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11/5/2024 80 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 68 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 65 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 50 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 49 Adele — Skyfall 49 Bastille — Pompeii +2 29 Nicki Minaj — Starships 27 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 24 One Direction — Best Song Ever 19 Avicii — Hey Brother 18 The Vamps — Can We Dance 15 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 09 Example — Say Nothing 00 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun -6

Bernie Marcus dead at 95. And on Election Day, too.

Johnny Horton died on this day 64 years ago, aged 35. - Born in California, Horton would go to Alaska in the 1940s to look for gold there. He would begin to write songs, and would return back to his home state to perform on local radio shows. He would soon get his own show, titled The Singing Fisherman. - After several appearances on Louisiana Hayride, Horton would get signed to Mercury Records- and would marry the widow of Hank Williams around this time. - After parting ways with his band (originally called The Singing Fisherman and the Rowley Trio before being renamed to Johnny Horton and the Roadrunners), Horton would have his first major single in 1956 with "Honky-Tonk Man". In 1959, his song "The Battle of New Orleans" peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and made him a national celebrity: Horton would earn a Grammy for this song, and in 1960 he would have two more top-ten singles, "Sink the Bismarck" (no. 3) and "North to Alaska" (no. 4). - Horton's career came to an abrupt end when he died in a car crash. Among the people at his funeral who delivered eulogies was Johnny Cash (a personal friend of his).

Art Garfunkel is 83.

Paul Eddington died on this day 29 years ago, aged 68. - Eddington's first major role was performing many characters in The Adventures of Robin Hood between 1956 and 1959, appearing in 64 of its 143 episodes. He also had guest roles in The Avengers, Z-Cars, and Danger Man. - In 1975, Eddington was cast as Jerry Leadbetter in The Good Life, considered to be his breakout role. In 1980 he would achieve further fame as the main character Jim Hacker in Yes, Minister, with the character becoming a fictional PM in the 1986 sequel series Yes, Prime Minister: - Eddington was diagnosed with Mycosis fungoides- a rare kind of very-slowly progressive lymphoma- when he was 28. His battle was publicized in 1994, which led to him opening up more about it (this was often erroneously stated to have been skin cancer): Eddington's death was overshadowed by the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin the very same day.

Ralph Macchio is 63.

11/4/2024 40 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 38 Texas - Say What You Want 33 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 32 No Doubt - Just a Girl 30 Luniz - I Got 5 On It 29 Faithless - Insomnia 28 Suede - Trash 28 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 27 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) +1 27 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity +3 22 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 Madonna - Don’t Cry for Me Argentina 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got It Goin’ On 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Dina Carroll - Escaping 20 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 20 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 20 Mark Owen - Clementine 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me 20 Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again 20 911 - The Journey 20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 18 Coolio ft. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There 18 Orbital - Satan Live 16 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 15 George Michael - Older/I Can’t Make You Love Me 15 3T - I Need You 14 Damage - Wonderful Tonight 14 Mark Owen - Child 14 Orbital - The Saint  14 Fugees - Rumble in the Jungle  11 Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion - Tell Him 10 Mariah Carey - Honey 00 Baby D - So Pure -6

11/4/2024 82 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 64 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 61 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 49 Bastille — Pompeii +2 45 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 39 Adele — Skyfall 33 Nicki Minaj — Starships 28 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 27 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 22 One Direction — Best Song Ever 19 Avicii — Hey Brother 18 The Vamps — Can We Dance 17 Example — Say Nothing 12 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 07 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar 01 Girls Aloud — Something New -6

11/3/2024 36 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 32 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity +3 31 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 30 No Doubt - Just a Girl 30 Texas - Say What You Want 28 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 26 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) +1 25 Suede - Trash 25 Luniz - I Got 5 On It 25 Faithless - Insomnia 22 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 21 Orbital - Satan Live 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got It Goin’ On 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Dina Carroll - Escaping 20 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 20 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 20 3T - I Need You 20 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 20 Mark Owen - Clementine 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me 20 Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 Damage - Wonderful Tonight 20 911 - The Journey 20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 18 Coolio ft. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There 17 George Michael - Older/I Can’t Make You Love Me 16 Madonna - Don’t Cry for Me Argentina -3 14 Mark Owen - Child 14 Orbital - The Saint  14 911 - Bodyshakin’ 14 Fugees - Rumble in the Jungle  11 Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion - Tell Him -3 10 Mariah Carey - Honey 08 Babybird - You’re Gorgeous 08 Baby D - So Pure 06 Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

