Events

1066 – Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.

1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.

1322 – Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.

1449 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mistra.

1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.

1579 – The Union of Atrecht is signed.

1661 – English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.

1690 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.

1721 – The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.

1781 – In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.

1838 – Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.

1839 – The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.

1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.

1870 – The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna.

1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.

1900 – Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.

1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.

1910 – The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.

1912 – New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.

1921 – Formation of the Iraqi Army.

1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).

1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City.

1931 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.

1941 – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.

1942 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.

1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.

1951 – Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.

1953 – The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.

1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.

1967 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.

1974 – In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.

1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.

1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit.

1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.

2005 – American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.

2010 – The Ady Gil, a ship owned by Sea Shepherd, is sunk during a skirmish with the Japanese Whaling Fleet's Shōnan Maru.

Births

1367 – King Richard II of England (d. 1400)

1412 – Joan of Arc, French military figure and Roman Catholic Saint (legendary date) (d. 1431)

1486 – Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556)

1488 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)

1525 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602)

1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)

1580 – (baptised) John Smith of Jamestown (d. 1631)

1587 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)

1595 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650)

1617 – Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)

1655 – Empress Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1720)

1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English noble (d. 1744)

1714 – Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788)

1745 – Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)

1793 – James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862)

1795 – Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)

1799 – Jedediah Strong Smith, American hunter and explorer (d. 1831)

1803 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist, composer (d. 1888)

1807 – Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)

1808 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)

1811 – Charles Sumner, American politician (d. 1874)

1812 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary figure (d. 1919)

1819 – Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)

1822 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)

1832 – Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)

1836 – Ludwig Schüler, German politician (d. 1930)

1838 – Max Bruch, German composer (d. 1920)

1848 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1876)

1850 – Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924)

1856 – Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer (d. 1909)

1857 – Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)

1857 – William E. Russell, American politician and 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)

1859 – Samuel Alexander, Australian-born British philosopher (d. 1938)

1861 – George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan), Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)

1868 – Vittorio Monti, Italian composer (''Csardas'') (d. 1922)

1870 – Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)

1872 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)

1874 – Fred Niblo, American film actor, director, producer (d. 1948)

1878 – Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)

1878 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)

1880 – Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)

1882 – Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)

1882 – Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965)

1882 – Sam Rayburn, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas and 48th, 50th & 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)

1883 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer (d. 1931)

1896 – Péter Veres, Hungarian writer and politician (d. 1970)

1898 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965)

1898 – Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)

1899 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)

1899 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (d. 1968)

1900 – Kathryn Hulme, American novelist (d. 1981)

1902 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)

1903 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (d. 1993)

1903 – Francis L. Sullivan, English actor (d. 1956)

1905 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet (d. 1953)

1907 – David Fleay, Australian naturalist (d. 1993)

1908 – Menachem Avidom, Austro-Hungarian born Israeli composer (d. 1995)

1910 – G. N. Balasubramaniam, Indian Carnatic musician (d. 1960)

1910 – Wright Morris, American writer (d. 1998)

1912 – Danny Thomas, American actor (d. 1991)

1913 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (d. 2001)

1913 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)

1914 – Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-born American otolaryngologist (d. 1989)

1915 – Don Edwards, American politician

1915 – John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst (d. 2001)

1915 – Alan Watts, English writer/philosopher (d. 1973)

1916 – Eugene T. Maleska, American crossword puzzle creator and editor (d. 1993)

1916 – Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist (d. 2007)

1917 – Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)

1920 – John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004)

1920 – Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist

1920 – Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987)

1920 – Early Wynn, American baseball player (d. 1999)

1921 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (d. 1998)

1923 – Norman Kirk, New Zealander politician (d. 1974)

1923 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)

1924 – Earl Scruggs, American musician

1925 – John DeLorean, American auto maker (d. 2005)

1926 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player

1926 – Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (d. 2002)

1926 – Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)

1926 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)

1928 – George H. Ross, American businessman

1929 – Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (d. 2006)

1929 – Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (d. 1996)

1930 – Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)

1931 – Capucine, French actress (d. 1990)

1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American author

1931 – Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist

1931 – Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player

1932 – Stuart A. Rice, American chemist

1933 – Oleg Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2003)

1933 – Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian

1934 – Harry M. Miller, Australian entrepreneur

1934 – Sylvia Sims, English actress

1934 – John Wieners, American lyric poet (d. 2002)

