Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

May 1 1751

The first cricket match is played in America.

May 1 1834

The British colonies abolish slavery.

May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.

May 1 1927

The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.

May 1 1930

The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.

May 1 1931

The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.

May 1 1956

The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.

May 1 1960

Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

May 1 1961

The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.

May  1 1989

Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

May 1 1991

Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, when he pitches his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record.

May 1 1992

On the third day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, African-American activist, criminal, and victim of police beating Rodney King appears in public before television news cameras to appeal for calm and plead for peace, asking, "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?".

May 1 1997

Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality.

May 1 2003

2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".

What a f*cking douche.

     Birthdays today...

    * 1218 – John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
    * 1218 – Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)
    * 1285 – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)
    * 1582 – Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
    * 1594 – John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
    * 1672 – Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
    * 1738 – King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
    * 1769 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
    * 1804 – Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)
    * 1829 – José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)
    * 1831 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
    * 1850 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
    * 1851 – Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
    * 1852 – Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
    * 1852 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934)
    * 1857 – Theo Van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
    * 1872 – Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
    * 1881 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)
    * 1884 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)
    * 1885 – Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor, painter (d. 1973)
    * 1887 – Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d. 1983)
    * 1896 – Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947)
    * 1896 – Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
    * 1896 – J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
    * 1901 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
    * 1901 – Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
    * 1905 – Henry Koster, German film director (d. 1988)
    * 1905 – Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
    * 1906 – Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
    * 1907 – Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
    * 1907 – Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)
    * 1908 – Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968)
    * 1909 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize, 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize (d. 1990)
    * 1910 – Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Astronomer/Astro-physicist. Noted UFO investigator (d. 1986)
    * 1912 – Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
    * 1913 – Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
    * 1913 – Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980)
    * 1915 – Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
    * 1916 – Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006)
    * 1917 – John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996)
    * 1917 – Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress
    * 1917 – Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (d. 2001)
    * 1918 – Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
    * 1918 – Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)
    * 1919 – Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957)
    * 1919 – Manna Dey, Indian singer
    * 1919 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d. 2005)
    * 1923 – Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)
    * 1924 – Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995)
    * 1924 – Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director (d. 2004)
    * 1924 – Terry Southern, American screenwriter (d. 1995)
    * 1925 – Chuck Bednarik, American football player
    * 1925 – Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
    * 1926 – Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
    * 1928 – Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002)
    * 1929 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician
    * 1929 – Sonny James, American country music singer and songwriter
    * 1930 – Richard Riordan, American politician, former mayor of Los Angeles
    * 1930 – Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1995)
    * 1934 – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
    * 1934 – Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
    * 1934 – Shirley Horn, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005)
    * 1935 – Ann Robinson, American actress
    * 1937 – Una Stubbs, English actress
    * 1939 – Judy Collins, American folk singer
    * 1939 – Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d. 1988)
    * 1940 – Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
    * 1943 – Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan poltician (d. 2004)
    * 1944 – Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
    * 1945 – Rita Coolidge, American singer
    * 1946 – Joanna Lumley, English actress
    * 1946 – John Woo, Hong Kong director
    * 1947 – Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
    * 1949 – Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
    * 1949 – Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
    * 1950 – Dann Florek, American actor
    * 1950 – Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
    * 1951 – Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
    * 1953 – Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
    * 1954 – Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter
    * 1954 – Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
    * 1955 – Martin O'Donnell, American composer
    * 1955 – Nick Feldman, English musician
    * 1956 – Catherine Frot, French actress
    * 1957 – Ko Otani, Japanese composer
    * 1959 – Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer
    * 1960 – Steve Cauthen, American jockey
    * 1961 – Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
    * 1962 – Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
    * 1962 – Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos
    * 1964 – Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
    * 1966 – Olaf Thon, German football player
    * 1967 – Tim McGraw, American musician
    * 1968 – Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
    * 1968 – Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
    * 1968 – Denise Masino, American Female Bodybuilder
    * 1968 – D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
    * 1969 – Wes Anderson, American director and writer
    * 1969 – Billy Owens, American basketball player
    * 1971 – Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
    * 1972 – Julie Benz, American actress
    * 1973 – Curtis Martin, American football player
    * 1973 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
    * 1974 – Darius McCrary, American actor
    * 1975 – Austin Croshere, American basketball player
    * 1975 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
    * 1975 – Jodhi May, British actress
    * 1975 – Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
    * 1977 – Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer, politician
    * 1978 – Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
    * 1978 – Nick Traina, American singer, Link 80 (d. 1997)
    * 1979 – Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
    * 1979 – Ben Easter, American actor
    * 1979 – MC Harvey (Michael Harvey), British musical artist
    * 1980 – Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
    * 1980 – Jay Reatard, American musician
    * 1980 – Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
    * 1981 – Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
    * 1981 – Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
    * 1981 – Wes Welker, American football player
    * 1982 – Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
    * 1983 – The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
    * 1984 – David Backes, American ice hockey player
    * 1984 – Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player
    * 1984 – Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
    * 1984 – Farah Fath, American actress
    * 1984 – Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
    * 1984 – Mark Seaby, Australian Rules footballer
    * 1985 – Drew Sidora, American actress
    * 1986 – Adam Casey, Australian footballer
    * 1986 – Cristian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer
    * 1987 – Marcus Drum, Australian Rules Football
    * 1987 – Matt Di Angelo, English Actor
    * 1987 – Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
    * 1988 – Graeme Owens, English footballer
    * 1988 – Anushka Sharma, Indian Actress and Model
    * 1988 – Nicholas Braun, American actor
    * 1990 – Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
    * 1991 – Creagen Dow, American actor
    * 1997 – Ariel Gade, American actress

