ah yes, the tank guy.

11/14/2008 12:46:02 PM

Nov 15 1864

The sack and burning of Atlanta by General William Tecumseh Sherman, making Georgia howl. That act and the subsequent March to the Sea makes Sherman the most hated and despised man in Georgia history.

Nov 15 1940

Nazis quarantine the Warsaw Ghetto, population 400,000 Juden.

Nov 15 1941

SS chief Himmler orders the arrest and concentration of all homosexuals in Germany. Excluded were certain top Nazi officials who happened to be fags, including Himmler.

Nov 15 1978

A chartered Icelandic Airlines DC-8 with 249 pilgrims returning from Mecca, crashes on approach to Sri Lanka's international airport in Colombo, killing 183 believers.

Nov 15 1979

A package from the Unabomber in the mail carried aboard American flight 444 explodes on the way to Washington. Several people suffer smoke inhalation.

Nov 15 1985

A research assistant is injured when he opens a present from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor.

Nov 15 1990

Producers acknowledge that Milli Vanilli (the 1990 "Best Artist" Grammy Award winners) did not sing on their album. One of the duo, Robert Pilatus, later attempts suicide in 1991 but he couldn't even get that performance right. He does succeed 7 years later, though.

Nov 16 1906

Opera star Enrico Caruso is charged with an indecent act committed in the monkey house of New York's Central Park Zoo. He pinched the bottom of a woman described as "pretty and plump", causing outrage amongst New York high society. Caruso claimed a monkey pinched the lady's bottom.

Nov 16 1957

Serial killer Ed Gein kills his final victim, Bernice Worden, a storeclerk in her 50's. Her decapitated body is later found outdoors hanging from a block and tackle, gutted. Some parts were unaccounted for.

Nov 16 1981

Actor William Holden dies after a fall, hitting his head on a table. He is too fucking drunk to telephone for assistance; instead he bleeds to death while dabbing his serious wound with kleenex.

Nov 16 1989

A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops slaughters six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.

11/16/2008 4:29:16 PM

Nov 18 1421

On Saint Elizabeth's Day, heavy storms combine with the high tide to cause a series of dikes to fail in southern Holland. Massive flooding destroys 72 villages, killing somewhere between 4,000 and 10,000 people.

Nov 18 1686

King of France Louis XIV's anal fistula is operated on by surgeon Charles Francois Felix, with great success. To prepare for the operation Felix practiced his surgery on anuses of the peasantry, with some fatalities at first but improving his technique in time for the royal bung.

Nov 18 1953

U.S. Army scientist Frank Olson jumps from the 10th floor of a New York City hotel room, plunging to his death. Five days previously, a CIA experiment wherein Olson was slipped LSD went awry, giving the fragile scientist a very bad trip. That trip proved detrimental to Olson's mental health. Twenty years later, Olson's wife sues.

Nov 18 1969

Joseph P Kennedy dies at age 81. Achievements: Bootlegger; ambassador to England; his mob ties helped get John F. Kennedy elected. When Jackie wanted a divorce from the philandering president, he offered her $1 million.

Nov 18 1970

Singer/polygamist Jerry Lee Lewis divorces his third wife Myra Gail, after 12 years of marriage. Not only was she jailbait when they got married (being 13 at the time), but Lewis was married to Jane Mitcham at the time.

Nov 18 1978

Congressman Leo Ryan is slain at the People's Temple compound in Guyana, after which over 900 members of the cult led by the Reverend Jim Jones drank cyanide laced Flavor Aid (a Kool Aid knockoff), their bodies bloated by the sun when they are discovered several days later.

Nov 18 1997

Gary Glitter arrested in Britain on a child porn charge. Glitter had brought his computer in for repair, where contraband images were discovered.

Nov 19 1581

Russian Czar Ivan The Terrible kills his son, also named Ivan. The younger Ivan interrupted the elder Ivan, who was beating Ivan Jr's pregnant wife because of her inappropriate garb. Still in a fit of range, dad smote his son with a staff, killing him.

Nov 19 1703

The Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille. He was a prisoner of Louis XIV, forced to wear a black velvet mask, and his identity has never been revealed.

Nov 19 1915

Labor activist Joe Hill executed for a murder he did not commit.

Nov 19 1954

Driving to Los Angeles, Sammy Davis, Jr. is in a serious automobile accident in San Bernardino. He lost his left eye, but the resultant publicity greatly accelerated his career. The following year, the hepcat turned into a Jew.

Nov 19 1961

Michael Rockefeller, 23 year old son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller (later Vice President), disappears while searching for Asmat wood carvings in the jungles near Atsj, Papua New Guinea. He was probably eaten by the Asmat.

