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Halfway through the year now, so here's a hypothetical 2025 list if nothing were to change in the next 6 months: 1. Jimmy Carter (101, Ex US President, 1) 2. June Spencer (106, Archers' Peggy Woolley, NEW) 3. Noam Chomsky (97, Intellectual, 9) 4. David Graham (100, Actor, NEW) 5. Pete Murray (100, British radio presenter, 3) 6. Stanley Baxter (99, Comedian, 16) 7. Alan Greenspan (99, Economist, 4) 8. Eva Marie Saint (101, Actress, NEW) 9. Dick Van Dyke (100, Actor, 2) 10. Nigel Starmer-Smith (81, Rugby Commentator, 13) 11. Mel Brooks (99, Comedian/Director, 11) 12. Joanne Woodward (95, Actress, 17) 13. Gena Rowlands (95, Actress, NEW) 14. Sidney Cooke (98, Pedophile, NEW) 15. Sandy Gall (98, TV news reporter, 8) 16. Sven-Goran Eriksson (77, Football manager, NEW) 17. Esther Rantzen (85, TV presenter, 35) 18. Cleo Laine (98, Jazz Singer, 7) 19. Ethel Kennedy (97, Kennedy Family, 6) 20. James Watson (97, Social Darwinist, NEW) 21. Bob Newhart (96, Comedian, 30) 22. David Attenborough (99, Broadcaster and Natural Historian, -) 23. James Whale (74, Broadcaster, 14) 24. Gene Hackman (95, Actor, 23) 25. Tippi Hedren (95, Actress, NEW) 26. Douglas Hurd (95, Politician, -) 27. Jean-Marie Le Pen (97, French Neo-Nazi, 24) 28. Yoko Ono (92, Mrs Lennon, -) 29. Dennis Skinner (93, Politician, 12) 30. Tom Lehrer (97, Musical comedian, NEW) 31. Roberta Flack (88, Singer, 36) 32. Hans Blix (97, Weapons Inspector, 26) 33. Norman Tebbit (94, Politician, 32) 34. James Earl Jones (94, Vader's Voice, NEW) 35. Len Deighton (96, Spy novelist, NEW) 36. Shannen Doherty (54, 90210 Actor, -) 37. Antonia Fraser (93, Author, NEW) 38. Desmond Morris (97, Zoologist, 22) 39. Ted Turner (87, Media Mogul, 44) 40. Clint Eastwood (95, Dirty Harry, 19) 41. Rupert Murdoch (94, "News" Magnate, NEW) 42. Brian Wilson (83, Beach Boy, -) 43. Kenneth Cope (94, Actor, NEW) 44. Bernie Ecclestone (95, F1 Supremo, NEW) 45. Pope Francis (89, Pope, 5) 46. Rex Williams (92, Snooker player, -) 47. Geoffrey Boycott (85, Cricketer, NEW) 48. Liza Minnelli (79, Entertainer, -) 49. Jean Marsh (91, Actress, NEW) 50. Joe Biden (83, (Ex?) US President, NEW)

7/3/2024 66 Years & Years — King 60 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 58 Ella Henderson — Ghost 56 Kiesza — Hideaway 52 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 46 Adele — Hello 43 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Magic — Rude 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 36 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 29 Omi — Cheerleader +1 28 Mr Probz — Waves 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 26 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 23 Sigma — Nobody To Love 23 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 17 Sam Smith — Stay With Me -2 17 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 15 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 15 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 9 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem -4

7/3/2024 30 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 29 Madness - Baggy Trousers 28 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 24 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 24 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir 23 Bad Manners - Special Brew 22 ABBA - One Of Us 22 Madness - My Girl 22 Rainbow - I Surrender 20 KC and The Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go 20 Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face 20 Michael Jackson - She’s Out Of My Life 20 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again 20 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat 20 Elvis Presley - It’s Only Love/Beyond the Reef 20 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic 20 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry 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 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) 20 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 14 Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 14 The Nolans - I’m in the Mood for Dancing 04 Tony Capstick and the Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band - Capstick Comes Home/The Sheffield Grinder 0 Fiddler’s Dram - Day Trip to Bangor -6