11/3/2024 73 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 61 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 59 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 44 Bastille — Pompeii +2 41 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 41 Nicki Minaj — Starships 27 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 25 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 25 Adele — Skyfall 22 One Direction — Best Song Ever 21 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 21 The Vamps — Can We Dance 20 Example — Say Nothing 19 Girls Aloud — Something New 17 Avicii — Hey Brother 15 Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo — Let’s Go 11 Amelia Lily — You Bring Me Joy -3 10 One Direction — Story Of My Life -3 10 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar

Emperor Constantius II died on this day 1663 years ago, aged 44. - Constantius was the son of Constantine the Great, who named him as a co-emperor when he was 7 years old. His full name was 'Flavius Julius Constantianus'. - Constantius became the sole emperor of eastern Rome when his father died in 337, and would immediately wage war against Persia to get them to retreat from Roman territory in Mesopotamia. In 350, he would head back west to wage war against the usurping emperor Magnentius, with the ensuing civil war lasting for three years until Magnentius killed himself after being defeated in battle. - Constantius would further his father's Christian principles across the empire, declaring that those who participated in sacrifices to pagan gods were to receive the death penalty. As Roman polytheism was still the majority religion, many local government officials would not carry out his decree. He was also an antisemite, banning Jewish men from interfaith marriages with Christian women. It is believed his prejudice arose due to private Jewish businesses directly competing with nationalized businesses. - Constantius died after a 24-year reign, and was succeeded as emperor by his brother-in-law (and cousin) Julian.

Michael Dukakis is 91.

11/2/2024 34 Texas - Say What You Want 32 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 28 No Doubt - Just a Girl 28 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 27 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 25 Luniz - I Got 5 On It 25 Faithless - Insomnia 23 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity +3 23 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) +1 22 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 21 Orbital - Satan Live 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 21 Suede - Trash 20 Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got It Goin’ On 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Dina Carroll - Escaping 20 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 20 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 20 3T - I Need You 20 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 20 George Michael - Older/I Can’t Make You Love Me 20 Mark Owen - Clementine 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me 20 Fugees - Rumble in the Jungle 20 Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 911 - Bodyshakin’ 20 Damage - Wonderful Tonight 20 911 - The Journey 20 Coolio ft. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There  20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 16 Babybird - You’re Gorgeous 15 Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion - Tell Him -3 14 Baby D - So Pure 14 Mark Owen - Child 14 Orbital - The Saint  13 Mariah Carey - Honey 13 Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby 11 Madonna - Don’t Cry for Me Argentina -3

11/2/2024 73  Emeli Sande — Next To Me 56 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 50 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 41 Bastille — Pompeii +2 38 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 34 Nicki Minaj — Starships 27 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 27 Adele — Skyfall 25 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 21 One Direction — Story Of My Life 21 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 21 One Direction — Best Song Ever 21 The Vamps — Can We Dance 21 Girls Aloud — Something New 20 Amelia Lily — You Bring Me Joy 20 Example — Say Nothing 17 Avicii — Hey Brother 16 Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo — Let’s Go 14 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar 12 Calvin Harris ft. Example — We’ll Be Coming Back 11 Bastille — Of The Night 00 Alyssa Reid ft. Jump Smokers — Alone Again (Naturally?) -6

