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Stephen A. Douglas died on this day 162 years ago, aged 48. - Douglas was born in Vermont, and would move to Illinois in 1833, where he would establish a law firm. - Douglas would be elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1836, and would attempt to run for Congress in 1838- he lost to the Whig candidate, John Stuart, by a mere 36 votes. - Douglas became friends with Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, expressing sympathy for them. He arranged the state charter for the city of Nauvoo, the headquarters of the religion until they went west to Utah. Smith encouraged Douglas to run for president. - Douglas would be elected to the US House of Representatives in 1842 following the creation of Illinois' 5th congressional district in 1840. He served two terms before being elected to the Senate in 1846 by the state legislature (he had won reelection in the House). - Douglas passed the Compromise of 1850, which added California to the Union and banned the slave trade in Washington DC, but also included the Fugitive Slave Act (which led to the kidnapping and enslavement of free Blacks). - Douglas would also propose the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, leading to much violence in the region. - Douglas ran for president in 1856. He came in second place at the Democratic National Convention, losing to former Secretary of State James Buchanan (who ultimately won the presidency). - Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln and won re-election to the Senate in 1858. Lincoln won the popular vote by 34,000- but Douglas was elected by the state legislature (the Seventeenth Amendment ended state legislatures from electing candidates in 1913). - Douglas ran for president again in 1860- the Democratic Party had fractured based on location, and he was chosen by the northerners (with Georgia governor Herschel Johnson as his running mate); the southerners picked vice president John C. Breckinridge. Douglas won the state of Missouri and three of New Jersey's seven electoral votes. - After the Civil War began, Douglas put his differences with Lincoln aside and ordered more troops to fight the Confederates (Lincoln suggested 75,000; Douglas 200,000). - Douglas died from typhoid fever, but was unwell in the last two years of his life- he was known to suffer from gout.

Jill Biden is 72.

You always chime in when there's a discussion about age-gap relationships or grooming. The biggest thing is context. Age gaps are common in my bloodline but we seem to start families when we're ancient. A better example would be 2 of my former managers (40M and 22F), who started dating and are still together. They both earned the same salary and had nothing to gain from being with the other person. The bigger problem was that he cheated on his weans' mother. They're perfect for each other and that's not a compliment. A situation involving a millionaire celebrity and a young person with few connections is not comparable. If you're starting out in the industry and Phillip Schofield could potentially influence your whole career, he could get away with a lot of fuckshit in the name of helping you out. It appears he did, and it was never a level playing field. Is it not easier to simply pursue someone who you haven't known from a very young age? Same goes for second cousins. It's not illegal but... so many other people to choose from, no? I think this story is a big overblown distraction though. It's not that serious to people outwith the ITV circle.

3/Jun/2023 58 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black +2 39 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 38 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 37 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There +1 37 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +1 34 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 33 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 28 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye -6 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 25 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 23 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 21 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 18 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 12 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 10 The Foundations – Baby, Now That I´ve Found You

Sat 3 Jun 56 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black +2 39 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore +2 38 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 36 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 36 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 34 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye -1 34 Procol Harum — A White Shade Of Pale 33 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 25 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 23 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 21 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 18 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 12 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 10 The Foundations — Baby, now that I’ve found you 00 The Beatles – Paperback Writer -5

American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees Lou Gehrig died on this day 82 years ago, aged 37. Gehrig signed with the Yankees on April 29, 1923. He set several major-league records during his career, including the most career grand slams (23; since broken by Alex Rodriguez) and most consecutive games played (2,130), a record that stood for 56 years and was long considered unbreakable until it was surpassed by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995. On June 19, 1939, Gehrig was diagnosed with ALS. Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist Andrés Segovia died on this day 36 years ago, aged 94. Many professional classical guitarists were either students of Segovia or students of Segovia's students. Segovia's contribution to the modern-romantic repertoire included not only commissions but also his own transcriptions of classical or baroque works. He is remembered for his expressive performances: his wide pallet of tone, and his distinctive musical personality, phrasing and style.

I would rather go hunting with Dick Cheney.

WORDS FROM THE COMMISSIONER: Around 8am this morning I received a message from DDT confirming his replacement captain, following the death of Brother Camillius, was your favourite and mine, former vicar general for the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau Father Pat Travers. However, it has since been discovered that Travers' death was made public in a Facebook post around 9pm last night. While at no point has the management of the DL Cup suggested any impropriety on DDT's part, it was decided that in the interests of CFP (cadaver fair play), that he select a different captain for the round. We now await any QO for Travers.

I guess you could say... "Thunderbirds Are Gone". (And with that, I've written David Graham's headline should he debut on the list- maybe)

3rd June 54 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 38 The Monkees — I’m A Believer 37 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 34 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 34 Procol Harum — A White Shade Of Pale 34 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 31 The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye +4 31 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 26 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 26 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 25 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon 21 The Bee Gees – Massachusetts 18 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 17 The Beatles – Paperback Writer 15 The Small Faces – All Or Nothing 10 The Foundations — Baby, now that I’ve found you. 00 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds – Out Of Time -6

Maybe it's a VeggieTales spinoff show?

Out Of Time is a fantastic song and Chris Farlowe's version is great, if a bit short. Amazingly the Stones had never played it live before their latest tour, and I was very happy that they played it when I saw them last year in Hyde Park

Deadline has Marcus Plantin

Surely most common rather than most popular - they’re not exactly choosing to take Summer off…..

He did indeed survive May, though he may make it to May of next year!

Or it could be because she is still capable of going to the funeral but will appear somewhat vacant and frail.

Not necessarily. A person can live several years with dementia. My great aunt had dementia when she was 90. She died aged 97 from Covid.

The last volume of the trilogy on the world's oldest con artist Jeanne Calment, the Secret of Longevity Unravelled: Volume III, The Calment affair: How we know that the “oldest person who ever lived” was faking her age: Zak, Nikolay, Gibbs, Philip: 9798395710628: Amazon.com: Books

Janis Paige is 100 today

Fangs for the mammaries, Babs.

Although President-elect Trump's handover might be worrying, it could be worse. Although if it's Nigeria dropping the bombs, I'm not sure The Gambia has much to worry about.

I've just upset my niece as, to me, 24th November will also be the day Freddie Mercury died. I completely forgot it was her little boy's birthday too.

11/22: Shemp Howard (3 Stooges): 60 years Mae West: 35 years https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West#/media/File%3AMae_West_LAT.jpg

I love this story, I saw this the other day on the CNN crawler Georgia woman shoots self after mistaking pistol for cigarette lighter