Birthdays/Anniversaries/Milestones

[Franklan]

Happy 80th birthday, Eric Clapton!

[Sannerl]

March 31

1811—German chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen invented the Bunsen burner.
1854—Dugald Clerk invented a 2-stroke motorcycle engine.
1878—Jack Johnson was the first Black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915) and invented a wrench.
1950—Pathologist Alison McCartney is a noted breast cancer campaigner.

[snowingagain]

A day late, but Tom Lehrer 97 yesterday.

[Sannerl]

A day late, but Tom Lehrer 97 yesterday.

Georg Kreisler stole from him:

[Franklan]

40 years ago, on July 3, 1985, “Back to the Future” is released (in American cinemas).

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[Eric7]

40 years ago, on July 3, 1985, “Back to the Future” is released (in American cinemas).

One of my all time faves!

[Franklan]

When I was a young lad, I had a crush on Amanda Peterson (here, shown together with a young Patrick Dempsey)...

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Sadly, she passed away exactly 10 years ago, on July 3rd, 2015, at the age of 43.

[Franklan]

On this day, 30 years ago, Bob Ross died.

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[Franklan]

On this day, 40 years ago, Gary Holton died at the age of 33.

People remember him as Wayne from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

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[Franklan]

October 31 1975: Release of the single "Bohemian rhapsody" by Queen.

[Bayrisch_Dude]

October 31 1975: Release of the single "Bohemian rhapsody" by Queen.

October 31 2025: Release of the single comment "Make Hondo Feel Old" by Franklan.

[Franklan]

[..] single comment "Make Hondo Feel Old" by Franklan. [..]

...I see a little silhouetto of a man...

[Fraufruit]

Make us all feel old, whydontcha?

[Robinson100]

October 31 1975: Release of the single "Bohemian rhapsody" by Queen.

Yes, you have made us all feel old, but hey, wouldn´t it be great to get us all singing along to it, and maybe make a recording of the whole song together? - naturally with a bit of "tweaking" to make it half-way listenable!

[Franklan]

Yes, you have made us all feel old, but hey, wouldn´t it be great to get us all singing along to it, and maybe make a recording of the whole song together? - naturally with a bit of "tweaking" to make it half-way listenable!

Like this?

[Elljay]

Franklan, dear, you ARE Wayne in your photo, are you not?

[Franklan]

Franklan, dear, you ARE Wayne in your photo, are you not?

Yes, my Avatar is Wayne Winston Norris as seen in Season 1 of "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"...