Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXIII

[Krandall]

Its okay pat, its just inevitable.

[Krandall]

Today's Highlights in History

On June 30, 1997, in Hong Kong, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time over Government House as Britain prepared to hand the colony back to China after ruling it for 156 years.

On June 30, 1868, Mabel Cratty, American social worker and head of the Y.W.C.A., was born. Following her death on Feb. 27, 1928, her obituary appeared in The Times.
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
On June 30, 1883, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about pollution in New York Harbor


1859    French acrobat Blondin crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope as 5,000 spectators watched.

1908    An asteroid exploded above Tunguska in Siberia, leaving 800 square miles of scorched or blown-down trees.

1917    Jazz singer Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.

1921    President Warren G. Harding appointed former President William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States.

1934    Adolf Hitler began his "blood purge" of political and military leaders in Germany in what came to be known as "The Night of the Long Knives."

1936    The novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell was published.

1952    The radio soap opera "The Guiding Light" made its TV debut on CBS.

1963    Pope Paul VI was crowned the 262nd head of the Roman Catholic Church.

1971    The 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the minimum voting age to 18, was ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it.

1994    The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.

2001    Doctors implanted a dual-purpose pacemaker in Vice President Dick Cheney's chest.

2002    Brazil won the World Cup for a record fifth time with a 2-0 victory over Germany in Yokohama, Japan.

2004    The international Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit after a nearly seven-year journey.

2005    Spain legalized gay marriage.



Famous Birthdays Today in last 100 years:
1911 - Czeslaw Milosz, Polish/American writer (Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980)
1911 - Virginia Smith, (Rep-R-NB, 1975- )
1912 - Dan Reeves, NFL team owner (Cleveland/LA Rams)
1912 - Kenneth Jameson, art educator
1912 - Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist
1912 - [J] Tibor de Machula, Hungarian/Dutch cellist
1912 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
1913 - Harry Wismer, Port Huron Mich, AFL owner (NY Titans)
1913 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)
1914 - David Wayne, actor (Adam's Rib, Andromeda Strain, 3 Faces of Eve)
1914 - Natko Devcic, composer
1914 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (d. 2001)
1915 - Charles Rowe, cricketer (scored a pair in only Test (NZ v Aust 1946))
1917 - Lena Horne, Bkln NY, actress/singer (Stormy Weather, Wiz)
1917 - Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician
1918 - Stuart Foster, Binghamton NY, singer (Galen Drake Show)
1918 - Susan Hayward, Flatbush Bkln, actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa)
1919 - Lee Krieger, MD, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini)
1919 - Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
1920 - Sam Moskowitz, SF fandom historian
1920 - Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1921 - Gordon Reynolds, musician
1925 - Dorothy Malone, actress (Peyton Place)
1925 - Jim Levitch, horse trainer
1925 - Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs (Olympic-gold-1948)
1925 - Will Gay Bottje, composer
1926 - Paul Berg, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Harvey Vernon, Flint Mich, actor (Jasper-Carter Country)
1927 - James Goldman, author/playwright (Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid)
1927 - Joseph R Skeen, (Rep-R-New Mexico, 1981- )
1928 - Frank Ulrich Marcus, playwright/critic
1929 - Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher
1929 - James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
1930 - Doyle Holly, comedian/country performer (Buckaroos)
1930 - June Valli, Bronx NY, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1930 - Mac Benson, horse trainer
1930 - Nikolai Karetnikov, composer
1931 - James Loughran, British conductor
1931 - Johannes Gruijters, Dutch mayor (D66-Lelystad)
1931 - June Thorburn, Kashmir India, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore)
1931 - Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
1932 - Martin Mailman, composer
1933 - Mike J K Smith, cricketer (England captain mid-60s)
1933 - Lea Massari, Italian actress
1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion)
1936 - Dave Van Ronk, rocker/actor (Caffe Lena)
1936 - Nancy Dussault, Pensacola Fla, actress (Muriel-Too Close for Comfort)
1936 - Pauls Dambis, composer
1936 - Tony Musante, Bridgeport Ct, actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide)
1938 - Billy Mills, Pine Ridge SD, 10k (Olympics-gold-64)
1938 - Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist (Vivat Vivaldi)
1938 - William Mervin Mills, Pine Ridge SD, 10K runner (Olympic-gold-64)
1938 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
1939 - Lindembergue Cardoso, composer
1940 - Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer (d. 2007)
1941 - John Jameson, cricketer (England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai)
1941 - Larry Hall, rocker (Tape Heads)
1941 - Micki Grant, composer
1941 - Mike Leander Farr, record producer
1941 - Peter Pollock, cricketer (bro of Graeme/father of Shaun, S Af quickie)
1942 - Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer (Titanic in 1985)
1943 - Florence Ballard, Detroit Mich, rocker (Supremes)
1944 - Glenn Shorrock, Sydney Australia, rock vocalist (Little River Band)
1944 - Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets)
1944 - Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
1946 - Billy Brown, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1947 - Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist (Live in Montreux)
