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Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Tuesday 9 February 2010

A random quote from our archives...

"I praise loudly. I blame softly."
Catherine the Great

...more quotes

A random fact...

Franklin Pierce was responsible for the Gadsden Purchase which added New Mexico and part of Arizona to the United States.

...more trivia

Five random people born today...

  • Danny White, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys (1952)
  • Sharon Case, Det, Michigan, actress, Sharon Collins-Young and Restless (1971)
  • Harald Genzmer, composer (1909)
  • Justice Johnson (1933)
  • Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland (1926)

Five random people who died on this day...

  • Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 (1981)
  • Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 (1949)
  • Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65 (1948)
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio (1906)
  • Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 (1640)

Five random things that happened on this day...

  • New York City news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV (1964)
  • Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic (1975)
  • Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy (1954)
  • World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight (1969)
  • -14.3 degrees F (-25.7 degrees C), coldest day in New York City (1934)

Number One Single this time last year...

UK: -
US: Charts not yet in existence
Australia: Charts not yet in existence

Number One Single five years ago...

UK: Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
US: Mario - Let Me Love You
Australia: Nelly featuring Tim McGraw - Over And Over

Number One Single ten years ago...

UK: Gabrielle - Rise
US: Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You
Australia: Killing Heidi - Mascara / Leave Me Alone

Number One Single 25 years ago...

UK: Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
US: Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
Australia: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Number One Single 50 years ago...

UK: Anthony Newley - Why
US: Mark Dinning - Teen Angel
Australia: Billy "Crash" Craddock - Boom Boom Baby

...more number one singles

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