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Jhonatan Narvaez of INEOS Grenadiers wins stage 1 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia
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In late braking news ABBA won the Eurovison Song Contest 1974 for Sweden with Waterloo.
This was on 6th April 1974. Nowadays Eurovision is in May so I missed the actual date.
It is the 50th anniversary which makes me feel old as I remember watching it.
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The Meg
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King Kong
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May 3rd 1481 The largest of three earthquakes hits the Greek island of Rhodes and leads to 30,000 deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1481_Rhodes_earthquake
May 3rd 1815 Battle of Tolentino. The Austrians decisively defeat the Kingdom of Naples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tolentino
May 3rd 1830 the Canterbury and Whitstable railway opens. it is the first to issue season tickets and have a tunnel
May 3rd 1901 The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville Florida
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_1901
May 3rd 1913 Raja Harishchandra is released which is the first full length Indian feature film and starts off the Indian film industry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Harishchandra
May 3rd 1921 Ireland is partitioned by the British government creating Northern and Southern Ireland.
May 3rd 1928 The Jinan incident occurs when 12 Japanese civilians are killed by the Chinese. Japanese retaliation results in the deaths of 2,000 Chinese.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinan_incident
May 3rd 1942 Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi in the Solomon Islands as part of Operation Mo which leads to the Battle of the Coral Sea
May 3rd 1945 The RAF sink three prison ships in Lubeck bay with a great loss of life
May 3rd 1951 The London Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain
May 3rd 1952 Two American pilots land a plane at the North Pole
The Kentucky Derby is screened on TV for the first time by CNS
May 3rd 1953 Two men are rescued from a semi-trailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell into the Sacramento River. Amateur photographer Virginia Schau captures the event and is the only woman to date to win the Pulitzer prize for photography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Schau
May 3rd 1968 Eighty five people are killed when Braniff International Airways flight 352 crashes near Dawson, Texas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braniff_International_Airways_Flight_352
May 3rd 1971 Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (East Germany) remaining in power until 1989
May 3rd 1979 The Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher win the 1979 general election.. She becomes Prime Minister the next day.
May 3rd 1999 A tornado devastates the southwestern portion of Oklahoma City killing 45 and injuring 665 people and causes $1 billion in damages. It gives the highest wind speed ever recorded measured at 301 mph +or - 20 mph
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Bridge_Creek–Moore_tornado
Frankie Valli is 90 today, comedian Ben Elton is 75
Born this day Niccolo Machiavelli, Richard D'Oyly Carte, Golda Meir, Bing Crosby, Mary Astor, Stu Hart, Pete Seeger, George Gaynes, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ken Tyrrell (founded Formula 1 team Tyrrell), James Brown, Henry Cooper, Mary Hopkin, Christopher Cross, Sandi Toksvig, Christina Hendricks, Pom Klementieff (Mantis)
Died this day Mehmed II (Ottoman Sultan), Pope Benedict XIV, Charles Fort (of Fortean fame), Bruce Cabot, Robert Alda, Barbara Castle (English politician), Peter O'Donnell (creator of Modesty Blaise), Gary Becker (Nobel prize laureate) and Daliah Levi
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For a change of pace political news from across the pond
Councils are being voted for. And the Conservative party have taken a drubbing so far losing over half the seats they held. They also lost a by-election for an MP.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68947838
Boris Johnson was turned away from voting after forgetting photo ID. And this was a measure that he introduced when he was PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68947834
We have a general election coming up, so expect to see a change of government here.
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The first avatar change of the year has occurred with Starlord changing his avatar to that of Snagglepuss
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Peter Oosterhuis who was a former British golfer and commentator has died at the age of 75
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This might be a stretch but
Cerebus (the dog not the Aardvark)
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Are you going to transfer what you liked from the other Coastal City thread ?
And if we still had ideas do we put them in this thread or the Brainstorm thread ?
(for example an Urban Legend about a shipwreck just off the coast that was supposed to be a treasure ship)
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The quarter finals of the World snooker threw up quite a surprise with Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump and John Higgins all defeated. They hold 12 World Championships between them. The only previous winner of the World Championship who is in the semi finals is Stuart Bingham.
