Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted May 10, 2016 George Curzon, actor, Naval Commander and father of Geoffrey Howe, died this day 40 years ago aged 77. Hey, and I just reached twunt! Congratulations! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 11, 2016 It's 35 years to the day since Bob Marley began his last Exodus aged 36. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted May 11, 2016 So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish 15 years. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 12, 2016 Heinie Manush - 45 years Perry Como - 15 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 12, 2016 375 years since Thomas Wentworth's offer of his head on a plate to Charles I was accepted, aged 48. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 13, 2016 R.K. Narayan, author and politician, died this day 15 years ago aged 94. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted May 13, 2016 Gary Cooper left us on this day in 1961 aged 60 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 13, 2016 Gary Cooper left us on this day in 1961 aged 60 At High Noon by any chance? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 13, 2016 G'damn interwebby . Frak Hughes, 35 years ago yesterday. T'was 14 and remember the boxing it got me into in the school. Trainspotting was tame.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 13, 2016 Im going to post an ALMOST death anniversary: A Turkish gunman shot Pope John Paul II on this day 35 years ago. Been riding around in pope-mobiles since. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted May 14, 2016 The thrill was gone for BB King 1 year ago today aged 89. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 14, 2016 Jiang Qing took her own life this day 25 years ago aged 77. She was Mao's fourth wife and as is the way with gaining influence on the coat tails of dictators, when Mao died she fell out of favour. She might have been better off staying in the movies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 15, 2016 How do I love thee's death? Let me count the years.... 130 of them - Emily Dickinson 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 15, 2016 OK Sir C you beat me to it!!! Poet's corner today. It's 130 years since the death of Emily Dickinson aged 55. #4 on 'Hope' is the thing with feathers—That perches in the soul—And sings the tune without the words—And never stops—at all—And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—And sore must be the storm—That could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warm—I've heard it in the chillest land—And on the strangest Sea—Yet, never, in Extremity,It asked a crumb—of Me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 16, 2016 Belsen Was A Gas! Bruno Tesch and Karl Weinbacher are executed for supplying the Nazis with Zyklon B, the chemical used in gas chambers that exterminated over 1M Jews - 70 years ago H.B. Reese (created Reese's Peanut Butter Cup) - 60 years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 16, 2016 Jacob Leisler was hung for treason this day 325 years ago aged 51. He was the first colonist to meet this fate. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 17, 2016 130 years since John Deere was dunploughin aged 82. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 17, 2016 George Boleyn and four others are executed by King Henry VIII for alleged adultery with George's sister--and Henry's second wife--Anne Boleyn - 480 years ago. Home run slugger Harmon Killebrew - 5 years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 18, 2016 105 years since the death,aged 50 of Gustav Mahler. His Symphony no.2 'Resurrection' is a particular favourite of mine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted May 18, 2016 36 years since Ian Curtis committed suicide 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted May 19, 2016 45 years ago today, light-verse poet Ogden Nash died at the age of 68. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 19, 2016 480 years since Anne Boleyn fell foul of Henry V111's cuts aged 35. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted May 19, 2016 I'm Telling You Now, its 10 years since The Reaper said 'You Belong to Me' to Freddie Garrity 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 19, 2016 Gabriel Dumont, fighter for recognition of the Metis tribal peoples of western Canada, from which Sir Creep descended in part - 110 years. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted May 20, 2016 510 years ago aged 55 Christopher Columbus died - he was famous was being the first person who didn't find America. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites