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Franz Schubert died on this day 195 years ago, aged 31. - Schubert's father started giving him violin lessons when he was 8, and further musical training from his local church's choirmaster (specifically the piano). He was recognized by and then mentored by Antonio Salieri. - Schubert was a teenage prodigy, writing over 150 songs- or "lieder"- in 1815 alone, when he was 18. - Schubert would become a major celebrity during his lifetime, and parties (usually held at the home of one of his friends or sponsors) where he would perform got their own name- "Schubertiades". - Of his over 600 lieder, his signature song was 1825's "Ellens dritter Gesang" ("Ellen's Third Song")- better known by its opening lyric, "Ave Maria": - Schubert would perform at a public concert only once- March 26, 1828, the first death anniversary of Ludwig von Beethoven (one of Schubert's prime influences,- Schubert was a torchbearer at his funeral). - Schubert's premature death has been contested. He was said to have died of typhoid fever, but other theories include longtime exposure to mercury (his health had been declining throughout the 1820s), syphilis, or salmonella.

Dick Cavett is 87.

11/18/2023 40 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 39 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now +2 36 Madonna — Ray Of Light 36 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 36 Brandy & Monica — The Boy Is Mine 28 The Beautiful South — Perfect 10 26 Tin Tin Out ft. Emma Bunton — What I Am 26 DJ Jurgen Presents Alice DeeJay — Better Off Alone 25 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake 25 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David — Re-Rewind 24 Ann Lee — 2 Times 24 Blur — Tender 24 Spice Girls — Stop 23 Phats & Small — Turn Around 22 Jay-Z — Hard Knock Life 22 Shaft — (Mucho Mambo) Sway 21 Pras Michel ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya — Ghetto Superstar 20 Backstreet Boys — All I Have To Give 20 Busta Rhymes — Turn It Up / Fire It Up 20 Sash! ft. Tina Cousins — Mysterious Times 20 T-Spoon — Sex On The Beach 20 Brandy ft. Mase — Top Of The World 20 911 — More Than A Woman 20 Another Level ft. Ghostface Killah — I Want You For Myself 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Steps — Better Best Forgotten 20 The Offspring — Why Don't You Get A Job? 20 The Wiseguys — Ooh La La 20 Whitney Houston — My Love Is Your Love 20 Steps — Love's Got A Hold Of My Heart 20 Five — If Ya Gettin' Down 20 DJ Jean — The Launch 20 Terrorvision — Tequila 17 E-17 — Each Time 17 Five — Everybody Get Up 16 Eminem — My Name Is +2 15 Five — Until The Time Is Through 14 George Michael — Outside 8 Will Smith — Will 2K -2 6 Will Smith — Just The Two Of Us -4

Henry A. Wallace died on this day 58 years ago, aged 77. - Wallace was the son of Harry Wallace, who served as the US Secretary of Agriculture during the Harding and Coolidge administrations. The senior Wallace was a professor of George Washington Carver during his time at the Iowa State Agricultural College, and Carver would pique the junior Wallace's interest in botany and plant breeding. - Wallace would then invent a breed of hybrid corn called the Copper Cross, and founded his own company (Hi-Bred Corn) in 1926 to produce it on a mass scale. - FDR would appoint Wallace as his Secretary of Agriculture for his first two terms, and would pick him as his running mate in the 1940 election. As VP, he would establish the War Production Board, and toured Latin America (managing to get some countries to declare war on Nazi Germany). - Wallace would be dropped from the 1944 ticket in favor of Harry S. Truman, due to his anti-segregation stances and pro-Soviet statements (made during WWII). Roosevelt would then reappoint him as Secretary of Commerce, and he would serve in this position until being fired by Truman for urging reconciliation with the Soviet Union. - Wallace ran on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948, coming in 4th place in the popular vote with 1.15 million votes (about 200,000 behind Strom Thurmond). - Wallace was diagnosed with ALS in 1964, dying after a year-long battle with the disease.

Kim Wilde is 63.

