Born on this Day:

[elperromagico]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_25

1599 - Oliver Cromwell, statesman (d. 1658)
1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer (d. 1893) (Julian calendar)
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1909 (d. 1937)
1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1945 (d. 1958)
1906 - William J. Brennan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1997)
1908 - Edward R. Murrow, journalist (d. 1965)
1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (d. 1996)
1924 - Albert King, musician
1930 - Paul Mazursky, director, writer
1932 - Meadlowlark Lemon, basketball star, member of the Harlem Globetrotters
1933 - Jerry Leiber, composer
1940 - Al Pacino, actor
1946 - Talia Shire, actress
1964 - Hank Azaria, actor, voice actor
1969 - Joe Buck, baseball and American football broadcaster
1969 - Darren Woodson, American football player
1969 - Renée Zellweger, actress
1976 - Tim Duncan, basketball star, two-time NBA MVP

[Fenris]

1. "Oliver Cromwell, statesman"

Well, I suppose that's one way of putting it...

[elperromagico]

2. "Dictator" just sounds mean.

:P

[Fenris]

3. That and "Supreme Jackass of Puritan England"

:7

[elperromagico]

4. I am amused by the fact that, after the Restoration,

Cromwell's body was exhumed and hanged.

Nobody fucks with Charles II.

[Fenris]

5. You know your rule sucked if....

Your countrymen bring back a monarchy after your death.

Undermine the authority of our beloved tyrant, will you!

The great thing about Cromwell's exhumation is that his head was stuck on a pike atop a building (I forget which) and stayed there for several years until it was brought down by a strong gust of wind.

[Shananigans]

6. Hello, Comptroller...

It has been awhile since our paths last crossed.