On this day...

Drolgin Steingrinder · August 15, 2003, 7:43 am

On August 15th,

Born:

1769 Napoleon Bonaparte
1771 Sir Walter Scott
1888 T.E. Lawrence Tremadoc Wales (aka Lawrence of Arabia)
1912 Julia Child

Events:

1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan
1620 Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
1858 Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins
1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed
1914 Panama Canal opens
1918 US and Russia sever diplomatic ties
1939 "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
1947 India becomes independent, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
1965 Beatle's Shea Stadium concert
1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State
1971 Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents
1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park

Baracus · Post by **Baracus** » August 15, 2003, 11:18 am

They said on NPR that Ben Afleck is 31 today.

Zygar_ Cthulhukin · Post by **Zygar_ Cthulhukin** » August 15, 2003, 11:27 am

and don't forget my storage building rent is due!

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 15, 2003, 11:30 am

...and I leave for Vegas today for the weekend!

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » August 15, 2003, 11:51 am

it's my ex-girlfriend's birthday

Fallanthas · Post by **Fallanthas** » August 15, 2003, 11:54 am

Nice retouch on the pic there Dex.

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » August 15, 2003, 12:09 pm

thanks.

I was bored at work yesterday... /shrug

rhyae · Post by **rhyae** » August 15, 2003, 12:18 pm

but why is her hand a big red blob? or if i squint its a vomitting sock puppet.

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » August 15, 2003, 12:46 pm

heh, you can only do so much with MS Paint...

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » August 15, 2003, 12:59 pm

and if you took extension on your taxes it's due today!

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » August 15, 2003, 1:15 pm

Ennia wrote:and if you took extension on your taxes it's due today!

Don't even remind me about taxes! Me and my wife are trying o buy a house, and what we want we can barely afford!! If we don't get a house this year, we are going to get KILLED in taxes!

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » August 15, 2003, 5:10 pm

And on this day, Freddvy vs Jason was decided.

Saying no more! (On this thread!)

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 15, 2003, 5:43 pm

only thing that happens on june 12 is me and dubyas daddy were born

Abelard · Post by **Abelard** » August 15, 2003, 6:05 pm

how'd you find all that stuff out?

Drolgin Steingrinder · August 15, 2003, 7:07 pm

mad skeelz yo!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » August 15, 2003, 7:09 pm

Damn European flaunting all that fancy book learnin...

Lexien · Post by **Lexien** » August 21, 2003, 3:53 pm

http://www.google.ca

Drolgin Steingrinder · August 22, 2003, 10:18 am

Birthdays today:

1862 Claude Debussy St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune)
1904 Deng Xiaoping Chinese leader (1976-1983)
1917 John Lee Hooker Mississippi, blues musician
1920 Dr Denton Cooley heart surgeon (1st artifical heart transplant)
1920 Ray Bradbury, Author
1934 Norman Schwartzkopf NJ, US General
1939 Carl Yastrzemski NY, Boston Red Sox great (1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame)

On this day:

565 St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus
1485 Richard III, last of the Plantagenets, slain at Bosworth Field
1775 King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion
1791 Haitian Revolution begins
1846 US annexes New Mexico
1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia
1864 Geneva Convention signed, by 12 nations
1902 Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
1910 Japan annexes Korea
1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre
1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers
1932 BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
1956 Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF
1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km)
1965 SF Giant pitcher Juan Marachal hits LA Dodger catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl
1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota)
1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultery
1969 Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255
1982 Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
1984 Evelyn Ashford of US ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
1984 Rep convention in Dallas renominates Pres Reagan & VP Bush
1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
1987 Madonna's "Who's "That Girl," single goes #1
1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » August 22, 2003, 11:33 am

Fascinating info from the dorf boy there!