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Legendary TV talk show host Phil Donahue dies at 88

Aug. 19, 2024, 2:08 PM GMT+1 / Updated Aug. 19, 2024, 4:15 PM GMT+1 / Source: TODAY By Anna Kaplan and Elizabeth Maline Longtime TV talk show host Phil Donahue died on Sunday night

1903 and 1929 UK postcards

Over 20 years ago this bloke used to peddle postcards to those of the name they had on them. He went to live in Spain

The first maximum break at snooker

E.J. ’Murt’ O’Donoghue achieved the first ever maximum break in snooker, 147 (60 pots), in 1934.  He did this in a town called Griffiths in

The Donahoe Triptych

First posted in the Society Journal of April 2004 A triptych is a picture on three panels usually hinged vertically together.  This picture was done