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May 2nd 1611 The King James bible is published for the first time in London, England by printer Robert Barker
May 2nd 1808 The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against the occupying French forces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos_de_Mayo_Uprising
May 2nd 1863 Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He dies of pneumonia 8 days later
May 2nd 1885 The Battle of Cut Knife. The Cree and Assniboine defeat Canadians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cut_Knife
May 2nd 1945 The Russians announce the fall of Berlin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin
The US 82nd Airborne liberates the Wobbelin concentration camp finding 1000 prisoners dead of starvation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wöbbelin_concentration_camp
The surrender of Caserta comes into effect by which all German troops stop fighting in Italy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Caserta
a death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is stopped by the all Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion saving the lives of several hundred prisoners
May 2nd 1952 A De Haviland Comet makes the first jet flight trip with fare paying passengers from London to Johannesburg
May 2nd 1964 North Vietnamese commandoes sink the aircraft carrier USNS Card while she is docked in Saigon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_USNS_Card
First ascent of Mount Shishapangma the 14th highest mountain in the world and the smallest of the eight thousand metres mountains
May 2nd 1972 A fire breaks out in the Sunshine Mine located near Kellogg amnd Wallace Idaho killing 91 workers
May 2nd 1982 HMS Conqueror sinks the General Belgrano
May 2nd 1986 The city of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster
May 2nd 1999 In Panamanian general elections a woman is elected as president of Panama, the first time for the country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireya_Moscoso
May 2nd 2008 Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma and kills over 138,000 people and leaves millions homeless
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Nargis
May 2nd 2011 Osama Bin Laden is killed by US Special Forces in Pakistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden
May 2nd 2012 A pastel version of the Scream by Munch sells for $120 million which sets a new record for art at auction.
Alan Titchmarch is 75 today and Brian Lara is 55
Born this day Catherine the Great of Russia, John Andre (English soldier and spy), Jerome K Jerome, Hedda Hopper, E E Smith, Manfred von Richthofen, Lorenz Hart, Benjamin Spock,
Nigel Patrick, Peggy Mount, Satyajit Ray, Roscoe Lee Browne, John Neville, Link Wray, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bianca Jagger, David Suchet, James Dyson, Larry Gatlin, Lou Gramm, Jimmy White (snooker player), Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Lily Allen, Pat McAfee, Princess Charlotte of Wales
Died this day Leonardo da Vinci. Eberhard Anheuser (co-founded Anheuser Busch), Martin Bormann, Joseph McCarthy (senator), Nancy Astor (British politician), J Edgar Hoover, Jack Barry, David Rappaport, Michael Horden, John Eccles (Nobel prize laureate), Oliver Reed, Lynn Redgrave, Efrem Zimbalist Jnr and Ruth Rendall
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How remiss of me !
I missed one but maybe this one needs a bit more on its own although usually I would not do this.
Manhunt
This is a British TV series that ran for only one season as it could not really be drawn out any longer. It ran for 26 episodes filmed in colour in 1969. As far as I know It was not repeated as I only ever saw one episode which was reshown as it was special but more of that later. One reason for the non-repeats I believe was that it was rather bleak all the way through.
The kick off and main storyline is that a pilot is shot down in France and has to get away back to Britain. Also a French woman has escaped Paris after the Resistance meeting she was attending was ambushed by the Germans and all the other people present from the Resistance and the British agent in charge are all killed. The woman has the names of a lot of the Resistance people working in France so it is vital that she be taken to Britain or killed. The year is 1942 and France is split in two. The North is occupied by the Germans while Vichy runs the South. so if both people can be gotten into Vichy then life will be easier.
A continued theme is the death of Resistance figures who try to help the two escape. One of the leaders of the local circuit (as the networks were known) takes the two South trying to reach safety. The three bicker and the woman finds out that she could be killed if there is the slightest chance that she could fall into enemy hands.
The trio flee to the boundary with Vichy just as the Germans occupy all of France. The SS are pursuing them trying to work out where they are and then the Abwehr joins in as well. The trio work in an armaments factory and two of them manage to get out in boxes but the Germans capture the woman with the Abwehr Sgt being the one who interrogates her, rather than the SS. He releases her in an attempt to get her to lead him and the SS to the others. The trio end up in a nightclub run by a Resistance contact where the Abwehr Sgt runs into the woman and he takes off with her to Bordeaux while the other two find out an impending raid by the SS on the Resistance and try to warn them. This results in the Resistance leader being captured and shot by the pilot (who he did ask to shoot him if he was captured). The club is raided and the Resistance people there are killed. This takes us to half way through the series and then the narrative splits between the pilot, the woman and the Resistance leader who after recovering in Paris is interrogated by the SS. The Abwehr Sgt also becomes one of the cast you follow.
