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Thursday, August 27, 2009

On this day in...


On this day in...
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.

Births
1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (d. 1984)
1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1951 – Mack Brown, American University of Texas Head Football Coach
1952 – Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), American actor
1957 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer and two-time Masters champion
1959 – Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and MTV VJ
1969 – Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer
1972 – The Great Khali, Indian professional wrestler
1977 – Mase, American rapper
1986 – Mario, American R&B singer
1987 – Darren McFadden, American football player

Talk about some birthdays. I'd like to forceably make this group hang out together. In fact, I'd like to force Mack Brown to go to an X-Rated movie with Pee Wee Herman and Pee Wee gets to hold the popcorn! Boom!

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