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> death anniversary

How so - I thought he died in May, by legend cradled in the arms of the French king or something?


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Abe Lincoln was the one I was talking about.



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yeahbut who was inselpeter referring to, or is this date associated with guys that all-y'all just assume are 'known facts' to the rest of the world?


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In March, July, October, May
The ides fall on the 15th day,
The nones are on the 7th


Hell of a mnemonic. What do you do to remember the mnemonic?


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<<yeah but...known to the rest of the world.>>

I was talking about Lincoln, too. Just couldn't bring myself to write 'Lincoln died on this date x years ago.'

But who were you talking about?


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> talking about

the long-dead painter, of course - clear as mud - now where's my helicopter? :)


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And it was in the early hours of April 15th that a certain vessel slipped into the icy waters of the North Atlantic:
the Titanic. About 1,500 lives were lost.


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And in 1980 Jean-Paul Sarte died.


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And in 1990 Greta Garbo died.


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And in 1989, 95 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.


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