Nov 19 1970

Lance Rentzel, American professional football player, is arrested for exposing himself to a ten-year-old girl. He was later sentenced to five years' probation. Rentzel was said to have handled the situation bravely, continuing to play pro football and opening admitting his problems. At one point, he labeled himself a "sex pervert." In 1973 he made further headlines when he pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana.

Nov 19 1994

A Rotterdam University study determined that over one in four members of the Dutch Parliament have smoked marijuana.

11/19/2008 9:22:01 PM

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"Nov 19 1703 The Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille. He was a prisoner of Louis XIV, forced to wear a black velvet mask, and his identity has never been revealed."

Duh, it was Louis' twin brother. Gosh!

11/30/2008 2:58:00 AM

Dec 4 1930

Rhythm method accepted by the Vatican as an approved method of birth control. Does the pope wear a condom?

Dec 4 1978

Dianne Feinstein named mayor of San Francisco after the assassination of Mayor Moscone, jumpstarting her otherwise pathetic political career. The pro-censorship bitch is now a US Senator, and carries a handgun for protection while campaigning to prohibit others from doing so.

Dec 4 1988

Actor Gary Busey seriously injured in a near-fatal motorcycle crash, which he states also caused an out-of-body experience. Busey was not wearing his helmet, but after the accident told the press he would continue pursuing his out-of-helmet experiences. [Update 1997: Busey had a nose tumor, found God, and now wears a helmet.]

Dec 4 1993

Frank Zappa dead of prostate cancer in Los Angeles at age 52.

Dec 5 1484

Innocent VIII orders an Inquisition to uncover and execute witches in Europe. Witchcraft becomes a heresy, and over the next three centuries 200,000 accused witches die under most unpleasant circumstances.

Dec 5 1928

In order to protect United Fruit Company employees from striking banana workers, the government declares martial law in Santa Marta, Colombia. Over the next three weeks, Colombian troops kill between 500 and 600 strikers.

Dec 5 1933

Fourteen years of prohibition end when Utah ratifies the 21st amendment. Let the good times roll.

Dec 5 1982

Thomas Hart of Detroit, MI dies from the impact of a 14 pound burgundy bowling ball that entered his car through the windshield the previous day. He suffered serious traumatic head injuries. The source of the bowling instrument is unknown.

Dec 5 1991

Richard Speck, murderer who killed 8 nurses, dies of natural causes while incarcerated. Somehow he managed to grow breasts while in prison, which was recorded on a videotape aired five years after his death. Behind bars Speck apparently was a black man's bitch, and he didn't mind sucking a little cock now and then. "If they only knew how much fun I was having, they would turn me loose."

Dec 5 1997

South African serial killer Moses Sithole sentenced to 2,410 years for the serial killing of 38 people in 1994 and 1995, as well as 40 rapes and various lesser offenses.

Dec 5 1997

Fairfield, CA resident Alan Hall is rushed to the NorthBay Medical Center in a vain attempt to reattach his amputated penis. Hall informs police that the assailant, a mysterious woman named Brenda, had sliced it off at the base with an X-Acto knife following sex. Authorities ultimately determine the wound to be self-inflicted.

12/5/2008 11:56:45 AM

Quote :

"Does the pope wear a condom? "

12/5/2008 11:58:35 AM

wtf dec 5th. lol.

12/8/2008 11:57:43 AM

Dec 7 1941

A Day That Will Live In Infamy.

Dec 7 1982

Texas murderer Charlie Brooks in becomes the first person executed in the United States by that newfangled lethal injection.

Dec 7 1982

Armenian earthquake kills 100,000.

Dec 7 1987

David Burke, a recently fired airline employee, stalks his ex-boss onboard a Pacific Southwest Airline jet. He shoots the man in mid-flight and causes the plane to crash, killing all 43 people onboard.

Dec 7 1993

Colin Ferguson opens fire on the Long Island Railroad, killing 6 and injuring 17 others. His attorney William Kunstler tried to use a "black rage" defense, but Ferguson fired him and represented himself. What resulted was a bizarre proceeding of Ferguson claiming innocence and that he was a "patsy" of the government. The trial ended with six consecutive life sentences.

Dec 7 1995

Disgruntled postal employee John Pitney arrives at his Denver workplace in a dress and is placed on administrative leave. Pitney returns later that day in the same dress but sporting a strap-on dildo and gorilla mask. He is arrested. God bless America and God bless the US Postal Service.

