Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXII

[Colorado700R]

yep, he's about as straight as horseshoe

[dragonz]

yep, he's about as straight as horseshoe

rubber horseshoe.............................bends both ways

[Krandall]

Ahem!    

oh



and same to you aaron

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

May 8 1842

Following a birthday celebration for King Louis Philippe, 59 Parisians returning home by train are trapped in their railcars and incinerated when their train collides with another. In these early days of rail travel, coaches were locked and no means of escape was available.

May 8 1902

Mt. Peleé erupts on the West Indies island of Martinique. A wall of superheated ash and rock cascades down the slopes, slamming directly into the community of Saint Pierre. The shockwave and intense heat even manage to destroy twenty ships in the harbor. Only two of the town's 28,000 residents survive the cataclysm.

May 8 1988

Science fiction author Robert A Heinlein dies of emphysema, leaving behind a legacy of subversive novels -- many of which meditating on unconventional sexual mores.

May 8 1991

In a room at Little Rock's Excelsior Hotel, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton exposes his penis to state employee Paula Jones and propositions her to perform fellatio. In her civil deposition, Jones will later claim to have witnessed certain "distinguishing characteristics" of the governor's genitalia, the precise nature of which soon becomes the subject of much speculation. For her trouble, Jones eventually receives an out-of-court settlement for $850,000 and a nude pictorial in Penthouse magazine.

May 8 1998

Former Senator and onetime Presidential candidate Bob Dole tells television interviewer Larry King that he participated in the Viagra impotence drug trials, and thoroughly enjoyed himself in the process. Dole's name soon becomes synonymous with erectile dysfunction.

