On 24 march 1975 alex mitchell, a 50-year-old bricklayer from king's lynn literally died laughing while watching an episode of the goodies. according to his wife, who was a witness, mitchell was unable to stop laughing while watching a sketch in the episode "kung fu kapers" in which tim brooke-taylor, dressed as a kilted scotsman, used a set of bagpipes to defend himself from a psychopathic black pudding in a demonstration of the scottish martial art of "hoots-toot-ochaye." after twenty-five minutes of continuous laughter mitchell finally slumped on the sofa and expired from heart failure.
Natural disasters in 1975
Canton, Illinois Tornado of 1975
Great Storm of 1975
Omaha Tornado of 1975
People who died on June 24 (various years)
2007 - Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dancehall artist
2007 - Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer
2007 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler
2007 - Byron Baer, American politician
2006 - Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey
2005 - Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran
2005 - Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist
2004 - Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter
2003 - Vladimir Garin, Russian actor
2002 - Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
2000 - David Tomlinson, English actor
2000 - Vera Atkins, Romanian-born British intelligence officer
1997 - Brian Keith, American actor
1997 - Don Hutson, American athlete
1993 - Archie Williams, American athlete
1991 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter.
1987 - Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician
1984 - Clarence Campbell, Canadian NHL president
1978 - Robert Charroux, French writer
1977 - André-Gilles Fortin, French Canadian politician
1968 - Tony Hancock, British comedian
1947 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1935 - Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash)
1922 - Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (assassinated)
1909 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer
1908 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (heart failure)
1894 - Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman
1835 - Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician, commander of Greek naval forces in Greek War of Independence
1817 - Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence
1803 - Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence
1778 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist
1766 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier
1643 - John Hampden, English politician
1637 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer
1604 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England
1520 - Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander
3 comments:
U born June 24th?? Dekat jer ngan my birthday! :)
Hoah. Interesting... hummm
ehek.. just klick at the post's title to get ur info.
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