1935 – Tsaritsa Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela of Bulgaria

1935 – Nino Tempo, American singer and actor

1936 – Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player

1936 – Darlene Hard, American tennis player

1936 – Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay

1937 – Paolo Conte, Italian singer

1937 – Lou Holtz, American football coach

1937 – Doris Troy, American singer (d. 2004)

1938 – Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor

1938 – Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and politician

1938 – Mario Rodríguez Cobos, Argentine writer and spiritual leader

1939 – Murray Rose, Australian swimmer

1940 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist (d. 1989)

1940 – Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)

1943 – Hak Ja Han, Korean church leader

1943 – Terry Venables, English football manager

1944 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress

1944 – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate

1945 – Allen Appel, American novelist

1946 – Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd (d. 2006)

1947 – Sandy Denny, English singer and songwriter (d. 1978)

1947 – Ian Millar, Canadian equestrian

1948 – Guy Gardner, American astronaut

1950 – Louis Freeh, American jurist, and 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

1951 – Don Gullett, American baseball player

1951 – Kim Wilson, American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)

1952 – Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)

1952 – Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor

1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)

1954 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect

1954 – Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer

1954 – Anthony Minghella, British film director (d. 2008)

1954 – Karen Moras, Australian swimmer

1954 – Trudie Styler, English actress

1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor

1955 – Richard Corbett, British politician

1956 – Angus Deayton, English comedian, actor and television presenter

1957 – C. Michael Foale, American astronaut

1957 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer

1958 – Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist and newspaper editor

1958 – Scott Bryce, American actor

1959 – Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer

1959 – Kathy Sledge, American singer

1960 – Paul Azinger, American golfer

1960 – Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player

1960 – Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer

1960 – Howie Long, American football player and analyst

1960 – Andrea Thompson, American actress

1962 – Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (d. 2002)

1963 – Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (d. 2010)

1964 – Denise Borino, American actress (d. 2010)

1964 – Charles Haley, American football player

1964 – Henry Maske, German boxer

1964 – Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler

1964 – Mark O'Toole, English bass guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

1964 – Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)

1964 – Yuri, Mexican actress and singer

1965 – Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer

1965 – Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler

1965 – Bjørn Lomborg, Danish political scientist and public policy activist

1966 – Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor

1966 – Sharon Cuneta, Filipina singer and actress

1966 – A. R. Rahman, Indian composer

1968 – John Singleton, American film director

1969 – Norman Reedus, American model and actor

1970 – José Carabalí, Venezuelan track and field athlete

1970 – Julie Chen, American television presenter

1970 – Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player

1971 – Irwin Thomas, Australian singer (Southern Sons)

1971 – Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer

1972 – Nek, Italian singer

1973 – Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player

1973 – Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player

1974 – Paul Grant, American basketball player

1974 – Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer

1975 – Nick Clarke, Pro Bull Rider

1975 – Nicole DeHuff, American actress (d. 2005)

1975 – James Farrior, American football player

1975 – Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1)

1975 – Yukana, Japanese seiyū

1976 – Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, and musician

1976 – Danny Pintauro, American actor

1976 – Daniel Tynell, Swedish cross-country skier

1976 – Lu Yi, Chinese actor

1976 – Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player

1977 – Marc Johnson, American skateboarder

1978 – Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer

1978 – Bubba Franks, American football player

1978 – Casey Fossum, American baseball player

1978 – Tara Spencer-Nairn, Canadian actress

1980 – Steed Malbranque, French footballer

1981 – Mike Jones, American rapper

1981 – Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress

1981 – Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor

1981 – Asante Samuel, American football player

1982 – Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player

1982 – Brian Bass, American baseball player

1982 – Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality

1983 – Adam Burish, American ice hockey player

1983 – Mithra Jin, South-Korean hip hop musician

1984 – Sean O'Brien, Australian windsurfer

1986 – Paul McShane, Irish footballer

1986 – Petter Northug, Norwegian skier

1986 – Irina Shayk, Russian-born model, 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model

1986 – Benjamin Simm, German rugby player

1986 – Mike Teel, American football player

1986 – Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)

1987 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer

1987 – Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer

1989 – Andrew Carroll, English footballer

Deaths

664 – Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (b. c.583)

1088 – Berengar of Tours, French theologian (b. c.999)

1275 – St. Raymond of Peñafort (b. c.1175)

1448 – Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1418)

1481 – Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde

1537 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)

