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Scott Joplin stopped ragging 100 years ago today, aged 49.

 

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Buddy Rich stopped playing drums on this day 30 years ago, aged 69.

 

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Johannes Brahms stopped composing on this day 120 years ago, aged 63.

 

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135 years ago, the man on the left, Robert Ford, shot the man on the right, Jesse James, in the back of the head, killing him aged 34.

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Joe Valachi finally kept his big trap shut today in 1971

 

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19 hours ago, time said:

135 years ago, the man on the left, Robert Ford, shot the man on the right, Jesse James, in the back of the head, killing him aged 34.

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R.I.P. Jessie.

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. stopped preaching on this day 45 years ago, aged 63.

 

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He looks like a cross between Telly Savalas and Magnum P.I!

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The last business for Sam Walton on this day 25 years ago, aged 74.

 

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5 years since the death of Jim Marshall aged 88.

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8 hours ago, TheUndertaker1990 said:

The last business for Sam Walton on this day 25 years ago, aged 74.

 

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Walmart sucks!

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The Fighting Side of The Okie From Muskogee, Merle Haggard, gave up in California one year ago today. Merle_Haggard.jpg

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Isaac Asimov stopped writing on this day 25 years ago, aged 72.

 

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Sam Sheppard fit a lot into his 46 years before dying today in 1970: neurosurgeon, subject of a media witch hunt, wrongfully imprisoned for ten years for his wife's murder, inspiring The Fugitive and a professional wrestling career.

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The last business for Henry Ford on this day 70 years ago, aged 83.

 

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5 hours ago, TheUndertaker1990 said:

The last business for Henry Ford on this day 70 years ago, aged 83.

 

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http://www.clickondetroit.com/features/70-years-ago-while-rouge-river-floods-dearborn-estate-henry-ford-dies-at-83
Here's a whole story about that day in Dearborn, MI.  
BTW I attended an elementary school with an attached kindergarten that was an original 1-room schoolhouse built by Henry Ford for the workers/families of the small machine shops that were popping up 25 miles west of Detroit.  The school was demolished a few years ago, leaving the old schoolhouse as a reminder.  Just a few months ago they moved the schoolhouse to an historical site for preservation....a little bittersweet from where I'm sitting but I'm glad it survived.

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I know you are all riveted as to the story I presented, so here's the Henry Ford 1-room schoolhouse being dragged away.  This is filmed approx 2 1/2 blocks from where Sir Creep grew up.  He didn't attend the kindergarten, as his family moved there when he started 1st grade, but his younger sister did.
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Laura Nyro stopped singing on this day 20 years ago, aged 49.

 

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Like Laura Nyro, Elisha Otis also died this day at age 49.  His was 1861 - 155 years ago - and being the inventor of the elevator, his life was full of ups and downs.

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(Edit: BAH my math skills are askew, Mr. Otis is 156 years.  Well -- I needed to work in the 49 year old angle anyway lol)

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

His was 1861

His what? 

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1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

Like Laura Nyro, Elisha Otis also died this day at age 49.  His was 1861 - 155 years ago - and being the inventor of the elevator, his life was full of ups and downs.

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(Edit: BAH my math skills are askew, Mr. Otis is 156 years.  Well -- I needed to work in the 49 year old angle anyway lol)

 

 

 

Except he wasn't - elevators/lifts had been around for centuries. The first  reports are those of Vetruvius,on Archimedes' device of 236 BC. Otis invented the safety elevator, which prevented the car falling if the cable broke. Still, not bad for an aardvark.

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Anyway, is it really four years since Thatcher died?

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5 hours ago, TheUndertaker1990 said:

Laura Nyro stopped singing on this day 20 years ago, aged 49.

 

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Shame she never got big.

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Helene Hanff stopped writing on this day 20 years ago, aged 80.

 

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On 4/8/2017 at 09:23, The Mad Hatter said:

Shame she never got big.

She looks fully-grown to me.

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