Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Friday 17 August 2018
"Most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and reconstruction."
Ulric Neisser ...more quotes
The United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, began with a modest thirty-four investigators in 1908. Later, it became the powerful force that it is today, currently employing more than 12,000 agents across the United States. ...more trivia
- Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer 1972 Olympics bronze (1951)
- Koos Postema, editor-in-chief, Vrije Volk, /Dutch TV host (1943)
- Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among U.S. blacks (1887)
- Robert De Niro, New York City, actor, Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver (1943)
- Edward Cowie, composer (1943)
- Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 (1730)
- Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies (1991)
- Horace Alderman, U.S., murderer, hanged (1927)
- Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 (1681)
- Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 (1635)
- Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups (1787)
- Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic (1975)
- Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs (1950)
- German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana (1915)
- English beat Bataafs Navy in Saldanha Bay (1796)
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UK: Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own
US: UB 40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You
Australia: UB 40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You
UK: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire
US: The Rascals - People Got To Be Free
Australia: Richard Harris - MacArthur Park ...more number one singles
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