smoke two...

smoke two...

for Bryan Martin and Josh "Yoda" Cowles, who share a birthday, today.

Elsewhere in history...


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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Re: smoke two...


"Miss Elaine Eos" <Misc@your-pants.PlayNaked . com > wrote in message
news:Misc-6AD12D.07320028032008@news.sf.sbcglobal . net ...
> for Bryan Martin and Josh "Yoda" Cowles, who share a birthday, today.
>

Happy birthday!

Long time no read, Yoda ...

Re: smoke two...


"Miss Elaine Eos" <Misc@your-pants.PlayNaked . com > wrote in message
news:Misc-6AD12D.07320028032008@news.sf.sbcglobal . net ...
> for Bryan Martin and Josh "Yoda" Cowles, who share a birthday, today.

HBD...whereever you are.
>
> Elsewhere in history...
>
>
> 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.

They evidently wanted their "Roman Holiday" to cooincide with Christmas!

“To arrive at the truth in all things, we ought always to be ready to
believe that what seems to us white is black, if the hierarchical Church so
defines it.” -- Ignatius of Loyola (founder of the Jesuits) in his Spiritual
Exercises

>
> 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.

Sounds strangely like the 2008 Presidential primaries.

Re: smoke two...

Miss Elaine Eos wrote:
> for Bryan Martin and Josh "Yoda" Cowles, who share a birthday, today.

kudos, BM and JC.