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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 23, 2023 12:33:42 GMT
Droopy - sad looking happy cartoon dog
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Post by bjd on Oct 24, 2023 10:59:26 GMT
Mickey Rooney Actor who played teenagers for many years
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 24, 2023 14:04:21 GMT
John Maynard Keynes - British economist who changed the way countries look at their economies
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 25, 2023 2:44:12 GMT
Maynard G. Krebs -- Dobie's beatnik friend on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 25, 2023 21:03:58 GMT
Daniel Křetínský - Czech billionaire very much involved in the French press and publishing world
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Post by whatagain on Oct 26, 2023 20:49:56 GMT
Lord Brett Sinclair. Character of the Persuaders, so British.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 27, 2023 1:25:52 GMT
Rhett Butler -- b. 1828, from Charleston, SC ~~~ not that you give a damn.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 27, 2023 1:44:28 GMT
Adolf Hitler. A mediocre painter who found another way to reach celebrity.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 27, 2023 4:09:06 GMT
Jacques Hittorff - major 19th century French architect, born in Cologne. Built the Gare du Nord in Paris, the fountains of Place de la Concorde, the round Cirque d'Hiver and 2 mairies in Paris, among other things.
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Post by whatagain on Nov 4, 2023 14:21:05 GMT
Jacques de Molay. Last leader of the Templars. Accused of heresy list etc, his real crime was to have lent a huge sum of money to the king who found it easier and less painful to remove him than to repay his debt. Beware your creditors !
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 4, 2023 15:20:12 GMT
Vyacheslav Molotov -- 3rd Premier of the Soviet Union
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 5, 2023 7:47:12 GMT
Lotte Reiniger - German film pioneer in animation
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Post by whatagain on Nov 5, 2023 9:31:06 GMT
Pater Noster. A high level guy some pray to for help.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 5, 2023 9:49:17 GMT
Pater
Thomas Ostermeier - German stage director who works all over Europe
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Post by whatagain on Nov 5, 2023 12:00:56 GMT
Jeanne Mas. French singer.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 5, 2023 20:19:11 GMT
Curtis LeMay -- Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. ... He was then placed in command of strategic bombing operations against Japan, planning and executing a massive fire bombing campaign against Japanese cities and Operation Starvation, a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways. ... As Chief of Staff of the Air Force, he called for the bombing of Cuban missile sites during the Cuban Missile Crisis and sought a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. ... After retiring from the Air Force in 1965, LeMay agreed to serve as pro-segregation Alabama Governor George Wallace's running mate on the far-right American Independent Party ticket in the 1968 United States presidential election. (<-- all quoted from Wikipedia
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Post by whatagain on Nov 6, 2023 4:25:29 GMT
Jamie Lee Curtis. US actress and a beautiful body. Is she not Tony's daughter ?
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 6, 2023 4:56:24 GMT
Gabriel Attal - French Minister of Education and a new political hope for Macron's party
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 6, 2023 5:13:10 GMT
Attila -- ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453
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Post by whatagain on Nov 6, 2023 16:18:17 GMT
And his had disappeared 10 years after his death.
George Patton. Famous US general.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 7, 2023 17:44:44 GMT
Geppetto -- Pinocchio's dad
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 7, 2023 18:39:21 GMT
Pete Doherty - British pop musician who founded the Libertines
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Post by whatagain on Nov 8, 2023 9:54:19 GMT
Cher. US artist who wishes she could turn back time.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 8, 2023 16:39:10 GMT
Herman Melville - American writer best remembered for Moby Dick
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 10, 2023 3:12:16 GMT
Mel Gibson -- American actor
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Post by whatagain on Nov 10, 2023 13:21:00 GMT
Georgia Meloni. Fascist populist at the head of Italy and we don’t hear much about it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 11, 2023 7:15:13 GMT
Paul Giamatti -- American actor
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 11, 2023 16:06:27 GMT
Kamala Harris - vice president of the United States whose career is coming to an end
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Post by whatagain on Nov 11, 2023 17:31:12 GMT
Charlie Chaplin. Cinematographer who basically invented the job.
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Post by bjd on Nov 12, 2023 7:23:05 GMT
Linda Lovelace US porn actress whose movie Deep Throat provided a cover name for an informer about Watergate
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