FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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Film & TV History​

2020 Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York
https://www.onthisday.com/people/harvey-weinstein

 

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Event of Interest​

2021 British Prince William says the royal family is “very much not a racist family” in first public comments since interview by his brother Harry and wife Meghan

 

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Rupert Murdoch(93 years old)​

1931 Australian-born American media mogul (NY Post, News of the World, FOX-TV), born in Melbourne, Victoria

 

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1961 Ken [Kenneth Sean Carson], American model & boyfriend of Barbie, born in El Segundo, California

 

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1964 Emma Chambers, British actress (The Vicar of Dibley, Notting Hill), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2018)

 

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Terrence Howard(55 years old)​

1969 American actor (Mr. Holland's Opus; Hustle & Flow; Empire), and singer-songwriter ("Shine Through It"; "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"), born in Chicago, Illinois

 

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1971 Johnny Knoxville [Philip Clapp], American stunt performer and actor (Jackass franchise), born in Knoxville, Tennessee

 

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1979 Benji Madden, American rock guitarist (Good Charlotte), born in Waldorf, Maryland

 

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1979 Joel Madden, American rock singer (Good Charlotte), born in Waldorf, Maryland

 

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Thora Birch(42 years old)​

1982 American actress (American Beauty, Ghost World), born in Los Angeles, California

 

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Alexander Fleming(1881-1955)​

Scottish bacteriologist (invented penicillin; Nobel Prize 1945), dies of a heart attack at 73

 

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Richard E. Byrd
(1888-1957)
American aviator and polar explorer (1st to reach both the North Pole and South Pole by air - disputed), dies at 68

 

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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

 

[Kram]

Cops should drive cars painted like this now!

 

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Morning all

 

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#March12

 

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Coca-Cola Sold in Bottles​

1894 Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi

 

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Girl Scouts​

1912 Girl Scouts begin in the US as the Girl Guides, formed by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah

 

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Gandhi's 200 Mile March​

1930 Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200 mile (300km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax

 

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The Cat in the Hat​

1957 Random House and Houghton-Mifflin co-publish "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss

 

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Murder of Interest​

1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago

 

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Skripal Poisonings​

2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May says Russia was "highly likely" to have poisoned a Russian spy and his daughter on March 4 with nerve agent

 

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College Admission Scandal​

2019 Dozens charged in US college admission scandal by US federal prosecutors, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman