this day in history

[Cymru am byth]

Mar 27 30
Pontius Pilate condemns jesus to death.

Mar 27 1866
Patent for a urinal is granted to Andrew Rankin.

Mar 27 1945
Argentina declares war on Nazi Germany. Of course, this was just a silly charade for the benefit of the world community. Argentina would be a quiet ally of Germany for the duration of the war, even welcoming many Nazi and SS leaders to emigrate there in the aftermath.

Mar 27 1964
One of the largest quakes in US history strikes southeast of Anchorage, Alaska, hitting 8.6 on the richter scale. 118 people are killed, and a tidal wave destroys four square blocks of Anchorage. The control tower at the airport, 60 feet high, snapped. Damage in the state is estimated at $500 million.

Mar 27 1977
The worst airline disaster in history occurs when the confused pilot of a KLM Boeing 747 taking off collides with a Pan Am Boeing 747 which was on the runway. A total of 583 people die.

Mar 27 2001

Vatican officials reported three days ago on the exhumation of Pope John XXIII, which occurred quietly on January 16. The pontiff's body, dead for 37 years now, was described as having a face that "has not changed since his death."

[Cymru am byth]

Mar 28 0
According to Des Pascha Comutus, written in 243 CE, Jesus Christ's birthday was March 28. It later became the familiar December 25 after Rome changed it in 336.
Mar 28 193
The Roman ruler Pertinax is murdered by the Praetorian Guard. There being no obvious successor and no Senatorial volunteers, the Guard auctions off the emperorship. The high bidder is Senator Didius Julianus, for 300 million sesterces. After hearing of this, Roman general Septimus Severus in Dalmatia marched on Rome, beheading the new emperor upon arrival.
Mar 28 1930
Constantinople becomes Istanbul.
Mar 28 1941
Virginia Woolf commits suicide.
Mar 28 1947
Leftover Jap boobytrap from WWII explodes in Corregidor, killing 28.
Mar 28 1975
A fire in the maternity wing at Kucic Hospital, Rijeka, Yugoslavia, kills 25 incubating babies.
Mar 28 1979
Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Harrisburg PA.
Mar 28 1996
78 people apparently perish in a fire at the Pasar Anyar shopping center in Bogor, West Java. The estimate is lowered to 10 after it is discovered that most of the dead are store mannequins.
Mar 28 1997 Martin Lawrence slugs someone in a barroom brawl at the "Gate" nightclub in Hollywood, apparently because he was jostled while dancing. He receives two years probation and community service
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Mar 29 1951

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are both convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
Mar 29 1977
Lee Harvey Oswald's best friend, and coincidentally a friend of both Jackie Kennedy and George HW Bush, Dallas socialite George de Mohrenschildt dies from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the mouth, at 3:45 pm. It is likely he was going to be called to testify before the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Mar 29 1979
A U.S. House of Representatives committee report finds that John F. Kennedy's assassination was the result of a conspiracy.
Mar 29 1992

Arkansas Governor and Presidential candidate Bill Clinton tells the New York Times: "When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it. I didn't inhale, and never tried it again."
Mar 29 1997
Kazuo Konya, a former member of the Aum cult, tells Tokyo Municipal Court that he paid $8,100 for the privilege of drinking the guru's blood in a 1988 initiation ritual. Other former cult members also testify they paid for blood, strands of Shoko Asahara's hair, and his bath water. Some say they paid $2,400 for an intravenous injection of an unknown substance. Ironically, all throughout, Asahara preached to his followers that they should renounce materialism.
Mar 29 2006
Jack Abramoff, Washington D.C. lobbyist extraordinaire, is sentenced to almost six years in prison for defrauding Native American tribes, corruption of public officials and other various fraud charges. He is also ordered to pay $21M in fines. In exchange for a short sentence, Jack agrees to name names. This makes Ralph Reed and Tom DeLay very nervous.

[Cymru am byth]

Mar 30 315
The Donation of Constantine grants to the See of Rome dominion over all earthly thrones of Europe, a document made by that Roman emperor after his conversion to Christianity in return for being cured from leprosy. But in 1440, anachronisms in the document prove that it was really a fraud written around 752 AD, during the reign of and under orders of Pope Stephen II.
Mar 30 1282
After vespers on Easter Monday, a French soldier touches the breast of a young Sicilian bride, causing an outrage that precipitated the slaughter of perhaps 2,000 Frenchmen living and ruling over Sicily.
Mar 30 1968
Two children in the Bowery come across the body of a homeless drug addict later identified as Bobby Driscol, 31, the voice of Disney's "Peter Pan".
Mar 30 1981

While President Reagan undergoes surgery for a life-threatening gunshot wound, Secretary of State Alexander Haig announces to the press: "As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the Vice President."
Mar 30 1995
A police officer who was also a member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult fires three shots into Takaji Kunimatsu, chief of Japan's National Police Agency. Takaji is seriously wounded but survives. Investigators try unsuccessfully to hide the fact that the gunman was a police officer.

