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Billy Mays was here for the Coke-Induced Cardiac Cark-It Combo™ on this day 9 years ago, aged 50.

 

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GG Allin ate shit and died (not really, he had a heroin overdose) on this day 25 years ago.

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Franz Ferdinand (off of Austrian Archdukes, not bands) was taken out on this day 104 years ago, aged 50. His assassination caused a bit of a kerfuffle.

 

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4th President James Madison, one of the last Founding Fathers (and Father of the Constitution), died on this day 182 years ago, aged 85.

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Death was colder than love for Kurt Raab on this day 30 years ago, aged 46.

 

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40 years ago today Bob Crane's burgeoning career into BDSM pornography was brought to an abrupt halt:

 

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The story of Katharine Hepburn ended on this day 15 years ago, aged 96.

 

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Mary Livingstone signed off for the last time after this day 35 years ago, aged 75.

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Val Doonican's chair stopped rocking on this day 3 years ago, aged 88.

 

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15 years ago, George Roper died aged 69. Regular on The Comedians, a show that is a must watch for our younger Listers.

 

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All metaphysical gravity ended for Richard Buckminster Fuller on this day 35 years ago, aged 87.

 

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Mollie Sugden's pussy went cold on this day 9 years ago, aged 86.

 

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Joey Maxim, the only man to stop Sugar Ray Robinson (who he's pictured with here), died today in 2001. After his boxing career ended he starred in the first "nudist musical", Goldilocks and the Three Bares. It was not a commercial success.

 

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Jacob Obrecht, a famous composer, died in July 1505 of the Black Death

 

 

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Fred Gwynne left the Munster family on this day 25 years ago, aged 66.

 

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The local crematorium's incinerator was set to 'Scorchio' two years ago today in preparation for Caroline Aherne, who died aged 52.

 

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17 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

The local crematorium's incinerator was set to 'Scorchio' two years ago today in preparation for Caroline Aherne, who died aged 52.

 

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She was hot

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2 minutes ago, bladan said:

She was hot

 

Now she's cold

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Joey Dunlop killed racing in Estonia this day 2000.

 

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Master of predictions Nostradamus correctly guessed his own death on this day 452 years ago (aged 62).

The night before, he allegedly said "You will not find me alive at sunrise.".

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Seriously?  I can't believe no one has posted....

Betty Grable - 45 years ago (56).  Speaking of 'she was hot'.

 

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And a few without photos for July 2:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 240 years ago (66).
Samuel Hahnemann (created 'homeopathy') - 175 years (88).
'Big Ed' Delahanty (5th best BA in baseball history (.346)) - 115 years (35). Died mid-season falling into Niagara Falls.
Douglas Englebart (inventor of the computer mouse) - 5 years (88).

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2 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:


Douglas Englebart (inventor of the computer mouse) - 5 years (88).

 

It's a long one but the Mother of all Demos is on YouTube

 

 

 

Introducing a whole bunch of new ideas, and I've used about 3 of them just to send you this reply!

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An hour and forty minutes??!  I'll say the mother of all demos.  Your last line was pretty damn funny msc

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3 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

An hour and forty minutes??!  I'll say the mother of all demos.  Your last line was pretty damn funny msc

 

:lol:

 

Actual comment on that video:

 

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A 16mm film of this demo was sent to the UK. At the time I was a lowly AV Technician at University College London. I ran the film in the New Chemistry Theatre for all the staff of the University of London Computer Centre and other interested parties. I watched fascinated. However, after 90 minutes, when it ended and the audience of senior London computing academics filed out, I heard several make comments such as "Interesting, but it will never catch on" and "What a waste of time." They had just seen the first ever Mouse, Hypertext, WP, video conferencing, and the Internet (Arpanet).

 

 

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