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Wednesday, November 25
Mortified by reports of famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas," and 25 years ago today, some of Britain's top stars recorded the song at Trevor Horn's SARM West studio. Bob George flew …Read more.
Tuesday, November 24
It was 150 years ago today that Charles Darwin saw the publication of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection," which explained evolution and made possible another century of scientific advances. Darwin dawdled considerably …Read more.
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Monday, November 23
When he was 13, Roald Dahl got a chance to be a taste-tester for a focus group at Cadbury, along with his classmates at Repton in Darbyshire. At the time, Cadbury and Rowntree engaged in bitter corporate espionage. It all …Read more.
Saturday, November 21
Ever wondered what happened to Francis Gary Powers? He was the American pilot who crashed into the Soviet Union, deeply embarrassing the Eisenhower administration. He was traded back to the United States in 1962, for a Soviet spy caught in the U.S. …Read more.
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Wednesday, May 13Men (and Women) of the Year: Time's Person of the Year always warrants some news coverage every December. Before 1999, it was called the Man of the Year, although four women won it: Wallis Simpson, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Queen Elizabeth and Corazon Aquino. (No individual woman has been named Person of the Year, ironically.) FDR nabbed the honor a record three times, and every president save for Coolidge, Hoover and Ford managed to land the plaudit at least once. In 1999, Einstein was named Person of the Century. Jinxing the Cover: Eddie Matthews was on the first cover of Sports Illustrated and went on to a stellar career. About a third of the world's Arabs live in what country? A) Egypt B) Iraq C) Iran D) Pakistan Previous answer: Tamil gave us "catamaran" and "pariah." TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.
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