FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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February 28 Massacre​

1947 February 28 Massacre: Anti-government uprising in Taiwan is violently put down by Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang-led Republic of China government with the loss of 18,000-28,000 lives. Marks the beginning of the White Terror.

 

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Discovery of the DNA Double Helix​

1953 Francis Crick and James Watson discover the chemical structure of DNA-molecule (double-helix polymer) using studies of x-ray diffraction developed by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins

 

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1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool, England closes

 

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Final Episode of "M*A*S*H"​

1983 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H", a 2-hour special directed by series star Alan Alda titled "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen", airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the US

 

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FBI Claims Wuhan Lab Leak Likely​

2023 FBI Director Christopher Wray confirms the bureau believes COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China

 

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Gilbert Gottfried(1955-2022)​

American stand-up comedian, and actor (SNL; Aladdin - "Iago the Parrot"; The Afflac Duck), born in Brooklyn, New York

 

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1985 Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player, born in Belgrade, Serbia

 

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1979 Mr Ed, talking horse, dies

 

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2007 Billy Thorpe, British-Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs - "I Told The Brook", "Mashed Potato"; solo - "Children of the Sun"), dies of a heart attack at 60

 

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2011 Jane Russell, American actress and leading sex symbol in 1940s-50s (The Outlaw), dies at 89

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I love these facts, widespread

 

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Tomorrow is going to be a strange one, only about 1/4th of the usual content, if that.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Seeing the second Dune movie

 

[HomerThompson]

Seeing the second Dune movie

After a while, all of the Dune books & movies start to feel the same

 

[LukeParkerno1]

After a while, all of the Dune books & movies start to feel the same

They do but Gold class and you can have a great time taht is what we are doing lol

 

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Those knobs on the Block finally sold their house

 

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155k profit, they are beyond lucky someone paid over the reserve after so long.

 

[74561347]

Final Episode of "M*A*S*H"​

1983 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H", a 2-hour special directed by series star Alan Alda titled "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen", airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the US

Mash sucks

 

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Mash sucks

Yeah I've never seen one full episode, maybe a few minutes at the most.

 

[HomerThompson]

Mash sucks

MASH at its worst was painful but its best was great.

 

[74561347]

Yeah I've never seen one full episode, maybe a few minutes at the most.

I remember it used to be on TV when I was kid and home sick from school and it either made me wish that I wasn't sick and could go back to school, or that I was a lot sicker and I could die

 

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I remember it used to be on TV when I was kid and home sick from school and it either made me wish that I wasn't sick and could go back to school, or that I was a lot sicker and I could die

Best part of staying home from school was getting to watch Agro/the Smurfs right up until 9am.


Then high school years getting to watch Jerry Springer

 

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Imagine if kids only had FTA access during the day during sick days, they'd be screwed.

Dr. Phil, repeats of last night's MAFS and news bulletins starting at 4pm.