[Cymru am byth]

Cheers ace :xyxthumbs:


Mar 31 1492
Ferdinand and Isabel expel all of the Jews from Spain. Even with the infusions of gold and silver arriving during the 16th century from the Americas, this is an act from which Spain never recovers. By expelling their merchant and banking class, Jews and Muslims, the country is left ill-equipped to process the new wealth, which ultimately winds up in the coffers of other countries and squandered on disastrous military campaigns.
Mar 31 1889
Phallic symbol Eiffel Tower completed.
Mar 31 1959
The Dalai Lama is forced to leave Tibet, after the Red Communists make it very unpleasant for him to stay. He accuses the Chinese of making genocide against the Tibetan people, by systematic destruction of Tibetan culture and execution of thousands of prominent citizens.
Mar 31 1991

Danny Bonaduce arrested for assault after he fought with a transvestite prostitute. No contest, 750 hours community service.
Mar 31 1995
The president of the Selena Fan Club, Yolanda Saldivar, kills the Tejano music popstar Selena in Corpus Christi, TX. "It just went off, I didn't mean to do it. I didn't mean to kill anybody". That might be true, but the jury did not believe her.
Mar 31 1996
During a homebrew exorcism in Rhode Island, a man accidentally punctures the esophagus of his mother-in-law when he jams two pointy steel crucifixes down her throat, causing a large quantity of blood to gush out. Mario Garcia is later charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.
Mar 31 2005
Long-time vegetable Terri Schiavo is finally expires despite manufactured outrage from Tom DeLay, Bill Frist and Rick Santorum. An autopsy eventually revealed that Terri had checked out a long time ago, having suffered extensive brain damage, directly contradicting Dr. Frist's earlier diagnosis made from the floor of the Senate.

[jaba]

Mar 31 2007 12.31pm.
A women called me a fucking fat bastard lol! :xyxthumbs: Again!

[Monstermash]

Mar 31 1996
During a homebrew exorcism in Rhode Island, a man accidentally punctures the esophagus of his mother-in-law when he jams two pointy steel crucifixes down her throat, causing a large quantity of blood to gush out. Mario Garcia is later charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

I took this from your above post Cymru, was this man trying to realy do an exorcism or was it just an excuse to get rid of his mother in law. I don't know I just feel sorry for him somehow, Mother in laws can be Monster-in-laws

[Cymru am byth]

Originally Posted by Monstermash

Mar 31 1996
During a homebrew exorcism in Rhode Island, a man accidentally punctures the esophagus of his mother-in-law when he jams two pointy steel crucifixes down her throat, causing a large quantity of blood to gush out. Mario Garcia is later charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

I took this from your above post Cymru, was this man trying to realy do an exorcism or was it just an excuse to get rid of his mother in law. I don't know I just feel sorry for him somehow, Mother in laws can be Monster-in-laws

i know, i was tempted to try this one on my "out"laws:1orglaugh:

[MontysDouble]

Impressive posts there Cymru.

[Raidenator]

April 1st. Raidenator masturbates to pictures of dolphin porn as pending his post in the dolphin thread.

Haha, I'm jk...Anyway, I liked the post. Must have taken a hella long time to post. For the record, did you get your info from Wiki?

[Cymru am byth]

nope not from wiki, hadn't thought of that , might have a look on there later:xyxthumbs:


Apr 1
April Fool's Day

Apr 1 1793
Unsen volcano erupts, accompanied by several devastating earthquakes. The Japanese island is completely destroyed, killing approximately 53,000 inhabitants.

Apr 1 1946
An 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands causes a tsunami that smashes 25-foot-tall waves into Hawaii. Over 170 people are killed, mostly in Hilo. As a result, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is established.

Apr 1 1961
Jim Bakker (televangelist) and Tammy Faye get married!

Apr 1 1984
Legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye, who had recently moved back in with his parents, physically batters his own father. Minutes later Dad returns with a gun, shooting Marvin twice in the chest and killing him instantly.

Apr 1 1996
Wilson Pickett arrested for possession of cocaine, after a screaming, bloodied woman is seen running from his house.

Apr 1 1998 Ukranian serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko is sentenced to death for some 52 murders over the preceding decade. The versatile Onoprienko's weapons of choice include hammers, firearms, pillows, dumbbells and fire.

[jaba]

April 2nd 07 01:43 - Fat bastard opens another bottle! :xyxthumbs:

Thank God for rotten.com