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Ken Jennings is 50.

5/22/2024 87 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 67 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 52 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 52 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 46 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 44 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 40 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 38 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 38 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 33 Owl City — Fireflies 31 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 26 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder -6 24 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 24 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 19 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +3 13 Iyaz — Replay +1

5/22/2024 50 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 45 America - A Horse With No Name 39 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 19 Hawkwind - Silver Machine -6 18 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +4 09 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday

Martha Washington died on this day 222 years ago, aged 70. - Washington's maiden name was Dandridge. She married wealthy landowner Daniel Custis- 20 years older than her- in 1750, and had four children with him (only two, John "Jacky" and Martha "Patsy" survived to teenhood). Custis died in 1757 from an infection. - Martha and George Washington married in 1759. When her husband became the commander in chief of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, she moved to the house of her brother-in-law in case British troops went to Mount Vernon. She would help the war effort by sewing uniforms for American soldiers, and would often accompany her husband at his encampments and sent letters to him (some were intercepted by the British- one notably regarding George's dental health). - Once George was elected president, Martha was reluctant to support his new leadership role, but was responsible for hosting parties at the presidential residence (which changed from New York to Philadelphia in 1790). - The Washingtons returned to their Virginia home after George's second term expired in 1797. Upon George's death in 1799, she freed all but one of the family's slaves (the only remaining slave was the single person she owned). Shortly before her death, Martha would burn all the letters George sent her, unknowingly destroying items of historical significance.

Bernie Taupin is 74.

5/21/2024 50 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 39 America - A Horse With No Name 34 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +2 31 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 24 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 13 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy -4 13 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 6 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack -2

5/21/2024 85 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 67 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -6 52 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 50 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano +1 48 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It +2 41 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight +1 36 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 36 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 35 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 33 Owl City — Fireflies 31 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 29 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 25 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 25 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 21 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +2 18 Iyaz — Replay +2 17 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 13 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song -4 8 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me -2

Archibald Primrose (or Lord Rosebery) died on this day 95 years ago, aged 82. - Rosebery's father died when he was 3 years old, and as such he inherited the title of "Lord Dalmeny". He became the Earl of Rosebery upon the death of his grandfather in 1868, all three of these people were named Archibald. - In 1879, Rosebery served as a campaign manager for William Ewart Gladstone in the Midlothian Campaign, considered the first "modern" political campaign in the UK. Rosebery researched how American politicians campaigned (most likely the then-most recent 1876 election), and would have Gladstone speak from open trains to mass crowds. Gladstone would make Rosebery his foreign secretary after his third premiership began in 1886, and was reappointed when Gladstone became PM again in 1892. - Rosebery would become Prime Minister following Gladstone's retirement in 1894; he was chosen due to Queen Victoria's preference for him out of all the candidates. He would support ethnic Armenians during the 1895 Armenian Genocide and desired to expand Britain's naval fleet, but his actions were largely blocked by divisions within the Liberal Party causing his fellow members to disagree with his approaches. - Rosebery would resign as Prime Minister in June of 1895, and retired from politics the following year. At the time of his death in 1929, he was the last living Prime Minister to serve under Queen Victoria. - Rosebery had stated he had only three goals in life: to become Prime Minister, to marry an heiress (he married a member of the Rothschild family in 1878), and to win the Epsom Derby (he owned a few winning horses, which included Cicero and Sir Visto).

Gotye is 44.

5/20/2024 83 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 73 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 72 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 50 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 47 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 39 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 38 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 36 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 36 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 35 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 31 Owl City — Fireflies 31 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 28 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 26 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 25 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 22 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +2 22 Iyaz — Replay +2 18 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me -2 17 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song -4 06 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are

5/20/2024 52 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +3 51 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 44 America - A Horse With No Name 38 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +1 31 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 28 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 24 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 18 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 14 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy -6

Gilda Radner died on this day 35 years ago, aged 42. - Radner dropped out of university to follow her boyfriend to Toronto, where she would make her acting debut in the 1972 tour of Godspell (which also helped launch the careers of Martin Short and Eugene Levy). From there, she became a mainstay of National Lampoon's radio show. - Radner was one of the original SNL cast members when the show began in 1975. Her most notable characters included Weekend Update's Roseanne Roseannadanna, and the Barbara Walters expy Baba Wawa: Radner also portrayed celebrities such as Lucille Ball. - In film, Radner was known for portraying Gloria in First Family, voicing several characters in the 1980 animated TV film Animalympics (which included another Barbara Walters expy- this time a bird), and most notably Kate in Hanky Panky- on the set of which she met her soon-to-be husband, Gene Wilder: Radner and Wilder married in 1984, but Radner would be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1986. It went into remission, but returned in late 1988, and Radner died after a 3-year battle. After her death, Wilder would dedicate himself to research of the disease in hopes of a cure, and would co-found the support group Gilda's Club in 1991.

Cher is 78.

