Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Wednesday 23 January 2019
"A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times."
Alfred Lord Tennyson ...more quotes
Charles Thurber patented the first successful typewriter in August 1843. ...more trivia
- Ank van der Moer, actress, Verkade, Dutch Comedy (1912)
- Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne (1914)
- Anya Seton, American Writer (1906)
- Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad (1785)
- Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut (1942)
- Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95 (1994)
- Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73 (1977)
- Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44 (1994)
- Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 (1838)
- Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75 (1893)
- Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power (1958)
- Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP (1954)
- Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis (1983)
- Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) (1987)
- Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army (1942)
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UK: D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better
US: Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting - All For Love
Australia: Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting - All For Love
UK: Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
US: Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Australia: Neil Sedaka - Star Crossed Lovers ...more number one singles
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