Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Saturday 25 March 2023
"All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer." Thomas Fuller ...more quotes
Scientists estimate that there are 3 to 4 million genes in each human cell, and yet they have been able to identify one particular gene among those millions, produce and image of that gene, and examine it for abnormalities. ...more trivia
- Bill Lockwood, cricketer, England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902 (1868)
- Howard Battle, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies (1972)
- Leslie Claudius, born in India, field hockey, Olympics gold 1948, 52, 56 (1927)
- Bohumil Golian, born in Czech, volleyball player, Olympic-bronze-1968 (1931)
- Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Friesan author, De ljochte kimen (1890)
- Warren Hymer, actor (Show Them No Mercy), dies at 42 (1948)
- Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72 (1969)
- Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer, dies at 72 (1965)
- Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85 (1978)
- Max F Eastman, U.S. critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at 86 (1969)
- European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers (1971)
- Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth (1996)
- 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp (1942)
- Majid Khan and Mushtaq Mohammad both out for 99 in Test vs. Eng (1973)
- NASA launches space vehicle S-206 (1988)
UK: - US: Charts not yet in existence Australia: Charts not yet in existence
UK: - US: Charts not yet in existence Australia: Charts not yet in existence
UK: - US: Charts not yet in existence Australia: Charts not yet in existence
UK: Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That US: Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It Australia: All Saints - Never Ever
UK: Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never US: Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song Australia: Carly Simon - You're So Vain ...more number one singles
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