Dec 8 1854

Pius IX promulgates the doctrine of Immaculate Conception, that the Virgin Mary is free from original sin. Later, she achieves permanent fame when despite of her marriage, she gets knocked up by God.

Dec 8 1941

The day after Pearl Harbor, the 4th Interceptor Command reports two formations of enemy planes approaching Los Angeles, spotted in the San Francisco area. Fortunately, the seagulls do not bomb the city.

Dec 8 1963

Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He was set free four days later. It was discovered that Sinatra, Jr. cooperated with his abductors in their plot. Dad was not proud, nor pleased. Frank Jr. went on to conduct the big band for Frank Sr. and all was well.

Dec 8 1980

Beatle John Lennon shot by a lunatic, Mark David Chapman, outside Lennon's apartment in New York City mere hours after receiving the Beatle's autograph. The National Enquirer is roundly criticized for publishing a fuzzy photograph of Lennon in his coffin, much as they did for Elvis Presley.

Dec 8 1982

Norman D Mayer barricades himself inside the Washington Monument with hostages and declares that he will blow it up unless all nuclear weapons are dismantled. He is shot by police after 10 hours.

Dec 8 1983

The top elected official in Maricopa County, AZ, declines to resign after a remark that "homosexuals ought to be used instead of animals" for medical experimentation.

Dec 8 1987

Intifada begins in Palestine.

Dec 8 1988

The cities of Leninakan and Spitak are totally destroyed in a massive Armenian earthquake that kills over 50,000.

Dec 8 1997

Actor Robert Downey Jr. sentenced to six months in prison for probation violations related to drug charges.

12/8/2008 12:13:05 PM

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"Dec 8 1983 The top elected official in Maricopa County, AZ, declines to resign after a remark that "homosexuals ought to be used instead of animals" for medical experimentation."

if he'd have said that today, all hell would break loose. great PC nation.

12/9/2008 3:18:24 AM

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""homosexuals ought to be used instead of animals" for medical experimentation."

^ You really trying to say that's not an inappropriate thing to say about people? Really? You're bemoaning political correctness?

12/9/2008 9:26:13 AM

Wright brothers flight on December 17, 1903 on kitty hawk. This was the first successful, powered, piloted flight in history.

brought to you by the history channel

12/17/2008 7:09:25 PM

wow i graduated like 105 years after planes were invented...neat

12/17/2008 7:10:14 PM

good thread

rotten.com quit updating. this thread is my fix

2/15/2009 11:26:32 AM

The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty in 1950.

First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature in 2001.

YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States in 2005. Happy birthday!

2/15/2009 11:28:42 AM

bttt

8/12/2009 2:47:55 PM

bttt

2/27/2012 12:01:45 PM

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"On this day in 1940, Hattie McDaniel wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of former Tara slave "Mammy" in "Gone With the Wind," the 1939 blockbuster film that took home eight Academy Awards. Though McDaniel was the first African American to win the prestigious award, she was criticized by some groups, including the NAACP, who claimed she was reinforcing black stereotypes. McDaniel responded by saying she'd rather play a servant on the silver screen than be one in real life."

Mammy!

2/29/2012 12:57:01 PM

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"On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game against New York."

3/2/2012 10:00:20 AM

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"1887 – The North Carolina General Assembly established North Carolina State University (Holladay Hall pictured), today the largest university in North Carolina, as a land grant institution."

3/7/2012 10:04:08 AM

Missed this one yesterday:

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"the Oreo cookie turns 100 today, March 6, 2012. That makes “Milk’s favorite cookie” older than the sinking of the Titanic (by a month), women’s voting rights, and the Russian Revolution, just to name a few."

3/7/2012 10:53:47 AM

I for one do not want to live in a country whose womens rights are older than their cookies.


AMERICA FUCK YEAH!

[Edited on March 7, 2012 at 11:02 AM. Reason : dammit grammarMinka , jk thanks]

3/7/2012 10:55:24 AM

Just looking out for you

3/7/2012 11:00:47 AM

Today in History the island of Elba got a new resident, Napoleon Bonaparte.

Quote :

"The Allied Powers having declared that Emperor Napoleon was the sole obstacle to the restoration of peace in Europe, Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces, for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of his life, which he is not ready to do in the interests of France. Done in the palace of Fontainebleau, 11 April 1814. —Act of abdication of Napoleon"

4/11/2012 9:56:33 AM

Quote :

"You really trying to say that's not an inappropriate thing to say about people? Really? You're bemoaning political correctness?"

I've read my post over and over, and I have no idea wtf I was trying to say. My post makes no sense.

4/11/2012 10:15:58 AM