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Anders Celsius died on this day 280 years ago, aged 42. - Celsius' family was full of scientists- his uncle Olof was a botanist, his paternal grandfather Magnus was a mathematician, and his maternal grandfather Anders Spole was an astronomer. His father Nils was also a professor of astronomy at Uppsala University, which he would attend- and also became an astronomy professor there in 1730. - Celsius had several feats in the realm of astronomy: he was the first person to link auroras with changes in the Earth's magnetic field (based on observations within a compass), and he participated in an expedition that proved the world was an ellipsoid and not a perfect sphere. - Celsius was most famous for his temperature scale, centigrade, which he proposed in 1742. It is now the dominant temperature scale in the world (three countries use Fahrenheit instead), and Celsius' name has been used interchangeably with 'centigrade'. - Celsius' young death was caused by a bout of tuberculosis.

Al Pacino is 84.

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Estee Lauder died on this day 20 years ago, aged 95. - Lauder's real name was Josephine. Her nickname "Estee" was derived from her middle name Esther; her parents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants, and originally wanted to name her "Eszti"- the same pronunciation. - Lauder got her start by helping her uncle with his business, which included lotions and fragrances. She would come up with her first fragrance in 1953, called "Youth-Dew". - The Estee Lauder company was founded in 1946; Lauder founded it with her husband Joseph. Her company would become the first female-focused cosmetic company to introduce a line for men in 1976, specifically skincare products. While in her 80s, her company would see massive growth due to brand acquisitions and going public. - Lauder would appear on the DeathList four times (all consecutively, from 2001 to 2004). She was the fourth (of 12) death on the 2004 list. At the time of her death, her age was believed to have been 97 instead of 95.

Shirley MacLaine is 90.

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Silas Soule died on this day 159 years ago, aged 26. - Soule was a direct descendant of Mayflower passenger George Soule; his 5x-great-grandfather. - Soule would move to Kansas in 1855; his family (particularly his father Amasa) were abolitionists who came to assist Underground Railroad efforts in Bleeding Kansas. Silas himself would help bring escaped slaves from Missouri to the north (possibly towards Iowa). - Following John Brown's arrest in 1859 following the Harper's Ferry raid, Soule would plan to break him out of jail- Brown refused due to wanting to be a martyr for the antislavery cause, and remained in his cell when Soule did manage to convince the jailer to let him out of his cell for a bit. - Soule would move to Colorado in 1860, and would join the Colorado Cavalry upon the outbreak of the Civil War. He would remain within the group after the Confederates retreated from New Mexico (where he fought). - Soule was one of the American soldiers who participated in the Sand Creek massacre of 1864- but refused his superior's orders to kill any Native Americans and told his unit to hold their fire. Soule would whistleblow details of the attack, and testified against said superior in the federal investigation of the event. - Soule was killed by a gunman a few months after his testimony (while working as a provost marshal), and his death is believed to have been an assassination.

George Lopez is 63. Here's his weirdest role:

4/22/2024 84 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 40 Adele — Chasing Pavements 29 Taylor Swift — Love Story  27 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 23 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings -3 21 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +4 12 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 4 La Roux — In For The Kill -3

Shock G (AKA Humpty Hump) died on this day 3 years ago, aged 57. (just let me introduce himself) - Shock's real name was Gregory Jacobs. He initially wanted to become a drummer, but got a turntable once he got into hip hop. He would be mentored by his cousin, nicknamed DJ Stretch, and his friend in their group suggested the stage name "Shah-G". - Shock's first group was called "Master Blasters", and he would eventually found Digital Underground in 1987. The group's first major successful single was the 1989 song "Doowutchyalike", which became a cult hit in the rap community: (if you missed it, he's the one who said "just grab 'em in the biscuits") - 1990 saw the release of the group's signature song, "The Humpty Dance": The song peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, but spent five weeks atop Billboard's Rap Chart. Humpty Hump was considered an alter ego; the character's backstory was that his name was 'Edward Ellington Humphrey III', and his big (like a pickle) nose was the result of it getting burned in a deep fryer while he was working as a fry cook. - Shock would be instrumental in the career of 2Pac, who joined Digital Underground in 1991. He would later act as the producer for some of his songs, such as "I Get Around" and "So Many Tears". - Shock died from an accidental fentanyl, meth and alcohol overdose.

Jack Nicholson is 87.

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(The artist formerly known as) Prince died on this day 8 years ago, aged 57. - Prince was indeed his real first name- he was named after his father John's stage name 'Prince Rogers'. Prince did not like his name- and preferred the nickname 'Skipper'. - Prince's first musical act was in the band of his cousin's husband, called 94 East: - Prince's debut single was 1978's "Soft and Wet", and he would immediately end up on the charts- number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. - Prince's song "Darling Nikki" inadvertently led to the creation of the Parental Advisory label on albums, when Al Gore's wife saw their daughter dancing to the song. - Prince was the original singer of "Nothing Compares 2 U", composed in 1985: - Prince was one of the few musicians to outright deny Weird Al permission to parody their songs, and Weird Al stated Prince was the only one to not give an explanation as to why. - Despite being associated with the color purple, Prince's favorite color was actually orange. - Prince's cremated remains were put into a custom 3D-printed urn shaped like his mansion, Paisley Park:

Tony Romo is 44.

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