FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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Event of Interest​

1988 Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort Klosters nearly kills Prince Charles

 

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James Earl Ray(1928-1998)​

American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Alton, Illinois

 

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Chuck Norris(83 years old)​

1940 American martial arts actor (Missing in Action), born in Ryan, Oklahoma

 

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Osama bin Laden(1957-2011)​

Islamic militant and founder of al-Qaeda, born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

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Sharon Stone(65 years old)​

1958 American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino), born in Meadville, Pennsylvania

 

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Prince Edward(59 years old)​

1964 Prince of Britain and son of Elizabeth II, born in Buckingham Palace, London

 

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Jon Hamm(52 years old)​

1971 American actor (Mad Men - Don Draper), born in St. Louis, Missouri

 

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Olivia Wilde(39 years old)​

1984 American actress and filmmaker (House, Booksmart), born in New York City

 

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Andy Gibb(1958-1988)​

British singer-songwriter, performer and teen idol (Bee Gees - "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"), dies of myocarditis at 30

 

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2010 Corey Haim, Canadian actor (Silver Bullet, Lucas, License to Drive), dies of pneumonia at 38

 

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Hubert de Givenchy(1927-2018)​

French fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn's LBD) and founder of Givenchy (1952), dies at 91

 

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Had a kerbab, chicken roll and chips, then Chinese over the weekend

All good but I think I enjoyed the Chicken Treat the best

 

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Sharon Stone(65 years old)​

1958 American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino), born in Meadville, Pennsylvania

Great in Casino.

 

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New av, cop car crashing in Mad Max.

 

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#March11

 

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1897 A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.

 

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British Reject Boer Peace Terms​

1900 British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury rejects peace overtures from the Boer leader Paul Kruger (on 5 March) as demanding too-favourable terms

 

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Lend-Lease Bill​

1941 FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill, allowing US to provide material support to Great Britain's war effort in return for future use of land for US military bases in England

 

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Music History​

1971 Jim Morrison leaves for Paris to re-orient himself emotionally and creatively, and to avoid the jail sentence given to him in Miami, Florida. He never returns to the US.

 

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Event of Interest​

1985 Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader

 

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1988 British pound note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by one pound coin

 

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Knighthood​

1997 Beatle Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

 

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COVID-19 Pandemic​

2020 COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths