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| Tweet Topic Started: Sunday 18-05-2008, 21:11 (215 Views) | |
| Alch | Sunday 18-05-2008, 21:11 Post #1 |
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Santa Saturns
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Mark it >_>b |
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| Phazorn | Sunday 18-05-2008, 21:16 Post #2 |
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NOTHING
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<_< WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT |
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| Daxter1985 | Sunday 18-05-2008, 21:41 Post #3 |
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Babysitter
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ss4kami 17th birthday? Saints Row 2? or anyone of these things Events 475 - The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna, and appoints Romulus Augustus, his own son, as emperor. 489 - Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. 1189 - The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan 1521 - The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. 1542 - Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp in the Battle of Wofla. The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama captured and afterwards executed. 1565 - St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United States. 1609 - Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. 1619 - Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. 1640 - King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn 1830 - The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States. 1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue. 1849 - After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria. 1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as further afield as Japan. 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas. 1867 - The United States occupies Midway Island. 1879 - Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. 1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola". 1899 - 122 houses, smelting factory, hospital, many facilities destroyed on hill, cause by heavy rain with debris blow, at Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine erea, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan, at least 512 killed. 1907 - UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington. 1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague. 1914 - The Royal Navy beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. 1916 - Germany declares war on Romania. 1916 - Italy declares war on Germany. 1917 - Ten suffragists are arrested when picketing the White House. 1924 - Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. 1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company. 1943 - In Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started. 1944 - Marseille and Toulon are liberated. 1953 - Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement. 1961 - Motown releases what would be its first number one hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes. 1963 - During a 200,000-person civil rights rally in at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his famous I have a dream speech. 1964 - The Philadelphia race riot begins. 1968 - Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention. 1971 - The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time. 1979 - An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels. 1981 - The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS. 1982 - The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco. 1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union. 1988 - Ramstein airshow disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and fall into the crowd. 75 are killed, 346 seriously injured. 1990 - Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. 1990 - The Plainfield Tornado: An F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people. 1996 - Britons Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, are divorced. 1998 - Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate. Births 1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) 1582 - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) 1592 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628) 1612 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) 1667 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) 1691 - Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) 1714 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774) 1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832) 1774 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821) 1789 - Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860) 1801 - Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877) 1814 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873) 1827 - Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894) 1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900) 1853 - Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939) 1867 - Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948) 1878 - George Whipple, American scientist and Nobel laureate (d. 1976) 1894 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981) 1898 - Charlie Grimm, baseball player (d. 1983) 1899 - Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978) 1903 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990) 1904 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980) 1906 - John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984) 1908 - Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996) 1910 - Tjalling Koopmans, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) 1911 - Joseph Luns, Dutch politician (d. 2002) 1913 - Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995) 1913 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975) 1913 - Terence Reese, British bridge player (d. 1996) 1913 - Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer 1915 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator 1916 - Jack Vance, American author 1916 - Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997) 1917 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994) 1919 - Godfrey Hounsfield, Nobel Laureate (d. 2004) 1920 - Frits Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006) 1921 - Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (d. 2007) 1921 - Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991) 1924 - Janet Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004) 1924 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004) 1925 - Donald O'Connor, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003) 1925 - Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist 1928 - F. William Free, American advertising executive (d. 2003) 1929 - Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973) 1929 - Ken Gampu, South African actor (d. 2003) 1930 - Windsor Davies, British actor 1930 - Ben Gazzara, American actor 1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone 1931 - Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario 1932 - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player 1935 - Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (d. 1998) 1936 - Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire 1938 - Paul Martin, Canadaian politician 1938 - Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist 1940 - Ken Jenkins, American actor 1940 - Roger Pingeon, French cylist 1940 - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind) 1941 - Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat 1941 - Paul Plishka, American bass 1942 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995) 1943 - David Soul, American actor 1943 - Lou Piniella, American baseball manager 1944 - Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer 1945 - Robert Greenwald, American film director/producer 1945 - Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality 1944 - Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate 1947 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress 1947 - Shoto Tanemura, Japanese martial artist 1948 - Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago) 1949 - Hugh Cornwell, British musician (The Stranglers) 1949 - Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach 1951 - Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer 1951 - Wayne Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds) 1952 - Rita Dove, American poet 1952 - Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman 1952 - Guy Nadon, Quebec actor 1952 - Jacques Chagnon, Quebec politician 1957 - Daniel Stern, American actor 1957 - Rick Rossovich, American actor 1958 - Scott Hamilton, American figure skater 1960 - Emma Samms, English actress 1961 - Kim Appleby, English singer 1961 - Cliff Benson, American football player 1962 - Paul Allen, English footballer 1962 - David Fincher, American music video and film director 1963 - Jennifer Coolidge, American actress 1965 - Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress 1965 - Shania Twain, Canadian singer 1966 - Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician 1967 - Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet 1968 - Billy Boyd, Scottish actor 1969 - Jason Priestley, Canadian-born actor 1969 - Jack Black, American actor 1969 - Mary McCartney, English photographer 1969 - Pierre Turgeon, French Canadian ice hockey player 1970 - Sherrié Austin, Australian actress/singer 1970 - Rick Recht, Jewish singer 1971 - Todd Eldredge, American figure skater 1971 - Janet Evans, American swimmer 1971 - Raul Marquez, Mexican-born American boxer 1971 - Shane Andrews, American baseball player 