themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 28, 2010 28th January 1986, the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger Back row (L-R): Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik. Front row (L-R): Michael J. Smith, Francis "Dick" Scobee, Ronald McNair. were all killed, when the shuttle exploded shortly after take-off. Last words: "Somebody put that fag out!" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted January 28, 2010 Last words: "Somebody put that fag out!" I heard it was, "Hey, why don't we let one of the women drive?" (let the flaming begin...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 29, 2010 Diminutive Hollywood star Alan Ladd died today in 1964... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 29, 2010 Diminutive Hollywood star Alan Ladd died today in 1964... Ah yes. According to his Wikipedia entry, he started in small roles, and featured in a few short subjects. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted January 30, 2010 Ben KingsleyMohandas K Gandhi Assassinated, 30 Janaury 1948, New Delhi, India. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 30, 2010 Oliver Cromwell was executed on this day in 1661...more than two years after his proper death. Today is also the anniversary of the execution of Charles I, who was killed in 1649. Happy days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 31, 2010 Writer A. A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh, died on this day in 1956... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 1, 2010 Dutch artist Piet Mondrian died today in 1944... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted February 1, 2010 Dutch artist Piet Mondrian died today in 1944... Mondrian What a man Framed a chart Called it art. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted February 1, 2010 Re Mondrian: I've been thinking of painting some art for the Lounge wall... but what subject should I pick? How about I paint my colour coded patio layout plan that showed me how best to use the slabs I had to hand at the time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 2, 2010 William Henry Pratt a.k.a Boris Karloff, died today in 1969... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 3, 2010 Cult actor John Cassavetes died today in 1989... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted February 4, 2010 Today is the 116th anniversary of the death Adolphe Sax, a famous Belgian! (unless of course it was yesterday, or Sunday, or even July 2nd) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted February 5, 2010 Banjo Paterson took his last waltz on this day in 1941, aged 76. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,616 Posted February 5, 2010 Bit slow with this one. It's 27 years and 1 day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted February 6, 2010 Tennis champion Arthur Ashe February 6, 1993, aged 49, from complications of AIDS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 7, 2010 Mat Monro died 25 years ago today... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madcow 6 Posted February 7, 2010 Dr Josef Mengele died on this day in 1979, apparent drowning or stroke whilst swimming. Let's hope it was painful either way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 8, 2010 Enoch Powell, perhaps the most controversial British politician of his generation, died on this day in 1998... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted February 8, 2010 Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off...this day in 1587. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted February 8, 2010 Enoch Powell, perhaps the most controversial British politician of his generation, died on this day in 1998... Clever chap. Could easily have become Prime Minister. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 8, 2010 Enoch Powell, perhaps the most controversial British politician of his generation, died on this day in 1998... Clever chap. Could easily have become Prime Minister. ...if he played his (race) cards right... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 9, 2010 Princess Margaret, the better looking of the two Windsor sisters, died today in 2002... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted February 10, 2010 Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little house on the Prairie died 10 February 1957. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,575 Posted February 11, 2010 TV actor Barry Evans (Doctor In The House, Mind Your Language) found dead in a dilapidated bungalow, 11-February 1997, aged 53. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