1947 - Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut
1949 - Andrew Scott, Wales, rock guitarist (Sweet)
1949 - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut
1949 - Eric Goetz, NYC, US shipbuilder (America's Cup 1995)
1949 - Thanh Liem Bui, Vietnam, cosmonaut
1950 - Donna Jean Willmott, Akron Ohio, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
1950 - Pablo Castillo, jockey
1951 - Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper/singer (We Love Orange)
1951 - Andy Scott, rocker
1951 - Stanley Clarke, Phila, rock bassist (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway)
1951 - Stephen S Oswald, Seattle Washington, astronaut (STS 42, 56, 67)
1952 - Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
1952 - David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
1953 - Hal Lindes, Monterey CA, rocker (Dire Straits)
1954 - Bryn B Burrows, rock drummer (Fabulous Poodles)
1954 - Ken Olin, Chicago, actor (Thirtysomething, Det Quinn-EZ Street)
1954 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
1955 - Mark MacDonald, horse trainer
1956 - Adrian Wright, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human League-Only Human)
1956 - David Alan Grier, comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang)
1956 - Ronald Winans, gospel singer (Winans)
1957 - Sarah McGuire, Springfield IL, LPGA golfer (1983 United Va Bank-5th)
1957 - Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)
1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Helsinki Finland, conductor (Giro)
1959 - Gina Goldberg, playmate (May, 1981)
1959 - Michel Dion, Quebec City Canada, Rifle shooter (Olympics-24-92, 96)
1959 - Stephanie Farwig, Milwaukee WI, golfer (1994 LPGA Corning Classic-2nd)
1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
1960 - Randy Ladouceur, Brockville, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1960 - Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)
1961 - Karolyn Kirby, US beach volleyball player (Goodwill-gold-94)
1962 - Julianne Regan, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet)
1962 - Vladimir Mikolaevich Dezhurov, Mordovia, astronaut (Mir 18, STS-71)
1962 - Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
1963 - Rupert Graves, actor (Damage, Handful of Dust, Maurice)
1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
1965 - Mitch Richmond, Ft Lauderdale Fl, NBA guard (Sac Kings, Oly-g-88, 96)
1965 - Steve Duchesne, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1965 - Gary Pallister, English footballer
1966 - "Iron" Mike Tyson, NY, youngest heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90)
1966 - Louie Aguiar, NFL punter (KC Chiefs)
1966 - Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
1967 - Rudi Steyn, cricketer (S African opening batsman 1995)
1967 - Sheila Hudson, US triple jumper (US record 1992)
1967 - Tina Bockrath, Dayton Oh, playmate (May, 1990)/actress
1968 - Dan Peltier, Clifton Park NY, outfielder (SF Giants)
1968 - Peter Miller, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
1969 - Jim Montgomery, Montreal, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1969 - Ken Gernander, Grand Rapids, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1969 - Kristina Farrar Stookey, Martha Vineyard MA, 470 yachter (Oly-4th-96)
1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya, cricketer (Sri Lankan open bat MVP-1996 World Cup)
1970 - Brian Bloom, actor (As the World Turns)
1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, Milwaukee Wisc, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1971 - Ann Marsh, Royal Oak Mich, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1971 - Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies at 38
1971 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress
1971 - Monica Potter, American actress
1972 - Dan Comiskey, CFL guard (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1972 - Ellen Coleen Pasturzak, Portsmouth Ohio, Miss America-Ohio (1996)
1972 - Garret Anderson, Los angeles CA, outfielder (California Angels)
1972 - Tyrone Davis, NFL tight end (NY Jets, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Sandra Cam, Belgian swimmer
1972 - James Martin, English celebrity chef
1973 - Chan Ho Park, Kong Ju City Korea, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Dodda Ganesh, cricketer (Karnataka & India pace bowler 1997)
1974 - Michelle Kang, Fredericksburg Virginia, Miss America-Virginia (1997)
1974 - Melanie Lambert American ice skater
1975 - Natasha Sturgess, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96)
1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1)
1976 - Brian Rocheleleau, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-olympics-96)
1977 - Lola Odusoga, Finland, Miss Universe-3rd place (1996)
1978 - Owen Lafave, ex-husband of Debra Lafave
1978 - Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player
1979 - Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae singer
1979 - Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
1979 - Travis Minor, National Football League Runningback
1980 - Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
1981 - Allison Schroeder, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA (1997)
1981 - Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
1981 - Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
1981 - Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
1981 - Ben Utecht, American football Player
1982 - Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
1982 - Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1982 - Mitch Maier, American baseball player
1982 - Lizzy Caplan, American actress
1983 - Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
1983 - Marlin Jackson, American football player
1983 - Patrick Wolf, British musician
1983 - Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
1984 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
1985 - Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
1985 - Cody Runnels, American wrestler
1986 - Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
1991 - Kaho, Japanese actress



