On this day.....

[Jay Mc]

Dont know if there is a thread like this already but if so apololgies

its a place to put facts about the day in question

for example

did you know that on this day in 1985 eastenders was shown for the first time ......

[Jay Mc]

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on this day in 1996 Jarvis Cocker "invaded" the stage during a live TV performance by Michael Jackson at the BRIT Awards

[themilkman]

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on this day in 1996 Jarvis Cocker "invaded" the stage during a live TV performance by Michael Jackson at the BRIT Awards

A lot of people were in uproar about that at the time if I remember correctly, but I must admit to have found it quite amusing tbh..........overblown tune (Earthsong?) by jacko.

[Jay Mc]

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On this day in 1967 Nirvana front man Kurt Kobain was born ..... and he cant be mentioned without thinking of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

[themilkman]

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On this day in 1967 Nirvana front man Kurt Kobain was born ..... and he cant be mentioned without thinking of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

1967!......I assumed he was younger than that.

[Jay Mc]

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1967!......I assumed he was younger than that.

I did too ...... strange the perception we have sometimes

[Jay Mc]

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On this day in 1961 The Beatles appeared for the very first time at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. They went on to make a total of 292 other appearances there. I wonder if anyone in there that night said "Rubbish.... they will never amount to anything"

[Jay Mc]

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Also on this day in 1946 my favourite bad guy was born ..... Alan (Hans Gruber/Sheriff of Nottingham) Rickman

[Jay Mc]

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On this day in 1997 Dolly the Sheep was cloned

[Jay Mc]

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On this day in 1908 John Mills, English film and television actor, was born. He made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He often played traditionally British heroes and he was particularly associated with war dramas, such as The Colditz Story and Ice Cold in Alex . He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the village idiot in Ryan's Daughter.

I added this because he was in my all time favourite film Ice cold in Alex

and just to keep this in the right time frame part of the film was used in an advert for Carlsberg in the 1980's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsqZDl99PNk

[themilkman]

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On this day in 1908 John Mills, English film and television actor, was born. He made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He often played traditionally British heroes and he was particularly associated with war dramas, such as The Colditz Story and Ice Cold in Alex . He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the village idiot in Ryan's Daughter.

I added this because he was in my all time favourite film Ice cold in Alex

and just to keep this in the right time frame part of the film was used in an advert for Carlsberg in the 1980's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsqZDl99PNk

I was on a plane with him once (1974), not that I'd have known it .............we were flying to Los Angeles and people around us, including my mum and dad were saying "that's John Mills over there that is", didn't have a clue who they were talking about, I was only about 8

[Jay Mc]

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March fourth ( i.e. March forth!) is the only date in the calendar year that constitutes a sentence.


1969 The Kray twins, Ronald and Reginald, were found guilty of murder.

Shakin' Stevens was born on this day in 1948

[victorbrunswick]

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Died on this day (March 4):

John Candy (1994)
Gary Gygax (Dungeons & Dragons creator) (2008)

[Jay Mc]

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Died on this day (March 4):

John Candy (1994)
Gary Gygax (Dungeons & Dragons creator) (2008)

cant believe that john candy has been dead for that long, the guy was brilliant

loved him in Planes Trains and Automobiles

sadly missed

[Jay Mc]

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on this day in 1982 John Belushi died in Los Angeles of a drug overdose at the age of 33.

on this day in 1993 Sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from racing for life by the Amateur Athletic Association after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances for a second time.