Marrik
10-02-2009, 05:43 PM
October 2, 1574: Spanish troops laying siege to the Dutch city of Leyden are wiped out when a heavy rain causes the dikes to burst. 20,000 Spaniards drown.
October 2, 1871: Mormon prophet Brigham Young is arrested for cohabitating with a 16 year old girl.
October 2, 1935: The God-Emperor Haile Selassie (the deity of Rastafarianism and Emperor of Ethiopia) gets his ass kicked by Mussolini.
October 2, 1967: Police raid the Haight-Ashbury residence of the Grateful Dead. All 6 members are arrested for possession of marijuana and hashish.
October 2, 1977: The bodies of Elvis Presley and his mom are moved to Graceland.
October 2, 1978: Comic/actor Tim Allen, star of the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, is arrested at Kalamazoo Airport in Michigan for possession of 1.4 pounds of cocaine. He faces life imprisonment, but gets out after only 2.5 years.
October 2, 1985: Homosexual actor Rock Hudson dies of AIDS at his home in Beverly Hills.
October 2, 1871: Mormon prophet Brigham Young is arrested for cohabitating with a 16 year old girl.
October 2, 1935: The God-Emperor Haile Selassie (the deity of Rastafarianism and Emperor of Ethiopia) gets his ass kicked by Mussolini.
October 2, 1967: Police raid the Haight-Ashbury residence of the Grateful Dead. All 6 members are arrested for possession of marijuana and hashish.
October 2, 1977: The bodies of Elvis Presley and his mom are moved to Graceland.
October 2, 1978: Comic/actor Tim Allen, star of the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, is arrested at Kalamazoo Airport in Michigan for possession of 1.4 pounds of cocaine. He faces life imprisonment, but gets out after only 2.5 years.
October 2, 1985: Homosexual actor Rock Hudson dies of AIDS at his home in Beverly Hills.