Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXIII

[Krandall]

how about a mistress in  Oklahoma?

[Krandall]

Today in History Highlights:
On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana. (Go to article.)

On June 25, 1887, George Abbott, American playwright, director, actor and producer, was born. Following his death on Jan. 31, 1995, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
On June 25, 1887, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the influential veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic.




Today in History:
1788    Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution.

1868    Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina were readmitted to the Union.

1950    War broke out on the Korean peninsula as forces from the communist North invaded the South.

1951    The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.

1962    The Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, nondenominational prayer in New York public schools was unconstitutional.

1967    The Beatles performed a new song, "All You Need Is Love," during a live international telecast.

1973    Former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee.

1991    The Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.

1995    Warren E. Burger, the 15th chief justice of the United States, died at age 87.

1996    A truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.

1997    Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau died at age 87.

1997    An unmanned cargo ship crashed into Russia's Mir space station, knocking out half of the station's power and rupturing a pressurized laboratory.

1998    The Supreme Court rejected a line-item veto law as unconstitutional.

2005    Hardline Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of Iran's presidential runoff election.

2009    Michael Jackson died from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. (The 50-year-old singer's doctor, Conrad Murray, has pleaded innocent to involuntary manslaughter.)




Famous Birthdays in last 100 years:
1911 - Reed Hadley, Petrolia Tx, actor (Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon)
1911 - William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
1912 - Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidential advisor
1912 - William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
1913 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (d. 2005)
1915 - Peter Lind Hayes, SF Calif, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show)
1916 - Theodore P Toynbee, British journalist/writer (Savage Days, Barricade)
1921 - Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer
1921 - Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1923 - Dorothy Gilman, mystery writer
1923 - Jack Hill, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's)
1923 - Samuel Lewis Francis, painter
1923 - Tony Parker, oral historian
1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer
1924 - Sidney Lumet, Phila, director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe)
1925 - Clifton Chenier, Opelousas La, blues singer (Bayou Blues)
1925 - June Lockhart, NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction)
1925 - Robert Venturi, Phila, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas)
1925 - Ziggy Talent, Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1925 - Ted Stepien, American business (d. 2007)
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author/poet
1926 - Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist (Smurfs)
1928 - William Joseph Russo, composer
1928 - Peyo, Belgian illustrator (d. 1992)
1929 - Eric Carle, American author
1930 - Hugo Gabriel Gryn, rabbi
1930 - George Murdock, American actor
1930 - Mary Beth Peil, American singer
1932 - Peter Blake, British artist
1933 - Gary Crosby, Calif, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase)
1933 - Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist (glass painter)
1933 - James Meredith, American civil rights activist
1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
1934 - Willy Rodriguez, cricketer (occasional leg-spin bat for WI in 60's)
1935 - Eddie Floyd, Montgomery Al, singer/composer (Calif Girl, Falcons)
1935 - Kurt Schwertsik, composer
1935 - Laurent Terzieff, Paris, actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way) [or 7/25]
1935 - Wynand Breytenbach, S African under minister of Defense (1986- )
1936 - Harold Melvin, US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero)
1936 - Paul Nowee, Dutch western writer (Eagle's Eye)
1936 - Jusuf Habibie, President of Indonesia
1937 - Mirabel Morgan, author (Total Woman)
1939 - Allen Fox, American Tennis Player
1940 - Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)
1940 - A.J. Quinnell, British writer (d. 2005)
1941 - Denys Arcand, director (Jesus of Montreal)
1942 - Patrick Michael Mitchell, Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted
1942 - Wilbert Bank, actor/director (On Hope of Blessing)
1942 - Willis Reed, NBA hall of fame MVP center/coach (NY Knicks)
1942 - Michel Tremblay, Canadian playwright
1943 - Gerrit "Ger" Zijlstra, sculptor
1944 - Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer
1945 - Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)
1946 - Allen Lanier, rock keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1946 - Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson)
1946 - Roméo Dallaire, Canadian senator
1947 - Jimmie Walker, American actor (Good Times)
1948 - Michael Lembeck, Bkln, actor (Max-One Day at a Time)
1949 - Brenda Sykes, Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight)
1949 - Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease)
1949 - Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)
1949 - Phyllis George-Brown, Denton Tx, Miss Amer (1971)/sportscaster (CBS)
