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  2. Stephen Fry's 'Live From The Lighthouse' - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Fry's 'Live From The Lighthouse' was a charity fundraiser hosted by Stephen Fry on World AIDS Day in 1998, which took over Channel 4 for an evening of comedy and music to raise money for the Terrence Higgins Trust. [1] Hosted by Stephen Fry with Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, the night included performances from Elton John, Victoria Wood ...

  3. Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    The Lighthouse of Praia da Barra, on the west coast of Portugal Aerial drone footage of the Roman Rock Lighthouse off the southern coast of South Africa.. A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

  4. List of lighthouses in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Crowdy Head Light, Fingal Head Light, Clarence River Light (the original, now demolished), Tacking Point Lighthouse and Richmond River Light, designed by James Barnet in 1878. Point Perpendicular Light (1899), Cape Byron Light (1901) and Norah Head Light (1903), designed by Charles Assinder Harding.

  5. List of lighthouses in France - Wikipedia

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    Côtes-d'Armor. Perros-Guirec. 48°52′43″N 3°29′24″W. /  48.87861°N 3.49000°W  / 48.87861; -3.49000. 1854. The first lighthouse, a round tower, was illuminated in May 1835, and then replaced in 1854 by a square tower 16 ft (5 m) taller. Destroyed 4 August 1944, it was rebuilt in 1949 and relit in July 1952.

  6. Jack Roland Murphy - Wikipedia

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    Jack Roland Murphy (May 26, 1937 – September 12, 2020), known as " Murph the Surf " or " Murf the Surf ", was convicted of murder in 1969. He was also involved in the biggest jewel heist in American history, the 1964 burglary of the jewel collection of New York's American Museum of Natural History. [1] Murphy is also known for being a surfing ...

  7. St. Simons Island Light - Wikipedia

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    The original St. Simons Island lighthouse, which was built in 1810, was a 75-foot-tall (23 m) early federal octagonal lighthouse topped by a 10-foot (3.0 m) oil-burning lamp. During the American Civil War, U.S. military forces employed a naval blockade of the coast.

  8. The Dollar Album - Wikipedia

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    Background. By its release in 1982, Dollar had seen a revival in fortunes following their previous, unsuccessful studio album The Paris Collection (1980). After teaming up with producer Trevor Horn in 1981, the group had enjoyed their biggest success with four hit singles; "Hand Held in Black and White", "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)", "Give Me Back My Heart" and "Videotheque" - all of which ...

  9. The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The song slowly spread across the Internet, being uploaded to WatZatSong in 2009 and to YouTube in 2011. Spanish indie record label Dead Wax Records posted the excerpt of the song to their YouTube channel in 2017. This caught the attention of Gabriel Pelenson, a friend of Nicolás Zúñiga (the owner of Dead Wax), who began searching for the ...