FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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On this day...

Prince of Orange Takes Roermond
1632 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange conquers Roermond

 

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Isaac Newton Admitted to Cambridge​

1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge

 

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Ford's 32 Hour Week
1937 Henry Ford initiates a 32 hour work week

 

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Eisenhower Makes D-Day Decision​

1944 After receiving favorable weather reports, General Eisenhower decides to proceed with the D-Day invasion on June 6

 

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Noddy's 1st Appearance
1949 Enid Blyton's wooden toy character Noddy first appears in the "Sunday Graphic"

 

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1967 Judge in Peoria, Illinois sentences American mass murderer Richard Speck to death in electric chair, after his jury conviction; later reduced to minimum 100 years in prison, he dies of a heart attack in prison in 1991

 

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Bobby Kennedy Gunned Down on Campaign Trail​

1968 Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinates Robert F. Kennedy, shooting him 3 times and wounding 5 others at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy dies the next day.

 

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2003 A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region

 

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Film & TV History​

2018 Film producer Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges in court in New York City

 

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2018 US Judge Aaron Persky, criticized for his leniency towards campus sex attacker Brock Turner, becomes the 1st judge voted out in 80 years in Santa Clara, California

I remember this well- he called him a "promising young man", and that the rest of his life shouldnt be ruined over this one poor act?

Something along those lines.



Just another win for the rapists.

 

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2023 Australian woman Kathleen Folbigg is pardoned after 20 years in prison for the murder of her four children, after new genetic research found evidence of gene disorders in the children [1]

 

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2024 World's only surviving wild horse, the Przewalski's Horse, is returned to the Golden Steppe of Kazakhstan for the first time in over 200 years [1]

 

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*couldnt find the birthday gif

 

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Elena Cornaro Piscopia(1646-1684)​

Italian mathematician and the 1st woman to receive an academic degree from a university, born in Venice, Italy

 

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John Maynard Keynes
(1883-1946)
English economist whose ideas changed the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, born in Cambridge, England

 

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1956 Kenny G [Gorelick], American smooth jazz saxophonist (Duotones; Breathless), born in Seattle, Washington

 

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I bet 74 is a massive Kenny G fan..

 

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1967 Ron Livingston, American actor (Band of Brothers), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

 

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Mark Wahlberg(54 years old)​

1971 American singer (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) and actor (Boogie Nights, The Departed), born in Boston, Massachusetts

 

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And Marky Mark and his Funky bunches conclude June the 5th

 

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Yep. He lost in 4