Famous Deaths in last 100  years:
1914 - Bai Long, [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies
1919 - John W S Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies at 76
1920 - Lena Christ, writer, dies at 38
1923 - Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer, dies at 56
1924 - Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet/writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42
1934 - Ernst Rohm, German staff member, executed at 46
1934 - Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-leader, murdered at 42
1934 - Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered
1934 - Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52
1934 - Night of the Long Knives mur
1934 - Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria killed in the Night of the Long Knives murders (b. 1862)
1934 - Erich Klausener, Catholic politician killed in the Night of the Long Knives murders (b. 1885)
1935 - William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1938 - Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61
1942 - Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62
1946 - Michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64
1948 - Karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78
1953 - Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79
1953 - Gote Carlid, composer, dies at 32
1953 - Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
1959 - Lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76
1959 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
1960 - Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79
1961 - Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87
1961 - Lee DeForest, American inventor (b. 1873)
1962 - Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65
1965 - Bessie Barriscale, actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies
1968 - John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73
1969 - Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76
1971 - Georgi T Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies at 43
1971 - Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 11), dies at 35
1971 - Crew of Soyu
1971 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
1973 - Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen, died
1973 - Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (b. 1903)
1974 - Alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated in church
1974 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (b. 1890)
1976 - Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b. 1898)
1979 - Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72
1980 - Virginia Brown Faire, actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies
1983 - Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies
1983 - Mary Livingstone, [Sadye Marks] Comedienne, (Jack Benny), dies at 77
1984 - Lillian Hellman, playwright, (Little Foxes), dies at 79
1985 - James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies
1987 - Federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94
1987 - King Donovan, actor/director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies
1992 - Doug Delauder, entertainer, dies
1992 - Jim Alaimo, vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53
1992 - Nico Booken, director (Jewish Labor Social), dies
1993 - George "Spanky" McFarland, child actor (Our Gang), dies at age 65
1994 - Nicholas Warner, test Pilot, dies at 51
1995 - Barney Simon, theatre director/writer, dies at 63
1995 - Gale Gordon, comedian (Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy), dies at 89
1995 - Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 3), dies at 74
1995 - Phyllis Hyman, R&B/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45
1995 - Sicco Mansholt, pres Commission of Europe (1972-1973), dies
1996 - Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet, dies at 76
1996 - Margaux Hemingway, model/actress (Lipstick), commits suicide at 41
1996 - Michael Parkin, journalist, dies at 74
1996 - Norman Aldridge, biochemical toxicologist, dies at 76
1997 - Larry O'Day, wrestler (b. 1944)
2001 - Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924)
2001 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
2002 - Chico Xavier, popular medium in Brazil´s spiritism movement (b. 1910)
2003 - Buddy Hackett, American comic (b. 1924)
2003 - Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1915)
2004 - Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (b. 1924)
2006 - Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
2007 - Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)
2009 - Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940)

[Krandall]

1908    An asteroid exploded above Tunguska in Siberia, leaving 800 square miles of scorched or blown-down trees.


That's INTENSE!

[Peelz]

It was aliens!

[Krandall]

E.T PHONE HOME!

[Peelz]

beeeee  goooooood 

[Peelz]

I see you bitches

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fine, I don't want to talk to you guys either

[Krandall]

Sorry, I had to run away to a meeting.

I was idle 

[Peelz]

excuses are tools of incompetence

[Krandall]

Well....


I have nothin.

[Magz]

I see you bitches

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fine, I don't want to talk to you guys either

I see you baby...........Shaking that ass. Shaking that ass.     

[Peelz]

I see you bitches

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fine, I don't want to talk to you guys either

I see you baby...........Shaking that ass. Shaking that ass.     

<nervously looks around to make sure mags is not actually here>

[Krandall]

The best part would be... if he was actually there...

[Colorado700R]

13,000

[Peelz]

atta-boy!