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7/9/2024 94 Years & Years — King 90 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 78 Ella Henderson — Ghost 68 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 51 Little Mix — Black Magic 41 Pharrell Williams — Happy +2 35 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 34 Omi — Cheerleader +2 33 Calvin Harris — Summer 32 Mr Probz — Waves 30 Adele — Hello 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 27 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 26 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 22 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 22 Kiesza — Hideaway 21 Magic — Rude -4 17 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 16 Aloe Blacc — The Man 14 Sigma — Nobody To Love 8 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself -2

7/9/2024 53 Madness - Baggy Trousers 52 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 47 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 47 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 38 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 31 ABBA - One Of Us 25 Rainbow — I Surrender 20 Bad Manners - Special Brew 19 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb  11 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)  10 Bad Manners - Can Can -6 09 Madness - My Girl

Earl Warren died on this day 50 years ago, aged 83. - Warren received a law degree in 1914 and would rise to prominence as an attorney; he was elected the Attorney General of California in 1938. - From there, Warren would be elected the governor of California in 1942. Warren would build up California's school system, reformed mental asylums and prisons, and ended the segregation of Native Americans and Asians within the state (rectifying his initial advocacy for Japanese internment camps in WWII). - In 1948, Warren was chosen as the running mate for Democratic nominee Thomas Dewey- the two lost 189-303 (with Strom Thurmond earning 39 electoral votes as a third party candidate). Warren would run for president in 1952, losing the Republican primary to Dwight D. Eisenhower. - Eisenhower would nominate Warren to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court following the death of chief justice Fred M. Vinson in 1953, and he was accepted by the Senate the following year. Among the cases he oversaw included Brown v. Board of Education (school desegregation), Miranda v. Arizona (right to remain silent), and Loving v. Virginia (legalization of interracial marriage). - Warren is perhaps remembered best for leading the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone (despite all the other theories that continue to float around). - Warren would announce his resignation from the Supreme Court in 1968, hoping a successor would be appointed during the last months of the Johnson administration. This did not occur, and Richard Nixon's nominee Warren Burger would be Warren's successor as Chief Justice (a coincidental succession of Warrens- though one was a surname and the other was a first name). Warren would have a five-year retirement before he died of heart failure.

Pamela Adlon is 58.

7/8/2024 90 Years & Years — King 84 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 74 Ella Henderson — Ghost 66 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 47 Little Mix — Black Magic 37 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 35 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 34 Omi — Cheerleader +1 33 Calvin Harris — Summer 32 Mr Probz — Waves 29 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 28 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 27 Magic — Rude 27 Adele — Hello 27 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 26 Kiesza — Hideaway 20 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 18 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 16 Sigma — Nobody To Love 08 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +2 0 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel -6

7/8/2024 50 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 53 Madness - Baggy Trousers 43 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 41 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 38 Rainbow — I Surrender 38 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 33 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb  26 ABBA - One Of Us 18 Bad Manners - Special Brew 18 Bad Manners - Can Can 17 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 15 Madness - My Girl  0 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) -6

Kim Il-sung died on this day 30 years ago, aged 82. - Kim's original first name was Song-ju, and he was coincidentally born the same day the Titanic sank. - Kim would attend high school in China, and joined the CCP in 1931. He would be expelled from the party in 1933 during the Minsaengdan incident (where the CCP believed Koreans supported the Japanese occupation of Manchuria- they themselves despised Japan because they also occupied Korea), but was reinstated the following year. - Kim would return to Korea in the aftermath of World War II, and was made the secretary of the North Korean Branch Bureau- the Soviet Union put him in charge of their occupied Korean territories. An assassination attempt was made against him in 1946 by an anticommunist. - After South Korea declared independence in 1948 and declared control over all former Korean territory, the Soviet Union would initiate elections in the North, where Kim was elected as premier. Wanting to unite all of Korea under communism, it is believed that Kim was responsible for initiating the Korean War, against the popular belief that Stalin initiated a proxy war. - Kim would consolidate power by purging communist rivals and developing a cult of personality (to where North Korea's calendar begins with his birth date), which devolved into spreading propaganda that he was a god of sorts. Among the myths that were spread included that he was able to teleport, and North Korea's Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System are effectively the country's equivalent of the Ten Commandments (these were made in 1974, and continue to include his name to this day). - Kim made two appearances on the DeathList in 1993 and 1994; he was the 7th hit (of 9) of the 1994 list.