     Famous deaths...

    *  408 – Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)
    * 1118 – Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c.1080)
    * 1240 – Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
    * 1308 – Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (b. 1255)
    * 1539 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)
    * 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
    * 1572 – Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
    * 1731 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)
    * 1738 – Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c.1669)
    * 1772 – Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719)
    * 1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
    * 1873 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813)
    * 1899 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)
    * 1904 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
    * 1913 – John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850)
    * 1935 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
    * 1937 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (b. 1868)
    * 1943 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
    * 1945 – Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife Magda Goebbels) (b. 1897)
    * 1963 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879)
    * 1965 – Spike Jones, American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911)
    * 1968 – Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician (b. 1886)
    * 1968 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1895)
    * 1970 – Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897)
    * 1976 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (b. 1939)
    * 1976 – T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908)
    * 1978 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b. 1903)
    * 1982 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (b. 1903)
    * 1985 – Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (b. 1897)
    * 1986 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
    * 1986 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
    * 1989 – Sally Kirkland, fashion editor at LIFE (b. 1912)
    * 1989 – Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921)
    * 1990 – Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926)
    * 1992 – Sharon Redd, American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945)
    * 1993 – Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (b. 1925)
    * 1993 – Ranasinghe Premadasa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
    * 1994 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 world champion (b. 1960)
    * 1998 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935)
    * 2000 – Steve Reeves, American actor (b. 1926)
    * 2003 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler (b. 1960)
    * 2006 – Big Hawk, American rapper (b. 1969)
    * 2006 – Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)
    * 2006 – Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (b. 1962)
    * 2008 – Anthony Mamo, Malta's first President (b. 1909)
    * 2008 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (b. 1956)
    * 2008 – Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, last surviving member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 (b. 1917)


     Holidays and observances...

    * May Day, Labour Day, International Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers.
    * Czech Republic – "National Love Day" – couples tend to flock to the memorial of the poet Karel Hynek Mácha in Prague and kiss.
    * Lei Day – Hawaiian holiday for the Lei.
    * Beltane, Lá Bealtaine, the first day of Summer in modern Ireland was celebrated by the Celts, and is now also celebrated by Neopagans and Wiccans.
    * Kazakhstan - Unity Day.
    * Maharashtra Day (Maharashtra Divas) – Maharastra, India.
    * Marshall Islands - Constitution Day.
    * Northern Europe – Walpurgis Night.
    * Roman Empire – all-female festival in honour of Bona Dea.
    * Roman Empire – fourth and last day of the Floralia in honour of Flora.
    * United States – Law Day, U.S.A., Loyalty Day.

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.



Idiots.....

[Peelz]

May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.



Idiots.....

no doubt!!!!!



Happy Lei Day – Hawaiian holiday for the Lei. Who's gonna get "Lei"d

[Krandall]

Who's gonna? What if it's in the past already? 

[Peelz]

Who's gonna? What if it's in the past already? 

Mad Dog got to your place already this morning? 

[Krandall]

you have no friends.

[Flynbyu]

May 1 1884

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.



Idiots.....

Yeah, I'd be happy to just put in an 8 hour day.

~Brian

[Peelz]

you have no friends.

Imaginary internet buddies only.

[Krandall]

 


alll I have too....   :'( :'( :'( :'(

[Flynbyu]

you have no friends.

