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Icons and August 16th
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:02 am
by T_Bone0806
August 16th has taken some true heavyweights.
1948: Babe Ruth
1977: Elvis Presley
and now, in 2018, Lady Soul.
Re: Icons and August 16th
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:05 am
by tlynn78
T_Bone0806 wrote:August 16th has taken some true heavyweights.
1948: Babe Ruth
1977: Elvis Presley
and now, in 2018, Lady Soul.
August 16 is a stupid cow.
Re: Icons and August 16th
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:57 am
by Bob Juch
Don't forget Vassar Clements in 2005, Margaret Mitchell in 1949, and Bela Lugosi in 1956.
Re: Icons and August 16th
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:47 am
by triviawayne
T_Bone0806 wrote:August 16th has taken some true heavyweights.
1948: Babe Ruth
1977: Elvis Presley
and now, in 2018, Lady Soul.
and my soul...8/16 is the day I started this friggin job 14 years ago
Re: Icons and August 16th
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:22 am
by mellytu74
King
Queen
Sultan
Re: Icons and August 16th
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:44 am
by tlynn78
mellytu74 wrote:King
Queen
Sultan
<rec>
Re: Icons and August 16th
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:21 pm
by jarnon
From Twitter:
Millionaire TV wrote:chad1m wrote:19 years ago today, the first American episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire @MillionaireTV premiered, ushering a new quiz and reality show revolution.
Fun fact: This was the first multiple choice question ever asked on the show, worth $100.
jarnon wrote:Melancholy fact: John Carpenter's $1M question was about a president who appeared on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" and recited a line from @ArethaFranklin's most famous song.
Re: Icons and August 16th
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 12:18 pm
by littlebeast13
tlynn78 wrote:mellytu74 wrote:King
Queen
Sultan
<rec>
You were too soon. Apparently this sadly clever observation wasn't made until
just this morning....
lb13