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Rutherford B. Hayes died on this day 130 years ago, aged 70. During the [American] Civil War, Hayes was the commanding officer of another future president- William McKinley. In 1864, Hayes was nominated to the US House of Representatives by Republicans in Ohio's 2nd district, and refused to resign from the army after he won. Hayes would be sworn into Congress in December of 1865, eight months after the war ended. Hayes would resign in 1867 to successfully run for governor of Ohio. Hayes initially retired from politics in 1873 to spend time with his wife and children, but returned in 1875 and would be re-elected as governor. Hayes was nominated for president in the 1876 election- and it was the closest ever, with Hayes losing the popular vote but winning the presidency against Samuel Tilden by one electoral vote (185-184). There were many claims of election fraud, leading to a crisis that caused the creation of the Electoral Commission, finding that Hayes won the 20 disputed electoral votes of four states (South Carolina, Oregon, Florida, and Louisiana). Hayes' presidency was known for marking the end of the Reconstruction era, and he had the first telephone installed in the White House (the phone number was "1"). Hayes also owned the first Siamese cats in the United States, sent by the American Consul in Bangkok- their names were Siam and Miss Pussy. Hayes refused to run for a second term, and during retirement, he became a supporter of educational institutes, advocated for better prison conditions, and expressed disdain at the wealth gap between the rich and the poor. Hayes was known for his long beard, but was clean-shaven in his youth:

Françoise Hardy, the marvellous French actress, singer and songwriter, a leading figure of the yé-yé movement, who made her musical debut in the early 1960s, and was a popular fashion icon as well, is 79 today. James Earl Jones, the admired and excellent film, stage and television actor, one of the best actors of his generation, the iconic voice behind Darth Vader, who began his versatile acting career in the late 1950s, and was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, is 92 today.

Soul singer Renée Geyer dead at 69. Mentioned a few times in this thread for her hard style of living. Was seemingly done in by complications from hip surgery, which also happened to discover inoperable lung cancer...

What would be the misteries that you want to see solved before your death ? I can think of several : • The Sodder children's disappearance on Christmas Eve 1945 • What happened to Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès after having killed his wife and 4 children ? • What caused the death of the nine soviet hikers in the Ural Mountains in 1959 ? (the Dyatlov Pass incident) • Who killed 4 years old Gregory Villemin in 1984 ? • Was Jeanne Calment really 122 ? Both Dupont de Ligonnès and "le petit Gregory" are the most famous cold cases in France. Everybody basically knows what is their stories, don't know if this is known worldwide though. Feel free to share your favorite unsolved mysteries here.

Tap dancer Arthur Duncan dead at 97. You might have heard the story of Betty White refusing to remove him from her show because of his race in the 1950s. Was a DDP pick last year.

Walter Murgatroyd dead at 101.

I wouldn't be so pessimistic Diego. A little foreign knowledge can be a very useful asset in this pool.

Be nice to know the actual identity of Jack the Ripper.

Why is James Corden so popular?

Did Wagner kill Natalie Wood? What happened to Louis Le Prince? Who was D.B Cooper (and what happened to him)? What happened to JFK's brain after the autopsy? Did Hitler truly only have one ball? Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great? Where is Harold Holt's body (if he is dead)? What the hell happened to Zigmund Adamski?

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I created this thread once before and it was moved to Survivors. Now maybe that was the original intent of that thread but if you look at it (Admins I'm talking to you) you'll see it's been hijacked completely for nefarious purposes unrelated to "being the last surviving member" of something. So let's try this once again. Mahlon Duckett, who died at age 92 on Sunday night (Sept 13), was the last surviving member of the Philadelphia Stars Negro League baseball team. As always, it's sad to loose these institutions personified. RIP SirC http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20150714_Former_Philadelphia_Stars_Negro_League_player_Mahlon_Duckett_dies_at_92.html#GgoGWlJQBU1eKlQe.99

Ryuichi Sakamoto is 71 today

Thank you for checking. He wasn't that famous, so i'm not surprised his death slipped under the radar.

Ask me on December 31, 2023. LOL

Congrats Doorslammer 1923     Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat / Jack Burke 1924 Anne Vernon / Geoff Brown   1925 Lucine Amara / Leo Esaki  1926  Rowena Jackson / Stanley Baxter  1927 Genevieve Page  / Frank Sedgman  1928 Yvonne Furneaux / Burt Bacharach   1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Tippi Hedren / Robert Wagner  1931 Claire Bloom / Robert Duvall  1932 Jean Boht / William Roache

Brezhnev's funeral (1982). There were only two channels on our television set. It was broadcast on both. The funeral of Yuri Gagarin's mother (1984). The first time, a woman's portrait was carried in front of the funeral procession. Then I remember a report on Indira Gandhi (1984). Her ashes were being poured through the open door of, I think, a helicopter and the mountains in the background. Ustinov's funeral (1984). Instead of a coffin on a gun carriage, a rectangular box. It is bricked up in the Kremlin wall. Also, after the railway catastrophe at Asha (1989), funeral processions for several days in a row. Policemen stop traffic to let the hearse through, while drivers in other cars honk their horns. There was a girl in my school, 2-3 classes older, she survived, only scalds.

The Isdal woman has been a minor obsession of mine for at least a decade, in a similar vein Jennifer Fairgate is another one that interests me.

I love these sort of mysteries and the recent series on Netflix about a teenage girl who went missing in 1983 'Vatican Girl :The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi' has prompted the Vatican to reopen investigation

Popular Brazilian London based gay porn star Lazzarato, has been diagnosed with a type of oesophageal cancer

Oh bugger! Cledwyn Jones died in October aged 99 and I missed it and put him on my DDP list. Tamping! As I expected, he got a Welsh-language BBC Cymru obit but nothing in English. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/63326738

Hi, lange nicht mehr geschrieben. Wünsche Dir einen Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr und alles Gute für 2018 Gruss Tom

...and on his Birthday Bugger! Perhaps he shouldn't have insisted blowing out the candles..... ...I'll get me coat!

Steady on now, young fella-me-lad! Nothing that hasn't been said before. OMJ and Terminator will no doubt be delighted that he/they has/have generated such discussion in his/their absence.