1950 - Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33)
1950 - Tatyana Averina, USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976)
1950 - Nitza Saul, Israeli actress
1951 - Lee Wilkof, Canton Ohio, actor (WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart)
1951 - Michael Francis, rocker
1952 - Brian MacLeod, rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
1952 - Tim Finn, rocker (Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues)
1953 - Ian Davis, cricketer (Australian batsman 1973-77)
1954 - David Paich, rock keyboardist (Toto-Africa)
1954 - John Kimmel, horse trainer
1954 - Lina Romay, Barcelona Spain, actress (Conan the Barbarian)
1954 - Daryush Shokof, Iranian filmmaker
1955 - Michael Sabatino, Calif, actor (Days of Our Life, Bold & Beautiful)
1956 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
1956 - Anthony Bourdain, Chef and author
1958 - Debbie Green, South Korea, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
1959 - Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper, Winter Olympics medalist
1959 - Paris Themmen, American actor
1960 - Craig Johnston, Australian soccer player
1961 - Ricky Gervais, English comedian
1962 - Dan Turk, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
1962 - Phill Jupitus, English comedian and broadcaster
1963 - Doug Gilmour, Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1963 - George Michael [Panos], British rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex)
1963 - Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL-Wayne's World) [or May 25]
1963 - Mike Stanley, Ft Lauderdale FL, catcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
1963 - Si-An Deng, Shanghai China, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
1963 - Yann Martel, Canadian author
1963 - John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
1964 - Dell Curry, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
1964 - Phil Emery, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994)
1964 - Emma Suárez, Spanish actress
1964 - Greg Raymer, Professional poker player
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets)
1967 - Brian Wanek, Mequon Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Joan Smith, Rochester NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Matt Leblanc, Newton Mass, actor (Joey-Friends)
1967 - Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1968 - Oleg Taktarov, Russian martial artist
1969 - Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record)
1969 - Armand Benneker, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1969 - Jurgen Streppel, soccer player (Telstar/RKC)
1969 - Matt Gallant, American television host
1970 - Aaron Sele, Golden Valley MN, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1970 - Ana Rosa Brito, Miss Puerto Rico Universe (1997)
1970 - Lucy Benjamin, British actress
1970 - Ariel Gore, American journalist and author
1970 - Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete
1970 - Roope Latvala, Finnish musician
1971 - Michael Tucker, South Boston VA, outfielder (KC Royals)
1971 - Mike Sutherland, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1971 - Robert Reichel, Litinov CZE, hockey forward (NY Islanders, Oly-G-98)
1971 - Ryan Carey, CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1971 - Steve Tikolo, cricketer (outstanding Kenyan batsman in 1996 World Cup)
1971 - Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect
1971 - Scott Maslen, Actor
1971 - Angela Kinsey, American actress
1971 - Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer
1972 - Amy Wickus, Baraboo Wisconsin, 800m/1500m runner
1972 - Carlos Delgado, Aguadilla Puerto Rico, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1972 - Mike Kroeger, Canadian musician (Nickelback)
1973 - Milan Hnilicka, hockey goaltender (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1973 - Rene Corbet, Victoriaville, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1973 - Whitney Post, Wayland Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
1974 - Lee Cole, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1974 - Leeland McElroy, running back (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Vernon Crawford, linebacker (New England Patriots)
1974 - Jim LaMarca, American bass guitarist (Chimaira)
1974 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
1974 - Nisha Ganatra, Canadian film director
1975 - Alberto Costa, Lerida Spain, tennis pro
1975 - Linda Cardellini, American actress
1975 - Chenoa, Spanish singer
1975 - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
1975 - Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
1976 - Marina Alofagia McCartney, Miss New Zealand Universe (1997)
1976 - José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
1976 - Dubravka Vukotić, Montenegrin female actor
1978 - Aftab Shivdasani, Bollywood actor
1978 - Layla El, 2006 WWE Diva Search winner
1978 - Luke Scott, American baseball player
1979 - Brandi Lynn Burkhardt, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Kelli Jones, Miss Kentucky Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Katie Doyle, American actress and reality television star
1979 - Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
1979 - Busy Philipps, American actress
1979 - Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
1980 - Maja Latinović, Serbian model
1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1981 - Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
1981 - Sheridan Smith, British actress
1981 - Pooja Umashankar, Indian actress
1982 - Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
1982 - Rain, Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
1983 - Todd Cooper, British swimmer
1984 - Indigo, American actress
1986 - Charlie Davies, American soccer player
1986 - Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
1993 - Barney Clark, English actor



Famous Deaths in last 100 years:
1912 - Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65
1916 - Thomas Eakins, American artist (b. 1844)
1918 - Jake Beckley, baseball player (b. 1867)
1926 - Symon Petljoera, pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris
1929 - Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies
1937 - Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39
1942 - Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1943 - Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68
1944 - Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (b. 1906)
1948 - William C. Lee, U.S. general (b. 1895)
1949 - Buck Freeman, baseball player (b. 1871)
1953 - Algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies
1954 - Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
1956 - Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62
1956 - Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
1959 - Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
1959 - Charles Starkweather, spree killer (b. 1938)
1960 - WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1962 - Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies
1964 - Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76
1968 - Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43
1971 - Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88
1971 - John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1880)
1974 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1893)
1976 - Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
1977 - Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65
1977 - Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80
1978 - Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
1979 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (b. 1906)
1983 - Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1984 - Michel Foucault, philosoph (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDs at 57
1985 - Morris Mason, American murderer (b. 1954)
1986 - Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1987 - Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
1988 - Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies
1988 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
1990 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
1992 - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
1992 - Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Phila Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
1992 - William E Harris, entertainer, dies
1994 - Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74
1994 - Robert Millar, journalist, dies at 72
1995 - Warren Earl Burger, Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
1996 - Nicholas John, dramaturge, dies at 43
1996 - Ray Howard-Jones, artist, dies at 93
1996 - Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (b. 1914)
1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Fren oceanographer, dies of heart attack at 87
1997 - William Lyle Woratzeck, convicted killer, executed in Ariz at 51
1998 - Lounès Matoub, a famous Berber Kabyle singer (b. 1956)
1999 - Fred Feast, English actor (b. 1929)
2002 - Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2003 - Lester Maddox, American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
2005 - John Fiedler, American Actor (b. 1925)
2006 - Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect (b. 1918)
2007 - Mahasti, Persian singer (b. 1946)
2007 - J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)
2009 - Michael Jackson, American recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller, Dangerous) dies of cardiac arrest aged 50
2009 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress and pop culture figure (b.1947)

[Spartan]

So I was so bored today I read every single post in this thread...from page one on...

So all I gotta say in no particular order for some older posts....

[Sand84]

 

[Krandall]

you should look at some of the older BS threads.

[Krandall]

Today's Highlights in History:
On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I. (Go to article.)

On June 28, 1902, Richard Rodgers, the American composer who was a major force in 20th century musical comedy, was born. Following his death on Dec. 30, 1979, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
On June 28, 1884, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the presidential election of 1884.


Today in History:
1836    James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, died in Montpelier, Va., at age 85.

1838    Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1894    Labor Day was established as a holiday for federal employees.

1902    Broadway composer Richard Rodgers was born in New York City.

1914    Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia, were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist. The event triggered World War I.

1919    Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence, Mo.

1950    North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea.

1967    Israel declared Jerusalem reunified under its sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the Six-Day War.

1997    Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas.