Kevin Bacon is 66. To relate to the list- Jimmy Carter is 3 degrees from Kevin Bacon: - Jimmy Carter was in Horowitz at the White House (1978) with Jim Lehrer. - Jim Lehrer was in Zoolander 2 (2016) with Benedict Cumberbatch. - Benedict Cumberbatch was in Black Mass (2015) with Kevin Bacon.

7/7/2024 86 Years & Years — King 78 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 74 Ella Henderson — Ghost 64 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 43 Little Mix — Black Magic 37 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 36 Adele — Hello  36 Calvin Harris — Summer 35 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 34 Kiesza — Hideaway 33 Omi — Cheerleader +1 32 Mr Probz — Waves 29 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 29 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 24 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 23 Magic — Rude  19 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 16 Sigma — Nobody To Love 12 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 08 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +2 06 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 0 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing -6

7/7/2024 50 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 49 Madness - Baggy Trousers 43 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 43 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb  42 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 41 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 27 Rainbow — I Surrender 26 ABBA - One Of Us 24 Bad Manners - Can Can 21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 17 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) -3 15 Madness - My Girl  12 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) -3

Thomas Hooker died on this day 377 years ago, aged 61. - Hooker was a teacher and preacher who would acquire a sizable Puritan following, and would emigrate to what is now Massachusetts in 1633. - Hooker became dissatisfied with the laws of the Massachusetts Bay Colony- he thought the towns were all too close together, and the fact that voting was limited to those who had formally admitted to their church. Hooker, along with Samuel Stone, would set out west with a group of about 100 settlers when the Massachusetts General Court allowed colonists to do so. - In 1636, Hooker and Stone would found the settlement of Hartford, and would name the new colony Connecticut after the nearby river. Hooker would assist in drafting the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut in 1639 (in which peoples' rights in the colony were defined), and as such has been referred to as the "father" of said state. - Hooker died during the 1647 flu epidemic. He had six children, and among his descendants were William Howard Taft and Aaron Burr.

Ringo Starr is 84.

7/6/2024 80 Years & Years — King 76 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 70 Ella Henderson — Ghost 60 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 43 Little Mix — Black Magic 40 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 38 Kiesza — Hideaway 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 36 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 35 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 35 Adele — Hello 32 Mr Probz — Waves 32 Omi — Cheerleader +1 29 Magic — Rude 29 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 25 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 16 Sigma — Nobody To Love 13 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +2 10 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 08 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 0 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame -6

7/6/2024 47 Madness - Baggy Trousers 46 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 44 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 42 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 38 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb  34 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 24 Rainbow — I Surrender 24 ABBA - One Of Us 22 Madness - My Girl  21 Bad Manners - Special Brew 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 15 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 14 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 10 Stevie Wonder - Lately 01 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl -6

Van McCoy died on this day 45 years ago, aged 39. - McCoy played the piano as a child, and would begin writing songs when he was 12. He and his older brother Norman would form a band with two of their friends, called "The Starlighters". - McCoy's first single was 1961's "Hey Mr. DJ", and he would be signed on to Scepter Records as a songwriter. Among the singers and bands he wrote songs for included Jackie Wilson, the Shirelles, and Gladys Knight. - In 1975, McCoy would release the album Disco Baby, not expecting much to come from it- and was shocked when his single "The Hustle" ended up peaking atop the Billboard Hot 100 and earned him a Grammy Award: - In 1978, McCoy would sing the theme for the movie Sextette (Mae West's final film), and would have a cameo appearance in it. - McCoy's early death was due to a heart attack.