Imaginary internet buddies only.

No clients as friends?



~Brian

[Krandall]

gotta keep business and pleasure separate.....

Well.. Unless its' dudes.. then they cross over for him.

[Flynbyu]

Meth sausage fest. Extra sodomy.

~Brian

[Peelz]

Meth sausage fest. My all-time favorite. 

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Meth sausage fest. My all-time favorite. 

~Brian

Hold the sodomy.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

May 2 1863

At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson is accidentally shot three times by his own men. Jackson's left arm is amputated, and he dies eight days later from complications.

May 2 1946

Six prisoners attempt to escape the federal prison on Alcatraz island. They take over their cellblock but fail to gain access to the outside. One guard held hostage is executed by prisoners, and another dies in the attempt to retake the cellblock. The Battle of Alcatraz ends only after the deaths of three prisoners, and two others are subsequently executed at San Quentin.

May 2 1957

Senator Joseph McCarthy dies of hepatitis, brought about by unabated alcoholism. Two and a half years prior he had been censured by the Senate for his "inexcusable" and "reprehensible" conduct during his highly-publicized Communist witch-hunt. McCarthy eventually discovered that it was far more effective to have private industry oppress its workforce, rather than the government oppress its citizenry.

May 2 1957

Mob figure Frank Costello is shot in the head by Vincent "the Chin" Gigante. Instead of killing him, the bullet circumnavigates between his skin and cranium, exiting through the original wound. Costello retires from the Mafia soon after.

May 2 1972

World famous drag queen and longtime G-man J. Edgar Hoover dies in his sleep at the age of 77.