11/17/2023 37 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now +1 37 Madonna — Ray Of Light 36 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 35 Brandy & Monica — The Boy Is Mine 30 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 26 The Beautiful South — Perfect 10 26 Terrorvision — Tequila 24 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David — Re-Rewind 24 Tin Tin Out ft. Emma Bunton — What I Am 24 DJ Jurgen Presents Alice DeeJay — Better Off Alone 23 Spice Girls — Stop 22 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake 22 Jay-Z — Hard Knock Life 21 Shaft — (Mucho Mambo) Sway 21 Phats & Small — Turn Around 21 Pras Michel ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya — Ghetto Superstar 20 Blur — Tender +4 20 Backstreet Boys — All I Have To Give 20 Busta Rhymes — Turn It Up / Fire It Up 20 Will Smith — Just The Two Of Us 20 Sash! ft. Tina Cousins — Mysterious Times 20 T-Spoon — Sex On The Beach 20 Brandy ft. Mase — Top Of The World 20 911 — More Than A Woman 20 Another Level ft. Ghostface Killah — I Want You For Myself 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Steps — Better Best Forgotten 20 The Offspring — Why Don't You Get A Job? 20 The Wiseguys — Ooh La La 20 Whitney Houston — My Love Is Your Love 20 Steps — Love's Got A Hold Of My Heart 20 Five — If Ya Gettin' Down 20 DJ Jean — The Launch 20 Ann Lee — 2 Times 17 E-17 — Each Time 17 Five — Everybody Get Up 17 Five — Until The Time Is Through 15 Will Smith — Will 2K -1 14 George Michael — Outside 12 Eminem — My Name Is +3 11 Steps — One For Sorrow 11 Bamboo — Bamboogie 11 Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page — Come With Me -5 8 S Club 7 — S Club Party

Thomas Pelham Holles- or Lord Newcastle- died on this day 255 years ago, aged 75. - Newcastle was the first of his family to use a double surname- his father was (Baron) Thomas Pelham, and his mother was Grace Holles. - A partisan Whig, Newcastle would organize street fights with Jacobite opponents following the death of Queen Anne. His support of King George I earned him the title of the Earl (later Marquess) of Clare. - Newcastle entered Parliament sometime in the late 1710s. He served as Secretary of State from 1724 to 1748- during this time, he oversaw domestic and foreign conflicts such as the War of Jenkins' Ear, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the 1745 Jacobite uprising. - Newcastle became Prime Minister upon the death of Henry Pelham (his younger brother) in 1754. The Seven Years' War began during his premiership, and he would be ousted as PM in 1756 due to poor foreign policy decisions. Regardless, he returned to the role in 1757, and would be dismissed again in 1762 by King George III (having preferred Lord Bute). Newcastle was the last Prime Minister to be removed by a monarch (before said power was allocated to the legislative branch). - Because of his ineptitude, Newcastle was often lampooned by 18th-century satirists: (This 1761 political cartoon depicts Newcastle (on the right) as a knave- the fox on the left is Baron Holland (a pun on his real name, Henry Fox).) - Newcastle would retire from politics in 1765. He suffered a stroke in December of 1767 (prime material for deadpoolers from 1768), dying eleven months later.

Doug "the Nostalgia Critic" Walker is 42. ...I remembered his birthday so you don't have to.

11/16/2023 33 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now +2 32 Madonna — Ray Of Light 32 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 30 Brandy & Monica — The Boy Is Mine 27 The Beautiful South — Perfect 10 26 Spice Girls — Stop 26 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David — Re-Rewind 26 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 24 Terrorvision — Tequila 23 DJ Jurgen Presents Alice DeeJay — Better Off Alone 22 Jay-Z — Hard Knock Life 21 Phats & Small — Turn Around 21 Pras Michel ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya — Ghetto Superstar 20 Backstreet Boys — All I Have To Give 20 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake 20 Busta Rhymes — Turn It Up / Fire It Up 20 Will Smith — Just The Two Of Us 20 Sash! ft. Tina Cousins — Mysterious Times 20 Steps — One For Sorrow 20 Five — Everybody Get Up 20 T-Spoon — Sex On The Beach 20 Brandy ft. Mase — Top Of The World 20 911 — More Than A Woman 20 George Michael — Outside 20 Five — Until The Time Is Through 20 Another Level ft. Ghostface Killah — I Want You For Myself 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Steps — Better Best Forgotten 20 The Offspring — Why Don't You Get A Job? 20 The Wiseguys — Ooh La La 20 Whitney Houston — My Love Is Your Love 20 Steps — Love's Got A Hold Of My Heart 20 Five — If Ya Gettin' Down 20 Shaft — (Mucho Mambo) Sway 20 DJ Jean — The Launch 20 Ann Lee — 2 Times 20 Tin Tin Out ft. Emma Bunton — What I Am 20 Will Smith — Will 2K 18 Blur — Tender 18 Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page — Come With Me 17 Bamboo — Bamboogie 17 E-17 — Each Time 14 S Club 7 — S Club Party 13 Eminem — My Name Is +2 10 R Kelly — If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time -3 8 Will Smith ft. Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee — Wild Wild West 0 Fat Les — Vindaloo -3