1972 - Jay Witasick, American baseball player 1973 - Matthew John Armstrong, American actor 1973 - DJ Assault, American musician 1974 - Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer 1974 - Carsten Jancker, German footballer 1974 - Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer 1975 - Jamie Cureton, English footballer 1975 - Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer 1978 - Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY) 1978 - Shaniqua, American wrestling valet 1979 - Robert Hoyzer, German football referee 1979 - Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer 1979 - Kristen Hughes, Australian netballer 1979 - Markus Pröll, German footballer 1979 - Ruth Riley, American basketball player 1980 - T.J. Beam, American baseball player 1981 - Martin Erat, Czech hockey player 1981 - Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer 1981 - Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter, 1981 - Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver 1982 - Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer 1982 - LeAnn Rimes, American singer 1982 - Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer 1982 - Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer 1983 - Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer 1983 - Alfonso Herrera, Mexican actor and singer (RBD) 1985 - Cove Reber, American singer (Saosin) 1985 - Ralph Woolfolk IV, American actor 1986 - Gilad Shalit, Israeli corporal 1988 - Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007) 1990 - Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer 1991 - Kyle Massey, American actor 1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer 1999 - Prince Nikolai of Denmark Deaths 388 - Magnus Maximus, Roman usurper 430 - Augustine of Hippo, North African saint and theologian (b. 354) 1341 - King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309) 1481 - King Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432) 1645 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583) 1654 - Axel Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583) 1678 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) 1757 - David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705) 1784 - Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713) 1785 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714) 1793 - Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (executed) (b. 1740) 1805 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722) 1818 - Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, founder of Chicago 1820 - Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754) 1839 - William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) 1900 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (b. 1838) 1903 - Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (b. 1822) 1933 - Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) 1943 - King Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894) 1947 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) 1955 - Emmett Till, American civil rights movement icon (b. 1941) 1959 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890) 1965 - Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) 1975 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) 1976 - Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958) 1978 - Robert Shaw, English actor and writer (b. 1927) 1981 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) 1985 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (b. 1896) 1987 - John Huston, American movie director (b. 1906) 1988 - Jean Marchand, French Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1918) 1990 - Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1913) 1993 - William Stafford, American writer (b. 1914) 1995 - Earl Bascom, American rodeo pioneer (b. 1906) 2003 - Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (failed) (b. 1956) 2005 - Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914) 2005 - Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910) 2005 - George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911) 2006 - Benoît Sauvageau, French Canadian politician (b. 1963) 2006 - Melvin Schwartz, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1932) 2007 - Arthur Jones, American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines (b. 1926) 2007 - Hilly Kristal, American Founder of CBGB/Punk rock legend (b. 1932) 2007 - Paul B. MacCready, Jr., American aeronautical engineer (b. 1925) 2007 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984) 2007 - Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935) 2007 - Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1929) 2007 - Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913) Holidays and observances In Eastern Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, public holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia Hong Kong: Liberation Day (1945). Many Christian churches: feast day of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Philippines: National Heroes Day |
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| Alch | Sunday 18-05-2008, 21:42 Post #4 |
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lol, for different reasons, but you'll find out in time. Just mark that date. |
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| Daxter1985 | Sunday 18-05-2008, 21:46 Post #5 |
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Babysitter
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You could like you know not be a jew and just tell us >_> just a thought |
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| Alch | Sunday 18-05-2008, 21:47 Post #6 |
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Santa Saturns
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I'll continue being my Jewish self kthx |
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| PyroLeprechaun | Sunday 18-05-2008, 22:07 Post #7 |
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Blithering Wiseman
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*is scared* :ph43r: |
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| Sandalf | Sunday 18-05-2008, 22:13 Post #8 |
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The Curious Dragon
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I know what it is. |
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| Alch | Sunday 18-05-2008, 22:18 Post #9 |
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Santa Saturns
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And you better keep quiet about it |:< |
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| Sandalf | Sunday 18-05-2008, 22:19 Post #10 |
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The Curious Dragon
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You confuse me. Why did you make this topic? |
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| Alch | Sunday 18-05-2008, 22:21 Post #11 |
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To get people to mark August 28th on their calendars |
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| VaporTrail | Sunday 18-05-2008, 22:49 Post #12 |
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Light Warrior
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I think I know what it is. |
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| Daxter1985 | Monday 19-05-2008, 00:22 Post #13 |
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Babysitter
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I'll mark it if you tell me what it is otherwise I'll just forget about it >_> AS WILL EVERYONE ELSE! |
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| Steve Jobs | Monday 19-05-2008, 03:34 Post #14 |
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Ceo, Founder, Deity of Apple, Inc
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He visiting his boyfriend on that date. |
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| Robotussin | Monday 19-05-2008, 03:36 Post #15 |
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>_>
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I lol'd. |
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| Alch | Monday 19-05-2008, 05:14 Post #16 |
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Santa Saturns
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... Basically dead on |
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| Steve Jobs | Monday 19-05-2008, 05:19 Post #17 |
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Ceo, Founder, Deity of Apple, Inc
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Heh, lucky guess. *makes a gun shape with his hand and pretends to blow smoke away* It's actually hard to describe that pantomine. |
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| MLWW | Monday 19-05-2008, 06:07 Post #18 |
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Dutch Bastard
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What, so that's the real reason? Oh well, notihng to wait for anymore. >_> <_< |
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| Banned yet Again | Monday 19-05-2008, 14:11 Post #19 |
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Time Travelling Swordsman
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sex? |
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| Omgarm | Monday 19-05-2008, 14:48 Post #20 |
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Troetelbeertje
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Rikus will be visiting you after he visited your boyfriend and will thus be the medium of exchanging sex? When did Rikus got to travel for free? |
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