Do you know what today is?

[Gwen]

Happy Cinco De Mayo!


[The Oracle]

it's may 5, 2009.

I may be dumb, but im not ignorant!

@ontopic ya know, they barley even celebrate it in mexico. it's a US holiday believe it or not XD

[Drummerpete]

Who comes up with these?

[The Oracle]

it was when mexico beat the powerful  french army in a war, battle de pueblo i believe

[Gwen]

Yeah…. really i dont think anyone will get it except for americans. Even tho it has to do with mexico... but as oracle said they dont even celebrate it in mexico XD

It just gave me an excuse to post 5 pictures of mayo jars

[Godlord]

Freedom day?

I'm actually waiting for femdom day.

Regards,
  Necrosis.

[The Oracle]

I'm still waiting for caturday

[Harris6310]

Whats caturday?

[Godlord]

@The:

> I'm still waiting for caturday

Reminds me of /d/: cow caturday.

Regards,
  Necrosis.

[The Oracle]

and i missed last caturday because /b/ was down! btw they're not gonna fix /b/ cause there was too much going on. =/

[Godlord]

I love /hd/.

Regards,
  Necrosis.

[Fbu]

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

img.4chan.org (/b/ & /r9k/) and zip.4chan.org (worksafe) continue to be offline due to an attack.

by moot @ 12:13 AM

:(

[Godlord]

It's T*tyf*ck (Also known as: paizuri) Tuesday. Ehh don't mind that.

Regards,
  Necrosis.

[LRgamer]

DONDIN DAN, new message received. You watch must Kaiji day is. Now go. or else puppies of great size destroy world yours. Id est mihi gratissimum.

[The Oracle]

=/ who would attack /b/ and /r9k/??? those are some of my fav boards

[Fruitpunch]

    * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
    * 1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta
    * 1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
    * 1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
    * 1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
    * 1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
    * 1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
    * 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
    * 1809 – The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
    * 1821 – Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
    * 1835 – In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
    * 1862 – Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla.
    * 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    * 1865 – In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
    * 1877 – Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
    * 1886 – The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven.
    * 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    * 1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
    * 1916 – U.S. marines invade the Dominican Republic.
    * 1920 – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested for alleged robbery and murder.
    * 1921 – Coco Chanel introduces Chanel No. 5
    * 1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is served an arrest warrant for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
    * 1925 – The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
    * 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    * 1940 – World War II: a Norwegian government-in-exile is formed in London
    * 1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the date is commemorated as Liberation Day.
    * 1945 – World War II: Canadian and British troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when German troops capitulate.
    * 1945 – World War II: Prague uprising against German occupying forces in Czechoslovakia
    * 1945 – World War II: US Army troops liberate the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria
    * 1945 – World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, President of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all German U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
    * 1949 – The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
    * 1950 – Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand.
    * 1955 – West Germany gains full sovereignty.
    * 1961 – The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes.
    * 1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day
    * 1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six day siege.
    * 1980 – Constantine Karamanlis wins election for the first time to become President of Greece.
    * 1987 – Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings.
    * 1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
    * 1992 – Ratification by Alabama brings into effect the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
    * 1994 – The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
    * 2005 – A United Kingdom general election results in the re-election of Tony Blair's Labour Party for a third consecutive term.
    * 2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
    * 2007 – Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
    * 867 – Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
    * 1210 – King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
    * 1479 – Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
    * 1546 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
    * 1747 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
    * 1764 – Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
    * 1800 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
    * 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
    * 1818 – Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883)
    * 1826 – Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
    * 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
    * 1832 – H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)
    * 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
    * 1834 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
    * 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
    * 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
    * 1866 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
    * 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
    * 1883 – Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
    * 1887 – Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972)
    * 1889 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1925 (d. 1973)
    * 1890 – Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957)
    * 1899 – Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982)
    * 1901 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
    * 1903 – James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985)
    * 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
    * 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
    * 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
    * 1916 – Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
    * 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (d. 1999)
    * 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
    * 1923 – Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
    * 1925 – Leo Ryan, United States Congressman (d. 1978)
    * 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress
    * 1931 – Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d. 1999)
    * 1934 – Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
    * 1935 – Douglas Marland, American television writer (d. 1993)
    * 1935 – Bernard Pivot, French journalist and television host
    * 1935 – Robert Rehme, American film producer
    * 1936 – Patrick Gowers, British composer
    * 1937 – Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000)
    * 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, British Electronic Music composer (d. 2001)
    * 1938 – Michael Murphy, American actor
    * 1939 – Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams
    * 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter
    * 1940 – Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American film director
    * 1941 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004)
    * 1942 – Marc Alaimo, American actor
    * 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
    * 1943 – Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian
    * 1943 – Raphael, Spanish singer
    * 1944 – Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
    * 1944 – Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor
    * 1944 – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
    * 1944 – Roger Rees, Welsh American actor
    * 1945 – Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter
    * 1948 – Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath)
    * 1950 – Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress
    * 1950 – Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer
    * 1952 – Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
    * 1954 – Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
    * 1955 – Melinda Culea, American actress
    * 1956 – Robert Marien, Quebec actor, singer and songwriter
    * 1957 – Richard E. Grant, British actor
    * 1957 – Peter Howitt, British actor and film director
    * 1958 – Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
    * 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer of Echo & the Bunnymen
    * 1959 – Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor
    * 1959 – Brian Williams, American news anchor
    * 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler and politician
    * 1962 – Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
    * 1963 – Simon Rimmer, English chef
    * 1963 – Heidi Kozak, American actress
    * 1963 – James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
    * 1964 – John Lee (placekicker), Korean-born American football player
    * 1965 – Glenn Seton, Australian racing driver
    * 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
    * 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American writer
    * 1967 – Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
    * 1967 – Maro Mavri, Greek fashion model and actress
    * 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality
    * 1970 – Juan Acevedo, baseball player
    * 1970 – LaPhonso Ellis, American basketball player
    * 1970 – Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
    * 1970 – Soheil Ayari, French racer
    * 1971 – Mike Redmond, American baseball player
    * 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
    * 1971 – David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
    * 1971 – Gary Johnson, British record producer
    * 1972 – Brad Bombardir, Canadian ice hockey player
    * 1972 – James Cracknell, British rower
    * 1972 – Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad)
    * 1973 – Casino Versus Japan, American composer
    * 1973 – Tina Yothers, American actress
    * 1974 – Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver
    * 1976 – Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
    * 1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
    * 1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
    * 1976 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (d. 2003)
    * 1977 – Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
    * 1978 – Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor
    * 1978 – Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
    * 1978 – Morgan Pehme, American filmmaker and writer
    * 1978 – Noam Zylberman, Israeli/Canadian voice actor
    * 1979 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
    * 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
    * 1980 – DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
    * 1981 – Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian model
    * 1981 – Chris Duncan, American baseball player
    * 1981 – Craig David, English singer
    * 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
    * 1982 – Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
    * 1982 – Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer
    * 1982 – Randall Gay, American football player
    * 1983 – Henry Cavill, Jersey actor
    * 1983 – Scott Ware, American football player
    * 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
    * 1984 – Eve Torres, American dancer and model
    * 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
    * 1985 – P. J. Tucker, American basketball player
    * 1985 – Terrence Wheatley, American football player
    * 1987 – Marija Å estić, Bosnian singer
    * 1988 – Adele, English singer
    * 1988 – Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (d. 1996)
    * 1988 – Brooke Hogan, American singer
    * 1988 – Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
    * 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer and actor
    * 1989 – Larissa Wilson, English actress
    * 1990 – Taylor Ann Hasselhoff, American actress
    * 200 – Sun Ce, warlord of the Han Dynasty (b. 175)
    * 311 – Galerius, Roman Emperor
    * 984 – Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia
    * 1028 – King Alfonso V of Castile, León, and Galicia (b. 994)
    * 1194 – King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
    * 1219 – King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)
    * 1309 – King Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
    * 1525 – Frederick III of Saxony (b. 1463)
    * 1586 – Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
    * 1604 – Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (b. 1533)
    * 1671 – Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English politician (b. 1602)
    * 1672 – Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
    * 1705 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
    * 1760 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (hanged) (b. 1720)
    * 1766 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
    * 1808 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757)
    * 1811 – Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (b. 1734)
    * 1821 – Napoleon I of France (b. 1769)
    * 1827 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
    * 1833 – Sophia Campbell, Australian artist (b. 1777)
    * 1855 – Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786)
    * 1859 – Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (b. 1805)
    * 1892 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (b. 1818)
    * 1896 – Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
    * 1900 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)
    * 1921 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1864)
    * 1931 – Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (b. 1899)
    * 1941 – Natalija Obrenović, Queen of Serbia (b. 1859)
    * 1942 – Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
    * 1945 – Peter Van Pels, Jewish Refugee (b. 1926)
    * 1947 – Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (b. 1917)
    * 1959 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)
    * 1962 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
    * 1971 – Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (b. 1887)
    * 1977 – Ludwig Erhard, German politician (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany from 1963 until 1966 (b. 1897)
    * 1981 – Bobby Sands, Irish activist (b. 1954)
    * 1983 – Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (b. 1901)
    * 1985 – Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer (b. 1901)
    * 1988 – Michael Shaara, American author (b. 1928)
    * 1992 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer (b. 1927)
    * 1995 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player, grandmaster and world champion. (b. 1911)
    * 1997 – Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
    * 2000 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
    * 2001 – Clifton Hillegass, American writer and publisher (b. 1918)
    * 2001 – Raymond Kessler, American midget wrestler
    * 2002 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (b. 1926)
    * 2002 – Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs. (b. 1904)
    * 2002 – George Sidney, American film director (b. 1916)
    * 2003 – Sam Bockarie, RUF Rebel Commander (b. 1964)
    * 2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African activist (b. 1912)
    * 2004 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
    * 2006 – Naushad Ali, Indian composer (b. 1919)
    * 2007 – Theodore Harold Maiman, Inventor, noted for making the first working laser. (b. 1927)
    * 2008 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. 1917)
    * 2009 – Dom DeLuise, American Actor, Comedian (b. 1933)
    * International Midwives' Day.
    * Albania: Martyrs' Day.
    * Council of Europe: Europe Day.
    * CPLP – Community of Portuguese-speaking countries: Lusophone Culture Day.
    * Denmark: Liberation Day (1945).
    * Ethiopia: Patriots' Victory Day (1941).
    * Guyana: Indian Arrival Day (1838).
    * Japan: Tango no Sekku (Boy's Day) or Kodomo no hi (Children's Day).
    * Kyrgyzstan: Constitution Day.
    * Kiribati: Tomato Harvest Day (traditional non-productive).
    * Mexico: Cinco de Mayo (1862).
    * Netherlands: Liberation Day (1945).
    * Palau: Senior Citizens Day.
    * Palestinian people: Feast of Saint George.
    * South Korea: Children's Day.
    * Thailand: Coronation Day of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
    * United States: National Cartoonists Day

