Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXI

[Krandall]

Morning gents!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

April 22 1836

Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

April 22 1864

The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act which mandates that the inscription "In GERD We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

April 22 1889

At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.

April 22 1945

Fuehrerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.

April 22 1970

The first Earth Day is celebrated.

April 22 2008

The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.

Birthdays today...
1451 – Queen Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)
1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)
1658 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. 1709)
1690 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763)
1692 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
1707 – Henry Fielding, English author (d. 1754)
1711 – Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
1724 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
1744 – James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
1766 – Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
1812 – Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894)
1816 – Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general
1832 – Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902)
1840 – Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
1844 – Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
1852 – Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
1854 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1943)
1860 – Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. 1916)
1868 – Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924)
1872 – Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
1873 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945)
1876 – Robert Bárány, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1876 – Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)
1884 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939)
1889 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945)
1891 – Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989)
1891 – Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927)
1891 – Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
1892 – Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
1899 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian writer (d. 1977)
1904 – Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
1905 – Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991)
1906 – Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
1906 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1946)
1907 – Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate
1909 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1912 – Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (d. 1953)
1914 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. 2002)
1914 – Michael Wittman, German soldier and tank ace (d. 1944)
1916 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (d. 1999)
1918 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1919 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001)
1922 – Charles Mingus, American musician (d. 1979)
1922 – Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973)
1923 – Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990)
1923 – Bettie Page, American model (d. 2008)
1923 – Aaron Spelling, American television producer (d. 2006)
1925 – George Cole, English actor
1926 – Charlotte Rae, American actress
1926 – James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992)
1927 – Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
1929 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician
1935 – Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
1936 – Glen Campbell, American musician
1936 – Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
1937 – Jack Nicholson, American actor
1937 – Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000)
1938 – Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
1939 – Mel Carter, American singer
1939 – Jason Miller, American playwright (d. 2001)
1939 – Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister
1943 – Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate
1944 – Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007)
1946 – John Waters, American film writer
1946 – Louise Harel, Quebec politician
1946 – Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
1946 – Steven L. Bennett, USAF Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1972)
1950 – Peter Frampton, English musician
1950 – Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
1951 – Paul Carrack, English musician
1951 – Ana María Shua, Argentine poet
1952 – Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (d. 2009)
1952 – François Berléand, French actor
1953 – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
1955 – Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer
1957 – Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister
1958 – Ken Olandt, American actor
1959 – Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
1959 – Ryan Stiles, Canadian-born actor
1960 – Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
1960 – Gary Rhodes, English chef
1960 – Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
1961 – Dewey Nicks, American photographer and film director
1962 – Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
1964 – Estelle Asmodelle, actress, model & writer
1965 – Lauri Hendler, actress
1965 – Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Fletcher Dragge, American Punk rock guitarist
1966 – Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
1966 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
1967 – Sheryl Lee, American actress
1967 – Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
1967 – Harvey Williams, American football player
1968 – Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Dion Dublin, English footballer
1970 – Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player
1970 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
1971 – Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese space tourist
1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor
1972 – Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player
1972 – Owen Finegan , Australian rugby union footballer
1973 – Adem Poric, Australian former footballer
1973 – Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
1974 – Diego Costa, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1974 – Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
1975 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
1975 – Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
1976 – Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
1976 – Paul Henderson, Australian soccer player
1976 – Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
1977 – Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
1978 – Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
1978 – Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
1979 – Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
1979 – Zoltan Gera, Hungarian footballer
1980 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
1980 – Courtney Friel, presenter of World Poker Tour
1980 – Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1980 – Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
1981 – Ken Dorsey, American football player
1982 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Tim Hamilton, Slovak adult movie actor
1983 – Matt Jones, American football player
1983 – Jos Hooiveld, Dutch football player
1984 – Michelle Ryan, English actress
1984 – Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
1985 – Matt Ballinger, American singer (Dream Street)
1986 – Dusan Sakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
1986 – Amber Heard, American actress
1986 – Marshawn Lynch, American Football player

Famous deaths...
296 – Pope Caius
455 – Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor
536 – Pope Agapetus I
1592 – Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. 1511)
1672 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646)
1758 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
1778 – James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
1806 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
1833 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (b. 1771)
1839 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
1854 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
1877 – James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
1892 – Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
1893 – Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825)
1896 – Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
1908 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
1925 – André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878)
1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
1930 – Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
1933 – Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)
1945 – Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. 1867)
1945 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900)
1946 – Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1872)
1946 – Lionel Atwill, English Actor (b. 1885)
1951 – Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
1968 – Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
1978 – Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
1980 – Jane Froman, American actress (b. 1907)
1980 – Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. 1902)
1983 – Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903)
1983 – John Louis Evans, convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1950)
1984 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
1985 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
1985 – Jacques Ferron, French Canadian physician, author and politician (b. 1921)
1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907)
1988 – Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891)
1990 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
1994 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)
1995 – Maggie Kuhn, American activist (b. 1905)
1996 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist (b. 1927)
1996 – Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
1998 – Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
1999 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
1999 – Chan Canasta, magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
2002 – Linda Lovelace, American adult actress (b. 1949)
2003 – Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
2003 – Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
2003 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
2004 – Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
2004 – Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
2005 – Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2005 – Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
2005 – Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
2006 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2007 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
2008 – Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)

Holidays and observances...
Earth Day
Administrative Professionals' Day
Brazil – Discovery Day
Abel McAedh

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

April 22 1970

The first Earth Day is celebrated.


YAY Earth day!

Do your part today guys and pick up some trash in the ditch. (and peels... I don't mean white trash.....)

doesn't have to be a mile worth, just a little bit.

[Flynbyu]

I drove my green car to work today....29.7 mpg at 80mph today.

Not bad for a +400 hp car.



Suck it Prius owners!

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

I'm gonna burn a pile of old tires, and take a shit on Al Gore's lawn

[Flynbyu]

I'm gonna burn a pile of old tires, and take a shit on Al Gore's lawn

Be sure to use recycled, bio-degradable toilet paper please.



~Brian

[Krandall]

and take a shit on Al Gore's lawn

Compost/Fertilizer! Good job aaron.

[Flynbyu]

Positive thinker you are.

~Brian

[Peelz]

I'm gonna burn a pile of old tires, and take a shit on Al Gore's lawn

Earth-Schmearth 

[Peelz]

April 22 1970

The first Earth Day is celebrated.


YAY Earth day!

Do your part today guys and pick up some trash in the ditch. (and peels... I don't mean white trash.....)

doesn't have to be a mile worth, just a little bit.

I will try. 

[Krandall]

Thanks peels.

[Flynbyu]

Change your lightbulbs.

I've got some fluorescent bulbs I've had for 9 years now.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

got some R-12 Freon bottles left, time to crack a few and enjoy the sun tan from an ozone free enviroment

[Flynbyu]

got some R-12 Freon bottles left, time to crack a few and enjoy the sun tan from an ozone free enviroment

That stuff makes some mean meth too.



~Brian

[Krandall]

 

youre a bastard aaron.