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

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Standard Ball for MLB​

1938 Major League Baseball agrees on use of a standard ball; disagrees on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 players, although Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis eventually decides on 25

 

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Churchill to the US​

1941 Premier Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York

 

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Jackson Five on Ed Sullivan​

1969 Jackson Five make their 1st appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

 

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• 1969 One of the most catastrophic flops in the history of showbusiness - the musical "La Strada" opens and closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 1 performance

 

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• 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure

 

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Silence for John Lennon​

1980 At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon

 

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Philadelphia​

1993 "Philadelphia" one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington premieres in Century City, California

 

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• 1995 AIDS patient Jeff Getty receives baboon bone marrow transplant

 

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20 years..

Hussein Capture Announced​

2003 US President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein

 

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Bush Gets Shoes Thrown at Him​

2008 President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad

 

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If there's one thing this world needs... it's more Star Wars

Star Wars: The Force Awakens​

2015 "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Harrison Ford has its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles

 

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• 2016 Amazon announces its 1st delivery by drone 2 km from their warehouse in the UK

 

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Lost Raphael Paintings Rediscovered​

2017 The Vatican announces it has rediscovered the lost last paintings of Raphael in Vatican Museum, painted in 1520

 

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• 2019 Bel Air mansion featured in TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies" sells for $150 million, becoming California's most expensive property

 

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Biden Election Officially Confirmed​

2020 US Electoral College votes 306-232 to officially affirm Joe Biden's presidential election victory

 

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Birthdays

 

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Nostradamus(1503-1566)​

French astrologist and prophet (Les Propheties), born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

 

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I kinda knew it was his birthday before I read that..

 

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Queens dad

George VI(1895-1952)​

King of the United Kingdom (1936-52), born in Norfolk, England

 

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*That show I watched last week- Rich House, Poor House. The rich ones Manor house had hosted that King once upon a time apparently.

 

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• 1919 Felix the Cat, anthropomorphic cartoon character created in the silent film era by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer

 

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Patty Duke(1946-2016)​

American Academy and Emmy awarding actress (The Miracle Worker; The Patty Duke Show), and mental health advocate, born in New York City [1]
https://www.onthisday.com/people/patty-duke

 

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• 1948 Kim Beazley, Australian politician (33rd Governor of Western Australia), born in Perth, Western Australia

 

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• 1979 Sophie Monk, Australian actress, singer, and model, born in London

 

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Vanessa Hudgens(34 years old)​

1988 American singer and actress (High School Musical, The Princess Switch), born in Salinas, California