rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 20, 2016 5 years since Muammar Gaddafi was exposed to the will of the people, aged 69. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 21, 2016 55 years since the death of the Swedish Leonard Cohen, Nils Ferlin aged 62. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,542 Posted October 21, 2016 Hans Asperger, patron saint of internet forums, dead today in 1980. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 21, 2016 Aberfan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-37689736 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 587 Posted October 21, 2016 4 years since the death of former South Dakota governor, George McGovern aged 90. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted October 21, 2016 Aberfan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-37689736 Honestly can't get my head around this scale of loss in such a small area, or the horrific way the NCB and Labour Party treat the families in the aftermath. This (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-150d11df-c541-44a9-9332-560a19828c47) is an incredibly detailed but harrowing account of the tragedy, for those like me who hadn't really heard about it before. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,483 Posted October 21, 2016 It particularly resonates, so I'm told all the time, by people who were school kids at the time, as there were these slag heaps all over the place, and it was Aberfan where the shit hit the fan, but it could have been anywhere. It's a bit similar to the many football fans who remember near misses in the 1980s with crushes - authorities not wanting to do anything until there's a bunch of dead kids (and older) on their hands, despite all the warnings to the contrary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 22, 2016 Paul Cezanne would make no more impressions following this day 110 years ago, aged 67. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 23, 2016 Intelligence became permanently artificial for John McCarthy this day 5 years ago, aged 84. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted October 23, 2016 Marco Simoncelli died on this day 5 years ago: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 24, 2016 Tycho Brahe and Gene Roddenberry were both out of this world - 415 and 25 years respectively. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 24, 2016 It's been a year since the passing of Maureen O'Hara aged 95. She'll be on our screens again soon in as Miracle on 34th Street makes its annual appearance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted October 24, 2016 Jackie Robinson died on this day 44 years ago: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted October 25, 2016 Two years since Jack Bruce realized he was going wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 25, 2016 Bat Masterson, not sure who he was but his name is well known to me - 95 years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 25, 2016 25 years since Bill Graham was dunpromoting aged 60. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 26, 2016 Alma Cogan died 50 years ago today aged 34. It was said she was too unhip for the 60s and even her grave was square. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 26, 2016 John Kinder Labatt, founder of the Labatt Brewery - 150 years Charles Comiskey, baseball player, manager, and Chicago White Sox stadium was named after him - 85 years Tillman Franks, country bass player and Rockabilly HOF member, wrote 'Honky Tonk Man' - 10 years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 587 Posted October 27, 2016 Rex Stout died on this day in 1975, aged 88. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 27, 2016 75 years since Ernest Everett Just's cells proved not worthy of further investigation, aged 58. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted October 27, 2016 Néstor Kirchner died on this day 6 years ago: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 27, 2016 The legendary Lou Reed went permanently underground three years ago today... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,483 Posted October 27, 2016 Three years already? When I found out about Lou dying, I was on the phone to my mum (a huge fan of his) to tell her we'd got this place. At the time, my wife was heavily pregnant, and we lived in a bloody shithole of a flat. So midway through that talk, I had to segue into "Oh btw, Lou Reed's dead". I'm great at breaking news gently, me. For some reason, the intervening three years have passed in much of a sleep deprived daze... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 27, 2016 For some reason, the intervening three years have passed in much of a sleep deprived daze... That was Reed in the mid-70s wasn't it? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted October 28, 2016 The last man to fight Ali, Trevor Berbick couldn't beat the count this day 10 years ago, aged 52. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
