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Today In History

niterat — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:01:50 +0000

Highlights

1803 - United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. (I was born in Louisiana)
1947 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. (ha ha I just thought it was funny)
1955 - Publication of The Return of the King, being the last part of The Lord of the Rings
1967 - A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin (Nashville Shores????)
1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines.(FREEE BIRD!)
1995 - Filmmaker Kevin Smith releases Mallrats.

BIRTH HIGHLIGHTS

1819 - The Bb, Persian founder of the Bb Faith (d. 1850)
1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956) (The man is a friggin Horror Legend!!!)
1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)
1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
1913 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer (d. 1998)
1928 - Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and television personality
1931 - Mickey Mantle, baseball player (d. 1995)
1935 - Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
1942 - Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003) (Willson from Tool Time)
1950 - Tom Petty, American musician
1956 - Danny Boyle, English film director (all I can say Is Trainspotting and 28 days later…Need I say more?)
1958 - Dave Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler (Crazy Irish Wresler is more Like it)
1958 - Viggo Mortensen, American actor ( Have you seen lord of the rings?)
1958 - Scott Hall, American professional wrestler (Razor Ramon)
1965 - William Zabka, American actor (the bully from karate kid)
1969 - Juan Gonzalez, baseball player
1972 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper

Full Rundown after the jump.

THE FULL RUNDOWN!!!!

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining.

Events

1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1781 - Patent of Tolerance, providing limited freedom of worship, was approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
1803 - United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1827 - Battle of Navarino - a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is destroyed by an allied British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece. The most important result of this battle is the end of the Greek Liberation War and the affirmation of independence of modern Greece.
1883 - Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancn, by which the Tarapac province was ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru’s involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1910 - The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland.
1935 - The Long March ends
1944 - The Soviet army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia
1944 - Liquid natural gas leaks from storange tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
1944 - General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.
1947 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1955 - Publication of The Return of the King, being the last part of The Lord of the Rings
1967 - A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin
1968 - Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
1971 - The Nepal stock exchange collapses.
1973 - The Saturday Night Massacre: President Nixon fires Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
1973 - The Sydney Opera House opens.
1973 - The Six Million Dollar Man premieres on ABC.
1977 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing several band members, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines.
1979 - The John F Kennedy library is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
1982 - St. Louis Cardinals defeat Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 to win their 9th World Series Championship.
1989 - Brisbane bound coach collides with semi-trailer north of Grafton in New South Wales, Australia. This is known as the Grafton Bus Crash
1991 - The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
1995 - Filmmaker Kevin Smith releases Mallrats.
2004 - The Boston Red Sox win the American League pennant, defeating the New York Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, becoming the first team in major league baseball history to recover from a 3-0 postseason series deficit.
2004 - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is sworn in as the President of Indonesia.

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Births

1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (d. 1512)
1469 - Guru Nanak Dev, first Sikh Guru (d. 1539)
1496 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (d. 1550)
1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
1620 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
1656 - Nicolas de Largillire, French painter (d. 1746)
1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)
1677 - Stanislaus I Leszczyski, King of Poland (d. 1766)
1711 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795)
1719 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (d. 1772)
1759 - Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
1819 - The Bb, Persian founder of the Bb Faith (d. 1850)
1819 - Carl Mikuli, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
1822 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896)
1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
1858 - John Burns, English politician (d. 1943)
1859 - John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
1874 - Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956)
1889 - Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941)
1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)
1893 - Charley Chase, American comedian (d. 1940)
1894 - Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
1900 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (d. 1974)
1904 - Anna Neagle, English actress (d. 1986)
1904 - Tommy Clement Douglas, Canadian politician (d. 1986)
1905 - Ellery Queen, pseudonym of two American writers (d. 1982)
1907 - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 2001)
1913 - Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer (d. 1998)
1918 - Robert Lochner, German journalist (d. 2003)
1925 - Art Buchwald, American newspaper columnist
1928 - Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and television personality
1931 - Mickey Mantle, baseball player (d. 1995)
1932 - Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)
1935 - Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
1937 - Juan Marichal, baseball player
1940 - Kathy Kirby, British singer
1942 - Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)
1942 - Christiane Nsslein-Volhard, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1944 - David Mancuso, American disc jockey
1946 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1949 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
1950 - Tom Petty, American musician
1951 - Claudio Ranieri, Italian football player and manager
1955 - Aaron Pryor, American boxer
1956 - Danny Boyle, English film director
1958 - Dave Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler
1958 - Viggo Mortensen, American actor
1958 - Ivo Pogorelic, Croatian pianist
1958 - Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
1960 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (d. 2004)
1961 - Ian Rush, Welsh footballer
1961 - Michie Tomizawa, Japanese Voice Actress
1963 - Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut
1965 - William Zabka, American actor
1966 - Allan Donald, South African cricketer
1966 - Stefan Raab, German entertainer
1969 - Juan Gonzalez, baseball player
1971 - Dannii Minogue, Australian-born singer
1972 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper
1976 - Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist (MxPx)
1978 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
1979 - John Krasinski, American actor
1981 - Willis McGahee, American football player
1983 - Alex Nackman, musician/singer/guitarist
1984 - Scott Fuller, radio personality
1984 - Florent Sinama-Pongolle, French footballer
1985 - Jennifer Nicole Freeman, American actress
1988 - Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1988 - John Marsh, Cooler than you

