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

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Anyone know who sings that song in the Mafs ad ?

No

 

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The voice is a little familiar tho

 

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Beautiful song

still never watching mafs though

 

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Pls serve this out

 

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No1 seed in a little trouble rn

 

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Match point

 

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50 v 1

 

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And another seed bites the dust

 

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First time playing in the AO and you take out the no1 seed. Not too shabby

 

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Half her players box is in tears.

 

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Anyone for tennis?

 

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#onthisdayJan20

 

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Henry IV Petitions Gregory VII​

1077 German King Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness

 

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Execution of Louis XVI​

1793 Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for "high treason" by the newly created French Parliament (Convention nationale), during the French Revolution

 

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"The Daily News"​

1846 1st edition of Charles Dickens' newspaper "The Daily News"

 

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1880 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains in Memphis, Tennessee


The story behind London's first sewage system is pretty interesting- have seen docos on that. Apparently the politicians finally did something about it because the stench from the Thames near Parliament was unbearable.

 

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Houdini Escapes​

1903 Harry Houdini escapes from Halvemaansteeg police station in Amsterdam

 

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1919 Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Féin creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain, sparking the Irish War of Independence

 

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Agatha Christie's First Novel​

1921 British crime writer Agatha Christie publishes her first novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" introducing the character Hercule Poirot

 

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Italian Communist Party​

1921 Italian Communist Party founded at Livorno by Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci

 

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1935 The Wilderness Society is founded by conservationists

 

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1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal

W.... th

 

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The actual banning of the game was executed in New York quite dramatically, as the announcement was made just a few weeks after Pearl Harbor was attacked. To ensure a pinball-free New York, Mayor LaGuardia issued a city-wide mandate for the police to round up pinball machines and arrest their owners. Thus pinball went underground and was moved behind the scenes, often in pr0n shops located in neighborhoods like the East Village and Harlem. Thousands of machines were rounded up in just a few days, but not before the Mayor and Police Commissioner smashed them with sledgehammers. They were then dumped in the rivers.

 

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Police were still raiding illegal pinball operators through the 1970s, but finally in 1976, the ban was lifted after a clever 26-year-old magazine editor named Roger Sharpe proved to skeptical government officials that with the sliders in place pinball was in fact a skillful pursuit. He brought with him to the demonstration two machines in case one did not work. Judging parties questioned the integrity of the first machine and made the young man use his backup. Unfortunately for Sharpe he was less familiar with this game and his playing fell short of convincing. But in a last minute attempt, Sharpe called out the trajectory of the pinball based on one shot. The ball did exactly as he described, and the skill needed to play pinball was no longer in question.

That is hilarious.

Ah the good ol US of A... go on a mad mission banning pinball machines but AKA-whatevers- knock yourselves out mate + go on a rampage, by all means.

 

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JFK Visit​

1962 US President John F. Kennedy arrives in Uruguay