The pilot hides out with the Resistance and then makes his way to Bordeaux. The Abwehr Sgt catches a British agent put ashore near Bordeaux and he tries to use the woman to break the agent. The pilot is picked up and sent to work in a metal works in Bordeaux which a new alloy is being tested which is for the V1 flying bomb but that is not mentioned although you get to see the shape. The pilot tries to get in with the Germans running security at the plant but ends up getting resistors in the plant killed by the Germans when they find them listening to the BBC. The woman goes to a church to meet members of the Resistance but ends up being captured and interrogated by the SS after the priest is gunned down. Except it is the Resistance trying to check her credentials and that of a nightclub singer who seems to be playing both sides against the middle. The Resistance leader is allowed to leave Paris as the SS want to discover the escape route South and close it down. He contacts the pilot and they arrange an ambush for the security head of the metal plant as London also wants to analyse the metal used in this new plane.
The Abwehr Sgt captures another British agent and her radio set and sets about trying to break her but not using the torture the SS would use. He gets her to get London to recognise her and pass information. The agent manages to escape and they manage to send a message to London which gets the Abwehr Sgt arrested and interrogated by his own side which is nasty as they break his hands.
Now we come to the special episode where there is hardly any sound or dialogue except at the very start. The Resistance with the leader and pilot break into the metal works as the RAF bomb it in order to steal some of the alloy from the new plane. Of all the episodes this is the one which you could watch again as it is very involving and there is a lot you can do and pick up on with gestures and glances. The alloy is stolen but at a great cost with a lo9t of Resistance fighters sacrificed in order to get the alloy out.
The woman and the Resistance leader try to flee to a pickup with the nightclub singer on a train but it ends up being sent back to Bordeaux but not before a German SS officer who has run into them before hand is killed with his death being attributed to the RAF strafing the train.
The Abwehr Sgt is released by the SS and he tries to see the trio by using one of the radio sets he bagged from British agents as bait. He is partly successful but it ends in a confrontation between him and the Resistance leader who he is forced to kill for his own survival.
The last episode concentrates on whether the pilot, the woman and the nightclub singer can make it to a rendezvous and finally escape or will the Germans capture them. The pilot and woman make it to a launch but the Germans manage to kill the Resistance people with them and the nightclub singer.
And here it continues to be bleak as the pilot although promoted will probably not fly again whilst the knowledge the woman has is out of date as other groups have sprung up in the mean time and the pair will not be together even in safety.
I apologise if this is convoluted but the show became quite complicated and could not be continued as a going concern. Robert Hardy played the Abwehr Sgt while Philip Madoc was the chief SS officer chasing the trio. While the latter was playing true to type, Hardy's performance was more nuanced as he was a coward and very bright. The other members of the cast would be unfamiliar to most unless you knew British actors of the 70s. I can honestly say I do not need to see this ever again as it does give you a deeply unsatisfied feeling but maybe that was the intention all along.
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Duane Eddy dies aged 86
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I'm back with another large update so grab yourself a drink and get ready for this.
Seminole Uprising
This film deals with the cavalry chasing the Seminoles in Texas but the Seminoles are from Florida so what is going on ? The Indians have escaped from the reservation and have fled into Texas. An officer who knows he chief is dispatched to bring them back. The problem is that the fort they are going to has his ex-girlfriend who is the daughter of the commander and she is now engaged to a captain. The captain has gambling debts which are cashed in when he leaves the Indian chief's wife and son to the mercy of settlers. It is not a bad film but the Indian dress may be suspect.
Presence of Mind
This is another adaptation of Henry James The Turning of the Screw. It is not as good as The Innocents but it is decidedly creepy. Harvey Keitel guests as the kids uncle but is only seen at the start. Lauren Bacall is the maid and Sadie Frost is the governess. The action is transposed to an island in the Mediterranean. They change the name of the male ghost but when both ghosts appear they are suitably creepy. And it is disquieting all the way through.
Champions
This is about the jockey Bob Champion here played by John Hurt and how he contracted testicular cancer and then had to go through treatment while the horse Aldiniti was being prepped for the Grand National until it sustained a leg injury which might have resulted in it being destroyed. You see more of Bob's recovery at his sister's house and in the hospital before he makes a comeback and takes on the Grand National riding Aldiniti and winning it. The Grand National is one of the premier Horse Races in the UK and is the one for jump jockeys. Also had Jan Francis in the cast so worth watching. It is a true story.