Theo van Gogh died on this day 20 years ago, aged 47. - Van Gogh was a great-grandnephew of Vincent van Gogh, being the great-grandson of his brother- also named Theo van Gogh. - Van Gogh's first film was 1981's Luger. His 1994 film 1-900 would be selected as the Netherlands' entry for the Oscars' Best Foreign Language Film that year, but was ultimately not nominated. He did, however, win three Golden Calf awards (the Netherlands' equivalent of the Oscars) in 1996 for Blind Date. - Following 9/11, Van Gogh would become a major critic of Islam, particularly its treatment of women. In 2004, he would make the short film Submission- praised by some for showing the issue of religious violence towards women, but also criticized for bashing the religion in and of itself as well. - Just a little over two months after Submission was released, Van Gogh was murdered by a lone Muslim fundamentalist- who was sentenced to life in prison without parole the following year. His murder led to rioting over the following months. In 2007, a sculpture serving as a monument to the freedom of speech was built near the site where he was killed:

Nelly is 50.

Crowdsource Form Guide 1: Tomasz Schafernaker /annual j As for the /srs... Crowdsource Form Guide 2: Chris Hoy Diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer last year and recently stated it was terminal (2-4 years left to live, very sad that he's only 48).

11/1/2024 30 Texas - Say What You Want 28 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 25 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 25 Suede - Trash 24 No Doubt - Just a Girl 24 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 23 Luniz - I Got 5 On It 23 Faithless - Insomnia 22 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity +3 22 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) +1 22 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 22 Babybird - You’re Gorgeous 21 Orbital - Satan Live 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 Baby D - So Pure 20 Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got It Goin’ On 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Dina Carroll - Escaping 20 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 20 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 20 3T - I Need You 20 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 20 George Michael - Older/I Can’t Make You Love Me 20 Mark Owen - Clementine 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me 20 Fugees - Rumble in the Jungle 20 Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 911 - Bodyshakin’ 20 Damage - Wonderful Tonight 20 911 - The Journey 20 Coolio ft. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There  20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 18 Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion - Tell Him 17 Mark Owen - Child 17 Orbital - The Saint  17 Mariah Carey - Honey 15 Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby 12 Madonna - Don’t Cry for Me Argentina 06 Peter Andre - All About Us 06 Steven Houghton - Wind Beneath My Wings 00 Goldbug - Whole Lotta Love -6

11/1/2024 65 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 49 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 45 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 37 Bastille — Pompeii +2 35 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 32 Nicki Minaj — Starships 32 One Direction — Story Of My Life 28 Adele — Skyfall 27 Girls Aloud — Something New 24 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 23 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 21 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 21 One Direction — Best Song Ever 21 The Vamps — Can We Dance 20 Amelia Lily — You Bring Me Joy 20 Example — Say Nothing 18 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar 18 Calvin Harris ft. Example — We’ll Be Coming Back 17 Avicii — Hey Brother 16 Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo — Let’s Go 16 Alyssa Reid ft. Jump Smokers — Alone Again -4 11 Bastille — Of The Night 10 Jason Derulo — The Other Side 06 Disclosure ft. Aluna George — White Noise -2

Alexander III of Russia died on this day 130 years ago, aged 49. - Alexander was the son of tsar Alexander II, and became tsar himself upon his father's assassination in 1881. - Alexander would deliberately work to undo the liberal policies his father introduced, believing them to have allowed the group that assassinated him to form. He would send 'land captains' to supervise and administrate peasant towns, though they were also assigned to provide relief to these communities when needed. - A devout Eastern Orthodox Christian, Alexander was blatantly antisemitic, notably passing the May Laws of 1882 that barred Jews from certain jobs and places to live, and openly encouraged pogroms against them, which led to many emigrating to the United States during his reign. This belief was so entrenched that Alexander blamed them for his royal train derailing in an 1888 accident (when he had demanded the train to go as fast as possible). - Alexander was known for forging an alliance with France via an 1891 treaty- this would become the Triple Entente when the UK joined in 1907. - Alexander also commissioned the first ever Faberge egg as a gift for his wife Dagmar of Denmark (AKA Maria Feodorovna) in 1885, which soon became a yearly tradition among the Russian royal family. - Alexander died from nephritis, believed to have been triggered by the blunt force trauma from his train crash six years prior. He was succeeded by his son Nicholas II (the final tsar of Russia).

