Monday, September 16, 2013 MAYFLOWER DAY Do you stick your nose up in the air and say that your ancestors came over on the Mayflower? If so, you of staunchly English pedigree should know that on this day, in the year 1620, 102 passengers and crew set sail on the ocean blue from Plymouth, England. Their destination was the New World. And, although they encountered stormy weather and treacherous seas, this hearty group of 41 men, the rest, women and children; half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs, made it to Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 21, 1620. A month later, the Plymouth Colony was founded by the passengers of the Mayflower. Better check that family tree ... Events September 16 1908 - General Motors was founded on this day. The man responsible for the beginning of the huge auto-manufacturing company (maker of Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet) was William Crapo ‘Billy’ Durant. 1920 - Enrico Caruso made his last recording for Victor Records in Camden, NJ. 1924 - Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals set a major-league baseball record by knocking in 12 runs in a single game. 1938 - Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded the swing classic Boogie Woogie for Victor Records. 1940 - Sam Rayburn of Texas became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rayburn served as Speaker for 17 years. 1941 - CBS radio debuted The Arkansas Traveler. The program was later renamed The Bob Burns Show. Burns played a very strange musical instrument called the ‘bazooka’. The U.S. Army chose the name to identify its rocket launcher, because it looked so much like Burns’ bazooka, believe it or not... 1953 - The St. Louis Browns of the American League were given the OK to move to Baltimore, MD, where they became the BaltimoreOrioles. 1960 - Amos Alonzo Stagg announced his retirement from football coaching. He was 98 years old at the time! 1963 - She Loves You, by The Beatles, was released for the first time in the U.S. 1964 - Shindig premiered on ABC-TV. The program had go-go girls and the biggest rock bands of the day in a dance party environment. Regulars were Jimmie O’Neill and the Shindig Dancers. The first show featured Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, The Wellingtons, Bobby Sherman and comic Alan Sues. 1965 - San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral became the site of the first concert of sacred music presented by Duke Ellington. 1965 - The Dean Martin Show debuted on NBC-TV. It was a weekly variety show that continued on the network for nine years. Regulars over the years were The Goldiggers, Ken Lane, The Ding-a-Ling Sisters, Tom Bosley, Dom DeLuise, Nipsey Russell, Rodney Dangerfield and Les Brown and His Band. The theme song? Everybody Loves Somebody. 1968 - The Andy Griffith Show was seen for the final time on CBS-TV. Sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith), Opie (Ron Howard), Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), Barney Fife (Don Knotts), Goober Pyle (George Lindsey), Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear), and the rest of the gang from Mayberry, NC, are still seen regularly on TV through syndication. 1978 - Boston’s album Don’t Look Back ascended to number one on U.S. charts. Other LPs in the top five that week: 2. Some Girls (The Rolling Stones); 3. Double Vision (Foreigner); 4. Grease (Soundtrack); 5. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Soundtrack). 1981 - Boxer ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard, at age 25, knocked out Thomas ‘The Hit Man’ Hearns. Leonard won the welterweight boxing championship -- and the richest payday in boxing history. 1988 - Tom Browning made it into the history books of major league baseball when he pitched a perfect game. The 12th perfect game in history was a National League match between Cincinnati and Los Angeles with a score of 1-0. 1999 - Hurricane Floyd stormed ashore, pounding North Carolina with 110 mph winds, dumping more than a foot of rain, damaging 12,000 homes and claiming more than 50 lives. Floyd also caused the largest peacetime evacuation in U.S. history, with 2.6 million people ordered away from the shores in the hurricane’s path. Birthdays September 16 1823 - Francis Parkman author: The Oregon Trail; died Nov 8, 1893 1875 - J.C. (James Cash) Penney merchant: founder: J.C. Penney Co.; died Feb 12, 1971 1890 - George Whitney Calhoun sportswriter: Green Bay Press Gazette; cofounder [w/Earl Curly Lambeau] of Green Bay Packers [Calhoun named the team]; died in 1963 1908 - (Colonel) Buster ‘Bus’ Mills baseball: SL Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, SL Browns, NY Yankees, Cleveland Indians; died Dec 1, 1991 1914 - Allen Funt radio/TV producer, host: Candid Microphone, Candid Camera; films: What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?, Money