Then and Now - 100 Years Ago to Today Posted: 8 months ago by muppet
A collection of photos comparing a place about 100 years ago to the same place today
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Musical History Today Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Some interesting things happened today in the world of music. As an example, The Coasters recorded "Charlie Brown", but wait there's more!
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The Last Original Peanuts Comic: 8 Years Ago Today Posted: 7 months ago by MUPpetMAKer
Charles M. Schulz penned his last Peanuts comic, that were published 8 years ago today. Here they are.
He died the same day.
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Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 32 Years ago Today Posted: 10 months ago by DrNothing
Take a moment to listen to that haunting Gordon Lightfoot tune and remember the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in a ferocious Lake Superior storm 32 years ago today. On Sunday, at Mariners' Church of Detroit, a bell will toll for the ship's 29 hands -- and all sailors lost on the Great Lakes -- in an annual memorial service starting at 11 a.m.
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Happy Birthday Habeas Corpus - 793 Years Old Today Posted: 3 months ago by doggylives
The Magna Carta and the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus is 793 years old today. One of the cornerstones of our oft-forgotten civil liberties.
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Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Eno & Byrne) Posted: 4 weeks ago by pocksucket
In 1981 David Byrne and Brian Eno collaborated on My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - an album of great import and significance in the history of music.
On 18th August a new album from the pair will be released on this website. As of today there is a track available for free download.
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Maddox is 10 years old today Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
Well, not Maddox. He's probably a bit older. The site.
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50 years for a crime that never was Posted: 4 months ago by Moe
He went to an asylum for the criminally insane and spent 50 years there. There was just one problem. His father, whom he was thought to have killed, was still alive.
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Woman boards the wrong bus and gets lost for 25 years Posted: 2 years ago by BrownTrout
A woman who boarded the wrong bus on an attempted shopping trip from Thailand to Malaysia has returned home after 25 years. There were some language barriers and mistaken identity issues but hey... she should have been back home in 12 years tops!
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Meredith Viera Joins The Today Show Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
Former 'The View' co-host Meredith Viera joined the Today show permanently today. She took over Katie Couric's spot and NBC hopes to continue being the top rated show.
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Early Humans In China One Million Years Ago Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
China houses several early-human (Paleolithic) archaeological sites along the Nihewan Basin near Mongolia, some with artifacts that date back about 1 million years ago.
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Baby-Killer Gets 23 Years Posted: 7 months ago by punthe
A Mount Airy man will spend 23 years in prison for fatally shaking his girlfriend’s 8-month-old son to death in February 2006 while trying to stop the infant from crying.
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February 6th, Today in History Posted: 7 months ago by Blankspace73
My first post here on Plime. Thought I'd go with something easy. Praying to deities this isn't a dupe.
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Elizabeth II Outlives Victoria Today Posted: 8 months ago by mandolinorange
Just past teatime in London today (or about 10 a.m. Eastern time), Elizabeth II will become the oldest monarch in Britain’s history, surpassing Victoria, who was 81 years, 7 months and 29 days old when she died in 1901.
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Man spends 96 years in same house Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A 96-year-old man in Portsmouth, England, still living in the house in which he was born says he doesn't understand why people move around so much.
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"Hello, My Name is Johnny Cash." Posted: 8 months ago by muppetmaker
40 Years ago today, the Legend Johnny Cash recorded one of his most popular songs in the same place it shares it's name with, Folsom Prison Blues.
The video is from the Prison performance, see the full song from his 1990 performance here.
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German man found after 7 years dead in bed Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said Thursday.
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Fast of Esther Today Posted: 5 months ago by z144man
Today is the Jewish fast day that precedes PURIM. No eating today, but Drinking and Hamantashen tonight.
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40 Years ago today, It snowed in San Diego Posted: 9 months ago by suckersklub
December 13, 1967, is a day you can't forget – unless you weren't here. Then, it's a day you can't quite accept. Dreaming of a White Christmas? The dream came true 40 years ago this morning, when gale-force winds blew a Canadian cold front far, far off course.
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Man Reunited With Wallet After 37 Years Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A man who lost his wallet in 1970 got it back after 37 years with everything still inside.
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FAther Who Rapes Daughter and Has 7 Kids Gets ONLY 15 Years Posted: 4 months ago by deepcleanfun
Austrian authorities have now confirmed that 73-year-old Joseph Fritzl, who fathered seven children by the daughter he kept in a dungeon and repeatedly raped for 24 years, will get maximum of 15 years
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