1885-The Adventures Of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark
Twain is published in the US.
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1885-The Adventures Of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark
Twain is published in the US.
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1971-British TV chat show
parkinson presented by
Michael Parkinson, debuts
on BBC 1.
1985-Eastenders screens
for the first time on TV in
Britain with 13 million
viewers tuning in.
It was aimed to draw big
audiences to BBC1and rival
ITV's Coronation Street.
2016-US author Harper
Lee, who wrote To Kill A
Mockingbird, dies aged 89.
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1962-John Glenn becomes
the first American to orbit the
Earth, aboard Friendship 7.
1992-Skier Annelise
Coberger creates Olympic
history when she becomes
the first Kiwi to win a Winter
Olympic medal, collecting
Silver in the winter's slalom.
1992-Us actor Dick York,
who played the original
husband Darren in Bewitched,
dies of emphysema, aged 63.
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1879-An explosion at the
coal mine at Kaitangata South
Otago, kills 34 miners who
were underground at the time.
2002-English actor John
Thaw, known for Inspector
Morse and The Sweeney,dies
of cancer.He was 60.
Anorak
1879........Originally Posted by Piper
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
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1987-American artist Andy
Warhol dies, aged 58, of a
heart attack.
2011-An earthquake
measuring 6.3 in magnitude
strikes Christchurch, killing
185 people and causing
widespread damage.
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Thank you for pointing that out.
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1904-The creation of
Fiordland National Park began
with nearly 1 million hectares
of land set aside as a national
reserve.
1987-Scientists in Scotland
announce they have cloned an
adult mammal, a lamb named
Dolly.
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1904-TSS Earnslaw is
launched on Lake Wakatipu.
1981-Britain's Prince Charles
announces his engagement to
Lady Diana Spencer.
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1980-British political
comedy Yes Minister
premieres on BBC Two.
2001-Australian cricketer
Donald Bradman, regarded
as the greatest test batsman,
dies aged 92 of pneumonia.
2017-US actor Bill Paxton,
who starred in Apollo 13,
Twister and Big Love, dies
of a stroke after having heart
surgery.He was 61.
The Majestic Metal Wizard
Point of Order - Yes Minister is not a Comedy, but a Documentary and you cannot change my mind.
Seriously though - it should be required viewing before one is able to vote.
Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress
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1839-The first Grand
National Steeplechase is held
at Ainttree in Liverpool.
2009-English actor Wendy
Richard, who starred in
EastEnders and played Miss
Brahms in Are You Being
Served? , dies of cancer.She
was 65.
2012-At the 84th Academy
Awards, The Artist wins five
Oscars and becomes the first
silent film to win since 1927.
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I wouldn't know about that, I've never watched it.
The Majestic Metal Wizard
Seriously, it is both Hilarious and eerily prescient and accurate.
Famously, Maggie Thatcher reported that it was the one program she would record to watch.
Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress
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1998-Britian's House Of
Lords agrees to end 1000
years of male precedence by
giving a monarch's first-born
daughter the same claim to the
throne as any first-born son.
2015-US actor Leonard
Nimoy, best known as Star
Trek's Mr Spock, dies of
chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease.He was 83.
2019-US actor Luke Perry
who played Dylan in Beverley
Hills, 90210, suffers a stroke
in Los Angeles.He died, aged
52, on March 4.
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