Re: (ot) today

['84 Scirocco <scirocco@macslut.org>]

What is this bullshit?  This is way too fucking OT dude.


On 10/24/01 00:34, "PremoRocco85@aol.com" <PremoRocco85@aol.com> wrote:

> Today
> Oct 23 4004 BC 
> In the 17th century, using biblical sources, Archbishop James Ussher
> calculated the creation of the world to be 9AM October 23, 4004 BC.
> Oct 23 1976 
> Jimmy Carter admits his LUST in that he's "committed adultery in my heart
> many times". (November 1976 Playboy.) This is a deadly sin, and he was a
> presidential candidate. What was he thinking?
> Oct 23 1983 
> A Hezbollah truck bomb destroys the US Marine barracks at the Beirut
> International Airport, killing 241. Inadequate security is blamed.
> Oct 23 1987 
> Robert Bork is borked, the senate voting a record 58 to 42 to refuse him a
> seat on the Supreme Court. Apparently this was because he admitted to smoking
> marijuana as a youth, which would be the wrong reason. He should have been
> rejected because he's a statist sleazebag.
> Oct 23 1995 
> The murderer of the popstar singer Selena, and president of her fan club,
> Yolanda Saldivar, found guity in Houston of her slaying.
> Oct 23 1997 
> Newborn son of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince dies of complications from
> a "rare skull deformity". The baby's death certificate does not give names of
> the father or mother.
> 
> Yesterday
> Oct 22 1844 
> Jesus does not appear to the Seventh Day Adventists. The followers of Bible
> scientist William Miller, Millerites, expected End Times to accompany the
> appearance of the Savior. Nothing happened.
> Oct 22 1934 
> The notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd dies after being shot in the back
> multiple times by the FBI in a shootout at the Conkle Farm, East Liverpool
> Ohio. 
> Oct 22 1956 
> A 200 ton concrete girder smooshes 48 people in Karachi, Pakistan.
> Oct 22 1976 
> Red dye #4 banned in the US because it causes cancerous tumors in the
> bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada. The banning wreaks havoc
> in the M&M industry.
> Oct.21
> Oct 21 1947 
> Twenty-one lunatics die as a fire destroys an insane asylum in Hoff, Germany.
> Oct 21 1973 
> J. Paul Getty Jr's ear is removed by kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in
> Rome, along with a photo. It doesn't arrive until November 8.
> Oct 21 1987 
> Former Miss America Bess Myerson arrested on charges of bribery, conspiracy,
> and mail fraud, all involving an alimony-fixing scandal. She was found not
> guilty, however. 
> Oct 21 1995 
> Shannon Hoon, lead singer of the pop band Blind Melon, dies of a heroin
> overdose in New Orleans, inside the band's tour bus.
> Oct 21 1997 
> Hotel owners in the Detroit area meet to discuss suicide doctor Jack
> Kevorkian's practice of leaving corpses in their hotel rooms.
> Oct 21 1997 
> The Government of Singapore announces in a widely publicized "toilet alert"
> that the drive for toilet cleanliness is a great success. Five toilets were
> selected by citizens as toilet role models.
> 
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