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Deaths

460 - Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine Empress
1570 - Joo de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
1640 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
1652 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer
1713 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
1740 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
1865 - Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerilla
1900 - Naim Frashri, Albanian poet (b. 1846)
1910 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)
1920 - Max Bruch, German composer (b. 1838)
1926 - Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)
1935 - Arthur Henderson, Scottish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863)
1936 - Anne Sullivan, American teacher (b. 1866)
1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
1967 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
1972 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885)
1977 - Members of the American rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd killed in a plane crash:
- Cassie Gaines (b. 1948)
- Steve Gaines (b. 1949)
- Ronnie Van Zant (b. 1948)
1983 - Peter Dudley, British actor
1984 - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
1984 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1987 - Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
1989 - Anthony Quayle, English actor (b. 1913)
1990 - Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
1994 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
1995 - Christopher Stone, American actor (b. 1942)
2001 - Ted Ammon, American financier (b. 1949)
2002 - Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920)
2003 - Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
2004 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923)
2004 - Chuck Hiller, baseball player (b. 1934)
2005 - Shirley Horn, American singer (b. 1934)
2005 - Endon Mahmood, First Lady of Malaysia (breast cancer) (b. 1941)
2005 - Eva Svankmajerova, Czech artist (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Bah’ Faith - Holy Day - Birth of the Bb

You should see what happend on your birthday. Go to wikipedia.org and type in your birthday (leave out the year)

YEA so it’s been a while

niterat — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:16:07 +0000

Wow, so like with every blog from time to time I disappear and leave it abandoned like a car in a Tennessee snow storm (If you lived here you’d understand). A lot has been going on recently. I’ve hit the dating scene once again and things have been going well. Speaking of I think i may write a story about all of my relationships and all the crazy stories that go along with them. I’m not sure how but each relationship thus far has been extremely comical in some sense or another. Yes MK20 gave me the idea, but only because he wanted to write a romantic comedy about my relationships. Well I gotta get back to work, more on my life later

Latest Addiction

niterat — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:36:58 +0000

Alright so as all my friends know, I love the television show “Heroes”. Before the writer’s strike I had it arranged where I could leave work early so I wouldn’t miss a minute. Recently I stumbled upon a facebook application where you are given an ability, health, and experience and you form groups and attack others. As you rank up you are able to get more attacks and more abilities. The name of this application? very appropriately it is called “My Heores Ability”. The abilities are all based off of the shows characters and range from super strength to healing. All I can say is that I crave power and respect. Go Sword Saints

Database and Systems Consultant

niterat — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:19:29 +0000

So I got a random message from a man asking me if I could do some computer work for him. He did not tell me who he worked for or what he wanted me to do but left his name and number. I didn’t get the message till after six so I waited till today to give him a call.

When I called him the gentleman seemed laid back. He began by asking about web design, and my heart fluttered…yes I said fluttered. He went on to explain that he was unsatisfied with his current web designer and wanted to create a database of his contacts. So I dug a little deeper and discovered he wanted an in house database…SCORE!…and that his partner wanted to keep using outlook and their domain email accounts but it was so over loaded with spam he was struggling to sort out the good from the bad. But wait that’s not all. He also has an auto dialer (one of those machines that randomly calls you and sounds like a robot is on the other end) that he would like rebuilt and updated so that the information could be easily transfered into the database. So I humored him and discussed some options with him, and low and behold I landed a sit down to discuss it further.

So needless to say I have been quite stoked today, and really hope this works out because I can do the work in my spare time, 2 jobs=2 times the money…hells yea

Rehab Returns as Southern Discomfort

niterat — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:12:10 +0000

Rehab fans, huge news! Steaknife, Brooks Bufford, and Danny Boone are getting back together to form “Southern Discomfort”. That’s right folks, the guys who brought us such great songs as “Sitting at the bar”, “It doesn’t matter”, “Aim to Please”, “That’s Love”, “Lawnchair High”, and so many other great songs are back together at last. You can check out some of there new tracks on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/therealrehabreturns or visit their official site at rehabmusic.com

KFC Bumble Bee Action Figure

niterat — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:52:09 +0000

A Chinese boy who couldn’t afford A Transformers toy instead create his own amazing masterpiece out of KFC lunch boxes using the motto by Chairman Mao ‘People can achieve anything he wants in case of his courage’ as his motivation. He loved absolutely the Transformers movie and after watching it decides to show his passion by creating this awesome model which had more than 60 movable joints and 36 cm tall. This is one of the more impressive models I have ever seen. More pictures after the jump.

Pepsi EnAble Super Bowl Ad

niterat — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:11:28 +0000

This ad was actually run before the Super Bowl during the pre-game show and hands down was one of, if not my favorite. Now before we go stepping on toes, pay attention to the begining, and realize that the commercial has gotten great reviews from the deaf community. Enjoy.

Snakes on a Blog Revisited

niterat — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:41:49 +0000

I originally posted these in a blog on August 16 of 2006 and felt they should be revisited

LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY

niterat — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:57:03 +0000

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.”

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building

is an American flag.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

“Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand and “lollipop” with your right.

The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read

left to right or right to left (palindromes).

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.”

There’s no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

Okay……………..Now you know everything

Another Beautiful Saturday That I Had to Work

niterat — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:55:29 +0000

Yep, so it was another one of those Tennessee days where the temp peaked out in the uper 50s lower 60s (in February mind you), the Sun was shining and I was trapped at work until dark yet again. Not that I hat my job, most days I do enjoy it, but I really need a new job, one that will actually use my brain and be focused somewhere near my major if not directly related. I am almost to the point of considering sales. I did it once before for a company who has since changed names due to an extremely bad reputation for lying and screwing over unsuspecting customers, but maybe this time I could find an honest sales job? But, we will see how that goes since I still have not ruled out the possibility to return back to school for a second degree.

Well In other news I think I may be taking a trip out to knoxville before the end of the month to get a little change of pace. I’ll be crashing with one of my buddies for a weekend and who knows what kind of trouble we will get into. I think I may take the lego man costume with me.