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Post by whatagain on Oct 22, 2021 9:11:01 GMT
Georges Clemenceau. French politician, president of the conseil des ministres in 1918, nickname : le tigre. Seems he wanted the destruction of Germany so bad that he scuttled discussions with Austria to end the war in 1917.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 22, 2021 14:02:08 GMT
David Gestetner - inventor of a duplicating machine which gave rise to the verb "gestetnering" before people started saying "xeroxing" several decades later
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Post by whatagain on Oct 22, 2021 18:40:01 GMT
Vidocq. Fascinatung man, who lived in the 18th, was a convict then rose to the rank of chief of the police in Paris. There was an excellent series made on his adventutes, that we watched when i was a kid. In black and white.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 22, 2021 19:35:33 GMT
Dido - English singer who had great success at the beginning of the century
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 22, 2021 20:58:56 GMT
Mido - Egyptian footballer who played briefly for Spurs.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 22, 2021 23:01:22 GMT
Midas -- the original of "everything he touches turns to gold"
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Post by whatagain on Oct 23, 2021 6:29:59 GMT
I thought he wss the guy repairing shock dempers 🤣
Joe Dassin french artist who died too young, but it saved me from hearing more of his songs.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 23, 2021 7:16:45 GMT
François Asselineau - screwball politician who managed to get on the French presidential ballot and got 0.92% of the vote in 2017 campaigning on Frexit, support of Russia and anti-Americanism.
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Post by mossie on Oct 23, 2021 11:34:09 GMT
Celine Dion - singing star who is having to cancel her Las Vegas show because of medical problems
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 23, 2021 13:18:08 GMT
Louis-Ferdinand Céline - brilliant French author who turned into a horrendous antisemite.
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Post by bjd on Oct 24, 2021 11:10:33 GMT
Louis Mountbatten Member of the British royal family who was blown up by the IRA
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Post by whatagain on Oct 24, 2021 12:30:40 GMT
King Louie. Orangutan who befriends Mowgli to get knowledge of the fire.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2021 15:37:13 GMT
Neil Fingleton -- English basketball player & actor, he was Mag the Mighty on GoT
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Post by casimira on Oct 24, 2021 16:02:24 GMT
Neil Young- American crooner extraordinaire
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2021 23:05:53 GMT
Aung San Suu Kyi -- Burmese politician
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 25, 2021 10:05:50 GMT
Ansel Elgort - American actor made famous by Baby Driver and the Divergent series
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Post by whatagain on Oct 25, 2021 10:08:26 GMT
Hans von Seekt. Reorganized the german army after WW1 and gave a good tool to Hitler. Was also an adviser to Japs un China and helped in some major victories against Mao.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 25, 2021 12:42:31 GMT
Jackie Chan - former Hong Kong action star
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Post by casimira on Oct 25, 2021 14:46:51 GMT
Channing Tatum- American actor, writer, producer, dancer
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 25, 2021 16:34:44 GMT
Carol Channing -- ott actress
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Post by whatagain on Oct 25, 2021 17:35:01 GMT
Tchang Kaï-Check. Last leader of China, beaten by both the Japanese and communists, fled to Taiwan.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 25, 2021 20:43:59 GMT
Chubby Checker
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 25, 2021 21:07:49 GMT
Chester A. Arthur - American president 1881-1885
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Post by casimira on Oct 26, 2021 15:16:41 GMT
Arthur Murray- American ball room dancer
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2021 19:46:47 GMT
Bart Simpson - insolent animated child
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Post by whatagain on Oct 26, 2021 19:48:53 GMT
Charles Bronson. Polish/US actor who played too many times the same role of a man taking revenge.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 26, 2021 20:17:03 GMT
Charlotte Brontë -- English novelist
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 26, 2021 20:35:36 GMT
Paolo Conte - Italian jazz and blues singer
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Post by casimira on Oct 26, 2021 20:50:55 GMT
Pat Conroy- American author. He wrote several novels that were made into movies. Most notably "The Great Santini" and "The Prince of Tides".
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 26, 2021 21:17:03 GMT
Jason Roy- Englands opening batsman in the ongoing world T20 cricket series ongoing in the UAE.
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