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Joan of Arc died on this day 592 years ago, aged 19. - Joan was born as Jeanne d'Arc to a peasant family. The Hundred Years' War had been going on for 75 years when she was born in 1412. - In 1425, when she was 13, Joan had a vision of the archangel Michael, and fourth-century saints Margaret of Antioch and Catherine of Alexandria. - Around this time, people began to spread a prophecy that an armed virgin would save France- some cited the fictional wizard Merlin as to who made it (the stories of King Arthur were considered fact at the time). - In 1429, Joan met King Charles VII- she had to dress in drag in order to do so, and she would wear men's clothing for the remainder of her life. After the confirmation of her virginity, Joan was provided with armor. - Joan designed her own battle banner: - Joan led several battles against the English and the forces of the Duke of Burgundy from 1429 to 1430, most notably at Orleans, Reims, and the capital city, Paris. - Joan was captured in May of 1430 by Burgundian troops, and made two attempts to escape. The English paid her ransom to transfer her into their custody, and moved her to their main base of operations in Rouen. - Joan was put on trial for blasphemy by the English- this was essentially a kangaroo court, and the English bribed the judge by paying him. Joan was sentenced to death and burned at the stake. Her remains were tossed into the Seine and never found. - In 1455, two years after the end of the Hundred Years' War, Pope Callixtus III allowed a posthumous retrial, in which Joan was exonerated. - Joan was made a saint in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.

I'm pretty certain that his Labour successor, David Lepper, would have been equally as confident of Labour retaining Brighton Pavillion in the long run. Then the Green Party swooped it out of nowhere. The Greens got 2% in that seat in 1997. Caroline Lucas took 57% of the vote in 2019! It's simply part of the political game for MPs to talk up their party's chances in order to enthuse ppl. Though admittedly it sometimes comes across as pathetically silly i.e. Jo Swinson claiming she was going to be PM in 2019 then losing her seat...

CeeLo Green is 48. Instead of one of his songs such as "Crazy" or "Forget You", here's his appearance in the American Dad! episode "Hot Water".

Milt Larsen, also a magician and "creator" of Magic Castle has died at 92 as mentioned elsewhere. Henry Lewis MBE from last page died in September at 102. Seems like he got no obituaries anywhere, but was also not picked anywhere here.

So, the ITV documentary makes clear his daughter had major resentment to him, though largely because she'd become convinced that him shagging her teenage best mate was consensual, and only happened when her friend was of consenting age. The friend - "A" in the documentary - doesn't appear. Her psychiatrist has been given permission to discuss what happened, which includes the friend developing a problem with alcohol as a result of the damage done by Rolf. Something else in plain sight is the quality of his home - Bray in Berkshire, bordering the Thames - and daughter Bindi's likely the sole heir, and clearly whilst he went to jail the vast tonnage of the property and money stays in the family. S'cuse the cynicism but whatever distance she puts between her dad and herself she likely doesn't want to mess with that situation.

Milt Larsen very quiet. He's dead: https://abc7.com/milt-larsen-hollywood-magic-castle-obituary/13315963/

I'm the weirdo here that prefers Yellow Submarine over Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine reminds me of my childhood and my dad singing this song to me.

I will try a bit of enema redirection and see if it helps with creating a bit of good old redistribution of deadpooling wealth and fortune!

Former Tory MP for Leicester Sir Derek Spencer is a hit for @Gooseberry Crumble, his death gives them their first 4 points (3 for position +1 for unique pick).

Fell on his arse at the start of tonight's Britain's Got Talent live show. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12137169/Ant-McPartlin-slips-live-stage-chaotic-entrance-Britains-Got-Talent-semi-final.html Which, I understand, was the best thing in the whole show.