May 8 1999

Actress Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes, dies in Oklahoma of an overdose of Valium and Loritab. Just the previous day, Plato had appeared on the Howard Stern syndicated radio program claiming to be clean and sober.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1326 – Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)
    * 1460 – Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
    * 1521 – Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)
    * 1587 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
    * 1622 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
    * 1629 – Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)
    * 1632 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)
    * 1653 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
    * 1668 – Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747)
    * 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)
    * 1735 – Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811)
    * 1738 – Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
    * 1753 – Miguel Hidalgo Mexican revolutionary (d. 1811)
    * 1786 – Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
    * 1821 – William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885)
    * 1825 – George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)
    * 1828 – Jean Henri Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross; Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
    * 1828 – Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898)
    * 1829 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869)
    * 1835 – Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910)
    * 1839 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist
    * 1842 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (d. 1909)
    * 1847 – Oscar Hammerstein I, American theater producer and impresario (d. 1919)
    * 1850 – Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)
    * 1853 – Dan Brouthers, baseball player (d. 1932)
    * 1858 – John Meade Falkner, English novelist (d. 1932)
    * 1859 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925)
    * 1884 – Harry S Truman, President of the United States (d. 1972)
    * 1893 – Edd Roush, baseball player (d. 1988)
    * 1893 – Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)
    * 1893 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and businessman (d. 1967)
    * 1895 – James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (d. 1962)
    * 1895 – Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop (d. 1979)
    * 1895 – Edmund Wilson, American writer (d. 1972)
    * 1899 – Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
    * 1899 – Friedrich Hayek, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
    * 1901 – Turkey Stearnes, baseball player (d. 1979)
    * 1902 – Andre Michael Lwoff, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
    * 1903 – Fernandel, French actor (d. 1971)
    * 1904 – John Snagge, British radio personality (d. 1996)
    * 1905 – Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965)
    * 1906 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
    * 1910 – Andrew E. Svenson, American children's book author and publisher (d. 1975)
    * 1911 – Robert Johnson, American blues musician (d. 1938)
    * 1913 – Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984)
    * 1914 – Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980)
    * 1915 – Milton Meltzer, American writer
    * 1916 – João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist
    * 1916 – Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
    * 1919 – Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
    * 1920 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
    * 1920 – Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (d. 1991)
    * 1920 – Sloan Wilson, American author (d. 2003)
    * 1925 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania
    * 1926 – David Attenborough, English naturalist
    * 1926 – Don Rickles, American comedian
    * 1927 – Chumy Chúmez, Spanish film director (d. 2003)
    * 1928 – Theodore Sorenson, American writer
    * 1929 – Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician
    * 1929 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born actress (d. 2007)
    * 1930 – Heather Harper, Irish singer
    * 1930 – Gary Snyder, American poet
    * 1932 – Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
    * 1932 – Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
    * 1932 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970)
    * 1935 – Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, 7th in the Line of succession to the Danish Throne
    * 1935 – Jack Charlton, English footballer
    * 1937 – Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician
    * 1937 – Thomas Pynchon, American novelist
    * 1937 – Mike Cuellar, baseball player
    * 1940 – Peter Benchley, American author (d. 2006)
    * 1940 – Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician
    * 1940 – Ricky Nelson, American singer (d. 1985)
    * 1940 – Toni Tennille, American singer
    * 1941 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
    * 1941 – John Fred, American singer (d. 2005)
    * 1941 – Bill Lockyer, American politician
    * 1942 – Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer
    * 1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith, British bassist (The Yardbirds)
    * 1944 – Gary Glitter, English singer
    * 1945 – Keith Jarrett, American musician
    * 1946 – André Boulerice, Quebec politician
    * 1947 – H. Robert Horvitz, Nobel laureate
    * 1948 – Felicity Lott, English singer
    * 1948 – Steve Braun, baseball player
    * 1948 – Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
    * 1950 – Robert Mugge, American music documentary film maker
    * 1951 – Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
    * 1951 – Mike D'Antoni, NBA coach (New York Knicks)
    * 1951 – Chris Frantz, American musician (Talking Heads)
    * 1953 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
    * 1953 – Billy Burnette, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
    * 1954 – Stephen Furst, American actor
    * 1954 – David Keith, American actor
    * 1957 – Bill Cowher, American football coach
    * 1957 – Marie Myriam, French singer
    * 1958 – Lovie Smith, American football coach
    * 1959 – Ronnie Lott, American football player
    * 1960 – Franco Baresi, Italian footballer
    * 1960 – Eric Brittingham, American bassist
    * 1961 – Janet McTeer, British actress
    * 1961 – David Winning, Canadian film director
    * 1961 – Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
    * 1963 – Terry Christian, British radio presenter
    * 1963 – Sylvain Cossette, Quebec singer and songwriter
    * 1963 – Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor
    * 1963 – Robin Jarvis, British writer
    * 1963 – Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
    * 1964 – Melissa Gilbert, American actress
    * 1964 – Bobby Labonte, American race car driver
    * 1964 – Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)
    * 1966 – Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer
    * 1966 – Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
    * 1968 – Jamie Summers, American porn star
    * 1968 – Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
    * 1968 – Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec politician
    * 1969 – Akebono Taro, sumo wrestler
    * 1970 – Luis Enrique, Spanish football player
    * 1972 – Darren Hayes, Australian singer
    * 1972 – Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1973 – Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist
    * 1973 – Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian
    * 1973 – Kris Hudson-Lee, English musician
    * 1974 – Jon Tickle, English entertainer
    * 1974 – Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)
    * 1975 – Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer
    * 1975 – Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
    * 1975 – Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver
    * 1976 – Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
    * 1976 – Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps)
    * 1977 – Jennifer Walcott, American Playboy Playmate
    * 1978 – Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer
    * 1978 – Matthew Davis, American actor
    * 1978 – Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
    * 1978 – Josie Maran, American model
    * 1980 – Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
    * 1980 – Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
    * 1981 – Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
    * 1981 – Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist
    * 1981 – Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer
    * 1981 – John Maine, American baseball player
    * 1982 – Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player
    * 1983 – Matt Willis, British singer
    * 1984 – Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)
    * 1985 – Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress
    * 1986 – Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
    * 1987 – Felix Jones, American football player

    Famous deaths...

