Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Friday 3 February 2023
"The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns."
Lucius Annaeus Seneca ...more quotes
The television show Seinfeld was set in New York City; however, the exterior that was used for Jerry Seinfeld's apartment house is actually in Los Angeles, California. ...more trivia
- Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist, Tour de France 1955, 56 (1920)
- Georg Trakl, Austrian poet, Autumn of the Lonely (1887)
- Erwin Kroll, composer (1886)
- Joris Baers, Flemish bibliography/founder, Boekengids (1888)
- Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress, Little Women, Daisy Kenyon (1932)
- Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 (1961)
- Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38 (1998)
- Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England (1984)
- Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61 (1945)
- Tibor Reich, textile designer, dies at 79 (1996)
- Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo (1882)
- Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US (1948)
- "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold (1964)
- Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) (1895)
- Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open (1957)
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UK: Aqua - Doctor Jones
US: Janet Jackson - Together Again
Australia: Aqua - Doctor Jones
UK: The Sweet - Blockbuster
US: Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Australia: Michael Jackson - Ben ...more number one singles
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