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DH Lawrence died on this day 94 years ago, aged 44. - The "DH" in Lawrence's name stood for David Herbert. - Lawrence started off his literary career with poetry, and his first novel, The White Peacock, was published in 1911. His mother died during the production of his book, and would be the basis of Mrs. Morel in his 1913 book Sons and Lovers- which was based on his own life and relationships. - After eloping with his German wife Frieda von Richtofen to her home country, Lawrence was arrested on allegations of espionage, but was soon released with help from his father-in-law. - Lawrence would soon become controversial by publishing novels with obscene content, which included The Rainbow (1915), Women in Love, and The Lost Girl (both 1920). - By far Lawrence's most famous work was 1928's Lady Chatterley's Lover (also referred to as simply Lady Chatterley). Because of the extreme amount of smut within its paragraphs (and many instances of the word "fuck" being written), Lawrence would give out unauthorized copies- and the first authorized ones, released in 1932, were heavily censored. This book was banned in several countries- and was the focal point of a British obscenity trial against publisher Penguin Books in 1960 (which Penguin won). - Lawrence's final novel was 1929's The Escaped Cock (it's not what you think it's about). Lawrence would die after a bout of tuberculosis the following year.

Jon Bon Jovi is 62.

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Pope Felix III died on this day 1532 years ago, aged 42. - Felix was the son of a Catholic priest who was widowed before he was appointed. Felix was much like his father, doing the same thing, and had two kids of his own- and was a great-great-grandfather of Pope Gregory I (through his son Gordianus). - Felix was elected pope in 483 upon the death of Pope Simplicius. During his papacy, Emperor Zeno would attempt to issue church doctrine to ease a schism between Rome and Alexandria- this led to several Catholic officials resigning, and Felix would excommunicate those who took their place who also supported Zeno's doctrine; this caused a schism that would last until 519. - Felix also issued clemency to forced Catholic converts to Arian Christiany in Vandal territories in a 487 edict. - Felix died after 9 years as pope, and would be succeeded by Pope Gelasius I.

Justin Bieber is 30.

My bad.

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Davy Jones died on this day 12 (...or 3) years ago, aged 66. - Jones would start off as an actor, starring in one episode of Coronation Street as Colin Lomax. He also starred on West End and Broadway as Artful Dodger in Oliver!, being nominated for a Tony Award in 1963. - Before joining The Monkees, Jones had a charting song in 1965 with "What Are We Going to Do?"- peaking at #93 on the Billboard Hot 100: - After the Monkees' show ended in 1968, Jones had a few more successful singles, such as a cover of Neil Sedaka's "Rainy Jane", and "Girl"- the latter being featured when he guest starred on The Brady Bunch in 1971. - Jones would guest star on many other shows, including Boy Meets World and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. He turned to voice acting later in his career, and lent his voice to episodes of Hey Arnold! and Phineas and Ferb- but most notably a scene in a 2009 SpongeBob episode where he portrayed Davy Jones (of the Davy Jones' Locker legend): - Jones was also an avid horse jockey, and competed in several tournaments. The last activity he did before he died was ride one of his 14 horses around his racetrack.

Tony Robbins is 64 (or 16, if you want to only count Leap Days).

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Alfonso XIII of Spain died on this day 83 years ago, aged 54. - Alfonso was a posthumous child and became king at birth- his father Alfonso XII died six months before he was born. His mother would serve as his regent until his 16th birthday in 1902. - Alfonso would marry Victoria of Battenberg (a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) in 1906- she converted to Catholicism to marry him, but she passed hemophilia to two their sons. Because of this, Alfonso had several affairs, siring six illegitimate children (including one before his marriage). - Alfonso would keep Spain neutral during World War I, and established a network to send letters to and from POWs. Spain's neutrality also led to the 1918 pandemic's disease becoming known as the "Spanish Flu", as fighting countries flu counts were hidden by war coverage. Alfonso became seriously ill, but recovered from the illness. - Alfonso's bungling of the Rif War led to a republicanist victory in the 1931 local elections- and he would then flee to Italy, where he lived for the last 10 years of his life. - Alfonso was also known for being a pornographic film connoisseur, and it is believed he was a mazophile (breast fetishist). His promiscuous and sex-addicted nature has led to him getting the nickname "The Playboy King".

Ainsley Harriott is 67.