Ralph Edwards died on this day 18 years ago, aged 92. - From a young age, Edwards was a radio announcer, and would often introduce radio show hosts. He would also provide his voice for trailers for upcoming Laurel and Hardy movies. - Edwards would begin hosting Truth or Consequences from its inception as a radio show in 1940, and continued as its host when it made the jump to TV in 1950. He hosted until 1951, but remained an executive producer of the show throughout its run- hiring the late Bob Barker in 1956. - A town in New Mexico would rename itself after the show for its 10th anniversary contest in 1950, and Edwards would visit it every May until 2000. The town made it into a holiday known as "Fiesta" (still celebrated in "T or C" to this day), and named its local park after Edwards. - Edwards was also known for being the creator and host of This is Your Life, running from 1948 to 1961 (with a revival from 1971 to 1972 and some one-off specials in the '80s). He would read aloud the biographies of guests (their identities were not revealed until a while into the run while on radio), ranging from celebrities such as Bob Hope, Johnny Cash, and Marilyn Monroe, to survivors of WWII tragedies, to McGruff the Crime Dog: - Edwards also had a brief acting career, appearing in six movies between 1937 and 1955 (two of which he was uncredited in).

Shigeru Miyamoto is 71.

11/15/2023 28 Fatboy Slim — Right Here Right Now +4 24 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 24 Brandy & Monica — The Boy Is Mine 22 Blur — Tender 22 Spice Girls — Stop 22 Madonna — Ray Of Light 22 Jay-Z — Hard Knock Life 20 Bamboo — Bamboogie 20 Backstreet Boys — All I Have To Give 20 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake 20 Busta Rhymes — Turn It Up-Fire It Up 20 Mousse T — Horny 20 Fat Les — Vindaloo 20 Pras Michel ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mya — Ghetto Superstar 20 Will Smith — Just The Two Of Us 20 Sash! ft. Tina Cousins — Mysterious Times 20 Steps — One For Sorrow 20 Five — Everybody Get Up 20 T-Spoon — Sex On The Beach 20 Beautiful South — Perfect 10 20 Brandy ft. Mase — Top Of The World 20 911 — More Than A Woman 20 George Michael — Outside 20 E17 — Each Time 20 Five — Until The Time Is Through 20 Another Level / Ghostface Killah — I Want You For Myself 20 Terrorvision — Tequila 20 Corrs — Runaway 20 Steps — Better Best Forgotten 20 Phats & Small — Turn Around 20 Offspring — Why Don't You Get A Job? 20 Wiseguys — Ooh La La 20 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 20 Whitney Houston — My Love Is Your Love 20 Will Smith ft. Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee — Wild Wild West 20 Steps — Love's Got A Hold Of My Heart 20 Five — If Ya Gettin' Down 20 DJ Jurgen Presents Alice DeeJay — Better Off Alone 20 Shaft — (Mucho Mambo) Sway 20 DJ Jean — The Launch 20 S Club 7 — S Club Party 20 Ann Lee — 2 Times 20 R Kelly — If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time 20 Tin Tin Out ft. Emma Bunton — What I Am 20 Will Smith — Will 2K 20 Artful Dodger ft. Craig David — Re-Rewind 14 Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page — Come With Me 14 Boyzone — I Love The Way You Love Me 14 Cartoons — Witch Doctor -6 11 Geri Halliwell — Look At Me 11 Eminem — My Name Is

11/15/2023 64 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 54 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony +2 46 The Cardigans — Lovefool 45 Blur — Song 2 +2 30 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping 3 Underworld — Born Slippy -6 Tubthumping definitely lived up to its lyrics this round- it got knocked down, but it got up again multiple times.

Barbara Park died on this day 10 years ago, aged 66. - Park was an author of children's novels that dealt with serious topics- these included Mick Harte Was Here (1995), about a girl dealing with the premature death of her brother in a bicycle accident, and The Graduation of Jake Moon (2000), about a boy dealing with his grandfather's Alzheimer's. - Park was however best known for her Junie B. Jones series of illustrated novels, which she began writing in 1992- in a way, these were the Diary of a Wimpy Kids of the '90s. 31 books were made, and have sold over 55 million copies worldwide: These books have also been constantly challenged by schools due to Junie being a bad role model for children (kind of like Greg Heffley of the aforementioned DoaWK series). - Park died from ovarian cancer. The last Junie B. Jones book, Junie B. Jones: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff), was released posthumously, ten months after her death.