1537 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1481)

1592 – Johann Casimir of Simmern, Elector Palatine (b. 1543)

1616 – Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (b. c.1550)

1646 – Elias Holl, German Architect (b. 1573)

1689 – Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)

1693 – Mehmed IV, ex-Ottoman Sultan (b. 1642)

1711 – Philipp van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)

1718 – Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)

1718 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)

1725 – Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist (b. 1653)

1731 – Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672)

1734 – John Dennis, English dramatist (b. 1657)

1813 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)

1829 – Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist (b. 1753)

1831 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1766)

1840 – Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)

1847 – Tyāgarāja, Carnatic Classic Music Composer,Indian(b. 1767)

1852 – Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)

1855 – Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)

1872 – James "Big Jim" Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)

1882 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr., U.S. author (''Two Years Before the Mast'') (b. 1815)

1884 – Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist (b. 1822)

1885 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer and scientist (b. 1812)

1896 – Thomas W. Knox, American writer and journalist (b. 1835)

1913 – Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)

1918 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1845)

1919 – Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)

1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)

1922 – Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)

1928 – Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete (b. 1876)

1933 – Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)

1934 – Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (b. 1878)

1937 – André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)

1941 – Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)

1942 – Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)

1942 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (b. 1876)

1944 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)

1945 – Edith Frank, mother of Anne Frank (b. 1900)

1945 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)

1949 – Victor Fleming, American director (b. 1883)

1966 – Jean Lurçat, French painter and tapestry designer (b. 1892)

1972 – Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)

1974 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)

1978 – Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)

1981 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)

1984 – Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)

1990 – Pavel Alekseyevich Čerenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

1990 – Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (b. 1949)

1993 – Dizzy Gillespie, acclaimed jazz trumpet player (b. 1917)

1993 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (b. 1910)

1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1938)

1994 – Virginia Dell Cassidy, Bill Clinton's mother (b. 1923)

1995 – Joe Slovo, South African politician (b. 1926)

1997 – Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)

1999 – Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (b. 1962)

2000 – Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)

2003 – Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand musician and composer (b. 1949)

2004 – Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)

2004 – Charles Dumas, American athlete (b. 1937)

2004 – Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)

2005 – Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)

2005 – Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)

2006 – Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)

2006 – Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943)

2007 – Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)

2007 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)

2007 – Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)

2009 – Ron Asheton, American guitarist (The Stooges) (b. 1948)

2009 – John Scott Martin, English actor (b. 1926)

2010 – James von Brunn, perpetrator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting (b. 1920)

2011 – Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Iraq)

Christian Feast Day:

*January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Epiphany (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances:

*Befana Day (Italy)

*Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church)

*Little Christmas (Ireland)

The beginning of the Carnival period, from Epiphany until Shrove Tuesday. (Roman Catholicism)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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name	Joe Rogan
birth name	Joseph Rogan
birth date	August 11, 1967
birth place	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
medium	Stand-up, television, podcast, books
nationality	American
active	1988–present
genre	Satire/political satire, blue comedy, observational comedy
subject	Recreational drug use, self-deprecation, race relations, marriage, everyday life, parenting, pseudoscience, current events, politics, religion
spouse	Jessica Rogan (2009–present; 2 children)
notable work	Joe Garrelli in NewsRadioCo-Host of The Man ShowHost of Fear FactorCommentator for the UFCAuthor of the Book Space Monkey }}

style	10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo
team	10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu
rank	''brown belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu'' ''brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu'' ''green belt in Judo'' ''black belt in Taekwondo''
kickbox win	2
kickbox loss	1
kickbox draw	0
kickbox nc	}}

Joseph "Joe" Rogan (born August 11, 1967) is an American comedian, video blogger, actor, writer, martial artist, activist and color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Career

Acting

In 1994, Rogan co-starred on the Fox comedy Hardball as Frank Valente, the young, ego-centric star player on a fictional professional baseball team. The show was cancelled after nine episodes.

From 1995-1999, Rogan co-starred on the critically acclaimed comedy NewsRadio. He portrayed Joe Garrelli, the electrician at WNYX, a news radio station in New York City.

In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of Just Shoot Me as Chris, Maya Gallo's boyfriend.

In 2010 Joe Rogan released his stand up DVD Talking Monkeys In Space. It was 68 minutes of unedited and uncensored material.

In 2011, Rogan played his first major character in a movie in the Kevin James movie ''Zookeeper''.

