FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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June 24..

 

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The Fatal Dance Manias of Medieval Europe​

1374 Sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion

 

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In other words.. the first rave?

 

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Eton College Founded
1441 Eton College founded in England by Henry VI

 

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Coronation of Henry VIII​

1509 Henry VIII is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, London



Hands down.. my favourite abbey

 

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1880 First performance of "O Canada," the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français

 

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Pickford's Million Dollar Contract
1916 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract

 

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Hitler Starts Prison Sentence​

1922 Adolf Hitler begins a month long prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the 'Jewish sell-out' of Germany to the Bolsheviks

 

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Nazis Destroy Ležáky​

1942 Village of Ležáky, Czechoslovakia destroyed by Nazis after Gestapo finds a radio transmitter believed to have been involved coordinating the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, 33 adults were executed by firing squad on site, and children were sent to concentration camp gas chambers, and the village was burned down and plowed under

 

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God nothing much happens on June 24..

 

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Music History​

1992 Billy Joel (43) gets diploma from Hicksville (New York) High School, 25 years after leaving with a missing English credit; he submitted samples of his writing to earn his degree

 

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2004 Capital punishment is declared unconstitutional in New York

What a shame

 

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15 years ago today this happened..

Sports History​

2010 In the longest match in tennis history, American John Isner defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon after 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over 3 days

 

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Event of Interest
2016 British Prime Minister David Cameron resigns after the UK votes to leave the EU


Idiots.

 

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2020 Russia celebrates its victory 75 years ago over Nazi Germany with huge military parade through Red Square in Moscow (delayed from May 9 due to pandemic)

 

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2021 Residential tower Champlain Towers South collapses at 1.30am in Surfside, Miami Beach, with 156 people missing (98 bodies eventually recovered)

 

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2022 US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, eliminating constitutional right to choose abortion, in a 6-3 vote [1] [2]


Idiots.

 

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Event of Interest​

2024 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange reaches deal with the US; pleading guilty to criminal charges but allowed to go free, after five years in a UK prison [1]

 

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Mick Fleetwood(78 years old)​

1947 British rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"; "Tusk"; "The Chain"), born in Redruth, Cornwall, England

 

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1967 Sherry Stringfield, American actress (Dr. Susan Lewis-ER, Laura-NYPD Blue), born in Colorado Springs

 

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*not her but close enough

 

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Lionel Messi(38 years old)​

1987 Argentine soccer striker (6 x FIFA Ballon d’Or; 6 x European Golden Shoes; 10 x La Liga titles; 4 x UEFA Champions League; 6 x Copas del Rey; FC Barcelona, PSG), born in Rosario, Argentina

 

[Voula]

Don't they have like 5 songs.

Only true fans would be going to their concerts. They would know all the songs on the albums and not just the ones they released.

I remember one time they had NKOTB cruises and they would sell out.