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Mister Fred Rogers died on this day 21 years ago, aged 74. - Rogers entered the TV business in 1951 as a floor director for NBC. Two years later, he would join Pittsburgh's public station WQED, and developed puppets used for its children's show The Children's Corner. Many of these puppets would later be used in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, such as Lady Elaine, Daniel Tiger, and King Friday XIII. - Before Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Rogers would star on Canada's CBC on a 15-minute show called Misterogers from 1963 to 1967. Many of the episodes have since faded into lost media status. - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ran from 1968 to 2001, lasting 912 episodes. Rogers would often delve into serious topics, such as divorce, pet death, segregation (in a 1969 episode) and gun safety (a 1981 episode following John Lennon's murder and Ronald Reagan getting shot). Other times, he would have celebrities guest star on the show- a notable one being Margaret Hamilton: Rogers ended the show's 33-year run with a speech thanking his viewers: - Rogers would have a single role as an actor, in a 1996 episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman- he portrayed a pastor: - Rogers was diagnosed with stomach cancer in October of 2002, and died after a four-month battle.

Ralph Nader is 90.

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Roger II of Sicily died on this day 870 years ago, aged 58. - When Roger was born in 1095, his mother Adelaide was 20, while his father Roger was 64. - Roger was 9 years old when he inherited the County of Sicily- his mother served as his regent. - During his reign, he inherited virtually all Norman possessions in Italy. This increase of power was seen as a threat by the pope, who wished to instigate a crusade against Roger. In 1130, Roger would be elevated from count to king due to his support of Antipope Anacletus II. This would lead to several revolts from supporters of the recognized pope, Innocent II. - In 1139, Innocent would invade the kingdom of Sicily after Roger refused the creation of a buffer state between it and the Papal States, and his troops managed to capture Innocent, with the pope being freed three days later after being forced to accept Sicily's soverignty. - Roger also promoted freedom of religion within his kingdom, and often employed Muslims in his ranks (either soldiers or educators). Towards the end of his reign, he commissioned the Tabula Rogeriana from geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi, which featured an early world map: (the original map was southwards-north) - Roger died after 24 years as king (and 49 as count), being succeeded by his son William I.

Michael Bolton is 71.

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Glenn T. Seaborg died on this day 25 years ago, aged 86. - Seaborg majored in chemistry, and received a PhD in 1937. He coined the term "spallation" (the process of particles ejecting from an object due to a collision) in his doctoral thesis. He would work at the lab at the University of California Berkeley for his entire life. - Seaborg's first synthesis of a new chemical was the iron-59 isotope, followed by iodine-131. Both of these isotopes have been prominently used for medical purposes - However, Seaborg is best known for his discoveries/co-discoveries of many elements with over 90 protons (and therefore often synthesized by him)- in order, they were: plutonium (1940), americium (1944), curium (1944), berkelium (1949), californium (1950), einsteinium (1952), fermium (1952), mendelevium (1955), nobelium (1958)- and one more in the following factoid. - In 1974, Seaborg assisted in the synthesis of element 106. In 1994, this element would be named "seaborgium" after him, making him the first living person to have an element on the periodic table named after them (the second was Yuri Oganessian with oganesson being named in 2016): For his contributions, Seaborg would be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951. - Besides these discoveries, Seaborg was also instrumental to the Manhattan Project, being the first person to isolate a plutonium isotope from uranium atoms, allowing mass production of plutonium for the Fat Man bomb. - Seaborg was also somewhat of an alchemist- he managed to remove protons and neutrons from bismuth atoms to turn them into gold atoms.

Ric Flair is 75.

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Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo a year ago, has died after flying into a building. He was 13.

Harold Ramis died on this day 10 years ago, aged 69. - Ramis' passion for comedy began in college, when he wrote scripts for satirical plays. He would become a member of the Chicago Daily News' entertainment section, and from there, became the joke editor for Playboy. - Ramis would soon become closely associated with John Belushi, who invited him to join National Lampoon's radio show (along with Bill Murray). He would then join the Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV, but left in 1979 to pursue a film career. During his time on SCTV, he would help write the script for Animal House, and is credited as one of the film's three writers. - Ramis would also co-write Meatballs and Ghostbusters- the latter of which, he starred in his most famous on-screen role as Egon Spengler: Ramis was also the director of Caddyshack and Groundhog Day. In addition to this, he would also direct four episodes of The Office. - Ramis contracted autoimmune vasculitis in 2010, and died from complications of the disease four years later.