Sylvester Stallone is 78... and so is George W. Bush.

7/5/2024 76 Years & Years — King 68 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 62 Ella Henderson — Ghost 60 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 52 Kiesza — Hideaway 45 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 41 Little Mix — Black Magic 40 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 38 Adele — Hello 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 35 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 32 Mr Probz — Waves 31 Omi — Cheerleader +1 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 27 Magic — Rude -3 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 25 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 16 Sigma — Nobody To Love 14 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 14 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 11 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing -3

7/5/2024 40 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 40 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 38 Madness - Baggy Trousers 35 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 32 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 30 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 28 Madness - My Girl  24 ABBA - One Of Us 24 Rainbow — I Surrender 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 19 Bad Manners - Special Brew 19 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 15 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl -2 8 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) -4

Walter Gropius died on this day 55 years ago, aged 86. - Gropius' family was already known for their architecture- his great-uncle Martin designed the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin. - Gropius would begin work as an architect in 1908, notably designing the Fagus shoe factory in 1911, and the pavilion for the 1914 Werkbund Exhibition. - Gropius served as a sergeant during World War I, getting wounded on the western front. He would receive two Iron Crosses for his service. - In 1919, Gropius would found the Bauhaus art school, known for facilitating an art and architecture style of the same name: Gropius would leave the Bauhaus in 1928 after leading for 9 years. - Gropius would leave Germany in 1934 due to the fact the Nazis despised his modernist art style, before moving to the US three years later. He would live in Massachusetts for the last 32 years of his life, designing a house for him and his family: - Gropius' first wife was Alma Schindler- the ex-wife of Gustav Mahler and later the wife of Franz Werfel; Alma would have affairs with Werfel due to the fact he was off fighting in World War I. Gropius was the only one of Alma's husbands to outlive her.

Huey Lewis is 74.

You'll never believe which political party Lord North belonged to.

Independence Day/Independence from the Tories Day 2024 72 Years & Years — King 64 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 62 Ella Henderson — Ghost 55 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 54 Kiesza — Hideaway 42 Adele — Hello 41 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 39 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 35 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 34 Magic — Rude -3 32 Mr Probz — Waves 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 30 Omi — Cheerleader +1 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 25 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 25 Sigma — Nobody To Love 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 19 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 17 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 14 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 10 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 8 Sam Smith — Stay With Me -3

Independence Day/Independence from the Tories Day 2024 40 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 35 Madness - Baggy Trousers 32 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 30 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 30 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 26 ABBA - One Of Us 26 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 24 Madness - My Girl 24 Rainbow — I Surrender 20 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Stevie Wonder - Lately 20 Bad Manners - Can Can 20 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 20 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love) 20 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 19 Bad Manners - Special Brew 18 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) 14 Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face 12 Elvis Presley - It’s Only Love/Beyond the Reef 12 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat 0 Michael Jackson - Hee-hee’s Out Of My Life -6

Marie Curie died on this day 90 years ago, aged 66. - Curie's maiden name was Sklodowska, and she would move from Poland to Paris in her 20s, following in the steps of her sister Bronislawa. - Curie would initially study magnetism in steel, before meeting Pierre Curie and developing feelings due to their mutual love for science. The two married in 1895, and had two daughters- Irene and Eve (Irene was a Nobel laureate, and Eve lived to be 102). - Curie would research the radioactive properties of pitchblende, and after isolating the uranium from it in 1898, would discover two elements- polonium and radium: Both Marie and Pierre (who had assisted her in her isolation efforts) would be awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics; Marie would be awarded a second Nobel Prize (in Chemistry) in 1911. - Pierre was killed after being hit by and falling under a horse-drawn carriage in 1906, and the University of Paris would give his seat in their physics department to Marie. During World War I, Marie would serve as a nurse, operating X-ray ambulances near the front lines. - Curie often surrounded herself with radium- which ended up leading to her demise; it is believed that she acquired aplastic anemia due to longtime radiation exposure, which damaged her bone marrow.

Post Malone is 29.