Today, in any year(!), Haitians celebrate the Day of the Dead. Thousands of people party in the country's cemetery!!!


In 1917, Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour wrote The Balfour Declaration, stating the governemnt's sympathy for Zionist aspirations fora Jewish homeland in Palestine.


British TV channel, Channel 4, began transmission in 1982, with Countdown as it's first programme. (Which is STILL going strong, 21 years later!)


In 1957, Elvis Presley had no fewer than EIGHT records in the British Top 30 charts... an all-time record!

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind