Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Sunday 27 November 2022
"Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...more quotes
At the height of a hundred miles, air is only a billionth as dense as it is on Earth's surface. Even so, the total amount of air that is higher than the hundred-mile level comes to 6 million tons. ...more trivia
- James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family (1909)
- John Murray, publisher (1778)
- Howard de Walden, English landowner/multi-millionaire (1912)
- Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author, Nowele Zebrane (1875)
- Calvin Hayes, rocker, Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock (1962)
- Louis B Russell Jr, longest living heart transplant, dies at 49 (1974)
- Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60 (1995)
- Black Kettle, [Motavato], Cheyenne chief, dies (1868)
- William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong), dies at 74 (1955)
- Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 54 (1915)
- KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting (1952)
- Luis Alberto Lacelle elected president of Uruguay (1989)
- Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft (1940)
- Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die (1898)
- Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration (1957)
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UK: Various Artists - Perfect Day
US: Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind 1997
Australia: Aqua - Barbie Girl
UK: Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
US: The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Australia: Hot Butter - Popcorn ...more number one singles
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