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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 21 1793
The King of France, Louis XVI, is guillotined at age 39. An early "urban legend" has the King months earlier suggesting a slant and bevelling of the blade, for better cutting action.
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ah yes, the french revolution. the peasants are fooled again, meet the new boss same as the old boss...
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 21 1924
Lenin dead of stroke -- they keep him on ice, expertly preserved. Now after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian gangsters employ the use of the same scientists who taxidermied Lenin to preserve each other after they get whacked.
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never heard of this nuveau-preservation after lenin... that's a little creepy.
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 21 1959
Former Our Gang child star Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (age 32) was shot to death in a knifefight in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.
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brought a knife to a gun-fight more like...
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 21 1960
At Coalbrook, South Africa, a mine collapse traps 437 miners, 417 of whom die from methane poisoning.
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jeez, i wonder what the all-time record is. this has got to be up there, if not #1.
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 21 1960
The U.S. sends a space monkey, "Miss Sam", nine miles high aboard a Mercury rocket. The six pound monkey is successfully returned to Earth.
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he returns super-intelligent. but we won't be hearing aboot that...
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 21 1976
The first passenger supersonic plane, the Concorde, able to travel at twice the speed of sound and developed as a joint venture between the French and English, is put into service by Air France and British Airways.
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what was that russian one, similar, tu-144? crashed at an airshow, i guess it started a russian tradition.
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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Jan 21 1992
Former child star Dana Plato (Diff'rent Strokes) arrested on charges of armed robbery for holding up a video store in Las Vegas. She served 200 hours of community service as sentence.
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different strokes seems to have a lot of this - something aboot that show i don't know? i've never seen it.