He is slated to play himself in an upcoming action-comedy starring Kevin James called Here Comes the Boom, set to be released in the summer of 2012.

Martial arts

During high school, Rogan was a practitioner of Taekwondo and gained a black belt at age 15. He went on to become a four-time state champion in Massachusetts, and a U.S. Open Taekwondo champion. His record as a kickboxer is 2-1.

In 1996, Rogan began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Carlson Gracie at his school in Hollywood, California. After Gracie relocated to Chicago, Rogan later began training under Jean Jacques Machado, (a cousin of the Gracie family), eventually earning his brown belt under Machado. In addition, Rogan holds a brown belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu under Eddie Bravo.

Commentating

Rogan began working for the UFC in 1997, making his debut interviewing fighters at UFC 12: Judgement Day in Dothan, Alabama, before eventually becoming a color commentator for the promotion.

Hosting

Rogan worked on the TV series ''Fear Factor'', as a host of the United States version of the show. He hosted from June 11, 2001 through September 12, 2006 before the show was canceled by NBC. Rogan will return as the host of ''Fear Factor'' in an upcoming rebooted edition of the show, which will air fall 2011 on NBC.

In December 2009, Rogan began hosting a regular podcast with concurrent live Ustream availability. Frequently co-hosted by his friend and the show's producer Brian "Redban" Reichle, the podcast features an array of guests from the pursuits of comedy, acting and Mixed Martial Arts. Now known as ''The Joe Rogan Experience'', the show is regularly found in the Apple iTunes top 10 most downloaded comedy, and was named one of iTunes "Best of 2010" audio podcasts in its first year. He refers to himself as a werewolf commonly on the podcast, admittedly after the Twilight series.

Personal life

Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey. His paternal grandfather was Irish, and the remainder of his ancestry is Italian.

Family

On May 21, 2008, Rogan announced on the Kevin and Bean radio show in Los Angeles that his girlfriend Jessica had a baby girl, and confirmed the news on his fan forum. The couple married in 2009. On episode 22 of ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' (recorded May 25, 2010), Rogan announced that "baby Rogan number two was just born the other day".

Religion

Although raised Roman Catholic, Rogan stated in September 2010, during a guest appearance on the Alex Jones radio show, that he does not follow any organized religions because he feels it is all the work of man. Rogan also said that he is not completely opposed to the concept of a "higher power" such as a God, however views the concept of God as part of nature that exists in everything.

Psychedelics

One of the recurring themes in his stand-up comedy and life is the use and support of cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, and DMT. Rogan supports the medical and recreational use of cannabis. He has also starred in the marijuana documentary ''The Union: The Business Behind Getting High''. He has an isolation tank in his basement. Rogan was featured in the 2010 History Channel documentary, ''Marijuana: A Chronic History'', as an advocate of legalized medical use of marijuana. He is also the presenter of the 2010 documentary, ''DMT: The Spirit Molecule'', released in October 2010.

Accusations against Carlos Mencia

On February 10, 2007, Rogan confronted comedian Carlos Mencia on stage at the Comedy Store on Sunset, accusing him of plagiarism. Rogan posted a video of the altercation with audio and video clips from other comedians, including George Lopez, Reverend Bob Levy, Bobby Lee and Ari Shaffir, among others.

Comedy recordings

''I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday'' (CD) (August 22, 2000)

''Live from the Belly of the Beast'' (DVD) (May 4–5, 2001)

''Joe Rogan: Live'' (DVD) (September 1, 2006)

''Shiny Happy Jihad'' (CD) (April 10, 2007)

''Talking Monkeys In Space'' (CD & DVD) (2010) Comedy Central Records

Awards and Accomplishments

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

* Best Television Announcer (2010)

See also

List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

References

External links

Joe Rogan on Youtube

''Fear Factor''

Interview from August 2008

Joe Rogan on his UFC career

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name	David Crowder Band
background	group_or_band
origin	Waco, Texas, United States
genre	Christian rockElectronic rockWorship
years active	1996–present
label	sixstepsrecords
website
current members	David CrowderJack ParkerB-WackMike DHoganMark Waldrop
past members	Robert RocheJason SolleyTaylor Johnson
notable instruments	BanjoTurntableElectric violinKeytarGuitar Hero ControllerThereminUkuleleSteve 3P0 (drumming robot) }}

The David Crowder Band (marketed as David Crowder*Band) is a six-piece Christian Modern Worship band from Waco, Texas.