Disappearance
This is an odd TV movie set in the US but filmed in Australia with Harry Hamlin and Susan Dey taking the kids on a road trip but stopping off at a ghost town that the locals know nothing of. Quite creepy and you never quite know what is going on. Worth a look.
Maigret
Maigret's Childhood Friend. The detective meets a man who knew him as a child and leads him to the body of a dead woman so he needs to work out who killed her and why. It turns out she had four men in her life including the childhood friend and is the concierge helping or hindering the investigation ?
Maigret has Scruples. The detective is in Belgium receiving an honour when a man approaches him as he thinks his wife maybe trying to kill him. Later the wife sees him and says her husband is a fantasist and to ignore him. Maigret thinks there maybe more to it and so visits the house and finds the wife's sister lives with the pair. Maigret decides to stay as he thinks something may happen and it does.
Mountains of the Moon
A dramatization of the search for the source of the river Nile by John Hanning Speke and Richard Burton. The first try is thwarted by a native attack which leaves both men injured whilst a second has them reach Lake Tanganyika with Speke also discovering Lake Victoria but the findings are not conclusive as their measuring instruments are lost or stolen on the way. It also has Burton finding a wife. A debate between the two never comes about as Speke dies from a gunshot wound during a hunt. Whether this was an accident or suicide is unclear but it could be either. Speke was proved right years later that Lake Victoria was the source but Burton is the one that is remembered. The film makes you want to learn more about the two.
Goldeneye
This is a 1989 TV film about Ian Fleming and his war service and how he came to Jamaica and settled at the estate that came to e known as Goldeneye. Charles Dance plays Fleming. It is quite good.
Convict Stage
Two bandits hold up a stage and kill the driver, his mate and the passenger a woman who they shot in the back. Her brother is a gunslinger who goes after them but the sheriff gets them first and tries to bring them in. However the bandits are brothers and their mother sets about trying to free them, having already tried to kill the gunslinger. The outlaw gang try to ambush the stage in a ghost town having cut off other avenues. It is a no name cast but is not bad.
The Law vs Billy the Kid
This is the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid story but with the actor playing Billy being too old for the part and too beefy. It is otherwise ok.
The Boy and the Pirates
This is a kids film. A boy finds a bottle on the beach and wishes to be back in pirate times. The genie grants his wish but there is a twist. If the boy does not return the bottle to where he finds it in three days he will become the new genie. So the kid has to try and beat the genie and Blackbeard in order to return to his original life. It is not a bad little film.
Ghostbusters Afterlife
The daughter of one of the original Ghostbusters brings her children to their grandfather's place after he dies and they are on the verge of being kicked out of the home in Chicago. It turns out that Zuul is back as the guy who built the building in the first film was mining in the town that the grandfather settled in. Instead of Slimer we have a ghost that eats metal. Olivia wilde plays Zuul and the remaining Ghostbusters return with Ramis represented as a ghost. This film as a lot of charm as well as having a nod top the past. well worth seeing.
Easy A
This film from 2010 based on the Scarlet Letter shows how a lie about losing your virginity gets right out of control. Emma Stone is a very appealing heroine battling the puritannical Christians and helping other kids become cool or at least avoid bullying by claiming they were intimate with her. It is a short delightful film and well worth rewatching.
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Xerxes the eel from the Aladdin TV series
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Tigger
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Director Jane Campion is 70 today
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Mungo and Midge of Mary, Mungo and Midge. Mungo is a dog and Midge is a house
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Jerry
from Tom and Jerry
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2 hours ago, Cancer said:
Is the author Buell related to the Union general Don Carlos Buell?
EDIT: I ask because I recently read (but did not review here) an account on Grant's operations in the Western theatre of the Civil War, from the war's outset through Vicksburg, focusing on the Vicksburg campaign itself.
The articles relate to Don Carlos Buell criticising decisions made by Grant etc and saying the depositions given by Grant etc were wrong.
2 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said:The Fargo series are older paperback men's adventure books by John Benteen around 1910-1920. Fargo is a two-fisted mercenary type who is better than he thinks he is, and he travels the world doing jobs for high pay. This one is set in Argentina, dealing with cattle ranches and beef being sent to Germany during WWI.
Christopher,
If this is fiction, shouldn't it be in the non-sci-fi/fantasy thread ?
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Felix the cat
The cranky thread
in Non-Gaming Discussion
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Is it really too much to have a broadcaster put out the programme they are supposed to have scheduled ?
The Giro comes around once a year and yet this is the one that loses a programme from the schedule for some obscure reason