Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume IV

Started by Flynbyu, June 06, 2008, 09:37:51 AM

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so is there more than one forum game, or is it just pretty much the last word thing, that work?


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Flynbyu

Today in history...

Jun 7 1692

At 11:43am, a catastrophic earthquake strikes Port Royal, Jamaica, then known as "the richest and wickedest city in the world." Buildings are shaken apart and ships in harbor hurled onto busy streets. In just three minutes, the temblor takes out 70% of the population, killing 1,600 and seriously injuring 3,000 others.

Jun 7 1954

Despondent over court-ordered estrogen treatments to cure his homosexuality, Alan Turing commits suicide by consuming an apple laced with cyanide. Turing is considered the founder of modern computing, a pioneer in the field of Artificial Intelligence, and a crucial member of the team that cracked Germany's Enigma cipher in World War II.

Jun 7 1958


Prince Roger Nelson is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The boy is destined to one day be known as the artist formerly known as Prince.

Jun 7 1982


In an effort to defray its $500,000 annual upkeep costs, Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public only five years after Elvis died in an upstairs bathroom. The bathroom is kept off-limits to tourists.

Birthdays today...
1529 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615)
1761 - John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821)
1770 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1828)
1778 - Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840)
1811 - James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (d. 1870)
1831 - Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892)
1837 - Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (d. 1903)
1840 - Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico (d. 1927)
1845 - Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930)
1848 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903)
1862 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1868 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator (d. 1928)
1877 - Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
1879 - Knud Rasmussen, Greenland-born explorer (d. 1933)
1883 - Sylvanus Morley, U.S. archaeologist and spy (d. 1948)
1886 - Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972)
1894 - Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (d. 1974)
1896 - Robert S. Mulliken, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1896 - Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (d. 1958)
1896 - Douglas Campbell, American World War I flying ace (d. 1990)
1897 - George Szell, Hungarian conductor (d. 1970)
1899 - Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (d. 1973)
1900 - Glen Gray, Jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (d. 1963)
1902 - Herman B Wells, president and chancellor of Indiana University (d. 2000)
1909 - Virginia Apgar, American physician and childbirth specialist (d. 1974)
1909 - Peter W. Rodino, American politician (d. 2005)
1909 - Jessica Tandy, English-born actress (d. 1994)
1910 - Bradford Washburn, American explorer, (d. 2007)
1911 - Brooks Stevens, automotive designer (d. 1995)
1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000)
1917 - Dean Martin, American actor (d. 1995)
1920 - Georges Marchais, French politician (d. 1997)
1921 - Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (d. 1998)
1922 - Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player
1923 - Jules Deschênes, Canadian jurist (d. 2000)
1927 - Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (d. 1953)
1928 - Dave Bowen, former Wales international football manager (d. 1995)
1928 - James Ivory, American film director
1928 - Reg Park, British bodybuilder
1929 - John Turner, seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada
1929 - The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Wrestling manager (d. 1983)
1931 - Malcolm Morley, English-born painter
1935 - Harry Crews, American author
1935 - Thomas Kailath, American engineer
1937 - Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor
1938 - Goose Gonsoulin, American football player
1940 - Tom Jones, Welsh singer
1943 - Nikki Giovanni, American poet
1945 - Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria
1946 - Jenny Jones, Palestinian-born comedian and talk show host
1947 - Don Money, American baseball player, manager
1947 - Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979)
1950 - Gary Graham American actor
1952 - Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
1953 - Dougie Donnelly, Scottish television broadcaster
1953 - Johnny Clegg, South African musician
1954 - Louise Erdrich, American author
1955 - William Forsythe, American actor
1955 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)
1956 - L.A. Reid, American music producer
1957 - Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican musician
1957 - Paddy McAloon, English singer and songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
1958 - Surakiart Sathirathai, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
1958 - Prince, American musician
1960 - Bill Prady, American television producer
1961 - Dave Catching, American musician
1962 - Thierry Hazard, French singer and songwriter
1962 - Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver
1963 - Roberto Alagna, French tenor
1964 - Judie Aronson, American actress
1964 - Gia Carides, Greek-Australian actress
1965 - Mick Foley, American professional wrestler
1965 - Damien Hirst, English artist
1966 - Stephane Richer, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Eric Kretz, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
1967 - Dave Navarro, American musician
1969 - Kim Rhodes, American actress
1969 - Prince Joachim of Denmark
1970 - Mike Modano, American ice hockey player
1970 - Cafu, Brazilian footballer
1970 - Andrei Kovalenko, Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Alex X. Mooney, American politician
1972 - Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
1973 - Song Yun-ah, South Korean model and actress
1973 - Bear Grylls, British survivor
1974 - Cassius Khan Canadian Tabla player/vocalist
1974 - Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
1975 - Allen Iverson, American basketball player
1976 - Necro, Jewish American rapper
1977 - Marcin Baszczyński, Polish soccer player
1977 - Joe Horgan, baseball player
1977 - Odalis Pérez, baseball player
1978 - Tony An, Korean singer H.O.T
1978 - Bill Hader, American comedian
1979 - Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer
1981 - Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player
1981 - Stephen Bywater, British goalkeeper
1981 - Tyler Johnson, baseball player
1981 - Kevin Kyle, Scottish footballer
1981 - Larisa Oleynik, American actress
1981 - Amrita Rao, Indian model and actress
1982 - Virgil Vasquez, American baseball player
1983 - Mark Lowe, American baseball player
1985 - Charlie Simpson, British pop singer
1988 - Michael Cera, American actor
1988 - Milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins)
1993 - Jordan Fry, American actor

