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[Carl]

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On this day . .

As the topic states, this is a catchall for items of note, preferably, but not at all limited to, music events that occurred in the past on this day. I.E. 16/02/1991 - The Simpsons The Simpsons were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Do The Bartman’. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Lorenand, The Simpsons became the first cartoon characters to make No.1 since the Archies hit ‘Sugar Sugar’ in 1969. Jackson was a massive fan of The Simpsons and had called the producers one n…

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