themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 19, 2009 Astronomer Fred Hoyle, who rejected the idea of the 'Big Bang' in favour of his own 'Steady State' theory of the universe, died on this day in 2001... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted August 21, 2009 Lev Davidovich Bronstein Leon Trotsky, died today after succumbing to injuries received during an ice-pick attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 23, 2009 Rudolph Valentino, the heart-throb of the Silent era, died today in 1926... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 24, 2009 Actress Yootha Joyce died of liver failure today in 1980... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 26, 2009 Tex Avery, perhaps the greatest cartoonist of them all, died on this day in 1980... Here's an example of his genius... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted August 26, 2009 The Man of a Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney Sr. died this day in 1930. Here's one of them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,800 Posted August 26, 2009 The Man of a Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney Sr. died this day in 1930. Here's one of them Cripes, that genuinely looks like my dad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 27, 2009 Actor Bernard Youens AKA Stan Ogden, died today in 1984. I remember this being big news at the time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted August 27, 2009 Actor Bernard Youens AKA Stan Ogden, died today in 1984. I remember this being big news at the time... Yes I do too. I remember Hilda Ogden with the glasses case, but she terrified me so I didn't see the poignancy of it. I think 1984 was the year I started to take notice of celebrity deaths. I won't list them as I don't want to do a BCAlum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,206 Posted August 27, 2009 Louis Mountbatten 30 years ago today, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted August 27, 2009 Louis Mountbatten 30 years ago today, By the hither-to unknown IRA Aqua Division! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted August 31, 2009 Princess Diana died 12 years ago today in 1997. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted August 31, 2009 Princess Diana died 12 years ago today in 1997. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mohamed Al-Fayad Posted August 31, 2009 Princess Diana died 12 years ago today in 1997. Not forgetting Dodi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted September 1, 2009 Its 70 years today since the Germans began their attack on Poland, triggering the Second World War. A good few people died as a result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest yia Posted September 1, 2009 Princess Diana died 12 years ago today in 1997. Not forgetting Dodi and the pissed driver Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted September 1, 2009 On September 1st 1914, Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, died in Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio. The passenger pigeon was once North America's most common bird. During migration, flocks could be one mile wide and three hundred miles long, taking several hours to pass and sometimes containing more than two billion birds. By 1900 they were extinct in the wild. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted September 2, 2009 Princess Diana died 12 years ago today in 1997. There's a Diana Shrine just down the road from me, otherwise masquerading as a tea-shop, which is closing for a week in remembrance of said adulterous Princess. Ever get the feeling some people just ought to get a life? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted September 2, 2009 Frank Capra died this day in 1991 But he'd had A Wonderful Life Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted September 3, 2009 He's been mentioned before on other threads, today's the day Ted Moult shot himself. I can remember exactly where I was when I found out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 3, 2009 He's been mentioned before on other threads, today's the day Ted Moult shot himself. I can remember exactly where I was when I found out. In his shed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,624 Posted September 4, 2009 Edvard Grieg died 102 years ago today, which seems as good a reason as any to play this performance by Mr. Andrew Preview. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 4, 2009 Mother Teresa died on this day in 1997... Boy, did she pick the wrong week to die... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted September 5, 2009 Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa, was assassinated today in 1966... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted September 11, 2009 Nikita Khrushchev died on this day in 1971, followed by Salvador Allende exactly two years later. Sept 11th isn't really a good day for capitalists or communists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
