Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Thursday 24 May 2018
"In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance."
Henry Miller ...more quotes
An adult walrus typically eats about 3,000 clams per day. ...more trivia
- W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda (1893)
- Joseph Brodsky, USSR, author, Less than 1, Nobel 1987 (1940)
- ? Samane, South Africa, son of Christine, heaviest baby, 22 lbs 8 oz/10.2 kg (1982)
- Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Braz (1974)
- Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, Green Amsterdammer (1858)
- Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64 (1972)
- Juan Melendez Valdes, Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at 63 (1817)
- Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 (1995)
- Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 (1974)
- Pieter Cuypers, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at 48 (1669)
- Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days (1968)
- New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds (1940)
- French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured (1916)
- Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname (1916)
- Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe (1988)
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UK: Ace Of Base - All That She Wants
US: Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
Australia: Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
UK: The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett - Young Girl
US: Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up
Australia: The Irish Rovers - The Unicorn ...more number one singles
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