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    death tribble got a reaction from Cancer in DESILU   
    I'm pretty sure that Jkeown knows the DESILU link to Star Trek and used the acronym accordingly.
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    death tribble got a reaction from Pariah in On This Day in History   
    January 22nd 871 AD. Battle of Basing. The Saxons are defeated by the Vikings
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Basing
     
    January 22nd 1517 Battle of Ridaniya. The Ottomans defeat the Mamaluk Sultanate just outside Cairo.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridaniya
     
    January 22nd 1879 Battle of Isandlwana. The Zulus defeat the British army
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana
     
    January 22nd 1879 Battle of Rorke's drift begins
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke's_Drift
     
    January 22nd 1901 Edward VII becomes king with the death of his mother Queen Victoria
     
    January 22nd 1905 Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)
     
    January 22nd 1915. Railway disaster in Mexico leads to 600 deaths
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara_train_disaster
     
    January 22nd 1924. Ramsey MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
     
    January 22nd 1927. First live commentary of a football match by Teddy Wakelam at Highbury between arsenal and Sheffield United. This was on the BBC radio
     
    January 22nd 1941. Tobruk is captured from the Italians in Operation Compass.
     
    January 22nd 1943 End of the battle of Buna-Gona. American and Australian forces defeat the Japanese in Papua New Guinea
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna–Gona
     
    January 22nd 1944. Operation Shingle begins with landings at Anzio
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio
     
    January 22nd 1970. The Boeing 747 starts commercial service flying from New York to London
     
    January 22nd 1973. The Supreme Court delivers its decision in Roe vs Wade and Doe vs Bolton legalizing elective abortion in the U.S.
     
    January 22nd 1973 A 707 explodes on landing in Nigeria killing 176 passengers and crew
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Kano_Nigeria_Airways_Boeing_707_crash
     
    January 22nd 1973 George Forman defeats Joe Frazier in the second round to become world heavyweight boxing champion
     
    January 22nd 1984 Superbowl XVIII The LA Raiders defeat the Washington Redskins 38-9
     
    January 22nd 1989 Superbowl XXIII the San Francicso 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16
     
    Born this day Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Captain Kidd, Lord Byron, August Strindberg, D W Griffith. Conrad Veidt, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert E Howard, U Thant (UN Secretary General), Alf Ramsey (England football manager), Sam Cooke, Piper Laurie, Bill Bixby, John Hurt, Malcolm McLaren, Steve Perry , Jim Jarmusch, Tully Blanchard, John Wesley Shipp (he played the Flash and the Flash's father), Linda Blair, , Michael Hutchence and Olivia d'Abo
    Died this day Shah Jahan (who caused the Taj Mahal to be built), Queen Victoria, Mike Hawthorn (United Kingdom's first Formula 1 and winner of the 1955 Le Mans 24 race which had a disastrous crash), Lyndon B Johnson, Telly Savalas, Ann Miller, Heath Ledger, Jean Simmons, Ursula K LeGuin and Hank Aaron (baseball player)
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    death tribble got a reaction from Jkeown in DESILU   
    I'm pretty sure that Jkeown knows the DESILU link to Star Trek and used the acronym accordingly.
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    death tribble got a reaction from tkdguy in On This Day in History   
    January 20th 1567. Battle of Rio de Janeiro. Portugal beat France
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1567)
     
    January 20th 1839 Battle of Yungay. This is in South America
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yungay
     
    January 20th 1929 the first full length talking motion picture filmed outdoors is released
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Old_Arizona
     
    January 20th 1936 King George V dies and is succeeded by his son as Edward VIII
     
    January 20th 1937 Franklin D Roosevelt begins his second term as President as the 20th Amendment to the constitution take effect
     
    January 20th 1942 The Wannsee Conference takes place.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference
     
    January 20th 1953. Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the first President to start his Presidency on January 20th since the 20th Amendment takes place
     
    January 20th 1961. John F Kennedy is inaugurated as President as the youngest man to hold the office and the first Catholic
     
    January 20th 1980. Superbowl XIV The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19
     
    January 20th 1981. Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
     
    January 20th 1985 Superbowl XIX The San Francisco49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38-16
     
    January 20th 1986 Martin Luthor King Day is celebrated for the first time as a Federal holiday
     
    January 20th 2009. Barack Obama is inaugurated as President and is the first African American to do so.
     
    January 20th 2021. Joe Biden is inaugurated as the oldest person to hold the office of President. Kamala Harris is inaugurated as the first female Vice President.
     
    Tom Baker the fourth actor to play Dr Who on television is 90 today
    Also born this day Lead Belly, Federico Fellini, DeForest Kelley, Slim Whitman, Buzz Aldrin, David Lynch, Ian Hill (of Judas Priest fame), Paul Stanley (of KISS fame), Bill Maher, R A Salvatore and Nicky Wire (of Manic Street Preachers)
    Died this day John Ruskin (painter and critic), Andrew Volstead (of Prohibition Act fame), Alan Freed, Johnny Weissmuller, Barbara Stanwyck, Audrey Hepburn, Sir Matt Busby, Etta James and Meat Loaf
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    death tribble got a reaction from tkdguy in General Sports Thread   
    Novak Djokovic is the first man to play 100 matches at all four of the tennis Grand Slams.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/68027490
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    death tribble got a reaction from Pariah in Random Song Lyrics Thread   
    Lay a whisper on my pillow,
    Leave the winter on the ground.
    I wake up lonely, there's air of silence
    In the bedroom and all around

    Touch me now, I close my eyes and dream away.