2000    Elian Gonzalez was returned to his native Cuba seven months after he was cast adrift in the Florida Straits.

2000    The Supreme Court ruled the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.

2003    The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" had its premiere.

2004    The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule.

2004    The Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatants can challenge their detention in U.S. courts.

2007    The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.




Famous Birthdays in last 100 years:
1912 - Audrey Langford, singing teacher
1912 - Sergiu Celibidache, conductor
1913 - George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman)
1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (d. 2007)
1913 - Walter Oesau, German pilot (d. 1944)
1914 - Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player
1914 - Lester Raymond Flatt, TN, bluegrass (Earl-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
1914 - Aribert Heim, Austrian physician
1917 - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady)
1917 - Katherine Rawls, American swimming champion (d. 1982)
1918 - Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads)
1920 - A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright
1921 - P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )
1922 - Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset)
1922 - Michael Vale, American actor (d. 2005)
1923 - Lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)
1923 - Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver
1924 - Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host
1926 - Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs)
1926 - Robert Shelton Shapiro, journalist
1926 - Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
1927 - Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian
1928 - Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist
1928 - Peter Heine, cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's)
1928 - Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor
1928 - Dr Hans Blix, Swedish head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission 2000-2003
1928 - Harold Evans, English journalist and writer; editor of The Sunday Times
1929 - Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)
1930 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer
1930 - Itamar Franco, President of Brazil
1931 - Junior Johnson, American NASCAR driver
1931 - Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (d. 1995)
1933 - Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, composer
1933 - Pat Morita, Berkeley CA, actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid)
1933 - Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician
1934 - Carl M Levin, (Sen-D Michigan, 1979- )
1934 - Roy Gilchrist, cricketer (volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s)
1935 - John Inman, English actor (d. 2007)
1936 - Bill Orton, (Rep-R-UT, 1983- )
1936 - Gisela Kraft, writer
1936 - Major R Owens, (Rep-D-NY)
1936 - Peter Hall, folklorist/musician
1937 - Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
1937 - George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
1937 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (d. 1995)
1938 - Leon E Panetta, (Rep-D-CA, 1977- )
1938 - John Byner, American comedian
1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (d. 2001)
1940 - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1940 - Roderick Wright, ex-Scottish bishop (d. 2005)
1941 - Al Downing, American baseball player
1941 - Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (d. 2006)
1942 - "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, sec-gen (S Africa Communist Party)
1942 - Jim Kolbe, (Rep-R-AZ, 1985- )
1942 - Sjoukje Dijkstra, Holland, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 - Bobby Harrison, England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1943 - Ed Pastor, (Rep-D-Arizona)
1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1945 - Dave Knights, London, rock bassist (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1945 - Jane Harmon, (Rep-D-California)
1946 - Bruce Davison, Phila, actor (Capt Wyler-Hunter, Willard, High Risk)
1946 - Gilda Radner, Detroit Mich, actress (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon)
1946 - John "Mike" Lounge, Denver Colo, astr (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35)
1946 - Robert L Asprin, US, sci-fi writer (Thieves World, Cold Cash War)
1946 - Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer
1946 - Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician.
1947 - Mark Helprin, US writer
1947 - Patrick Kincaid, who wrote the TODAY program; send him a card
1947 - Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef
1947 - Anny Duperey, French film and television actress
1948 - Kathy Bates, Memphis TN, academy award winning actress (Misery)
1949 - Don Baylor, Tx, baseball player (Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP)
1949 - Edward Totah, art dealer
1950 - Ken Arthur, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
1950 - Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician
1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian runner (200m world record)
1954 - Alice Krige, South Africa, actress (Chariots of Fire, Ladykiller)
1954 - Ava Barber, Knoxville Tn, country singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
1955 - Mitch Addock, Macon MS, Nike golfer (1992 BC Open-11th)
1955 - Nikolai Simyatov, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1976)
1955 - Shirley Cheriton, English actress
1955 - Eric Gates, English footballer
1955 - Thomas Hampson, American baritone
1956 - Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
1957 - Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
1957 - Mike Skinner, American racecar driver
1958 - Oran "Juice" Jones, rocker (Curiosity, Here I Go Again)
1958 - Sergei Shakrai, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
1960 - John Elway, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1961 - Jay Schroeder, NFL quarterback (Wash Redskins, LA Raiders)
1961 - Jeff Malone, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Miami Heat)
1962 - Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romania, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963 - Allen Pitts, CFL slot back (Calgary Stampeders)
1963 - Andy Cousin, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet & Other Stories)
1964 - Bryan Barker, NFL punter (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1964 - Stephanie Maynor, Chester England, golfer (1995 PING Welch's-13th)
1964 - Susan Mascarin, Detroit Mich, tennis star
1965 - Michele Timms, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury, Olympics-1988, 96)
1966 - Andrew Lang, NBA center (Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks)
1966 - John Cusack, Chicago, actor (Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead)
1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson, Houston Tx, actress (Some Kind of Wonderful)
1966 - Mike Bellamy, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1967 - Anthony Smith, NFL defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
1967 - Matt Karchner, Berwick PA, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
1967 - Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
1968 - Adam Woodyatt, English actor
1968 - Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer
1969 - Danielle Brisebois, Bkln NY, actress (Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2)
1969 - Tichina Arnold, Queens, actress (Ryan's Hope, Sharla-All My Children)
1969 - Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed, cricketer (prodigious Pakistani leggie 1990-)
1970 - [Jack] Stephen Burton, Indianapolis, actor (Chris-Out of this World)
1970 - Mike White, American filmmaker and actor
1971 - Aileen Quinn, actress (Annie)
1971 - Bobby Hurley, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
1971 - Gary Downs, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
1971 - Greg Evans, NFL/WLAF safety (Buffalo Bills, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Greg Keagle, Corning NY, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1971 - Jeff Cothran, NFL fullback (Cin Bengals)
1971 - Tichina Arnold, American actress
1971 - Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer
1971 - Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality
1971 - Ron Mahay, American baseball player
1972 - Arie van de Padt, Dutch soccer player (Tonegido, Sparta)
1972 - Eric Johnson, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Jerry Colquitt, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Kelly Wiltshire, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Marvin Jones, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
1972 - Ryan Fujita, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972 - Alessandro Nivola, American actor
1973 - Alberto Berastegui, Spain, tennis star
1973 - Brian Maisonneuve, Detroit Mich, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Ingrid Seynhaeve, Brussels Belgium, model (Look of the Year 1991)
1973 - Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete
1974 - Atilla Buday, Budapest Hungary, Canadian canoeist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Josh[ua] Crosby, Manchester Mass, rower (Olympics-1996)
1974 - Karim Abdul-Jabaar, running back (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Rob Dyrdek, Professional skateboarder
1975 - Chad Green, Dunkirk NY, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician, Dissection
1976 - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
1976 - Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
1977 - Lindsay Lee, Okla City Okla, tennis star (1995 Futures-Woodlands TX)
1977 - Harun Tekin, Turkish musician, Mor ve Ötesi
1977 - Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
1977 - Chris Spurling, American baseball player
1979 - Florian Zeller, French novelist and playwright
1979 - Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer
1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player
1981 - Michael Crafter, Australian musician
1983 - Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer
1985 - Phil Bardsley, English football player
1986 - Kellie Pickler, American singer
1986 - Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
1988 - Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer
1990 - Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
1994 - Madeline Duggan, English actress
1994 - Prince Hussein bin Al Abdullah II, Prince of Jordan


