The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted November 12, 2016 Actress Diane Brewster died on this day 25 years ago: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 12, 2016 And, 35 years since the death of Bill Holden aged 63, by exsanguination (go on, look it up, you know you want to). "He had dictated in his will that the Neptune Society cremate him and scatter his ashes in the Pacific Ocean."The Neptune Society---juxtaposed with Lowell's 100th anniversary of his death, well dammit there's some kizmet there or summat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted November 13, 2016 Actress Peggy Mount died on this day 15 years ago: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 13, 2016 Cyril Poitier, elder brother of Sidney, died this day 25 years ago, aged 80. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 13, 2016 Cornelius Warmerdam, pole vaulter extraordinaire, went under the bar 15 years ago. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 14, 2016 Social philosopher Georg Hegel - 185 years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 14, 2016 Social philosopher Georg Hegel - 185 years. He was of course, just as sloshed as Schelegel. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 14, 2016 It's been as year since the death of Warren Mitchell aged 89. Alf Garnett would have loved today's politics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted November 14, 2016 Another German philosopher who died on this day, who is perhaps as famous for his hair as he is for his contributions to calculus and binary refinery. Gottfried Leibniz began to disintegrate 300 years ago today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted November 14, 2016 Also German but not a philosopher, explorer/botanist Georg Wilhelm Stellar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Steller Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted November 14, 2016 Tony Richardson died on this day 25 years ago: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted November 14, 2016 Social philosopher Georg Hegel - 185 years. He was of course, just as sloshed as Schelegel. That was Wittgenstein; Hegel was out-consumed by David Hume. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted November 14, 2016 Charlotte Coleman, No Weddings, 15 years ago today, aged 33. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 14, 2016 Social philosopher Georg Hegel - 185 years. He was of course, just as sloshed as Schelegel. That was Wittgenstein; Hegel was out-consumed by David Hume.My bad of course he was. I have a cold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 15, 2016 35 years since the death of Enid Markey, the first actress to play Jane, aged 87. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 15, 2016 Author of 'Quo Vadis', Henryk Sienkiewicz - 100 years ago 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted November 15, 2016 Alger Hiss died on this day 20 years ago: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 16, 2016 Milton Friedman put the final item in his ledger, this day 10 years ago, aged 94. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted November 16, 2016 Edie Sedgwick died on this day 45 years ago: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted November 16, 2016 Bob Smith, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, made the conscious decision to turn himself and his life over to the care of God as he understands Him, today in 1950. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 586 Posted November 16, 2016 Clark Gable died on this day in 1960 aged 59. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted November 16, 2016 Clark Gable died on this day in 1960 aged 59. Who gives a damn? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,060 Posted November 17, 2016 Dame Gladys Cooper died 45 years ago. Rex Harrison's mother in My Fair Lady, among other superb roles. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted November 17, 2016 220 years since Catherine II wasn't so Great anymore, aged 67. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,358 Posted November 17, 2016 Ruth Brown died on this day 10 years ago: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