    * 1192 – Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)
    * 1278 – Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)
    * 1319 – King Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270)
    * 1473 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
    * 1538 – Edward Fox, English bishop
    * 1672 – Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
    * 1766 – Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)
    * 1773 – Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728)
    * 1781 – Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
    * 1785 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719)
    * 1785 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (b. 1701)
    * 1788 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
    * 1794 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743)
    * 1819 – Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii
    * 1828 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781)
    * 1837 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)
    * 1842 – Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)
    * 1853 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (b. 1785)
    * 1873 – John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806)
    * 1880 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
    * 1891 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian-born author (b. 1831)
    * 1903 – Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)
    * 1907 – Edmund G. Ross, American Senator (b. 1826)
    * 1936 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
    * 1943 – Mordechaj Anielewicz, Polish Resistance Fighter (b. 1919)
    * 1945 – Wilhelm Rediess, SS and Police leader of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1900)
    * 1945 – Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883)
    * 1945 – Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1898)
    * 1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
    * 1948 – U Saw, Burmese politician (b. 1900)
    * 1950 – Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (b. 1865)
    * 1952 – William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
    * 1960 – J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904)
    * 1967 – LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1911)
    * 1969 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892)
    * 1975 – Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887)
    * 1982 – Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
    * 1982 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)
    * 1984 – Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (b. 1890)
    * 1984 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
    * 1985 – Theodore Sturgeon, American science fiction writer (b. 1918)
    * 1985 – Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)
    * 1986 – Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (b. 1922)
    * 1987 – Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (b. 1920)
    * 1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (b. 1907)
    * 1990 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
    * 1991 – Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (b. 1907)
    * 1991 – Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b. 1903)
    * 1993 – Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923)
    * 1994 – George Peppard, American actor (b. 1928)
    * 1995 – Teresa Teng, Asian superstar (b. 1953)
    * 1996 – Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
    * 1996 – Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
    * 1996 – Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
    * 1998 – Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
    * 1999 – Dirk Bogarde, British actor (b. 1921)
    * 1999 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
    * 1999 – Shel Silverstein, american poet (b. 1930)
    * 1999 – Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
    * 2000 – Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
    * 2000 – Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (b. 1959)
    * 2000 – Henry Nicols, AIDS activist (b. 1973)
    * 2005 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
    * 2006 – Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (b. 1938)
    * 2008 – Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918)
    * 2008 – François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982)

    Holidays and observances...

    * World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
    * United Nations: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
      (continues on May 9)
    * Europe: Victory in Europe Day
    * Missouri: Truman Day
    * South Korea: Parents' Day
    * Theosophy: White Lotus Day

Have a great Friday.

~Brian

[Krandall]

May 8 1999

Actress Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes, dies in Oklahoma of an overdose of Valium and Loritab. Just the previous day, Plato had appeared on the Howard Stern syndicated radio program claiming to be clean and sober.


That's like saying brian doens't look at porn anymore.......

[Flynbyu]

Suck it Trebeck.



~Brian

[Krandall]

Well... Prove me wrong. 

[Flynbyu]

Well... Prove me wrong. 

I plead the 5th.

~Brian

[dragonz]

Well... Prove me wrong. 

I plead the 5th.

~Brian

Neither Brian or I look at porn except in the interests of keeping the Anything goes thread up to date with pictures that we think may be of interest to our fellow RS members.
Of coure at times the pictures may require a lot of "vetting" to ensure only the most suitable ones are posted.
We only do this out of the goodness of our hearts & as a service to our fellow men & women who share this forum...

[Krandall]

 

We all thank you from the bottom of our...... Hearts..   

[dragonz]

We all thank you from the bottom of our...... Hearts..   

& your wrists needed the strengthening exercises so you could hang onto your Raptors better

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

May 9 1950

L. Ron Hubbard publishes the first edition of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. This follows on the heels of a feature article in the pulp sci-fi magazine Astounding Science Fiction. A book review in the The New Republic describes the work as "a bold and immodest mixture of complete nonsense and perfectly reasonable common sense, taken from long-acknowledged findings and disguised and distorted by a crazy, newly invented terminology." The subsequent movement goes on to become one of the scariest, most powerful pseudo-religious cults in modern history.