Band history

The band began when David Crowder, from Texarkana, Texas, realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University were not attending church. Finding this very surprising, since it is a Christian university, he and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church (Waco, Texas) in 1995 while he was still a student. Crowder led worship there and continued to do so throughout the year. The church's congregation grew, as did the band's lineup.

Crowder began writing songs to incorporate into the worship times at the church and eventually the church released an independent CD, ''Pour Over Me'', followed by ''All I Can Say'' in 1999. These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records and has released six more albums to date (see discography). The band tours the United States continuously, but make it back to their home church in Waco, Texas relatively often. It has been said that Kyle Lake, University Baptist Church's former pastor and also longtime friend of the band, had a strong influence on the band's music in terms of content and inspiration both during his life and after his death.

With their September 2005 release, ''A Collision'', David Crowder Band explored a new realm of musical diversity. The album houses a mix of bluegrass, folk, alternative, and worship, woven together with a touch of electronic ambience. This release landed them the No. 2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the No. 39 spot on Billboard 200 only one day after its release.

On the same day as the release of ''A Collision'', their song "Turkish Delight" was released on the ''Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia'' compilation CD. This song, which is a reference to the magical Turkish Delight in C. S. Lewis's book ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', has an old-school disco feel.

On March 19, 2007, the band officially started recording its album titled ''Remedy''; the band also revealed the album's website, http://www.remedyiscoming.com/, which allows fans to follow the band via live webcams, and discover more about the album. Famously controversial rock musician Ted Nugent made a special guest appearance on the album, on the song "We Won't Be Quiet". ''Remedy'' was released on September 25, 2007. The day after its release, it reached No. 4 on the iTunes Music Store.

On July 16, 2008, the band announced via its website that it would be releasing a brand new live album and DVD set on August 19, 2008. The title was announced as being ''Remedy Club Tour - Live'', and the cover art was released along with a trailer for the DVD.

On David Crowder's Xanga entry from January 31, 2009, he mentioned the preproduction of the band's next studio album. On Mike Hogan's MySpace entry from March 4, 2009, he confirmed that actual recording and production had commenced and provided directions for getting to the live webcam feed, which is in a page simply titled "Church Music". This is the name of the new album, released on September 22, 2009. The first single off the album is a cover of John Mark McMillan's song "How He Loves".

The band hosted Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference September 30 through October 2, 2010 at Baylor University in Waco, TX. Other presenters at the conference included Louie Giglio, Rob Bell, Israel Houghton, Hillsong London, Matt Redman, Jars of Clay, Matt Maher, Leeland, David Dark, Gungor, Derek Webb and others.

On February 5, 2011 the band announced the official start to recording of a new album.

The band often incorporates unconventional instruments and elements into their music, such as making use of Smule's "I Am T-Pain" iPhone app.

On July 21, 2011 the band announced that a Christmas album, ''Oh For Joy'', would be released on October 4, 2011.

Disbanding

On May 21, 2011, the band announced through their website that the band will end after the completion of the Fall 2011 "The 7 Tour" and the release of their sixth album. David said that "For a long while, we have had a good idea what we were going to do for album number 6; we were going to record a 'Mass'... Fittingly enough, it seems our little 'Mass' has turned itself into a 'Requiem.'"

Members

Current members

David Crowder – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, theremin, keytar, electric guitar

Jack Parker – electric guitar, background vocals, Rhodes piano, mandolin, and banjo

Mike Dodson – bass guitar, keyboard, cello,

Mike Hogan – violin/strings, turntables, guitar, keyboard

Jeremy Bush (aka "B-Wack") - drums, percussion, bells, programming

Mark Waldrop – electric guitar

Former members

Robert Roche – hand percussion (1996–1998)

Jason Solley – electric guitar, background vocals and mandolin (1996–2006)

Taylor Johnson – electric guitar, mandolin (2006–2007)

Discography

;Albums

''Pour Over Me'' (1998)

''All I Can Say'' (1999)

''Can You Hear Us?'' (2002)

''Illuminate'' (2003) U.S. No. 84

''A Collision'' (2005) U.S. No. 39

''Remedy'' (2007) U.S. No. 22

''Remedy Limited Edition'' (2008)

