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Margaret Tudor died on this day 483 years ago, aged 51. - Margaret was the second child and first daughter of King Henry VII, and was married off to James IV of Scotland at just 13 years old (as a result of a marriage treaty between England and Scotland), and had her first child with him at 17- only their son James V lived to adulthood. - After her husband was killed in the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513, she was named regent to her only surviving son, much to the anger of the Scottish people (she was sister to an enemy king- Henry VIII). Scotland's Privy Council determined that she forfeited her right to the regency by sending letters to her brother in 1514, and was replaced by James IV's cousin John Stewart. - Margaret would then be exiled to her native England after marrying Archibald Douglas- their daughter Margaret was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots' husband Henry (and therefore making them first cousins). - Margaret returned to Scotland in 1524 after a coup ended James V's regency, becoming the chief advisor to her son. Her second marriage was soon annulled (due to Margaret and Archibald being estranged from each other for years), and she would finally marry Henry Stewart in 1528. - Margaret is believed to have died from a stroke that rendered her paralyzed.

Mike Ditka is 85. Was on the list a long time ago.

Evelyn Hurley dead at 109. Edit: Ninja'd by Gisooo.

10/17/2024 35 Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) +4 34 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World 30 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix)  27 Enigma - Return to Innocence  27 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds  24 The BC-52’s - (Meet) The Flintstones 24 Suede - Stay Together 24 Dawn Penn - You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) 22 Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 21 Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out 20 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey - Endless Love  20 East 17 - It’s Alright  20 K7 - Come Baby Come  20 East 17 - Around the World  20 Take That - Love Ain’t Here Anymore  20 Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On  20 Wet Wet Wet - Julia Says  20 Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream  20 Baby D - (Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving  20 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer - I’m a Believer  20 Smokie ft. Roy Chubby Brown - Living Next Door to Alice (Who The Fuck is Alice?)  14 Boyzone - Key to My Life 12 C.J. Lewis - Sweets for My Sweet  12 The Grid - Swamp Thing  06 R. Kelly - She’s Got That Vibe -6

10/17/2024 25 Dean Martin — Volare -6 24 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog +1 07 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +3

Pope Boniface II died on this day 1492 years ago, aged ~72. - Boniface was believed to have been born in Rome to a Gothic immigrant named Sigibuld; he was the first pope of Germanic ancestry. - Boniface was consecrated as an archdeacon by Pope Felix IV, who took a liking to him and vocally wanted him to succeed him as pope. As such, Boniface was elected pope in 530 after Felix's death- but was contested by Antipope Dioscorus, who was elected by clergy who feared Ostrogoth domination of the church. However, Dioscorus died only three weeks later, leaving Boniface as the only papal claimant. - Boniface's opponents would end up submitting to him in a synod arranged by him. In another, he suggested a pope should be allowed to handpick their successor (as Felix had effectively done), but retracted his opinion due to backlash from the clergy. - Boniface died after two years of being pope, and was succeeded by John II.

Steve McMichael is 67.

Reuters reporting it. Probably not.

10/16/2024 30 Scatman John- Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) +4 25 Bobby Brown- Two Can Play That Game (K Klassic Mix) 25 Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry- 7 Seconds 24 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time in the World 24 Dawn Penn- You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) 24 Enigma- Return to Innocence 22 Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey- Endless Love 21 Everything But The Girl- Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 20 East 17- It’s Alright 20 K7- Come Baby Come 20 Suede- Stay Together 20 C.J. Lewis- Sweets for My Sweet 20 East 17- Around the World 20 The Grid- Swamp Thing 20 Take That- Love Ain’t Here Anymore 20 The BC-52’s- (Meet) The Flintstones 20 Nightcrawlers- Push the Feeling On 20 Freak Power- Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out 20 Wet Wet Wet- Julia Says 20 Boyzone- Key to My Life 20 Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson- Scream 20 Baby D- (Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving 20 EMF and Reeves & Mortimer- I’m a Believer 20 Smokie ft. Roy Chubby Brown- Living Next Door to Alice (Who The Fuck is Alice?) 15 The Rembrandts- I’ll Be There for You 14 R. Kelly- She’s Got That Vibe -6 12 Oasis - Whatever

10/16/2024 35 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog +3 28 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +1 21 Dean Martin — Volare -6

Shirley Booth died on this day 32 years ago, aged 94. - Booth's real name was Marjory Ford, and took a stage name at the beginning of her acting career. Her first Broadway show was a production of Hell's Bells in 1925. - Booth won two Tony Awards for her roles Goodbye, My Fancy in 1949, and Come Back, Little Sheba in 1951- she reprised her role of Lola Delaney in the film adaptation in 1952, and won an Oscar for Best Actress the following year. - Booth would star as the titular maid of the TV show Hazel, running from 1961 to 1966 and earning her two Emmys (she never won a Grammy, so she wasn't an EGOT). - Booth's final role was one of her most memorable- voicing Mrs. Claus in the 1974 Christmas classic The Year Without a Santa Claus: - To avoid ageism in the acting industry, Booth claimed to have been born in 1907, and was therefore believed to have been 85 before her correct age was reported after she died.

