October 23, 2002 — Kanye West injured in a car accident
Before his career as an independent recording artist got off the ground, Kanye West nearly died in a car accident...
August 14, 2013
Art & Culture
March 9, 2005 — Chris LeDoux dies
Chris LeDoux was best known for his career in country music, which included 36 albums worth of material, a large...
June 19, 2013
September 13, 2006 — Pluto is demoted from planetary status
Originally discovered in 1930, Pluto was at that time classed as a planet, and named for the Roman god of...
May 14, 2013
January 22, 2008 — Heath Ledger dies
Heath Ledger was riding high as 2007 ended. The gossip about his performance as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The...
May 29, 2012
June 17, 2009 – Cartoon Network starts showing non-cartoon programming
I wouldn’t ordinarily include advertising here, but some things are just too cool to miss. And Andrew W.K. is definitely...
May 9, 2012
August 30, 2009 — “The Human Centipede” premieres
A body horror film from the Netherlands, “The Human Centipede” is a minor cultural phenomenon, spawning two (increasingly gross) sequels....
April 29, 2012
October 6, 2010 — Instagram is launched
Instagram almost wasn’t Instagram. When development started, it was originally going to be a location check-in app named burbn. Realising...
April 2, 2012
October 16, 2015 — Adrian Bott posts “The Leopards Ate My Face” Tweet
The greatest ever tweet was posted on October 15, 2015. All subsequent twitter dialogue is simply unnecessary. As mentioned in:...
March 22, 2012
October 2, 2017 — Tom Petty dies
Thomas Earl Petty – better known to most people as Tom – was one of the great American songwriters and...
March 4, 2012
December 31, 2019 — New Year’s Eve
It seemed an innocuous end to an innocuous year – or as innocuous as a year can be during the...
February 12, 2012
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