Petula Clark is 91.

11/14/2023 62 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn -1 52 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony +1 43 Blur — Song 2 +2 40 The Cardigans — Lovefool 38 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping +1 22 Underworld — Born Slippy 12 Manic Street Preachers — A Design For Life -2 11 Gala — Freed From Desire -3

Des O'Connor died on this day 3 years ago, aged 88. - Before becoming a TV personality, O'Connor was a stand-up comedian and songwriter (the latter, he would write for singer Sam Browne in the early '50s). Besides songwriting, he was also a singer, and got a number one in the UK in 1968 with "I Pretend": - O'Connor was best known for being the host of multiple variety and talk shows- in order, these were The Des O'Connor Show (1963-1971), Des O'Connor Entertains (1974-1976), Des O'Connor Tonight (1977-2002), and Today With Des and Mel (2002-2006). - O'Connor was also a game show host, most notably on Take Your Pick! (1992 to 1998) and Countdown (2007 to 2008). - O'Connor would often appear on The Morecambe and Wise Show, where Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise would often joke about his singing; said jokes were often written by O'Connor himself. - O'Connor was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017, and died from complications from a fall three years after diagnosis.

Obie Trice is 46.

11/13/2023 61 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 51 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony +1 39 Blur — Song 2 +1 39 The Cardigans — Lovefool 33 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping +2 32 Underworld — Born Slippy 22 Gala — Freed From Desire 21 Manic Street Preachers — A Design For Life 19 Kula Shaker — Hush 0 Supergrass — Bosworth Field -6

King Fulk of Jerusalem died on this day 880 years ago, aged 54. - Fulk was French, and was the son of count Fulk IV of Anjou. He succeeded his father in the position upon his death in 1109, as Fulk V. - Fulk would go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1119, and would help fund the recently-founded Knights Templar. He planned to return to France in 1127, but king Baldwin II wanted him to marry his daughter Melisende. Fulk agreed to this on the terms he would rule alongside her, and would forfeit Anjou in favor of his son Geoffrey (Plantagenet) to stay in Jerusalem. - Fulk would become king of Jerusalem in 1131, and effectively made himself the sole ruler. He was not well-liked by other crusader states' rulers (thinking he would invade them) and the general populace (who were more loyal to Melisende). Fulk would only acquiesce power to Melisende after an assassination attempt on him in 1134. - Fulk would die after a 12-year reign while hunting- his horse fell and he was struck in his head by its saddle. Melisende outlived him, but their son Baldwin III would reign with her. - Fulk was the paternal grandfather of king Henry II of England.

Joe Mantegna is 76.

11/12/2023 63 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 50 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony +1 44 Blur — Song 2 +1 38 Underworld — Born Slippy 27 The Cardigans — Lovefool 27 Supergrass — Richard III -2 26 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping +2 26 Gala — Freed From Desire -1 26 Kula Shaker — Hush 24 Manic Street Preachers — A Design For Life 5 The Bluetones — Slight Return -3

Cnut the Great died on this day 988 years ago, aged 45. - Cnut was Danish, and his father was king Sweyn Forkbeard. In 1013 he and his father would invade England, and the Danish parliament would elect Cnut king there. - Cnut would proceed to take over northern England, allowing king Edmund Ironside to keep London and the south- Edmund died soon after the treaty was signed, and Cnut would be recognized as the king of the entirety of England soon after, becoming the first English king of the Jelling dynasty. - Cnut became the king of Denmark after his brother Harald II's death in 1018, and would also become the king of Norway ten years later. Because of the vast expanse of land under his control, he earned the epithet "The Great". - Cnut was the first Christian king of Denmark, and took the name "Lambert" upon his baptism. - Cnut died in 1035 and his son Harthacnut became king- when Harthacnut died seven years later, the English crown returned to the House of Wessex when Edward the Confessor returned from exile in Normandy.

Ryan Gosling is 43.

Veterans' Day 2023 49 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony +1 48 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 47 Blur — Song 2 +1 40 Underworld — Born Slippy 29 The Cardigans — Lovefool 28 Manic Street Preachers — A Design For Life 27 Gala — Freed From Desire 27 Kula Shaker — Hush 26 Supergrass — Richard III 24 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping +2 21 The Bluetones — Slight Return 16 Sash! ft. Rodriguez — Ecuador 8 Robert Miles — Children  0 Dario G — Sunchyme -6