John Mayer is 47.

10/15/2024 86 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) 53 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 42 Spin Doctors - Two Princes +4 34 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 03 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive -6

10/15/2024 35 Elvis Presley— Hound Dog +3 33 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +1 24 Dean Martin — Volare -4 20 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love -2

Andreas Vesalius died on this day 460 years ago, aged 49. - Vesalius was born in the Netherlands as Andries van Wesel, later choosing to Latinize his name. He came from a long line of doctors who often served the Holy Roman Emperor. - During his time at university (majoring in medicine (obviously)), Vesalius would often take bones from charnel houses and would often attempt to reconstruct the skeleton. He would be hired as a professor at the University of Padua shortly after graduation. - Vesalius would often receive the corpses of recently-executed criminals and would assist his students in dissecting them in order to understand human anatomy, and would bring the world of European anatomy into the then-modern age as he disproved Roman era theories, such as discovering the human mandible was a single bone (instead of two). He would also become famous for his extremely detailed depictions of human innards: These were often replicated without Vesalius' permission, but he understood that this would be bound to happen (putting that statement in an author's note in one of his medical books). - Vesalius left his job in 1550 to become physician for Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (and his son Philip II beginning in 1555). He was often mocked by his peers due to largely treating soldiers wounded in battle, and in 1564 Vesalius would eventually request to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, which was accepted- it is believed he did so just to get away from his duties in the royal court and get back to his studies. He ended up getting shipwrecked in Greece (on an island then controlled by Venice), where he died soon after.

Ginuwine is 54.

10/14/2024 78 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) 45 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 40 Spin Doctors - Two Princes +4 34 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 21 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive 11 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time 11 Mr. Big - To Be With You  00 SWV - Right Here ( Human Nature Remix) -6

10/14/2024 33 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +1 33 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog +3 28 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 23 Dean Martin — Volare 18 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 09 Elvis Presley — King Creole -6

Lou Albano died on this day 15 years ago, aged 76. - Albano started his career as a boxer in 1952, under the stage name "Leaping Lou", which soon became the "Mount Vernon Mauler". In the late '50s, he would be introduced to Vince McMahon Sr., and would then go from boxing to professional wrestling. - Albano would be paired with Tony Altomare, and the two fought as a team known as 'The Sicilians' beginning in 1961, and the team won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship in 1967. The two split up in 1969. Albano then became a wrestling manager in 1970, and it is during that time he received his most famous nickname, "Captain Lou". - During the 1980s, Albano was well-known outside of wrestling for his portrayal of Cyndi Lauper's father in the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" music video... ...But far more well known for being the first live-action actor to portray Mario in the 1989 series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (for which he also voiced him in the main animated segments): - Albano suffered a heart attack in 2005, and died to a second one in 2009.

Ralph Lauren is 85.

10/13/2024 76 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992 ) 44 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 34 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 33 Spin Doctors - Two Princes +4 23 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive 21 Mr. Big - To Be With You 14 SWV - Right Here ( Human Nature Remix) 11 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time 05 Madonna - Erotica -1 00 Dina Carroll - Don’t Be a Stranger -5

10/13/2024 30 Dean Martin — That’s Amore 22 Dean Martin — Volare 22 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 21 Elvis Presley — King Creole 20 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog +2 16 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 13 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song +2 11 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog -2 09 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap -3 06 Nat King Cole — Smile -1

Ed Sullivan died on this day 50 years ago, aged 73. - Sullivan was a varsity athlete during high school, and ended up writing sports news for his local paper; he would later be hired by them following his graduation. - Sullivan would then join the New York Daily News in 1929, becoming their Broadway journalist, nicknamed "Mr. Broadway". He would co-direct a 1933 film of the same name where he gives a tour of New York celebrity hotspots, with walk-on celebrities including the likes of Jack Benny, Jack Dempsey, and two future Wizard of Oz actors (Bert Lahr and Jack Haley... lots of Jacks in this documentary). - Sullivan was hired by CBS for a radio program in 1941, and in 1948 he would begin hosting The Ed Sullivan Show on their TV network- it was initially named Toast of the Town between 1948 and 1955. He was particularly well-known for introducing up-and-coming music superstars to a much wider audience on his show- notably Elvis Presley in 1956, and The Beatles in 1964: Sullivan also often hosted Black entertainers on his show during the segregation period, notably Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, and Louis Armstrong. - Sullivan was a lifelong smoker and was diagnosed with throat cancer in September 1974, losing his battle with the disease in just one month.

Sacha Baron Cohen is 53.

10/12/2024 70 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) 40 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 34 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 33 Spin Doctors - Two Princes +4 22 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive 22 Dina Carroll - Don’t Be a Stranger 21 Mr. Big - To Be With You  17 SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix) 11 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time 07 Madonna - Erotica -3 06 Sub Sub ft. Melanie Williams - Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use) -3