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David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1h

#OnThisDay in 2020, Netflix releases miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" starring #AnyaTaylorJoy - 1st streaming show to win Emmy for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

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#OnThisDay in 2019, Top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testifies President #DonaldTrump tied aid to Ukraine to demands the country open an investigation into the #Biden family.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 9h

The fraudelent doctor John R. Brinkley acummulated great fame and wealth in the early 1900s offering what service?

🅰 Pig blood transfusion

🥜 Goat testicles transplant

🐄 Cow liver transplant

🤱🏽 Turkey breast implants

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 9h

Exodus (also known as MadMax) was a Polish #progressiveRock band. The band was formed in #Warsaw in 1976 by brothers Andrzej Puczyński and Wojciech Puczyński, and broke up in 1985. Considered a part of the "#MusicOfTheYoungGeneration", a trend in Polish rock music in the late 1970's.

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#OnThisDay in 2022, #AiMori wins gold in bouldering and lead climbing at the IFSC World Cup in Morioka, Japan.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 16h

#OnThisDay in 2022, #DietrichMateschitz, Austrian #businessman (founder, owner Red Bull Racing; FC Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig; co-creator Red Bull energy drink), died of #pancreaticcancer at 78.
#RIP ༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 19h

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David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 20h

Altagracia #CasandraDamirón Santana, known as Casandra Damirón (March 12, 1919 – December 5, 1983), was a #Dominican singer, dancer and folklorist.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 21h

#OnThisDay in 2024, LeBron and Bronny James become the first father-son duo in NBA history to appear in a game together as the LA Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103 at Crypto.com Arena.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 2024, #FernandoValenzuela, Mexican Baseball HOF pitcher (NL Cy Young Award & Rookie of the Year 1981; 6 x #MLB All Star; World Series 1981, 88 LA Dodgers), died from #livercancer at 63.
#RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

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David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

#Athiyaman Neduman Anci was one of the #velir kings of the #SangamPeriod who ruled the #Mazhanadu region. Belonging to the Athiyaman clan, he was the contemporary and the patron of poet #Avvaiyar. He ruled over the area encompassing present day #Dharmapuri, #Krishnagiri.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 2018, #JuliaLouisDreyfus is presented with the Mark Twain Prize, comedy's top honor, at a ceremony in New York.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 2019, Canadian Federal Election: #JustinTrudeau's Liberal Party loses its majority but wins the most seats (157) to form a minority government.

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David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

Bob Kramer (born 1958) is an American #bladesmith, "widely considered the greatest American knifesmith working today". Some consider his kitchen knives to be "the best in the world". His first knife shop in #Seattle, Bladesmiths, opened in 1993. As of 2017 he forges steel.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 2020, #PopeFrancis backs same-sex civil unions in interview in documentary film "Francesco".

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

Which musical artist had a prominent role in the 2017 film "Kingsman: The Golden Circle"?

👩🏼‍🎤 Lady Gaga

🎤 Rihanna

🧸 Justin Bieber

⎚-⎚ Elton John

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 2021, Actor #AlecBaldwin shots cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injures director Joel Souza with a prop gun in rehearsal on a film set at Bonanza Ranch, New Mexico.

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David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 2d

The Jade Setter of Janloon is a 2022 novella by #FondaLee, set in the same world as her Green Bone Saga novels. The novella serves as a prequel to that series.

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 2d

#OnThisDay in 2023, #BetsyRawls, American #golfer (US Women's Open: 1951, 53, 57, 60; PGA C'ship 1959, 69; Western Open 1952, 59), died at 95.
#RIP 🎗

David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 2d

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David Grayless @davidgrayless.bsky.social · 2d

#OnThisDay in 2011, The former leader of Libya, #MuammarGaddafi, and his son Moatassem Gaddafi are killed shortly after the battle of Sirte (2011) while in the custody of NTC fighters.