''Remedy Club Tour – Live'' (2008) U.S. No. 88

''Church Music'' (2009) U.S. No. 11

''Requiem'' (2011)

''Oh For Joy'' (2011)

;EPs

''The Lime CD'' (2004)

''Sunsets & Sushi'' (2005)

''B Collision'' (2006) U.S. No. 118

''Summer Happiness'' (2010)

Collaboration

''Thoughts of You'' - Robbie Seay (2000)

''Passion: The Road to One Day'' - Passion Worship Band (2000)

''Our Love is Loud'' - Passion Worship Band (live, 2002)

''Sacred Revolution'' - Passion Worship Band (live, 2003)

''Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern'' - Passion Worship Band (2004)

''How Great Is Our God'' - Passion Worship Band (live, 2005)

''Live from Austin Music Hall'' - Chris Tomlin (live, 2005)

''Everything Glorious'' - Passion Worship Band (live, 2006)

''Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia'' (2005)

''Ultimate Music Makeover: Michael W. Smith'' (compilation, 2005)

''X Worship 2006'' (compilation, 2005)

''X Worship 2007'' (compilation, 2006)

''When the Storm Comes'' - Minister RMB (When the Storm Comes, 2006)

''WOW Christmas: Green'' (compilation, Christmas)

''Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace'' (compilation, 2007, Sparrow Records)

''Glory Revealed'' (compilation by Mac Powell, 2007)

''Passion: Live from Passion07, Part 2'' - Passion Worship Band (2007)

''God of This City'' - Passion Worship Band (2008)

''Passion: Awakening'' - Passion Worship Band (2010)

''The Shelter'' - Jars of Clay (2010) – on song "Lay It Down"

''Passion: Here for You'' - Passion Worship Band (2011)

'Seven Swans Reimagined'' (compilation, 2011)

The band also created the theme music for Dr. James MacDonald's radio program ''Walk in the Word''.

Awards

;GMA Dove Awards

Year	! Award	! Result
!rowspan="3"	Group of the Year
Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year ("Here is Our King")
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year (''A Collision'')
!rowspan="1"	Group of the Year
!rowspan="7"	Group of the Year
Worship Song of the Year ("Everything Glorious")
Praise & Worship Album of the Year (''Remedy'')
Recorded Music Packaging of the Year (''Remedy'')
Short Form Music Video of the Year ("Foreverandever, etc.")
!rowspan="2"	Group of the Year
!rowspan="3"
Praise & Worship Album of the Year (''Church Music'')
!rowspan="1"	Short Form Music Video of the Year ("SMS (Shine)")

David Crowder Band is also featured in other compilation albums that were either nominated or won Dove Awards for Special Event Album of the Year:

2006: Special Event Album of the Year - ''Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia''

2007: Special Event Album of the Year - ''Passion: Everything Glorious''

2009: Special Event Album of the Year - ''Passion: God of This City''

Grammy Awards

David Crowder Band was nominated for a Grammy Award at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards: ''Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album'' - ''Church Music''

Others

The band was named MSN's Artist of the Month for July 2006, and later won Artist of the Year for 2006.

Books

David Crowder has authored two books:

David Crowder, ''Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi'', NavPress, 2005.

David Crowder with Mike Hogan, ''Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass)'', Relevant Books, 2006.

Name

Prior to the album ''Church Music'', the band preferred not to be referred to as "''The'' David Crowder Band". They explained that they preferred to omit the article, and stated that they "may revisit this issue if other groups named 'David Crowder Band' begin performing," and may in fact, should that eventuality occur, insert "The Original" in front of the band's present appellation. As of the release of ''Church Music'', however, the band has begun referring to themselves using the article, and explained "we’ve been at for a while now without incident, so we felt justified in its formal inclusion."

The band's name is sometimes rendered with an asterisk, as "David Crowder*Band". In a faux-documentary while recording ''Church Music'', Crowder mentioned that the asterisk meant, "David Crowder [is about to go insane because Jack Parker continually tries to sabotage the work of the rest of the] band."

References

External links

David Crowder Band official website

University Baptist Church

Christian Music Today interview - 11/07

Christian Music Today interview - 04/06

Christian Music Today interview - 10/02

Home.FM Radio Interview with David Crowder by Adam & Ben on Mornings at Home

Gospel Music Channel Interview with David Crowder by Alicia Carson

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