Jenny McCarthy is 52.

Halloween 2024 26 Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity +3 22 Radiohead- Paranoid Android 22 Suede- Trash 22 Luniz- I Got 5 On It 22 No Doubt- Just a Girl 22 Babybird- You’re Gorgeous 22 Katrina and the Waves- Love Shine a Light 21 Backstreet Boys- Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) +1 21 Faithless- Insomnia 20 Baby D- So Pure 20 Goldbug- Whole Lotta Love 20 Mariah Carey- Always Be My Baby 20 Backstreet Boys- We’ve Got It Goin’ On 20 The Charlatans- One to Another 20 Dina Carroll- Escaping 20 B.B.E.- Seven Days and One Week 20 Celine Dion- It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 20 Mark Owen- Child 20 3T- I Need You 20 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler- One & One 20 Orbital- Satan Live 20 Texas- Say What You Want 20 George Michael- Older/I Can’t Make You Love Me 20 Mark Owen- Clementine 20 The Source ft. Candi Staton- You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 20 Eternal- Don’t You Love Me 20 Fugees- Rumble in the Jungle 20 Wet Wet Wet- If I Never See You Again 20 Orbital- The Saint 20 U2- Staring at the Sun 20 911- Bodyshakin’ 20 The Seahorses- Love Is The Law 20 Damage- Wonderful Tonight 20 911- The Journey 20 Coolio ft. 40 Thevz- C U When U Get There 20 Peter Andre- All About Us 20 Shola Ama- You’re the One I Love 20 Mariah Carey- Honey 20 Backstreet Boys- As Long As You Love Me 18 Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion- Tell Him -2 16 Madonna- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina -2 14 Steven Houghton- Wind Beneath My Wings 00 East 17- Hey Child -2

Halloween 2024 61 Emeli Sande — Next To Me 40 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 40 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +2 34 Bastille — Pompeii +2 30 Nicki Minaj — Starships 29 One Direction — Story Of My Life 29 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 26 Girls Aloud — Something New 26 Adele — Skyfall 23 Gary Barlow — Let Me Go 23 Bruno Mars — When I Was Your Man 22 Dappy ft. Brian May — Rockstar 21 Disclosure ft. Aluna George — White Noise 21 The Wanted — Chasing The Sun 21 One Direction — Best Song Ever 21 The Vamps — Can We Dance 20 Alyssa Reid ft. Jump Smokers — Alone Again 20 Amelia Lily — You Bring Me Joy 20 Example — Say Nothing 18 Calvin Harris ft. Example — We’ll Be Coming Back 17 Avicii — Hey Brother 17 Chris Malinchak — So Good To Me 16 Jason Derulo — The Other Side 16 Calvin Harris ft. Ne-Yo — Let’s Go 12 Bastille — Of The Night  10 Sean Paul — She Doesn’t Mind 05 James Arthur — You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You -3 00 50 Cent, Eminem & Adam Levine — My Life -3

Peter Stumpp died on this day 435 years ago, aged 59. (a personal favorite Halloween history story of mine) - 'Stumpp' may have actually just been a nickname due to the fact that his left hand had been cut off. He was also known under the alias 'Abel Griswold'. - During a trial, Stumpp claimed to have been given the ability to transform into a voracious wolf after being given a magical belt from the Devil in 1542. He would start off by eating livestock such as goats and sheep (sometime around 1564 according to him), before targeting children and pregnant women to allegedly cannibalize- among the victims was stated to have been his own son. In all likelihood, Stumpp was believed to have been an actual serial killer who murdered 14 people. - Stumpp was also accused of having an incestuous relationship with his daughter Sybil, and the two were sentenced to death together. Stumpp's execution was known for its goriness- he was tied to a wheel before being partially flayed by hot iron pincers, followed by his arms and legs being broken, and finally being beheaded (as seen in the depiction above), and his corpse would then be burnt. His head, however, was put on display atop a pole with the figure of a wolf on it to ward off other people who locals believed were werewolves.

Brian Doyle-Murray is 79.