May 2 1997

At 4:45 a.m., L.A. County Sheriff's deputies pull over a car in West Hollywood driven by comedian/actor Eddie Murphy. In the passenger seat is one Atisone Seiuli, a 20-year-old pre-op transsexual prostitute. Murphy informs the officers that he was just trying to be a "good samaritan" and give his she-male acquaintance a ride home. Seiuli is taken into custody for an outstanding prostitution warrant, but the officers allow Murphy to leave without any further ado.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1360 – Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
    * 1451 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
    * 1458 – Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
    * 1551 – William Camden, English historian (d. 1623)
    * 1601 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
    * 1660 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
    * 1695 – Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
    * 1702 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
    * 1729 – Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d. 1796)
    * 1737 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
    * 1740 – Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress (d. 1821)
    * 1750 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
    * 1772 – Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
    * 1773 – Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
    * 1802 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
    * 1806 – Catherine Labouré, French visionary and saint (d. 1876)
    * 1808 – Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (d. 1896)
    * 1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
    * 1828 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
    * 1843 – Elijah McCoy, Canadian-born Inventor (d. 1929)
    * 1859 – Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
    * 1860 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist (d. 1904)
    * 1865 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)
    * 1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
    * 1879 – James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1972)
    * 1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)
    * 1885 – Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (d. 1966)
    * 1886 – Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)
    * 1887 – Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)
    * 1887 – Eddie Collins, American baseball player (d. 1951)
    * 1890 – E. E. Smith, American writer (d. 1965)
    * 1892 – Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I pilot – the Red Baron (d. 1918)
    * 1895 – Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)
    * 1896 – Helen of Greece and Denmark, queen of Romania (d. 1982)
    * 1897 – J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
    * 1903 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (d. 1998)
    * 1903 – Bing Crosby, American actor and singer (d. 1977)
    * 1906 – Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
    * 1906 – Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (d. 2002)
    * 1907 – Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer (d. 1993)
    * 1910 – Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (d. 1943)
    * 1912 – Axel Cäsar Springer, German publisher (d. 1985)
    * 1913 – Nigel Patrick, English actor (d. 1981)
    * 1915 – Doris Fisher, American songwriter (d. 2003)
    * 1915 – Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
    * 1917 – Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
    * 1920 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)
    * 1920 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)
    * 1921 – Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992)
    * 1922 – A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor (d. 2006)
    * 1922 – Serge Reggiani, Italian-born French singer and actor (d. 2004)
    * 1924 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer
    * 1924 – Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004)
    * 1925 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (d. 2007)
    * 1925 – John Neville, English theatre and film actor
    * 1926 – Gérard D. Lévesque, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
    * 1927 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor
    * 1929 – Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
    * 1930 – Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
    * 1932 – Maury Allen, American sportswriter
    * 1935 – King Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
    * 1935 – Lance LeGault, American actor
    * 1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
    * 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born singer
    * 1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)
    * 1937 – Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)
    * 1938 – Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
    * 1939 – Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
    * 1941 – Clay Carroll, American baseball player
    * 1942 – Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president
    * 1945 – Sarah Weddington, American attorney
    * 1945 – Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer
    * 1945 – Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
    * 1946 – Lesley Gore, American singer
    * 1946 – David Suchet, English actor
    * 1948 – Larry Gatlin, American musician
    * 1949 – Alan Titchmarsh, English television presenter
    * 1950 – Duncan Gay, Australian politician
    * 1950 – Lou Gramm, American vocalist (Foreigner)
    * 1950 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
    * 1952 – Christine Baranski, American actress
    * 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
    * 1953 – Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor
    * 1954 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
    * 1955 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
    * 1956 – David Rhodes, English guitarist
    * 1956 – Amir Mokri, Iranian-born American cinematographer
    * 1958 – David O'Leary, Irish football manager and player
    * 1959 – Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer
    * 1959 – Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus)
    * 1961 – Steve James, English snooker player
    * 1961 – Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef
    * 1962 – Stephen Daldry, English film director
    * 1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
    * 1962 – Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (d. 2004)
    * 1962 – Jimmy White, English snooker player
    * 1965 – Félix José, Dominican baseball player
    * 1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
    * 1967 – Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
    * 1968 – Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor
    * 1968 – Jeff Agoos, American soccer player
    * 1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
    * 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer
    * 1972 – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
    * 1972 – Paul Adcock, English footballer
    * 1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter
    * 1974 – Horacio Carbonari, Argentine former footballer
    * 1974 – Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
    * 1974 – Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer
    * 1975 – David Beckham, English footballer
    * 1977 – Luke Hudson, American baseball player
    * 1977 – Jenna von Oy, American actress
    * 1977 – Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
    * 1978 – Steve Bays, Canadian musician
    * 1978 – Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1979 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1979 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
    * 1980 – Tim Borowski, German footballer
    * 1980 – Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
    * 1980 – Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
    * 1980 – Zat Knight, English footballer
    * 1980 – Troy Murphy, American basketball player
    * 1980 – Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1981 – Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
    * 1981 – Matt Murray, English footballer
    * 1981 – Chris Kirkland, English footballer
    * 1982 – Lorie, French singer
    * 1982 – Johan Botha, South African cricketer
    * 1983 – Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model
    * 1984 – Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
    * 1984 – Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player
    * 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
    * 1985 – Kyle Busch, American race car driver
    * 1985 – Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
    * 1985 – David Nugent, English footballer
    * 1985 – Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
    * 1986 – James Kirk, Canadian actor
    * 1987 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
    * 1987 – Kris Russell, Canadian hockey player
    * 1988 – Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
    * 1990 – Kay Panabaker, American actor
    * 1995 – Kelsey Lewis, American actress
    * 2000 – Angel Sy, Filipina child actor

    Famous deaths...

    *  373 – Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
    *  756 – Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)
    *  907 – Boris I of Bulgaria
    * 1230 – William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)
    * 1300 – Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)
    * 1450 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)
    * 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
    * 1564 – Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
    * 1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
    * 1667 – George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
    * 1683 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
    * 1711 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
    * 1802 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)
    * 1810 – Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b. 1740)
    * 1819 – Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
    * 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)
    * 1864 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)
    * 1927 – Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)
    * 1945 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)
    * 1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
    * 1945 – Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)
    * 1947 – Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
    * 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
    * 1960 – Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (b. 1921)
    * 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b. 1879)
    * 1969 – Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
    * 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
    * 1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
    * 1980 – George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
    * 1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
    * 1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
    * 1984 – Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b. 1918)
    * 1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b. 1951)
    * 1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
    * 1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b. 1956)
    * 1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
    * 1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
    * 1990 – David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951)
    * 1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
    * 1992 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)
    * 1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
    * 1997 – John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
    * 1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
    * 1998 – Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
    * 1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
    * 1998 – Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)
    * 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
    * 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
    * 2001 – Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
    * 2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
    * 2002 – John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
    * 2002 – W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)
    * 2005 – Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
    * 2005 – Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
    * 2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)
    * 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
    * 2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Poland – Flag Day
    * Bahá'í Faith: Last day of the Festival of Ridván
    * Madrid Region – Day of the Region.
    * Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia – second day of Labour Day
    * Iran – Teacher's Day
    * Indonesia – Indonesia National Education Day

Have a great Satuday.

~Brian