 – Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974)
1925 – Abel Muzorewa, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
1925 – Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002)
1926 – Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director and teacher (d. 1996)
1926 – Liz Renay, American actress (d. 2007)
1927 – Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
1927 – Dany Robin, French actress (d. 1995)
1929 – Gerry Anderson, English television producer
1930 – Bradford Dillman, American actor
1931 – Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
1932 – Bob Grant, English actor (d. 2003)
1934 – Fredric Jameson, American philosopher, cultural theorist
1934 – Loretta Lynn, American singer/songwriter
1935 – Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer
1936 – Kenneth Mars, American actor
1936 – Frank Serpico, American policeman
1936 – Bobby Nichols, American professional golfer
1941 – Julie Christie, British actress
1941 – Pete Rose, American baseball player
1942 – Valentin Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut
1942 – Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician
1945 – Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist (Deep Purple)
1945 – Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
1948 – Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician
1949 – DeAnne Julius, American/English economist
1949 – John Shea, American actor
1950 – Francis Collins, American scientist
1951 – Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
1952 – Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman
1953 – David Buss, Evolutionary psychologist
1954 – Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author
1957 – Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
1957 – Richard Jeni, American comedian (d. 2007)
1957 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
1958 – John D'Aquino, American actor
1960 – Brad Garrett, American actor
1961 – Robert Carlyle, British actor
1964 – Greg Battle, Canadian Football League player
1965 – Tom Dey, American film director
1966 – David Justice, American baseball player
1966 – Greg Maddux, American baseball player
1966 – André Boisclair, Quebec politician (Parti Québécois)
1967 – Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
1967 – Nicola Berti, Italian International footballer
1967 – Alain Côté, French Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
1969 – Brad Ausmus, American baseball player
1969 – Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist
1969 – Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician
1969 – Mark Macon, American basketball player
1970 – Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer
1970 – Emre Altuğ, Turkish singer
1971 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer
1971 – Peter Gibson, American writer
1971 – Gregg Zaun, American baseball player
1972 – Paul Devlin, England-born Scottish footballer
1972 – Roberto Mejia, Dominican baseball player
1973 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
1973 – Adrien Brody, American actor
1973 – David Miller, American tenor (Il Divo)
1974 – Shawntae Harris, American rapper
1975 – Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler
1975 – Veronika Zemanová, Czech model
1975 – Avner Dorman, Israeli composer
1975 – Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976 – Anna DeForge, American basketball player
1976 – Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
1976 – Christian Älvestam, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
1978 – JMR, American musician
1978 – Paul O'Brien, Australian actor
1979 – Rebecca DiPietro, American model
1979 – Randal McCloy, Survivor of the Sago Mine Disaster
1979 – Noé Pamarot, French footballer
1980 – Ben Wells, American actor
1980 – Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
1983 – James McFadden, Scottish footballer
1983 – William Yaw Obeng, Arena Football League lineman
1983 – Nikoloz Tskitishvili, American basketball player
1984 – Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (d. 2004)
1984 – Tyler Thigpen, American football player
1986 – Matt Derbyshire, English footballer
1986 – Anne Watanabe, Japanese model
1986 – Todd Gilles, American ice dancer
1993 – Vivien Cardone, an American actress
1993 – Graham Phillips (actor), American actor
1996 – Abigail Breslin, American child actress

Famous deaths...
1132 – Mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076).
1279 – Boleslaus of Greater Poland.
1322 – Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275).
1345 – Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287).
1471 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (b. 1428).
1574 – Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (killed in battle) (b. 1538).
1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary I of Scotland.
1599 – Henry Wallop, English statesman.
1662 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582).
1682 – Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (b. 1621).
1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral.
1721 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652).
1759 – George Frideric Handel, German composer (b. 1685).
1785 – William Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715).
1792 – Maximilian Hell, Hungarian astronomer (b. 1720).
1864 – Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (b. 1777).
1910 – Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (b. 1856).
1911 – Addie Joss, American baseball player (b. 1880).
1911 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, French Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1836).
1912 – Henri Brisson, French statesman (b. 1835).
1914 – Hubert Bland, English co-founder of the Fabian Society (b. 1855).
1917 – Ludovich Lazarus Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859).
1925 – John Singer Sargent, English artist (b. 1856).
1930 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian writer (b. 1893).
1935 – Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b. 1882).
1941 – Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (b. 1871).
1950 – Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (b. 1879).
1964 – Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Russian/Dutch mathematician (b. 1876).
1964 – Rachel Carson, American environmentalist (b. 1907).
1968 – Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911).
1975 – Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897).
1976 – José Revueltas, Mexican writer (b. 1914).
1983 – Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952).
1984 – Dionisis Papagiannopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1912).
1985 – Noele Gordon, English actress (b. 1919).
1986 – Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist writer (b. 1908).
1988 – John Stonehouse, British politician (b. 1925).
1990 – Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931).
1992 – Bertram Vere Dean, Brother of Milvina Dean (Last Titanic Survivor) (b. 1910).
1994 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (b. 1897).
1995 – Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909).
1999 – Ellen Corby, American actress (b. 1911).
1999 – Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (b. 1931).
2000 – Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (b. 1910).
2000 – Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962).
2000 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer (b. 1918).
2001 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (b. 1927).
2001 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (b. 1939).
2004 – Micheline Charest, French Canadian television producer (b. 1953).
2006 – Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936).
2007 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author and social activist (b. 1924).
2007 – Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930).
2008 – Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (b. 1918).
2008 – Ollie Johnston, the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men. (b. 1912).
2008 – Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957).

Holidays and observances...
Astrological New Year (sidereal equinox) – celebrated as New Year in South and Southeast Asia, namely by Bengalis, Burmese, Cambodians, Laotians, Malayalees, Nepalese (Vaishak Ek), Punjabis, Sinhalese, Tamils, Thais, and Tuluvas.
N'Ko Alphabet Day – the anniversary of the day the N'Ko alphabet was completed in 1949.
Black Day – Informal celebration day for single people in South Korea.
Youth Day in Angola.
Mologa Day in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.
Day of the Georgian language in Georgia.

Have a great Tuesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

Apr 14 1989

California winery worker Ramon Salcido picks up a butcher knife and kills his wife, mother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, and two of his own daughters. Then he goes to work and kills his supervisor.


Ugh.. That just makes me sick thinking about it...   


Apr 14 1986

1 kg (2.2 pound) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
holy chit!!!! I bet there were some dealership hail damage deals.

[Flynbyu]

Can you imagine a 2 lb chuck of ice falling from 20-30,000 feet?

Damn.

~Brian

[Krandall]

think of the updraft there has to be to keep even a 1.5lb chunk up in the air. to form the 2 pounder

[Flynbyu]

Very powerful storm.

For the storm to keep a stone circulating like that must have been huge. I wouldn't be suprised if it was a storm top over 50,000 feet.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Very powerful storm.

For the storm to keep a stone circulating like that must have been huge. I wouldn't be suprised if it was a storm top over 50,000 feet.

~Brian

It was Ganesh.