1770 - Bernard S Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73

1959 - O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith, West Indian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, HS 168), dies in a car crash at 26

1965 - Julián Carillo, Mexiacn violinist, composer (D.W. Griffith's Intolerance), and music theorist (Sonido 13 / The Thirteenth Sound),dies at 90

1969 - Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 78

1975 - Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85

1987 - Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered

1996 - Ruggero Mastroianni, Italian film editor (Giulietta degli spiriti), dies at 66

2003 - Thomas Allibone, English physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration), dies at 99

2004 - Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and musician who pioneered the development of guitar-related products, dies at 74

2020 - Alan Minter, English boxer (world middleweight champion 1980), dies from cancer at 69

More Famous Deaths »

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On Fri, 9 Sep 2022 06:25:34 +0000, "Famous Deaths | OnThisDay.com"
<famous.deaths.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net> wrote:

>
>
>1770 - Bernard S Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73
>
>1959 - O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith, West Indian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, HS 168), dies in a car crash at 26
>
>1965 - Julián Carillo, Mexiacn violinist, composer (D.W. Griffith's Intolerance), and music theorist (Sonido 13 / The Thirteenth Sound),dies at 90
>
>1969 - Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 78
>
>1975 - Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85
>
>1987 - Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered
>
>1996 - Ruggero Mastroianni, Italian film editor (Giulietta degli spiriti), dies at 66
>
>2003 - Thomas Allibone, English physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration), dies at 99

Raise your hands if you've heard of Allibone. Now, show of hands
for...

2003 - Edward Teller, physicist (Manhattan Project), dies at 95 (yes,
they died on the same day)

>2004 - Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and musician who pioneered the development of guitar-related products, dies at 74
>
>2020 - Alan Minter, English boxer (world middleweight champion 1980), dies from cancer at 69
>
>More Famous Deaths ¯
>
>https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/september/9

In article <66lmhhtblkg7le1158j9sn38dat1bos2rt@4ax.com>,
David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:
....
>>2003 - Thomas Allibone, English physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage
>particle acceleration), dies at 99
>
>Raise your hands if you've heard of Allibone. Now, show of hands
>for...
>
>2003 - Edward Teller, physicist (Manhattan Project), dies at 95 (yes,
>they died on the same day)

I assume your point is "Why mention Allibone, who nobody has ever heard of,
and not mention Teller, who is much better known?"

Have I got that right?

FWIW, have you ever checked out the site, from whence these lists (daily
automated postings) come? It turns out that the newsgroup postings are a
(seemingly arbitrary) subset of the master list on the site. Maybe that
explains the issue above.

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In the previous article, David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:
> >2003 - Thomas Allibone, English physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration), dies at 99
>
> Raise your hands if you've heard of Allibone. Now, show of hands
> for...
>
> 2003 - Edward Teller, physicist (Manhattan Project), dies at 95
> (yes, they died on the same day)

I can resist name-dropping for the most part, but if someone brings up
Edward Teller I am physically incapable of restraining myself from
mentioning that I met and chatted with him for about ten minutes at
the Los Alamos Café. Very nice guy, and when he asked me what I did
in the Navy and I told him, he immediately mentioned the particular
nuclear depth bomb we carried and said he knew most of that design
team. I asked if he knew a particular individual -- from whom I was
renting a townhouse for the term of my lab fellowship -- and he did.
So that was a cool afternoon.
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In <tffl8c$3de$1@reader2.panix.com> INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin) writes:

[snip]

>I can resist name-dropping for the most part, but if someone brings up
>Edward Teller I am physically incapable of restraining myself from
>mentioning that I met and chatted with him for about ten minutes at
>the Los Alamos Cafe. Very nice guy, and when he asked me what I did
>in the Navy and I told him, he immediately mentioned the particular
>nuclear depth bomb we carried and said he knew most of that design
>team. I asked if he knew a particular individual -- from whom I was
>renting a townhouse for the term of my lab fellowship -- and he did.
>So that was a cool afternoon.

Next up you'll tell us how you were ordered to chase down
and destroy the Seaview before it launched its missiles at
the Van Allen belt.

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danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
>J.D. Baldwin writes:

>[snip]

>>I can resist name-dropping for the most part, but if someone brings up
>>Edward Teller I am physically incapable of restraining myself from
>>mentioning that I met and chatted with him for about ten minutes at
>>the Los Alamos Cafe. Very nice guy, and when he asked me what I did
>>in the Navy and I told him, he immediately mentioned the particular
>>nuclear depth bomb we carried and said he knew most of that design
>>team. I asked if he knew a particular individual -- from whom I was
>>renting a townhouse for the term of my lab fellowship -- and he did.
>>So that was a cool afternoon.

>Next up you'll tell us how you were ordered to chase down
>and destroy the Seaview before it launched its missiles at
>the Van Allen belt.

I just want to meet Barbara Eden.

In <tffunt$13kim$1@dont-email.me> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

[anip]

>>Next up you'll tell us how you were ordered to chase down
>>and destroy the Seaview before it launched its missiles at
>>the Van Allen belt.

>I just want to meet Barbara Eden.

Well, if we're going to treat Walter Pidgeon's gals
like, well, Bond Girls, I'll cast my vote
for Anne Francis...

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