FTA-TV First Dates - Part 6 - More episodes & series than you can poke with a suggestive mushroom

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1795 Leopold von Ranke - German historian who founded the modern concept of source-based history. [emoji629] [emoji3166]

1823 Jean Henri Fabre, French naturalist & entomologist [emoji632] [emoji3074][emoji2764]

1915 Werner von Trapp, Austrian singer. [emoji1038] [emoji441]
Still think he was better off with the Countess.

 

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1985 Heart's "Heart" album goes #1 [emoji441] [emoji3590]

Power ballads ftw

 

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1933 Fox Films signs Shirley Temple aged 5, to a studio contract [emoji327] [emoji1663] [emoji484][emoji404]

Probably got paid peanuts. Female AND a child.

 

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Birthdays [emoji512]

 

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1916 John Boon, British publisher & grandfather of David Boon.

1935 Phil Donahue, TV talk show host [emoji342] [emoji441]

1937 Jane Fonda - Academy & Emmy Award-winning actress, aerobicist, and political activist [emoji327] [emoji110]

1940 Frank Zappa - rock guitarist, composer, activist, & filmmaker [emoji379] [emoji450] [emoji110] [emoji327]

 

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Boonie!

 

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*grandfather Boonie

 

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1946 Carl Wilson - rock vocalist & guitarist [emoji441] [emoji450] [emoji2513]

1948 Samuel L. Jackson [emoji3575] [emoji488] [emoji3047] [emoji2924]

1954 Chris Evert (18 Grand Slam singles titles) [emoji462] [emoji1258]

1959 Florence Griffith Joyner (d. 1998) “athlete” [emoji1258] [emoji1628][emoji382]

 

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Samuel L Jackson. I loved him in The Matrix

 

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1966 Kiefer Sutherland, “actor” [emoji327] [emoji339]

1974 Karrie Webb - golfer (US Open 2000, 01; British Open 2002; PGA 2001; 41 x LPGA Tour titles) [emoji1037] [emoji466]

1977 Emmanuel Macron, President of France (2017-) [emoji632] [emoji158] [emoji2922] ️

 

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Deaths [emoji3545]

72 Thomas the Apostle dies in Mylapore, India (according to tradition) [emoji43] [emoji1128]

1824 James Parkinson, English physician (1st description of Parkinson's disease) and political activist [emoji1022]󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 [emoji3167]‍[emoji2021] [emoji110]

1873 Francis Garnier, French explorer, dies at 34. [emoji632] [emoji3067]Last words: “Worth it”

 

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1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author dies of a heart attack at 44. A multitude of schoolkids gave him his first name (usually abbreviated) after being forced to read The Great Gatsby.

1959 Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur & ceramicist [emoji627] [emoji2770][emoji2421] [emoji900]

1985 Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo) [emoji627] [emoji624][emoji440] [emoji3538]

2000 Inventor of the walkie talkie, Al Gross, dies at 82 [emoji187]
Last words: “Help. Over.”

2013 Lars Edlund, Swedish composer
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And finally, Marriages

1996 Chef Gordon Ramsay married teacher Tana Hutcheson [emoji3167]‍[emoji505]
Assume that the reception was self-catered.

2008 Scottish-American comic & talk show host Craig Ferguson (46) married American art dealer Megan Wallace Cunningham (26) [emoji1022]󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 [emoji1258] [emoji609][emoji2424][emoji2777][emoji439]

2014 Elton John (67) married Canadian David Furnish (52), on the 9th anniversary of their civil partnership [emoji636] [emoji441] [emoji1300] [emoji2380]

 

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Cheers

 

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Busy day today.

 

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No gym tho. Am going to jump straight in the pool before I'm due to check out

 

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Man I like packing on check out. It's all just a bit lighter including not having to lug home a bottle of wine.

 

[HomerThompson]

I've picked up something nasty. RATs negative so far but laid low [emoji855][emoji45]

 

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Less toiletries too. Esp the sunscreen

 

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I've picked up something nasty. RATs negative so far but laid low [emoji855][emoji45]

I have hand sanitized the shit outta my hands this trip

 

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And shall be wearing a mask when I go to the theatre today. And train

 

[HomerThompson]

More room for "souvenirs" [emoji106]

 

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But yeah everything. Even when I get room service delivered- before I start eating, sanitize.

Used it in the gym too, at the shops. Just everywhere.

 

[HomerThompson]

And shall be wearing a mask when I go to the theatre today. And train

Yeah, have been doing all that so hopefully haven't passed it on to anyone. [emoji1696]

 

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Probably should have worn a mask at the shops too tho.

Cannot believe all the ppl on a PACKED tram not masking up.