Famous deaths...
1329 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)
1358 - Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)
1394 - Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of England (plague) (b. 1367)
1618 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Governor of Virginia (b. 1577)
1676 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (b. 1606)
1711 - Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641)
1779 - William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
1810 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b. 1765)
1821 - Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebellion-leader (b. cca. 1780)
1826 - Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (b. 1787)
1840 - King Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
1854 - Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
1859 - David Cox, English artist (b. 1783)
1866 - Chief Seattle, Native American leader
1896 - Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)
1911 - Maurice Rouvier, French statesman (b. 1842)
1916 - Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (b. 1847)
1927 - Edmund James Flynn, Premier of Quebec (b. 1847)
1936 - Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b. 1875)
1937 - Jean Harlow, American actress (b. 1911)
1942 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b. 1903)
1951 - Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (b. 1892)
1954 - Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1912)
1963 - Zasu Pitts, American actress (b. 1894)
1965 - Judy Holliday, American actress (b. 1921)
1966 - Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)
1967 - Dorothy Parker, American writer (b. 1893)
1967 - Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
1968 - Dan Duryea, American actor (b. 1907)
1970 - E. M. Forster, English author (b. 1879)
1978 - Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1979 - Forrest Carter, American author (b. 1925)
1980 - Henry Miller, American writer (b. 1891)
1980 - Elizabeth Craig, British writer (b. 1883)
1988 - Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1927)
1989 - Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1907)
1993 - Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (b. 1964)
1995 - Hsuan Hua, influential Buddhist master in the United States (b. 1918)
1996 - Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (b. 1904)
1999 - Paco Stanley, Mexican TV entertainer (b. 1942)
2001 - Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (b. 1952)
2001 - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (b. 1907)
2002 - Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (b. 1916)
2003 - Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
2006 - John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1963)
2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian-born Mujahid (b. 1966)
2008 - Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (b. 1953)

Holidays and observances...
Roman Empire - first day of the Vestalia (penus vestae) in honor of Vesta.
Norway - Union Dissolution Day, observing the 1905 decision to dissolve the Union between Sweden and Norway.
Malta - Sette giugno - Riot in Malta that began the road to self government and then independence.
Colman, bishop of Dromore
Saint Maximinus, bishop of Aix, confessor
Blessed Robert, abbot of Newminster, Northumberland
Saint Servatius, bishop, confessor or martyr (Translation day)
Saint Wulstan, bishop of Worcester, confessor (Translation day)
Blessed Meriadec, bishop of Vannes

Have a great Saturday.

~Brian
2003 Yamaha Raptor





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RR34

i was formerly known as prince previously formerly.
f*ck the system? i didnt even know there was a system!


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exentix

Quote from: RR34 on June 07, 2008, 08:14:05 AM
i was formerly known as prince previously formerly.
lol... previously formerly?  ???

Flynbyu

Quote from: RR34 on June 07, 2008, 08:14:05 AM
i was formerly known as prince previously formerly.

:lol:

Do you wear purple a lot?

~Brian
2003 Yamaha Raptor





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exentix

Quote from: Flynbyu on June 07, 2008, 08:30:49 AM
Quote from: RR34 on June 07, 2008, 08:14:05 AM
i was formerly known as prince previously formerly.

:lol:

Do you wear purple a lot?

~Brian
wouldnt surprise me at all lol

RR34

yep and my guitar looks like a penis

f*ck the system? i didnt even know there was a system!


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Peelz

Krandall: "peelz. I'll be real with you. As much as I hate on you for soccer, I really don't mind it"


RR34

f*ck the system? i didnt even know there was a system!


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exentix


Colorado700R


RR34

f*ck the system? i didnt even know there was a system!


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