Theodor Herzl died on this day 120 years ago, aged 44. - Herzl's ancestors Germanized their last name from "Loebl"- both surnames mean 'little heart'. Theodor himself was a nationalist who highly regarded German culture, especially the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. - Herzl would move to Austria in 1878, working as a lawyer and journalist. He would join a pan-German nationalist group, but left soon after due to members' antisemitism. - After covering the Dreyfus affair (in which a French Jewish captain was falsely accused and convicted of being a German spy), and following the election of noted antisemite Karl Lueger as mayor of his home city of Vienna in 1895, Herzl became convinced that Jewish people must flee Europe and create their own nation where they could practice their religion without being persecuted. This culminated in his most famous work, 1896's Der Judenstaat, in which he stated the proposed state should be established in the Jewish ancestral homeland in Palestine (then a part of the Ottoman Empire); Herzl also accused anti-Zionists (particularly those who wanted to assimilate into Europe or the US) of being self-loathing Jews. - Herzl would manage to gain an audience with high-ranking Ottoman officials, which was declined by sultan Abdul Hamid II on the basis that the mayor of Jerusalem feared large immigration would spark Arab nationalist movements within the empire. - Herzl died at such a young age due to atherosclerosis. He is considered the founder of modern Zionism, and remains a very controversial figure due to the Israel-Palestine conflict that continues to this day (you all know what's happened since last October).

Yeardley Smith is 60.

7/2/2024 60 Years & Years — King 58 Kiesza — Hideaway 54 Ella Henderson — Ghost 54 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 51 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 45 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 38 Magic — Rude 37 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 34 Adele — Hello 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 28 Omi — Cheerleader +1 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 25 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 24 Mr Probz — Waves 24 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 19 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 17 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 14 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem  12 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 0 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) -6

7/2/2024 55 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 23 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -5 0 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -1

Henry the Fowler died on this day 1088 years ago, aged 59. - Henry was the son of Otto, the duke of Saxony, and would succeed his father as duke after his death in 912. - In 919, Henry would be elected king of East Francia, having been handpicked by his predecessor Conrad I before he died. Henry was the first non-Frank to take the throne (a Saxon), and reportedly got his epithet because he was reportedly fixing his bird traps when messengers arrived to inform him of his election as king. - Henry was known for his military exploits during his reign, going to war with West Francia, Hungary, multiple Slavic tribes, and Denmark. He was nearly killed in battle with Hungarian troops in the Battle of Puchen in the first year of his rule, but had driven them away from Germany by 933. - Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty of German monarchs, named after his son and successor Otto I.

Imelda Marcos is 95.

7/1/2024 54 Years & Years — King 54 Kiesza — Hideaway 50 Ella Henderson — Ghost 50 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 47 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 47 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 36 Adele — Hello 35 Magic — Rude 34 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Little Mix — Black Magic 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 32 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 27 Omi — Cheerleader +1 26 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 24 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 19 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 19 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 18 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 16 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 12 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 11 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 10 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 07 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 0 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down (Request Granted) -6

7/1/2024 64 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 38 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street  10 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -6

Forrest Mars Sr. died on this day 25 years ago, aged 95. - Mars was the son of Franklin Mars, the founder of Mars Inc. He would join his father at the company, and wished to expand the company internationally, unlike his father. - Mars would supervise the development of Snickers and 3 Musketeers, before franchising the company to the UK. Mars himself would then proceed to create the Mars Bar and Maltesers there: In 1941, Mars would create M&M's- specifically the milk chocolate flavor: - After the death of his father, Mars would found another food business (the generically-named Food Products Manufacturing), where he would make pet food and created the Uncle Ben's brand of rice. He would merge this company into Mars Inc. in 1964. - Mars would retire from Mars Inc. in 1973, giving control to his children. He would found another candy company in 1980, Ethel M Chocolates, which would be bought out by his kids in 1988.

Jean Marsh is 90.

6/30/2024 50 Kiesza — Hideaway 48 Years & Years — King 46 Ella Henderson — Ghost 46 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 43 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 43 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 42 Adele — Hello 33 Little Mix — Black Magic 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 33 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Magic — Rude 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 27 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 26 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 26 Omi — Cheerleader +1 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 23 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 23 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 22 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 18 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 16 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 16 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 12 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 11 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 11 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami -3 10 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 06 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love -3

6/30/2024 64 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 50 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street  22 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -6

Buddy Hackett died on this day 21 years ago, aged 78. - Hackett's real name was Leonard Hacker. During his teenage years, he would perform stand-up comedy under the name "Butch Hacker", taking his stage name following WWII. - Hackett's first film was a 1950 short about bowling techniques, where he would comedically perform deliberately errant bowls. The producer for the Three Stooges offered for him to join them after seeing it, but Hackett declined as he wanted to develop his solo career. - Hackett would have successes on TV starring as the titular character in the 1956 sitcom Stanley, and would soon appear in films such as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Music Man: - Hackett would take a break from acting in the 1970s to pursue poetry, culminating in the book The Naked Mind of Buddy Hackett. He would see a comeback in the late '80s by starring in Scrooged as Ebenezer Scrooge, and voicing Scuttle in Disney's The Little Mermaid: - Hackett had longtime heart disease and refused surgery, and his death was hastened by diabetes and a stroke he suffered shortly before he died.

