Deathray 2,940 Posted March 12, 2016 Double posting by an admin, 5 minutes apart. Forshame. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 12, 2016 Double posting by an admin, 5 minutes apart. Forshame. It's a disgrace. I recommend the stocks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 13, 2016 March 13: OH what a busy busy day! Alexander II of Russia (Alexander the Liberator) - 135 years U.S. President Benjamin Harrison - 115 yearsSusan B. Anthony - 110 years Krzysztof Kieślowski - 20 years (I can't believe it's been that long. The Red/White/Blue triliogy unsurpassed in cinema, imho) Cinematographer John A. Alonzo (Chinatown, Scarface) - 15 years Maureen Stapleton - 10 years and on the same day as Ms Stapleton, the most important of the lot:the aptly-named Robert C. Baker, who invented the chicken nugget! - 10 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 13, 2016 500th anniversary of the death of Vladislaus II aged 60. He was a monarch's monarch, being King of Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Cumania and Bulgaria. And he threw in Prince of Silesia and Luxembourg, and Margrave of Moravia and Lusatia for good measure 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted March 13, 2016 One for our friends north of the border, Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone, 10 years ago today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 13, 2016 Today in 1941 Dutch gobelin restorer and teacher Bernard IJzerdraat died before a German firing squad, aged 49. He was arrested on 25 November 1940 for anti-German propaganda, espionage and planning violent attacks, the first Dutchman to do so, within a week after the Dutch surrendered. 17 other resistance figthers were executed at the same place the same day. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted March 13, 2016 Janos Prohaska died on this day in 1974 aged 54. He usually played the roles of animals or monsters including several from Star Trek TOS but is probably best remembered for playing Cookie Bear in the Andy Williams Show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 14, 2016 25 years since the last dance was saved for Doc Pomus aged 65. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted March 14, 2016 Two years ago, Tony Benn died aged 88 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted March 15, 2016 Missed it but can't let it go by - 14 March marked 25 years since Howard Ashman, lyricist for Little Shop Of Horrors, said "Feed Me" for the last time. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 15, 2016 It IS the Ides of March after all: Julius Caesar stabbed to death by trusted Brutus....now if my math serves (and let's not bicker about a gap in time, unless you can prove it...).... 44 BC + 2016 = 2060 years ago today!Works for me lolSC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 15, 2016 5 years ago, aged 48, Smiley Culture wasn't smiling anymore. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted March 15, 2016 125 years ago, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, civil engineer, creator of London's sewers and cleanser of the Thames, died aged 71. here's the interior of Crossness pumping station 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted March 15, 2016 It IS the Ides of March after all: Julius Caesar stabbed to death by trusted Brutus....now if my math serves (and let's not bicker about a gap in time, unless you can prove it...).... 44 BC + 2016 = 2060 years ago today! Works for me lol SC There was no year zero, so it's 2059 years. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted March 15, 2016 5 years ago, aged 48, Smiley Culture wasn't smiling anymore. Old flatmate of mine had some pretty interesting theories about his death.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 15, 2016 5 years ago, aged 48, Smiley Culture wasn't smiling anymore. Old flatmate of mine had some pretty interesting theories about his death.... Do tell..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted March 15, 2016 Well, it revolved around the fact that police drug busts are never done at 11am in the morning, when the suspect could be out and about, you do a drug raid at 4am when they're going to be asleep and the whole neighbourhood won't see a fucking police van and riot squad pull up. I think the implication is that the raid was done at the behest of another, much bigger, drug lord in the area to take Smiley out of action. And then, of course, he happened to accidentally stab himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 15, 2016 Well, it revolved around the fact that police drug busts are never done at 11am in the morning, when the suspect could be out and about, you do a drug raid at 4am when they're going to be asleep and the whole neighbourhood won't see a fucking police van and riot squad pull up. I think the implication is that the raid was done at the behest of another, much bigger, drug lord in the area to take Smiley out of action. And then, of course, he happened to accidentally stab himself. Yes, I always thought his death was a bit sus... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 16, 2016 A perennial losing Presidential candidate Thomas Dewey was removed from the the ballot sheet for good this day 45 years ago aged 68. And for whom the pollsters got it a bit wrong in 1948. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 17, 2016 Only need to post one person on this day. Saint Patrick dies in Saul on March 17, 461 -- 1555 years ago today. He is the reason for the season. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 17, 2016 She carried on in the family business Irene Joliot-Curie died this day 60 years ago aged 58. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 18, 2016 3/18: Friedrich Panzer, of tank fame - 60 years My cousins do 'WWII re-enacting' so this will be big news to them. John Phillips, of Mama's & Papa's fame - 15 years"All the uniforms are brown, and the tanks are grey..." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 18, 2016 20 years ago Jacquetta Hawkes became a subject of her own profession aged 85. Rather than a photo have a podcast - far more educational http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mfb2d Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 19, 2016 Ibn Khaldun died 610 years ago aged 73. He was a founding father of sociology developing a dichotomy between the sedentary and the nomadic life. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
