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South African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns | South African History Online
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Fuck all happened in SA today
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Oh wait ............ I am looking at ANC Sterile History ....
21/09/1915
Stonehenge is sold by auction for 6,600 pounds sterling ($11,500) to a Mr. Chubb, who buys it as a present for his wife. He presents it to the British nation three years later.
21/09/1937
J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Hobbit is published.
Stonehenge is sold by auction for 6,600 pounds sterling ($11,500) to a Mr. Chubb, who buys it as a present for his wife. He presents it to the British nation three years later.
21/09/1937
J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Hobbit is published.
Papa Smurf
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JR Ewing from Dallas was born today in 1931
and Leonard Cohen today in 1934
and Bill Murray today in 1950
and Steven King today in 1947
and last but not least HG Wells today in 1866, he wrote The War Of The Worlds that was played on the radio in 1938 when people all thought the aliens had landed and taking over Earth, I have the original double album on vinyl of that recording, pretty cool to listen to when you're drunk and stoned around a fire
and Leonard Cohen today in 1934
and Bill Murray today in 1950
and Steven King today in 1947
and last but not least HG Wells today in 1866, he wrote The War Of The Worlds that was played on the radio in 1938 when people all thought the aliens had landed and taking over Earth, I have the original double album on vinyl of that recording, pretty cool to listen to when you're drunk and stoned around a fire
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On this date September 22 in 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. Photo by David Hume Kennerly.
Born 22/09/1943
Toni Basil, US singer actress and dancer, (1982 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Mickey'). Basil worked as David Bowie's choreographer on his Diamond Dogs tour in 1974 and on his Glass Spider tour of 1987.
Born 22/09/1957
Nick Cave, Australian singer, songwriter, who had the 1995 UK No.11 single with Kylie Minogue, 'Where The Wild Roses Grow'. Cave fronted the Birthday Party, one of the most extreme and confrontational post-punk bands of the early 1980s. In 2006, he formed the garage rock band Grinderman.
Toni Basil, US singer actress and dancer, (1982 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Mickey'). Basil worked as David Bowie's choreographer on his Diamond Dogs tour in 1974 and on his Glass Spider tour of 1987.
Born 22/09/1957
Nick Cave, Australian singer, songwriter, who had the 1995 UK No.11 single with Kylie Minogue, 'Where The Wild Roses Grow'. Cave fronted the Birthday Party, one of the most extreme and confrontational post-punk bands of the early 1980s. In 2006, he formed the garage rock band Grinderman.
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Toni Basil is a year older than my father?
Born 28 Oct 1955.
William Henry (Bill) Gates III is an American businessman who dropped out of Harvard University, yet cofounded Microsoft, a computer software company whose business practices were at times ruled to be anti-competitive in several court battles.
Born 28 Oct 1957
Stephen Morris, drums, Joy Division, (1980 UK No.13 single 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'). New Order, (1983 UK No.9 single 'Blue Monday'). The Other Two, (1991 UK No.41 single 'Tasty Fish').
Born 28 Oct 1958
William Reid, The Jesus and Mary Chain, (1987 UK No.8 single 'April Skies').
William Henry (Bill) Gates III is an American businessman who dropped out of Harvard University, yet cofounded Microsoft, a computer software company whose business practices were at times ruled to be anti-competitive in several court battles.
Born 28 Oct 1957
Stephen Morris, drums, Joy Division, (1980 UK No.13 single 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'). New Order, (1983 UK No.9 single 'Blue Monday'). The Other Two, (1991 UK No.41 single 'Tasty Fish').
Born 28 Oct 1958
William Reid, The Jesus and Mary Chain, (1987 UK No.8 single 'April Skies').
October 29th
1965 - The Who
The Who released the single 'My Generation' in the UK. The song was named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 13th on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll.
1929 - Collapse of U.S. stock market prices
Just five days after nearly 13 million shares of U.S. stock were sold in one day in 1929, an additional 16 million shares were sold this day, called “Black Tuesday,” further fueling the crisis known as the Great Depression.
NOVEMBER 04
1922 - Entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered.
1975 - Castro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
1977 - UN Security Council bans arms sales to South Africa
2008 - Barack Obama elected as America’s first Black president.
1922 - Entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered.
1975 - Castro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
1977 - UN Security Council bans arms sales to South Africa
2008 - Barack Obama elected as America’s first Black president.
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Also my mother's birthday.
November 26
- 1942 - Premiere of Casablanca (Set in occupied Morocco during World War II, directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart)
- 1949 - India becomes a sovereign Democratic republic.
- 1976 The Sex Pistols released the single 'Anarchy In The UK'.
Seldom Bucket
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John Lennon in St. Moritz, Switzerland on this date January 28 in 1965.
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French sailors at a sidewalk café in Dakar on this date January 28 in 1943.
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Havana, Cuba on this date January 28 in 1932.
