Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Monday 25 September 2017

A random quote from our archives...

"A society like Canada's, with its four centuries of give-and-take, compromise and acceptance, wrong-doing and redress, is basically a forgiving society."
Adrienne Clarkson

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A random fact...

In one square inch of skin there are 3 yards of blood vessels, 3 million cells, 4 yards of nerve fiber, 1,300 nerve cells, and 100 sweat glands.

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Five random people born today...

• Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari, Italian R&B-singer, Senza una Donna (1955)
• Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia, 1786-97 (1744)
• John Farr, British MP (1922)
• Hendrika G "Tine" de Vries, actress, Seaman's Wife (1928)
• Burleigh Drummond, rocker, Ambrosia (1951)

Five random people who died on this day...

• Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49 (1777)
• John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80 (1918)
• Johannes Pistorius, [Bakker], RC pastor/church reformer, burned at 26 (1525)
• Frank Fay, actor (God's Gift to Women), dies in Santa Monica CA (1961)
• Marvin Davis, American Businessman (2004)

Five random things that happened on this day...

• 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury GC Westbury NY (1926)
• Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium (1973)
• Freedom of Religion in Augsburg (1555)
• Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used (1956)
• Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees (955)

Number One Single this time last year...

UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence

Number One Single five years ago...

UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence

Number One Single ten years ago...

UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence

Number One Single 25 years ago...

UK: The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
US: Boyz II Men - End Of The Road
Australia: Bobby Brown - Humpin' Around

Number One Single 50 years ago...

UK: Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
US: The Box Tops - The Letter
Australia: The Small Faces - Itchycoo Park

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