May 9 1978

The body of former Italian premier Aldo Moro is discovered in the back seat of a Renault. He had been kidnapped 54 days prior by the Red Brigades, who demanded the release of their incarcerated comrades. When Italian authorities refused to give in, Moro's captors killed him. Above is a photo of the hostage holding a newspaper announcing his own death.

May 9 1979

Northwestern University graduate student John Harris opens a cigar box left sitting on a table in the Technological Institute. The resulting blast only manages to inflict minor lacerations and burns. It is later determined to be the second explosive device fabricated by the Unabomber.

May 9 1980

35 people are killed in Tampa, Florida when the Liberian cargo ship Summit Venture smashes into a supporting pier of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Seven vehicles, including a Greyhound bus, topple into the water 150 feet below.

May 9 1983

The infallible Pope John Paul II retracts the Catholic Church's condemnation of astronomer Galileo Galilei, issued in 1633 by the infallible Pope Urban VIII. The Church had convicted the scientist of heresy, sentenced him to house arrest, and forced him to recant central scientific truths. In the end, this error only took 350 years to correct.

May 9 1995

The CDC in Atlanta identifies a new strain of filovirus in blood samples taken from 14 disease victims in Kikwit, Zaire. Designated "Ebola," this new pathogen proves to be so tremendously virulent that the government of Zaire is forced to place the entire city of Kinshasa under quarantine in order to contain the outbreak.

    Birthdays today...

    * 1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
    * 1741 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)
    * 1800 – John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
    * 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895)
    * 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)
    * 1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
    * 1873 – Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
    * 1874 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
    * 1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
    * 1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder (d. 1967)
    * 1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
    * 1886 – Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
    * 1887 – Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957)
    * 1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
    * 1893 – William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)
    * 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
    * 1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
    * 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
    * 1907 – Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)
    * 1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)
    * 1907 – Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete (d. 1950)
    * 1908 – Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (d. 2007)
    * 1909 – Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)
    * 1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)
    * 1912 – Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)
    * 1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian musician and conductor (d. 2005)
    * 1914 – Hank Snow, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
    * 1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist
    * 1918 – Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)
    * 1918 – Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek member of the World War II resistance
    * 1919 – Arthur English, English actor and comedian (d. 1995)
    * 1920 – Richard Adams, English author
    * 1920 – William Tenn, American author
    * 1921 – Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943)
    * 1921 – Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
    * 1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist
    * 1923 – Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
    * 1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (d. 1997)
    * 1927 – Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
    * 1928 – Ralph Goings, American painter
    * 1928 – Pancho Gonzalez, American tennis player (d. 1995)
    * 1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater
    * 1929 – Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
    * 1930 – Joan Sims, British actress (d. 2001)
    * 1931 – Vance Brand, American astronaut
    * 1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress
    * 1934 – Alan Bennett, British author
    * 1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (The Ventures)
    * 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English children's author (Mr. Men) (d. 1988)
    * 1936 – Albert Finney, British actor
    * 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
    * 1937 – José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
    * 1937 – David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
    * 1938 – Charles Simic, Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States
    * 1939 – Ralph Boston, American athlete
    * 1939 – Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
    * 1939 – Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis manager
    * 1940 – James L. Brooks, American film producer and writer
    * 1942 – John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
    * 1942 – Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter
    * 1943 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (d. 2009)
    * 1944 – Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield)
    * 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress
    * 1946 – Clint Holmes, English-born American singer and songwriter
    * 1948 – Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
    * 1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
    * 1949 – Billy Joel, American musician
    * 1953 – Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
    * 1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
    * 1955 – Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
    * 1955 – Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
    * 1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress
    * 1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player
    * 1962 – John Corbett, American actor
    * 1962 – David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)
    * 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer/songwriter (Beautiful South)
    * 1963 – Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)
    * 1964 – Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey
    * 1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
    * 1965 – Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant
    * 1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1968 – Marie-José Perec, French athlete
    * 1969 – Amber, Dutch musician
    * 1969 – Hudson Leick, American actress
    * 1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player
    * 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
    * 1971 – Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)
    * 1972 – Dana Perino, former White House press secretary
    * 1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
    * 1972 – Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast and Olympic Champion
    * 1973 – Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
    * 1975 – Brian Deegan, freestyle motocross innovator
    * 1975 – Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
    * 1975 – Tamia, Canadian singer
    * 1977 – Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
    * 1977 – Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
    * 1977 – Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
    * 1978 – Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
    * 1978 – Aaron Harang, American baseball player
    * 1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
    * 1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
    * 1979 – Andrew W.K., American musician
    * 1979 – Brandon Webb, American baseball player
    * 1980 – Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
    * 1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
    * 1980 – Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
    * 1980 – Tony Schmidt, German racing driver
    * 1981 – Bill Murphy, American baseball player
    * 1981 – Yu Yokoyama, Japanese actor and singer
    * 1982 – Rachel Boston, American actress
    * 1983 – Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
    * 1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
    * 1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
    * 1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
    * 1985 – Jake Long, American football player
    * 1988 – Skye Regan, Canadian actress and writer
    * 1988 – John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver
    * 1993 – Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor and singer

