To all who don't know, today is MJ's birthday. That would make you what..... 930? Anyway, have a good one, and don't choke on the cake and ice cream.
Many happy returns of the day, MJ!
Thank you, gentlemen.
The good news is I will always be Young.
The bad news is I expect I'll die Young.
It's a trade-off.
--M. J. Young
Huzzah and blessed be!
Happy birthday and, indeed, many more, chief.
TODAY IN ROTTEN HISTORY
we live in a slightly mad world
Jun 9 68
Rather than suffer a Senate-imposed death by flogging, Nero implores his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat. The freedman complies, giving the condemned emperor a quick death, just as centurions arrive at the villa to haul him away.
Jun 9 1930
Jake Lingle, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, is shot dead gangland-style at the Illinois Central train station underpass, during rush hour. Dozens of people witness the murder, and the Leo Vincent Brothers are caught four months later after an intensive manhunt. Lingle was allegedly killed over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
Jun 9 1955
Mark Joseph Young is born. We at Rotten.com feel that this is the single worst tragedy in the history of the world. Just Kidding MJ, Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!
Jun 9 1980
In the midst of a cocaine binge, comedian Richard Pryor attempts suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze. The self-immolation attempt goes haywire when the flaming man leaps from his apartment window and runs down the street, screaming in agony. Pryor barely survives the incident, and only after six weeks of intensive care and three skin graft surgeries.
Jun 9 1999
Honduran officials warn that, due to years of inadequate maintenance and obstructions caused by hurricane Mitch, the clogged sewers in Tegucigalpa pose an imminent threat to human life. They announce that the water treatment system includes tanks clogged with fecal matter that could disastrously explode at any moment.
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You forgot the duck.
Donald Duck was also born in June 9.
--M. J. Young