Talks; died Sep 5, 1999 1919 - Marvin Middlemark inventor: rabbit ears TV antenna; died in 1989 1922 - Janis Paige (Donna Mae Tjaden) actress: The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Hero 1924 - Lauren Bacall (Betty Perske) actress: Key Largo, Applause, Woman of the Year, How to Marry a Millionaire, To Have and Have Not; married actor Humphrey Bogart 1925 - Charlie Byrd musician: guitar: Meditation, Desafinado [w/Stan Getz]; died Nov 30, 1999 1925 - B.B. (Riley B.) King musician, singer: The Thrill Is Gone, I Like to Live the Love, Rock Me Baby; appeared in films: Into the Night, Amazon Women of the Moon; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award [1987] 1925 - Morgan Woodward actor: The Waltons, Dark Before Dawn, The Longest Drive 1926 - John Knowles author: Backcasts: Memories & Recollections of Seventy Years as a Sportsman; died Nov 29, 2001 1927 - Peter Falk Emmy Award-winning actor: The Price of Tomatoes: The Dick Powell Show [1961-62]; Columbo [1971-72, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1989-90];Murder by Death, Pocketful of Miracles , The Great Race, The In-Laws, The Princess Bride; died Jun 23, 2011 1927 - Jack Kelly actor: Maverick, Dr. Hudson’s Secret Journal, Get Christie Love, To Hell and Back; host: NBC Comedy Theater; mayor: Huntington Beach, California; died Nov 7, 1992 1930 - Anne Francis actress: Funny Girl, Blackboard Jungle, Laguna Heat, Battle Cry, Bad Day at Black Rock, Born Again; died Jan 2, 2011 1934 - Elgin Baylor basketball: LA Lakers: holds NBA Playoff Record for points scored in a game [61], and for points scored in a playoff series [284] [both in 1962] 1934 - George Chakiris Academy Award-winning actor, dancer: West Side Story [1961]; Is Paris Burning, Dallas 1938 - Larry Grantham football: NY Jets linebacker: Super Bowl III 1942 - Bernie Calvert musician: bass: group: The Hollies: The Air that I Breathe; group: The Dolphins 1944 - Linda Henning actress: Petticoat Junction 1944 - Betty Kelly singer: group: Martha and the Vandellas: Dancing in the Street 1948 - Kenny Jones musician: drums: group: Small Faces, Faces: Stay with Me; group: The Who 1949 - Ed Begley Jr. actor: St. Elsewhere, Parenthood, She-Devil, The Applegates, The Accidental Tourist, The In-Laws 1950 - David Bellamy singer: duo: The Bellamy Brothers: Let Your Love Flow, If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me; songwriter:Spiders and Snakes 1950 - Susan Ruttan actress: L.A. Law, Sweet 15, A Perfect Little Murder, Funny About Love, Fire and Rain, Chances Are, Bad Dreams, Eye of the Demon,Bad Manners 1952 - Mickey Rourke actor: Body Heat, Diner, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Year of the Dragon, Nine Weeks, Barfly, Angel Heart, Johnny Handsome, Wild Orchid, Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man 1955 - Robin (R) Yount Baseball Hall of Famer: Milwaukee Brewers outfielder [all-star: 1980, 1982, 1983/World Series: 1982/Baseball Writers’ Award: 1982-shortstop, 1989-outfielder] 1956 - David Copperfield (Kotkin) magician, illusionist 1958 - Orel (Leonard Quinton) Hershiser baseball: pitcher: LA Dodgers [all-star: 1987, 1988, 1989/World Series: 1988/Cy Young Award: 1988], Cleveland Indians [World Series: 1995] 1958 - Jennifer Tilly actress: The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Webbers, The Getaway [1994], Stuart Little, The Magnificent Ambersons 1963 - Richard Marx singer, songwriter: Hazard, Children of the Night, Too Late to Say Goodbye, Keep Coming Back, Angelia , Take This Heart, Right Here Waiting, Satisfied , Hold on to the Nights, Endless Summer Nights, Should’ve Known Better, Don’t Mean Nothing 1964 - Molly Shannon actress: Saturday Night Live Chart Toppers September 16 1950 Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole Goodnight Irene - The Weavers Tzena, Tzena, Tzena - The Weavers Goodnight Irene - Red Foley-Ernest Tubb 1958 Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) - Domenico Modugno It’s All in the Game - Tommy Edwards Rock-in Robin - Bobby Day Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers 1966 You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes Yellow Submarine - The Beatles Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett Almost Persuaded - David Houston 1974 I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim I’m Leavin It (All) Up to You - Donny & Marie Osmond Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends - Ronnie Milsap 1982 Hard to Say I’m Sorry - Chicago Jack & Diane - John Cougar You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) - Jerry Reed 1990 Release Me - Wilson Phillips Do Me! - Bell Biv DeVoe Have You Seen Her - M.C. Hammer Jukebox in My Mind - Alabama Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end...
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:02:14 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015