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Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Tuesday 19 March 2024

A random quote from our archives...

"I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success."
Jack Welch

...more quotes

A random fact...

The oldest known map is carved on a clay tablet that dates to about 2300 B.C., which now resides in the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Excavated at Nuzi in northern Iraq during the early 1920s, the clay map portrays the river Euphrates flowing through northern Mesopotamia.

...more trivia

Five random people born today...

  • Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer (1816)
  • Ursula Andress, born in Berne Switzerland, actress, She, Sensuous Nurse (1936)
  • Janine Dacosta, French pianist (1923)
  • Ornette Coleman, jazz composer, Downbeat Musician of Year 1966 (1930)
  • David Minge, Rep-D-Minnesota (1942)

Five random people who died on this day...

  • Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83 (1995)
  • Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79 (1971)
  • Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35 (1946)
  • Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94 (1987)
  • Louis-Henry Paisible, composer, dies at 33 (1782)

Five random things that happened on this day...

  • S. Potter becomes 1st U.S. pilot to shoot down a German seaplane (1918)
  • Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London (1944)
  • Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city (1822)
  • Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports (1975)
  • "Kate and Allie," premieres (1984)

Number One Single this time last year...

UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence

Number One Single five years ago...

UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence

Number One Single ten years ago...

UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence

Number One Single 25 years ago...

UK: Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough
US: Cher - Believe
Australia: Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time

Number One Single 50 years ago...

UK: Paper Lace - Billy, Don't Be A Hero
US: Cher - Dark Lady
Australia: Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo

...more number one singles

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