Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Sunday 9 May 2021
"I don't want to feel a shoe; I want the shoe to become part of me."
Leslie Browne ...more quotes
According to a 1999 survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, of those people who snore, 19 percent snore so loudly that they can be heard through a closed door. ...more trivia
- Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's (1936)
- James A. Butts, Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver (1950)
- Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph (1957)
- Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave (1937)
- Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman, 1980 Olympics gold (1958)
- Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 (1760)
- Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 (1989)
- William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies (1657)
- Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana (2001)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet/playwright, dies at 45 (1805)
- 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote (1913)
- Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon (1977)
- Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian (1981)
- Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins (1961)
- Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years (1993)
UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence
UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence
UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence
UK: George Michael - Fastlove
US: Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
Australia: O.M.C. - How Bizarre
UK: Dawn [300th UK #1] - Knock Three Times
US: Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
Australia: Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee ...more number one singles
|