Mike Tyson is 58.

6/29/2024 45 Kiesza — Hideaway 42 Ella Henderson — Ghost 42 Years & Years — King 42 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 40 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 39 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 38 Adele — Hello 31 Calvin Harris — Summer  31 Little Mix — Black Magic 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 31 Magic — Rude 27 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 25 Omi — Cheerleader +1 25 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 Take That — These Days 24 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 23 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 23 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 22 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 22 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 22 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love 21 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 19 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 16 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 16 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 14 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 10 One Direction — Drag Me Down 0 Sigala — Easy Elim -6

6/29/2024 75 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 62 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 33 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -6

William Hickey died on this day 27 years ago, aged 69. - Hickey got his start in the entertainment industry as a child actor, and made his Broadway debut in the 1951 production of Saint Joan. He would move on to become an acting teacher in New York, and among his students was Barbra Streisand. - It would not be until the 1980s that Hickey's film career really took off, with his role as Corrado Prizzi in the 1985 movie Prizzi's Honor earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From there, he would appear in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Uncle Lewis: Among his most well-remembered roles was from another Christmas movie- that being him voicing Dr. Finkelstein in The Nightmare Before Christmas: - Hickey died from a combination of bronchitis and emphysema during the production of (the ironically-titled) Better than Ever. One film he was in that was posthumously released was called Knocking on Death's Door.

Gary Busey is 80.

Fixed That For You

6/28/2024 40 Kiesza — Hideaway 38 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 37 Ella Henderson — Ghost 36 Years & Years — King 35 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk +1 34 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 34 Adele — Hello 30 Calvin Harris — Summer 29 Little Mix — Black Magic 28 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 28 Magic — Rude 25 Pharrell Williams — Happy +1 25 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 Take That — These Days 24 Omi — Cheerleader +1 23 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 23 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 22 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 22 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 22 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 21 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love 21 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 21 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart +1 20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 18 Jess Glynne — Hold My Hand 18 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 17 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 16 One Direction — Drag Me Down 15 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 14 Sigala — Easy Love 13 David Zowie — House Every Weekend 10 Nico & Vinz — Am I Wrong 09 Jason Derulo — Want To Want Me 03 Sam Smith — Money On My Mind -1 0 Will.I.Am ft. Cody Wise — It’s My Birthday -5

6/28/2024 62 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 59 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 54 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 19 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +2 10 R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost In My House -6

Archduke Franz Ferdinand died on this day 110 years ago, aged 50. - The nephew of Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I, Franz Ferdinand became heir to the throne following his father Archduke Karl Ludwig's death in 1896. Franz Ferdinand also became the heir to the ancient House of Este in 1875 after the death of his cousin Duke Francis V of Modena. - Franz Ferdinand had a penchant for trophy hunting, and would travel around the world to kill exotic animals. He killed a total of 272,511 animals, and had 100,000 stuffed or mounted trophies within his castle. - Franz Ferdinand married Sophie Chotek in 1900; his family (the infamously inbred Habsburgs) had a rule that they had to marry a member of a ruling or formerly-ruling European dynasty, and as such, he had to renounce his descendants' claims to the throne. - While visiting Sarajevo in 1914, Franz Ferdinand's car was targeted by Black Hand, a Yugoslav nationalist group. One member threw a grenade, but it exploded under the car behind his. Franz Ferdinand decided to truncate his scheduled speech to visit the injured at the local hospital, but his motorcade took a wrong turn. On that street was Black Hand member Gavrilo Princip (who was waiting outside a sandwich shop), and when he saw the car being put into reverse gear, he walked up and shot Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at point-blank range: Franz Ferdinand remained conscious for some time, begging his wife not to die for their childrens' sake, but both of them succumbed to their injuries within minutes. Austria-Hungary would blame Serbia for the assassination, which sparked the July Crisis that devolved into what soon became World War I (at the time, "The Great War"). - 90 years after Franz Ferdinand's death, a Scottish band took his name and made this aptly-named song (which has nothing to do with the assassination):