rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 2, 2016 140 years ago, James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker, aged 39. Dead man's hand again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted August 2, 2016 PS no rogue puppies today.Like any other red bloodied heterosexual male on this site, we all await a photo of said puppy. ;-D Is your wife on the rag or just a psycho? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted August 2, 2016 43 years since the Summerland Disaster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerland_disaster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 3, 2016 August 3 2016:Roger Casement - 100 years Lenny Bruce - 50 years NFL great Bubba Smith - 5 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted August 3, 2016 August 3 2016: Roger Casement - 100 years Lenny Bruce - 50 years NFL great Bubba Smith - 5 years How can you mention Bubba Smith and not mention Police Academy? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted August 3, 2016 295 years since the death of Grinling Gibbons, sculptor and woodcarver. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted August 3, 2016 Flannery O'Connor, today in 1964. The life she saved was not her own. Remember, if you have the entire works of O'Connor and PG Wodehouse you have 98% of all 20th century literature that's worth reading. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted August 3, 2016 A good man is hard to find. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 3, 2016 A good man is hard to find.Want that was Feargal Sharkey? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted August 3, 2016 A good man is hard to find.Want that was Feargal Sharkey? The song does often come into my head reading O'Connor, sadly. Nah, Flannery is a great writer. If you ever feel you are too cheery about the world, give some of her work a read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 3, 2016 August 3 2016: Roger Casement - 100 years Lenny Bruce - 50 years NFL great Bubba Smith - 5 years How can you mention Bubba Smith and not mention Police Academy? Yessir! I wasn't aware that passed as pop culture beyond my continental shelf. Apologies. I've made those assumptions before only to discover I was incorrect. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 3, 2016 Flannery O'Connor, today in 1964. The life she saved was not her own. Remember, if you have the entire works of O'Connor and PG Wodehouse you have 98% of all 20th century literature that's worth reading. Everything That Rises Must Converge.....which frankly was a better Shriekback song than an O'Conner novel. SirC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted August 5, 2016 54 years ago today, Marilyn Monroe died of a drug overdose at the age of 36. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted August 5, 2016 DL Alumni Chapman Pincher & George Cole died 2 years ago and 1 year ago, respectively. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,060 Posted August 6, 2016 Dame Dorothy Tutin became one of Ibsens Ghosts for real 15 years ago aged 71. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 7, 2016 Bix Beiderbecke, one of THEEE original jazz artists - 85 years Harry Reasoner, original 60 Minutes presenter - 25 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 7, 2016 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher, died this day 75 years aged 80. Not certain, but i'm guessing was not an imbiber. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted August 7, 2016 Hone Heke, Maori Tribal leader in 1850 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dne_Heke 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,060 Posted August 7, 2016 25 years ago Vaughn Toulouse aged 32, the lead singer of the band Department S, no longer asked for Vic. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 8, 2016 20 years since Frank Whittle ceased drawing in oxygen in order to enable forward motion through the fast exhalation of gas, aged 89. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted August 8, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Feldman Warhol Superstar Andrea Feldman was super dead on this day in 1972. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 9, 2016 10 years since James Van Allen became stardust aged 91. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 9, 2016 Hieronymous Bosch - 500 years today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 10, 2016 The less famous (but maybe smarter) younger brother of Joseph Haydn, Michael, started decomposing this day 210 years ago aged 68. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted August 11, 2016 Actor Peter Cushing died on this day in 1994 aged 81. He played Grand Moff Tarkin in the Star Wars movie. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
