Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXIV

[Krandall]

Today's Highlights in History


On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. (Go to article.)

On Oct. 4, 1895, Buster Keaton, the American comic actor of silent films, was born. Following his death on Feb. 1, 1966, his obituary appeared in The Times.
   
On October 4, 1862, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about General George B. McClellan and the Battle of Antietam.



On this date in:

1822    Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, was born in Delaware, Ohio.

1895    The first U.S. Open golf tournament was held, at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.

1923    Actor Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter in Evanston, Ill.

1931    The comic strip "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould made its debut.

1957    Jimmy Hoffa was elected president of the Teamsters Union.

1957    "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS.

1970    Rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead of an accidental heroin overdose.

1990    German lawmakers held the first meeting of the reunified country's parliament in the Reichstag in Berlin.

1993    Dozens of cheering, dancing Somalis dragged the body of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu.

2001    Authorities said a man in Boca Raton, Fla., had contracted the inhaled form of anthrax; he died the following day.

2002    John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge in Alexandria, Va.

2002    Richard Reid pleaded guilty in a federal court to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.



Current Birthdays

Actress Susan Sarandon turns 64 years old today.


76    Sam Huff
Football Hall of Famer

75    Eddie Applegate
Actor ("The Patty Duke Show")

73    Jackie Collins
Author

69    Roy Blount Jr.
Author

69    Anne Rice
Author

65    Clifton Davis
Actor

64    Chuck Hagel
Former U.S. senator, R-Neb.

61    Lee Blessing
Playwright

61    Armand Assante
Actor

49    David W. Harper
Actor ("The Waltons")

49    Jon Secada
Singer

43    Liev Schreiber
Actor

34    Alicia Silverstone
Actress ("Clueless")

31    Rachael Leigh Cook
Actress

Historic Birthdays

Buster Keaton

10/4/1895 - 2/1/1966
American actor
(Go to obit.)

26    Louis X
10/4/1289 - 6/5/1316
King of Navarre (1305-14) and king of France (1314-16)

61    Charles IX
10/4/1550 - 10/30/1611
King of Sweden (1604-11)

85    Lord Richard Cromwell
10/4/1626 - 7/12/1712
English lord protector (1658-9)

60    Jean Francois Millet
10/4/1814 - 1/20/1875
French painter

70    Rutherford Birchard Hayes
10/4/1822 - 1/17/1893
19th president of the United States (1877-81)

48    Frederic Remington
10/4/1861 - 12/26/1909
American artist; specialized in western themes

67    Edward L. Stratemeyer
10/4/1862 - /1930
American writer

62    Damon Runyon
10/4/1884 - 12/10/1946
American writer

69    John Kelly
10/4/1890 - 6/20/1960
American oarsman

[Krandall]

[Colorado700R]

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.

I damn near died when the space ship ran it over in Wall-E

[Krandall]

1957    Jimmy Hoffa was elected president of the Teamsters Union.


Who?

[Colorado700R]

now he sleeps wit da fishes

[Peelz]

20,000

[Krandall]

grats whore!

[Spartan]

Congrats

[disco]

:golfclap:    

[Colorado700R]

20,000/5 post to relevance ratio...congrats...you got Krandall beat

[Peelz]

I try   

[Spartan]

There is no try, only do 

[Spartan]

Annnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddddddd................


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