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1503: French soothsayer Nostradamus, who will scare the living daylights out of self-appointed interpreters for at least five centuries henceforth, was born today...
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| Who would have predicted THAT... I mean... the French never scared anybody...!!! | |
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| Also born today - musical genius (to some) Spike Jones; in 1911! | |
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1944: In Hollywood, 'Mexican Spitfire' Lupe Velez arranges herself neatly on her bed while awaiting to O.D. on the sleeping pills she took...
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| ... alas, she was fated to die by drowning... | |
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1963: In Detroit, smooth-as-silk vocalist Dinah Washington O.D.'s on downers... and she checks out at age 39...
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| I guess one could say that it was... er... curtains for her... eh? | |
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