    It must have been love but it's over now.
    It must have been good but I lost it somehow.
    It must have been love but it's over now.
    From the moment we touched, 'til the time had run out.

    Make-believing we're together
    That I'm sheltered by your heart.
    But in and outside I've turned to water
    Like a teardrop in your palm.

    And it's a hard winter's day, I dream away.

    It must have been love but it's over now.
    It was all that I wanted, now I'm living without.
    It must have been love but it's over now,
    It's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows.

    It must have been love but it's over now.
    It must have been good but I lost it somehow.
    It must have been love but it's over now.
    From the moment we touched, 'til the time had run out.

    Yeah, it must have been love but it's over now.
    It was all that I wanted, now I'm living without.
    It must have been love but it's over now,
    It's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows.

    (must have been love but it's over now)
    (must have been love but it's over now)
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    death tribble got a reaction from DentArthurDent in Alphabet Game 2021   
    The Odyssey which is over 2,500 years old
    Oedipus Rex which is nearly 2,500 years old
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    death tribble got a reaction from Jkeown in Who is the MOST Annoying Villain you have Encountered?   
    Well we still like you
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    death tribble got a reaction from assault in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671
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    death tribble got a reaction from Old Man in NFL 2023   
    The play off game at Buffalo has been postponed due to the expected storm. It will be played on Monday
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    death tribble got a reaction from DShomshak in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671
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    death tribble got a reaction from DShomshak in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Cape Verde declared malaria free. No cases in three years.
     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67951537
     
    Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on the cosmos. (And no Cancer and I had nothing to do with this. This time.)
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749
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    death tribble got a reaction from Cygnia in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Cape Verde declared malaria free. No cases in three years.
     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67951537
     
    Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on the cosmos. (And no Cancer and I had nothing to do with this. This time.)
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749
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    death tribble got a reaction from Pariah in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Cape Verde declared malaria free. No cases in three years.
     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67951537
     
    Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on the cosmos. (And no Cancer and I had nothing to do with this. This time.)
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749
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    death tribble got a reaction from Old Man in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671
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    death tribble got a reaction from Ternaugh in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671
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    death tribble got a reaction from tkdguy in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671
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    death tribble got a reaction from tkdguy in On This Day in History   
    January 7th 1979 The Vietnamese army captures Phnom Penh. January 7th is now commemorated as Victory Over Genocide day.
     
    January 7th 1939 the last element to be discovered in nature rather be synthesised is identified as Francium
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium
     
    Nicholas Cage turns 60 today
     
    EDIT: Would you believe that there is still about a third of the year that we have nothing for ?
    January, September and June are the worst months for missing dates. November and December are missing 3 dates each. 
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    death tribble got a reaction from Rich McGee in On This Day in History   
    January 7th 1979 The Vietnamese army captures Phnom Penh. January 7th is now commemorated as Victory Over Genocide day.
     
    January 7th 1939 the last element to be discovered in nature rather be synthesised is identified as Francium
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francium
     
    Nicholas Cage turns 60 today
     
    EDIT: Would you believe that there is still about a third of the year that we have nothing for ?
    January, September and June are the worst months for missing dates. November and December are missing 3 dates each. 
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    death tribble got a reaction from Stanley Teriaca in Create a Villain Theme Team!   
    Rainbow Ray
     
    Mike Raynes would really get at Professor Hyde if he could but he can't. He was one of the test subjects for Hyde and was a junkie but what happened to him was extraordinary. For the mixture of drugs caused Mike to spontaneously develop superpowers by changing him into a woman. From a dishevelled, ignorant slob Mike was transformed into a voluptuous paladin. She has a variety of energy powers but not any movement ones and they are all different colours. She can make holes in walls, cause explosions and vary an energy blast to just knock someone off their feet, stun them or completely incinerate them. She takes the drugs in order to stay as the superpowered form and not return to being Mike. Mike wants to come back but Rainbow Ray wants to live so will do anything for Hyde that will let her live.
    ;  
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    death tribble got a reaction from Pariah in NFL 2023   
    You only time to watch the Raiders is if it has Harrison Ford involved, particularly episodes 1-3
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    death tribble got a reaction from Lord Liaden in Funny Pics II: The Revenge   
    That is also the definition of a pigeon
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    death tribble got a reaction from Pariah in Funny Pics II: The Revenge   
    That is also the definition of a pigeon
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    death tribble got a reaction from Tom Cowan in Funny Pics II: The Revenge   
    That is also the definition of a pigeon
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    death tribble got a reaction from assault in Extra! Extra! Read All About It!   
    Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75. He was the lawyer killed in Michael Clayton and the bad guy in Rush Hour. He was also the crime boss in Batman Begins
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65823240
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