Anything is possible, but it will take a long time for this to happen. 122 years is a very impressive age indeed, Perez Mora if he continues as he demonstrates, still active and very happy, he has everything to live for a long time, but at this age things change quickly, let's go see if he can

29/May/2023 27 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 27 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 25 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night +4 24 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 24 Scott Mckenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 24 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye 23 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 22 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 22 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 22 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 22 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time 21 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 21 Tom Jones – Green Green Grass Of Home 21 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 21 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 21 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me 20 The Overlanders – Michelle 20 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 20 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away 20 Petula Clark – This Is My Song 20 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You 18 Jim Reeves – Distant Drums 17 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 17 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin' Stupid 17 The Beatles – All You Need Is Love 17 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 14 Sandie Shaw – Puppet On A String 14 The Troggs – With A Girl Like You 13 The Tremeloes – Silence Is Golden 12 Long John Baldry – Let The Heartaches Begin 10 The Beatles – Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby -6 09 Engelbert Humperdinck – The Last Waltz

Needless to say that... Killer Queen: 9 theoldlady 4 Toast 3 Buffalo Phil 3 Death Impends 3 justonecornetto 3 ladyfiona 2 diego 2 En Passant 2 wannamaker 1 Clorox Bleachman 1 DoltonMoney 1 lilham 1 MortalCaso 1 Paul Bearer 1 prussianblue 1 Root Inspector 1 Sir Creep 1 time 1 TQR Ok, next round, everyone can vote again for 29th of May. 1966/67 34 songs = the last 5 songs will enter the Grand Final 20 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep on running 20 The Overlanders – Michelle 20 Nancy Sinatra – These boots are made for walkin' 20 The Walker Brothers – The sun ain´t gonna shine anymore 20 The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody help me 20 Dusty Springfield – You don´t have to say you love me 20 Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo 20 The Rolling Stones – Paint it black 20 Frank Sinatra – Strangers in the night 20 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 20 The Kinks – Sunny afternoon 20 Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames – Getaway 20 Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds – Out of time 20 The Troggs – With a girl like you 20 The Beatles – Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby 20 The Small Faces – All or nothing 20 Jim Reeves – Distant drums 20 The Four Tops – Reach out, I´ll be there 20 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 20 Tom Jones – Green green grass of home 20 The Monkees – I´m a believer 20 Petula Clark – This is my song 20 Engelbert Humperdinck – Release me (and let me love again) 20 Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin' stupid 20 Sandie Shaw – Puppet on a string 20 The Tremeloes – Silence is golden 20 Procol Harum – A whiter shade of pale 20 The Beatles – All you need is love 20 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair) 20 Engelbert Humperdinck – The last waltz 20 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 20 The Foundations – Baby, now that I found you 20 Long John Baldry – Let the heartaches begin 20 The Beatles – Hello, goodbye

The perfect memento, btw - tote bag featuring Teenage Mutant Tina Turners. https://jimll.co.uk/collections/totes/products/teenage-mutant-tina-turners-tote-bag

US Masters Swimming record holder, WWII B-25 pilot Russ Witte, still marked living on Wikipedia (minor name, but he's had a Wiki page since 2013), died off-radar in 2016 at 99. There's a small group of people born in the 1910s still marked "living" on Wikipedia despite the fact that they probably died more than a decade ago. The most notable of those are probably Wesley P. Dahlberg, Steve Lu and Jiro Tanaka. Steve Lu has two home pages, the other page with contact info of him or a relative/someone who knew him, but I can't find any pictures of him taken after the 1990s. Jiro Tanaka was probably alive in 2008.

Apparently she was suffering from shingles. (not sure if someone said that yet)

Jason Priestley, Canadian actor known for the very famous and iconic television series "Beverly Hills, 90210" and one of the greatest teen idols of the 1990s, is 53 today. Shania Twain, Canadian singer and songwriter of country and pop songs, one of the best-selling music artists of all time and winner of 5 Grammy Awards, is 57 today. During her career, Shania Twain has sold over 100 million records. Shania Twain was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2011.

Interesting to note only 8 people picked at all during the aughts are still alive (Farrakhan, Tutu, Minnelli, Musharraf, Karzai, Tim Johnson, Russell Watson, Charles Taylor). The 90s still has 18 left, illustrating how much easier it got to Google old and ill celebs at the turn of the century...

Does that make it 11-11 at half time? Cup final thriller!

I ignored him because he was giving press comments yesterday so seemed to have a bit more life in him. I didn't mean seconds!

Superseded by the one the episode before when the Doctor meets Captain Tancredi.. "You. What are you doing here?" "I think that is exactly the question I should be asking you, Doctor."

Bill Chinnock, a founder member of the E Street Band, who was replaced by Bruce Springsteen, has killed himself. He suffered from Lyme Disease.