in the Roman Catholic Church:

    * Saint Angelus of Jerusalem (d. 1222)
    * Saint Aventinus (d. 1189)
    * Saint Gerontius (d. 472)
    * Saint Nicetus of Vienne
    * Saint Hilary of Arles (d. 449)
    * Saint Pius V (1505-1572)
    * Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice

[Reguba]

Hmm, and here I am thinking all simple… I thought it was Tyr's Day... Oh wait! It is! :)

Ha, happy Cinco guys.

[Gwen]

All i wanted to do was post a pic of mayo… and you guys make it all weird! :(

[The Oracle]

not just one, 5! one is fine, but 5 is just a bit too many!

[Gwen]

not 5… cinco... CINCO!!!!

[The Oracle]

@Gwen:

> not 5… cinco... CINCO!!!!

pero es cinco. uno es bien pero cinco es un poco mas

[Gwen]

Hai

[Khachaturian]

El cinco de mayo…. victory of Mexico against France... it was a small battle wasn't it.
Not much reason to celebrate but hey, why not?
Although only in Pueblo (Lol it means village in spanish...) do they not work on that day (Statutory holiday) But in the rest of mexico life goes on as normal except everybody hits the bars that night

[Drummerpete]

@Bone:

> But in the rest of mexico life goes on as normal except everybody hits the bars that night

Don't mexicans usually hit the bar every night anyway? :P

[jna]

Today May 6th is a very important day…..............Its the day before my b-day xD