Famous Deaths in last 100 years:
1910 - Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67
1913 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated
1914 - Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated
1915 - Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies
1916 - Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
1922 - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (b. 1885)
1929 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (b. 1844)
1937 - Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64
1940 - Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44
1946 - Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident
1947 - Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72
1950 - Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72
1954 - Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26
1957 - Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88
1958 - Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77
1958 - George Gunn, cricketer (15 Tests for England), dies at 50
1960 - Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898)
1962 - Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59
1963 - Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 HRs in 1911 world series) dies at 77
1964 - King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1965 - [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88
1965 - Red Nichols, American musician (b. 1905)
1971 - Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78
1971 - Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48
1971 - Franz Stangl, Austrian commandant of concentration camps (b. 1908)
1974 - Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Vince Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50
1975 - Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50
1975 - Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
1975 - Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
1976 - Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49
1978 - Clifford Dupont, First President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
1979 - Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84
1980 - Heal Gahagan Douglas, (Rep-D-Ca), lost to Nixon, dies at 79
1980 - Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81
1980 - Yoshiro Irino, composer, dies at 58
1980 - José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
1981 - Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
1981 - Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75
1981 - Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
1982 - Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies
1982 - Harry Mills, US, singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70
1985 - James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74
1985 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (b. 1913)
1988 - Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies
1989 - Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90
1990 - Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies
1991 - Ernie McCormick, cricketer (12 Tests for Australia), dies
1991 - Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies
1992 - Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
1993 - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79
1993 - GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)
1994 - Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan), dies at 90
1994 - William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44
1995 - Donald Sinclair, vet, dies at 83
1996 - George Ghita Ionescu, academic, dies at 83
1996 - Michael Wishart, artist, dies at 68
1996 - Piers Gray, critic/writer, dies at 49
1996 - Ronald George Woodman, pilot, dies at 82
1996 - Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89
2000 - Jane Birdwood, British anti-Semitic activist (b. 1913)
2000 - Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (b. 1908)
2001 - Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
2001 - Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
2003 - Wim Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
2004 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
2005 - Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist (b. 1946)
2006 - Jim Baen, American science fiction publisher and editor (b. 1943)
2006 - George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
2006 - Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English barrister, politician and author (b. 1919)
2006 - George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
2007 - Eugene Bennett Fluckey, American Navy Submariner (b. 1913)
2007 - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
2008 - Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b.1987)
2009 - Billy Mays, American television pitchman (b. 1958)
2009 - Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)
2009 - A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)

