charon 4,943 Posted November 16, 2015 11/16: Louis Riel, a Canadian rabble-rouser who my G-Grandfather at age 9 played an important role in capturing; 130 years. Had to have a look ... Riel ordered the execution of a Protestant who annoyed him Riel was tried before a jury of six English and Scottish Protestants, Fun days it seems. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted November 17, 2015 Ralph Johnstone, a member of the Wright Brothers team and the first American (presumably first person) to die in a plane crash, 105 years ago today. SC https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Ralph_Johnstone_1a.jpg 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted November 17, 2015 Ralph Johnstone, a member of the Wright Brothers team and the first American (presumably first person) to die in a plane crash, 105 years ago today. SC https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Ralph_Johnstone_1a.jpg He was the first American pilot to die in a plane crash. According to the search results, the first person to die in a plane crash was Thomas Selfridge in 1908 who was a passenger in an aircraft piloted by Orville Wright The first pilot to be killed in an aircraft crash was Ferdinand Léon Délagrange on January 4th 1910 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 17, 2015 Without him dying at the age of 75 this day 25 years ago, the Robert Hofstadter memorial lecture would never have been instituted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 18, 2015 45 years ago today Hal Dickinson stopped swinging for good aged 56. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted November 18, 2015 Gia Carangi died from AIDS without any input from Charlie Sheen on this day in 1986. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 19, 2015 Today in 1949 Belgian painter James Ensor died, aged 89.Portrait of James Ensor by Henry De Groux, 1907 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted November 19, 2015 on this date 100 years ago, Joe Hill was exectuted by firing squad 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 19, 2015 Aged 62 Shirley Bergeron died this day 20 years ago. Cajun Rock 'n' Roll fusion was never the same again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted November 19, 2015 Aged 62 Shirley Bergeron died this day 20 years ago. Cajun Rock 'n' Roll fusion was never the same again. How in the world did I miss her? Well done RHP. Now I just want to go to a fáis-do-do! SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 19, 2015 Aged 62 Shirley Bergeron died this day 20 years ago. Cajun Rock 'n' Roll fusion was never the same again. How in the world did I miss her? Well done RHP. Now I just want to go to a fáis-do-do! SC A little early in the day isn't it? And it's a he (not sure if you're being ironic as you're a yank and all that ). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted November 19, 2015 Oh thought I posted here but it was elsewhere pffft. Stepin Fetchit - 30 yrs Coach Pat Quinn - 5 yrs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted November 19, 2015 Surprised he's not been mentioned before on here. Tom Evans of Badfinger took his own life on this day in 1983. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 20, 2015 40 years ago today the world became a better place for a while with the death aged 82, of General Fransisco Franco. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 20, 2015 40 years ago today the world became a better place for a while with the death aged 82, of General Fransisco Franco. Not just a general, a generalissimo, even, i.e. a superlative prick. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 20, 2015 Two years ago, American "psychic" Sylvia Browne died. She made a habit of telling the parents of kidnapped children they were talking to her from beyond the grave only for them to turn up alive. She also told Larry King that she had been foretold she would live to the age of 88. She was 77. We all know what I'm going to say here... Bet she didn't see that coming. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,552 Posted November 20, 2015 Leo Tolstoy died 105 years ago today at the age of 82 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 20, 2015 Today in 1910 Russian author Leo Tolstoy died, aged 82, of pneumonia at Astapovo train station. He´s best known for his novel War and Peace, the reading of which takes about as long as the French invasion of Russia in 1812 it describes.Also today, in 1934, Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer Willem de Sitter died, aged 62. He had interesting friends: left to right drs (upper row) Einstein, Ehrenfest, De Sitter; (lower row) Eddington & Lorentz. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 20, 2015 40 years ago today the world became a better place for a while with the death aged 82, of General Fransisco Franco. Made all the headlines the next day, the day I was born! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted November 20, 2015 40 years ago today the world became a better place for a while with the death aged 82, of General Fransisco Franco. So I take it he's still dead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 20, 2015 40 years ago today the world became a better place for a while with the death aged 82, of General Fransisco Franco. Made all the headlines the next day, the day I was born! It seems congratulations are in order. I remember those days, Franco's leasurely death kept the news filled for weeks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,647 Posted November 20, 2015 40 years ago today the world became a better place for a while with the death aged 82, of General Fransisco Franco. Made all the headlines the next day, the day I was born! Young Whipper snapper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted November 21, 2015 40 years ago today the world became a better place for a while with the death aged 82, of General Fransisco Franco. Made all the headlines the next day, the day I was born! Life begins! Happy birthday TMIB! Regards, Cat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 21, 2015 Smilin' Jim Eames closed his eyes in death this day 20 years ago aged 71. Sorry no photo; on mobile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted November 22, 2015 Michael Conrad of Hill Street Blues on this day in 1983 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
