Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume XXIV

[Colorado700R]

[Krandall]

 

[Krandall]

1976   America's Viking 1 robot spacecraft landed on Mars.

that seems crazy that we had something on mars in the 70s.

[Krandall]

1994   O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.


the glove didn't fit!

[Magz]

I know most of you will never believe this happened to me. I found a new
way to avoid any .08 alcohol issues while driving:
After golf this week, I had one too many. Knowing that I was wasted, I did
something that I have never done before; I took a bus home. I arrived home
safe and sound, which seemed really surprising since I had never driven a
bus before..

[dragonz]

& how did the 20 passengers enjoy the time at your house?

[Krandall]

1965   President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.

[Krandall]

2008   Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was indicted on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts he had received from a powerful oil contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.)


nice

[Krandall]

1995   Westinghouse Electric Corp. struck a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion.


Interesting, I didn't know they owned them.

[Krandall]

1939   Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.


and that's when shit got crazy.

[Krandall]

On Aug. 3, 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.

crazy to think we had a nuclear powered sub in the 50's

[Krandall]

On Aug. 4, 1914, Britain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality.

gotta be a first.

[Krandall]

2002   Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th home run, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the mark.

he didn't use steroids either. woot!

[Krandall]

1988   President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans interred by the U.S. government during World War II

[Spartan]

1988   President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans interred by the U.S. government during World War II

So what about all the american soldiers that were "interred" by the Japanese during WWII and tortured and killed?