[Spartan]

Well today was fun...got it dyno tuned finally (turned out the map wasn't THAT bad off, they made minor adjustments and the AFR seemed right when I watched it) and apparently my clutch is bad...more parts

[Krandall]

Today's Highlights in History
On June 29, 1995, the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. (Go to article.)

On June 29, 1868, George Ellery Hale, the American astronomer, was born. Following his death on Feb. 21, 1938, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
On June 29, 1861, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Kentucky's neutrality during the early months of the Civil War.


On this day in history:
1776    The Virginia state constitution was adopted.

1951    Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was ordained as a priest.

1958    Brazil won their first World Cup title with a 5-2 victory over host country Sweden in Stockholm on the strength of two goals by 17-year-old Pele.

1967    Actress Jayne Mansfield, 34, and two male companions died when their car struck a trailer truck east of New Orleans.

1972    The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."

1992    A divided Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to abortion, but the justices also weakened the right as defined in the Roe v. Wade decision.

2002    President George W. Bush transferred presidential powers to Vice President Dick Cheney for more than two hours during a routine colon screening that ended in a clean bill of health.

2003    Actress Katharine Hepburn died at age 96.

2004    Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks became the fourth pitcher in major league history to record 4,000 career strikeouts.

2006    The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.

2007    The Apple iPhone went on sale.

2009    Financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud.

2009    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were denied promotion because of their race.

2009    The new retractable roof over Centre Court at Wimbledon was used for the first time during a women's fourth-round match.