    Famous deaths...

    * 1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
    * 1446 – Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)
    * 1657 – William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
    * 1707 – Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer
    * 1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(b. 1663)
    * 1747 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)
    * 1760 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)
    * 1789 – Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)
    * 1790 – William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress
    * 1791 – Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)
    * 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
    * 1861 – Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
    * 1889 – William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)
    * 1914 – C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
    * 1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)
    * 1918 – George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)
    * 1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
    * 1938 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)
    * 1949 – Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)
    * 1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)
    * 1955 – Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858)
    * 1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
    * 1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902)
    * 1968 – Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
    * 1968 – Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
    * 1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)
    * 1970 – Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
    * 1970 – Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907)
    * 1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
    * 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (b. 1934)
    * 1977 – James Jones, American writer (b. 1921)
    * 1978 – Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
    * 1979 – Cyrus Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (b. 1883)
    * 1981 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
    * 1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)
    * 1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa and 1st sherpa to climb Mt. Everest (b. 1914)
    * 1989 – Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955)
    * 1993 – Jacques Dextraze, French Canadian military officer (b. 1919)
    * 1994 – Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)
    * 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
    * 1998 – Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
    * 2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
    * 2002 – Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
    * 2003 – Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918)
    * 2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)
    * 2004 – Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)
    * 2005 – Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)
    * 2007 – Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (b. 1901)
    * 2007 – Edith Rodriguez, hospital emergency room refused to treat (b. 1964)
    * 2008 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)
    * 2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942)

    Holidays and observances...

    * Armenia: Victory Day to simultaneously mark the capture of Shusha in the Karabakh War and the victorious end of World War II.
    * Europe Day (aka the European Union Day), commemorating the Schuman Declaration.
    * Guernsey, Jersey: Liberation Day (commemorating the end of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II).
    * Romania: Independence Day
    * Roman Empire – Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae).
    * Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova and other Post-Soviet states: Victory Day (also observed by many Russophones in other parts of the world)
    * Scientology: Anniversary of Dianetics

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

May 9 1983

The infallible Pope John Paul II retracts the Catholic Church's condemnation of astronomer Galileo Galilei, issued in 1633 by the infallible Pope Urban VIII. The Church had convicted the scientist of heresy, sentenced him to house arrest, and forced him to recant central scientific truths. In the end, this error only took 350 years to correct.

F@ckTards

[Colorado700R]

9k

whoopie

[Krandall]

Grats on the 9k Aaron!

May 9 1980

35 people are killed in Tampa, Florida when the Liberian cargo ship Summit Venture smashes into a supporting pier of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Seven vehicles, including a Greyhound bus, topple into the water 150 feet below.


Maybe they didn't hear the horn......