Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Friday 19 April 2019
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
Oscar Wilde ...more quotes
The American yew, a shrub commonly found around federal buildings in Washington, D.C., has the botanical name Taxus taxus(italicize). ...more trivia
- Roger Reinson, CFL linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders (1968)
- Kate Hudson, American Actress (1979)
- Roger Sherman, signer, Decl of, Indiana, Constitution (1721)
- Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1996 (1978)
- Trevor Francis, British soccer manager (1954)
- George Mickelson, Gov of, South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash (1993)
- Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green and Gray), dies at 75 (1938)
- Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies (1608)
- Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77 (1987)
- Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 (1776)
- Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating (1960)
- U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR (1985)
- 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2 (1927)
- 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31 (1920)
- Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs. CSS Alabama (1864)
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UK: Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
US: R.Kelly - Bump N' Grind
Australia: Celine Dion - The Power Of Love
UK: Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites
US: The Fifth Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In
Australia: Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely?) ...more number one singles
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