5/19/2024 81 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 77 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 46 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 41 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 36 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 36 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 36 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 33 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 32 Owl City — Fireflies 32 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 31 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 30 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 30 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 26 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 26 Iyaz — Replay +2 24 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 20 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 20 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +2 17 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 13 Adele — Someone Like You 12 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 0 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat -6

5/19/2024 48 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +3 47 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 46 America - A Horse With No Name 37 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +1 35 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 34 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 32 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 27 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy -2 20 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 8 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies -4

Pope Celestine V died on this day 728 years ago, aged 81. - Celestine's birth name was Pietro Angelerio. He became a monk when he was 17, and being receptive to the idea of asceticism, and at the age of 24 he would begin living in a cave alone. - Celestine's example would soon catch on, and in 1244 he founded the order of the Celestines; he would receive approval from both popes Urban IV and Gregory X. He would deem himself the "superior-general" of 36 monasteries that adopted his beliefs, but would soon quit the position to continue his life of solitary asceticism. - Following the death of Pope Nicholas IV in 1292, the College of Cardinals could not agree on who to elect pope; this lasted for two years. Celestine sent them a letter stating there would be divine vengeance if they did not pick someone soon, and the dean of the cardinals would nominate Celestine, who refused. He would attempt to flee, but was intercepted and persuaded into taking the job in July of 1294. - Due to not having any experience in politics, Celestine would appoint people into positions of clerical power who were favored by king Charles II of Naples, and he realized his ineptitude as a pope. Celestine would announce his resignation after five months as pope in December 1294. - Celestine would return to a life of religious hermitage, but his successor Boniface VIII would imprison him due to being paranoid his opponents would declare Celestine an antipope. He died in captivity after 10 months.

Marshmello is 32.

5/18/2024 73 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 73 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 66 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 44 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 43 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 38 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 37 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 36 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 34 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 34 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 34 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 33 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 31 Owl City — Fireflies 31 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 31 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 28 Iyaz — Replay +1 28 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 26 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 25 Adele — Someone Like You 23 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me -2 20 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +2 19 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 15 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You -4

5/18/2024 45 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +3 44 America - A Horse With No Name 39 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 39 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +1 36 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 34 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 28 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 28 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 27 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 18 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 18 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 5 Medicine Head - One and One is One -2 3 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic -4

Chris Cornell died on this day 7 years ago, aged 52. - Cornell's birth surname was Boyle, but he took his mom's name after his parents divorced. - Cornell's first band was a cover band called 'The Shemps', and after they broke up, Cornell and some of its former members would form Soundgarden in 1984. - Soundgarden's 1988 debut album Ultramega OK would earn a Grammy in 1990 for Best Metal Performance. Their most well-known album was 1994's Superunknown, with its biggest single being "Black Hole Sun": This music video received heavy airplay on MTV and won the channel's award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video in 1994. - Cornell would leave the band in 1997 due to disagreements on creative direction, causing it to disband until they reunited in 2010. He would write a song for The Avengers film soundtrack in 2012: This was not the only major movie Cornell would contribute a song to; he sung the theme to the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, "You Know My Name". - During Soundgarden's hiatus, Cornell would form the band Audioslave in 2001; he would leave the band in 2007, but it reunited one last time in 2017 at the Anti-Inaugural Ball (a concert protesting Donald Trump's inauguration as president) hosted by the band Prophets of Rage. - Cornell suffered from depression and substance abuse throughout his life, and died from suicide. Some believe this may have been the event that would eventually lead to the suicide of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington two months later; he was close friends with Cornell and performed at his funeral.

Mark Mothersbaugh is 74.

5/17/2024 68 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 66 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 66 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 47 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 46 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 37 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 36 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 36 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 35 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 34 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 34 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 31 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 31 Owl City — Fireflies 30 Iyaz — Replay +1 30 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 29 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 29 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +1 29 Taio Cruz — Dynamite +1 28 Adele — Someone Like You 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 27 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 19 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 13 Example — Stay Awake 6 Roll Deep — Green Light -6

5/17/2024 41 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 40 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +3 37 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 37 America - A Horse With No Name 35 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +1 34 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 29 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 27 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 26 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 25 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 22 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 17 Medicine Head - One and One is One 17 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic 6 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor -3 5 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright -3

Herman Wouk died on this day 5 years ago, aged 103. - Wouk started out as a comedian, writing for his university's comedy magazine and for the radio show Joke Factory. Once World War II began, he would use radio to make war bond advertisements, before entering service himself in the Pacific campaign (including the Battle of Okinawa). - Wouk's first novel, Aurora Dawn, was published in 1947. His most famous work was 1951's The Caine Mutiny, adapted into a successful movie starring Humphrey Bogart in 1954. Another novel of his, 1955's Marjorie Morningstar, also received a film adaptation in 1958 which starred Natalie Wood. - Wouk was also well known for his World War II/Holocaust novels The Winds of War (1971) and War and Remembrance (1978), which became popular TV miniseries in the 1980s. - In later life, Wouk would write novels about Jewish identity (such as Inside, Outside and The Hope), and theoretical physics (such as 2004's A Hole in Texas). - Wouk first appeared on the DeathList in 2001, and made 7 more appearances over the next 18 years. He was the 4th of 13 deaths on the 2019 list, and died 10 days before turning 104. - Stephen King wrote a short story called "Herman Wouk is Still Alive" in 2011- this is no longer applicable.

Trent Reznor is 59.