Famous Birthdays in Last 100 Years:
1910 - Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella)
1910 - Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1911 - Bernard Herrmann, composer
1911 - Bernhard, Germany, Prince (Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands)
1911 - Klaus E J Fuchs, German/British/German nuclear physicist/spy
1912 - John Toland, US, political writer (Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971)
1912 - Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango)
1912 - Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
1914 - Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)
1914 - Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
1915 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
1916 - David Donaldson, painter
1916 - Ruth Warwick, St Joseph Mo, actress (Citizen Kane, All My Children)
1918 - Jack Harkness, rose grower
1919 - Slim Pickens, Kingsburg Calif, actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddles)
1919 - Lloyd Richards, American director (d. 2006)
1920 - Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist (Clash of Titans)
1921 - Frédéric Dard, French writer (d. 2000)
1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue)
1923 - Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang)
1924 - Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians)
1924 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
1925 - Cara Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show)
1925 - Hale Smith, composer
1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician
1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1928 - Ian Bannen, Airdrie Scotland, actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park)
1929 - Johnny Ace, rocker
1929 - Michio Mamaia, composer
1929 - Peter George, Akron Ohio, weightlifter (Oly-gold/2 silver-48, 52)
1929 - Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
1930 - Robert Evans, NYC, director/actor (Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown)
1930 - Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress
1931 - Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
1933 - Bob Shaw, baseball player
1933 - John Bradshaw, American theologian
1934 - Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI)
1934 - Henning Kronstam, dancer
1936 - David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
1936 - Leonard Lee, US vocalist (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll)
1938 - Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)
1938 - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer
1939 - Alan Connolly, cricketer (Australian pace bowler through 60s)
1939 - Ron Headley, cricketer (son of George, 2 Tests WI v England 1973)
1940 - Louise S Groenman, Dutch MP (D66)
1940 - Viacheslav Artyomov, composer
1941 - Margritta Gummel, German DR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968)
1941 - Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure], US, Black Power-activist
1941 - John Boccabella, American baseball player
1942 - Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch MP (SGP)
1942 - Larry Snyder, jockey
1942 - Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter
1943 - Roger Ruskin Spear, London Eng, saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)
1943 - Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
1944 - Collin Peterson, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
1944 - Gary Busey, Goose Creek Tx, actor (Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born)
1944 - Sean O'Malley, American Roman Catholic bishop
1945 - Johnnie Richardson, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
1945 - Little Eva [Boyd], Belhaven NC, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
1945 - Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
1946 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
1946 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
1947 - Jeff Moss, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979)
1947 - Richard Lewis, NYC, comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love)
1947 - Michael Carter, British actor
1948 - Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet)
1948 - Charles McCorquodale, art historian
1948 - Fred Grandy, Sioux City IA, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1986- )/actor (Love Boat)
1948 - Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer(White Snake, Deep Purple)
1948 - Loncoln Gordon, rocker
1949 - Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
1949 - Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician
1949 - Ann Veneman, American politician
1951 - Don Rosa, American ilustrator
1952 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player
1953 - Billy Hinsche, rocker
1953 - Colin Hay, Scotland, rock vocalist (Men At Work)
1953 - Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again)
1953 - Rosa Mota, Port marathoner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1953 - Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer
1954 - Rick Honeycutt, Chattanooga TN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1955 - Charles J Precourt, Waltham Mass, astronaut (STS 55, 71, 84, sk:91)
1955 - Terence M. O'Sullivan, American activist
1956 - Pedro Guerrero, baseball player
1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal
1957 - Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
1957 - Robert Forster, Australian musician
1958 - Leslie Browne, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
1958 - Richard Mettee, horse trainer
1958 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese athlete
1959 - Edward F Humenik, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1994 Kmart Greater-2nd)
1959 - Kim Hiett, jockey
1959 - Larry Parham, 4th victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (1st to die)
1960 - Sergey Kopylov, USSR, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961 - Kimberlin Brown, American actress
1961 - Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist
1962 - Amanda Donohoe, London, actress (CJ Lamb-LA Law)
1962 - Sharon Lawrence, Charlotte NC, actr (Civil Wars, NYPD Blue, Fired Up)
1962 - George Zamka, American astronaut
1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil)
1963 - Tracey E Bregman, Munich Germany, actress (Lauren-Bold & Beautiful)
1963 - Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
1964 - Pepper Johnson, NFL linebacker (NY Giants, Cleve Browns)
1964 - Stedman Pearson, Essex, rock vocalist (Five Star-Silk & Steel)
1964 - Wendy Kilbourne, actress (Devon-Midnight Caller) [1964 Approx]
1965 - Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones)
1965 - Paul Jarvis, cricketer (England pace bowler 1988-93)
1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician
1966 - John Part, Canadian darts player
1967 - John Wehner, Pittsburgh PA, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
1967 - Melora Hardin, Houston Tx, actress (Family Tree, Best Times)
1967 - Murray Foster, Canadian musician
1968 - Theoren Fleury, Oxbow Sask, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames, Canada)
1969 - Erik Tammer, soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles)
1969 - Simon Brown, cricketer (Durham pace bowler, England 1996)
1969 - Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician
1969 - Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
1970 - Troy Drayton, tight end (Miami Dolphins)
1970 - Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
1971 - Dennis Gerritsen, soccer player (NAC)
1971 - Mike Sillinger, Regina, NHL right wing (Vanc Canucks, Anaheim Ducks)
1971 - Wendee Espinosa, Stockton Calif, female outfielder (Silver Bullets)
1971 - Kaitlyn Ashley, American pornographic actress
1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician
1972 - Fabrice L'Henry, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1972 - Samantha Smith, Houlton Mo, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street)
1972 - Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
1973 - George Hincapie, Queens NY, road cyclist (Olympics-76th-92, 96)
1974 - Ted Giannous, San Diego, actor (KGB Chicken)
1975 - Mathew Gates, Baldock Engld, dance skater (& Chalom-1995 Nat Jr champ)
1976 - Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India (1996)
1976 - Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician
1977 - Sharon Cripps, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
1977 - Tania Joy Gibson, Lake Barrington Ill, Miss America-Illinois (1997)
1977 - Oleg Korenfeld, Russian-born American poet
1977 - Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
1978 - Sam Farrar, American bassist
1978 - Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress
1979 - Abs Breen, English singer
1979 - Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
1979 - Matthew Bode, Australian Rules football player
1979 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007)
1980 - Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
1980 - Mel Peachey, British television personality
1980 - Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
1981 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
1981 - Joe Johnson, American basketball player
1983 - Aundrea Fimbres, American singer
1984 - Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
1984 - Christopher Egan, Australian actor
1984 - Derek Lee Rock, American drummer
1985 - Quintin Demps, American football player
1986 - Austin Drage, English singer
1986 - Iya Villania, Filipina actress
1987 - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
1988 - Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
1992 - Adam G. Sevani, American actor
1993 - Angela & Amy Lakeberg, US Siamese twin (separated on Aug 20th)
1993 - George Sampson, English dancer


