Sir Creep 7,071 Posted March 20, 2016 I didn't post what seemed like an insignificant anniversary yesterday (3/19)... Pope Clement XI - 295 years ...until it became significant today (3/20)... Pope Clement III - 825 years And the gravity of the situation lest we forget Sir Isaac Newton - 290 years... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,905 Posted March 20, 2016 British actor Michael Goodliffe killed himself 40 years ago today. He jumped from a hospital fire escape. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goodliffe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 20, 2016 Johnny Pearson former leader of the Top of the Pops orchestra (yes there was one) died this day 5 years ago aged 85. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,209 Posted March 20, 2016 the Top of the Pops orchestra (yes there was one) Yes indeed, the TOTP orchestra ruined many a great song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 21, 2016 It was the final riff for Leo Fender this day 25 years ago aged 81. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted March 21, 2016 Going old school today (3/21):Robert I, Duke of Burgundy - 940 years Robert III, Duke of Burgundy - 710 years Lastly, choosing between church and state can be tough for an Archbishop, at least one who forgets the 'bishop' part of that title.Thanks to heathen Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer you now have the Church of England--bloody splitters!--and for that he was justifiably burned at the stake 460 years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,905 Posted March 21, 2016 If by-election bingo had been around in 1990 then this chap may have been a hit for some. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Roberts And if Derby Dead Pool had been going in 1934, I wonder how many people would have picked this lady. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilyan_Tashman 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,601 Posted March 21, 2016 Professor Harold Hill himself, Robert Preston, dead this day in 1987, thankfully ensuring he never had to suffer through the Matthew Broderick remake of The Music Man. Matthew Broderick also killed two people, by the by. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 592 Posted March 21, 2016 Actor Michael Redgrave died on this day in 1985 aged 77. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 22, 2016 No more Scooby snax for William Hanna this day 15 years ago aged 90. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted March 23, 2016 One year ago on this day, Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,619 Posted March 23, 2016 Elizabeth Taylor's 5th death anniversary is upon us.She died March 23, 2011 from, well, everything, at the age of 79. Here's a quote from one of my favorites movies:"You're not wearing any makeup...""Do I need makeup?""Every woman needs makeup. The only woman pretty enough to go without makeup was Elizabeth Taylor, and she wore a TON!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 23, 2016 Bhagat Singer, fighter for Indian independence, was hung by the British this day 85 years ago aged 23. If ever you visit the Indian Parliament you will see him immortalised in a large bronze. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 24, 2016 Monty, Field Marshall, Bernard Law Montgomery, quintessential British Army officer, died this day 40 years ago, aged 88. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted March 25, 2016 Although widely popular country artist Buck Owens died 10 years ago today (3/25)... I pay homage to the century mark, and 100 years for Ishi, the Last of the Mohicans (well, the Yahi tribe). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 25, 2016 Conrad Lycosthenes died this day 550 years ago aged 43. He was a famous Alsatian philosopher being fond of curiosities - he would have loved the internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,655 Posted March 25, 2016 It's been 15 years since Concorde test pilot Brian Trubshaw got his final set of wings. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted March 26, 2016 Pitcher Randy Johnson obliterated an unnamed bird with one of his wicked fastballs 15 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxEUW3pQX6A 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 26, 2016 A former Chancellor of Germany, Constantin Fehrenbach, died this day 90 years ago, aged 74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,655 Posted March 26, 2016 Anthony Blunt died 33 years ago today aged 75 Cecil rhodes died 114 years ago today aged 48 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 27, 2016 He wrote How to Live on 24 Hours a Day and this day was his last 85 years ago, Arnold Bennett died aged 63. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,905 Posted March 27, 2016 16 years since Ian Dury died which means it's also 16 years since my uncle Michael died. R.I.P to them both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pistol Knight 49 Posted March 27, 2016 38 years ago Russian astronaut and first man in space Yuri Gagarin left this world for the last time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,512 Posted March 27, 2016 38 years ago Russian astronaut and first man in space Yuri Gagarin left this world for the last time. 48 years ago. Either that or we've all gone back in time a decade, in which case, someone send Sir Creep down to Atlanta to warn Chris Benoit to get a brain scan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 28, 2016 We would be afraid no more as Virginia Woolf died 75 years ago aged 59. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