Famous Deaths in Last 100 Years:
1919 - José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)
1921 - Otto Seeck German classical historian (b. 1850)
1923 - Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73
1923 - Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66
1923 - J C Gomez, General/Venezuela's 1st VP, assassinated
1931 - Nérée Beauchemin, Quebec poet (b. 1850)
1933 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, US actor (Keystone comedies), dies at 46
1935 - Jack O'Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
1940 - Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60
1941 - Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80
1949 - Walter Giffen, cricketer (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies
1953 - Jules van Nuffel, composer, dies at 70
1955 - Max Pechstein, German painter/graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73
1956 - Johan[nes F] Bakker Jr, actor, dies at 62
1958 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (b. 1865)
1959 - A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
1964 - Milenko Zivkovic, composer, dies at 63
1964 - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)
1965 - Sidney Marion, actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64
1966 - Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82
1966 - Isabel Dawn, writer, dies
1966 - Ronald Shiner, actor (Aunt Clara, Forbidden, Girls at Sea), dies at 63
1967 - Jayne Mansfield, actress (Female Jungle), dies in a car crash at 34
1967 - O M Graf, writer, dies at 72
1967 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
1968 - Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66
1969 - Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies
1969 - Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29
1969 - Vesselin Stoyanov, composer, dies at 67
1970 - Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77
1970 - Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64
1971 - Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43
1971 - Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 38
1971 - Vladimir Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 35
1973 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1915)
1975 - Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79
1975 - Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
1976 - Leonora Summers, entertainer, dies
1977 - Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70
1977 - Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (b. 1895)
1978 - Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59
1979 - Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies
1979 - Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 34
1981 - Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered
1982 - Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies
1982 - Henry King, director, dies at 86
1986 - Ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies
1986 - John P East, (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55
1986 - Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47
1990 - Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74
1992 - Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
1992 - Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies
1993 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
1994 - Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76
1994 - Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85
1994 - Ray Crane, trumpeter, dies at 63
1995 - Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75
1995 - Roy Rowland, film director, dies at 84
1996 - Alexander George Ogston, biochemist, dies at 85
1996 - Bobby Keetch, footballer/entrepreneur, dies at 54
1996 - Pamela Mason, actress (Wild in the Streets), dies at 78
1997 - William Hickey, actor (Prizzi's Honor), dies of emphysema at 68
1998 - Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936)
1999 - Allan Carr, American film producer (b. 1937)
2000 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)
2002 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
2002 - Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
2002 - François Périer, French actor (b. 1919)
2003 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
2004 - Bernard Babior, American biochemist (b. 1935)
2006 - Randy Walker, American football coach (b. 1954)
2006 - Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)
2006 - Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
2007 - Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)
2007 - Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (b. 1947)
2008 - Don S. Davis, American actor and artist (b. 1942)
2009 - Joe Bowman (marksman), American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, famed bootmaker & master showman (b. 1925)

[Spartan]

Well yesterday was fun....now I gotta order parts....whee.

[Krandall]

2002    President George W. Bush transferred presidential powers to Vice President Dick Cheney for more than two hours during a routine colon screening that ended in a clean bill of health.



Yes.... Yes the world was scared. 




and lol patterz. a rappy's work is never done.

[Spartan]

No shit...After the clutch, what's next?

[Krandall]

Hmmmm..

i'm voting brakes.

[Spartan]

Front brakes already replaced (bent rotor after the stump), rear brakes work great...so far.

[Krandall]

so far.


you have cursed yourself.

[Spartan]

F*CK!