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The Freemasons were officially founded in London on June 4, 1717. Contrary to some conspiratorial tales, the Freemasons are not a secret society of assassins. They do not have Cesare Borgia’s head preserved in an urn filled with grappa. They were not responsible for the French Revolution. They did not kidnap Anastasia Romanov. They areContinue reading “Knowing the secret handshake opens the world”

June 4, 1982 –Paramount released the epic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (which should have been titled, Battle of the Outrageous Toups) opened on this date. Producer Harve Bennett viewed all the episodes of Star Trek and chose Star Trek: Space Seed as the best candidate for a sequel. Spock even remarks inContinue reading “It was a banner day on the lot”

June 4, 1963 –Arguably Jerry Lewis‘ best directorial effort, The Nutty Professor, was released on this date. According to one of the trailers for this film, “We don’t care if you blab about the beginning of this picture; nor do we care if you give away the ending; but we do care if you revealContinue reading “The Nutty Professor premiered”

June 3, 1967 –Billie Joe McAllister jumps off the Tallahatchee Bridge on this date (It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day,) according to the Bobbie Gentry song Ode To Billie Joe. Gentry was familiar with the Tallahatchie Bridge since she was born and raised in Mississippi , where she grew upContinue reading “It was a quiet day in Delta”

June 3, 2015 –Godzilla, 61, nuclear accident survivor, Pacific Islander, Tokyo Bay illegal immigrant has officially been given Japanese citizenship and has been named ambassador at large of the busy Shinjuku ward of Tokyo. It’s always heartwarming to see how other countries deal with their immigrant situations.

Today is the Memorial to Broken Dolls Day (Ningyo Kuyo) in Japan. On this day each year, children bring their broken dolls to Buddhist shrines for funeral rituals. After the ceremony, the dolls are buried and enshrined. This temple should be located on the Island of Misfit Toys.

June 3, 1964 –The Rolling Stones taped their U.S. (national) television debut on the ABC series The Hollywood Palace, hosted by Dean Martin, on this date. The Stones’ first television appearance stateside was a June 2nd interview on The Les Crane Show (shown locally in New York City.)

June 3, 1969 – The last episode of the original Star Trek series (Turnabout Intruder) aired on NBC-TV, on this date. This episode was originally scheduled for broadcast on March 28, 1969. Special network coverage of the death of Dwight D.Eisenhower pre-empted it, and it didn’t air until June 3.

June 3, 1972 –The Staple Singers’ song, I’ll Take You There, hits #1 as the group makes a successful transition from gospel to secular music. This was the first of two #1 hits for the Staple Singers, the other is Let’s Do It Again. The Staple Singers were among the first groups to move fromContinue reading “I’ll Take You There took them to the top of the charts”

If you are anywhere in North America today, go outside when it is noon, face south, and yell “fudge!” You will be doing your part to make sure Cobras do not advance and take over North America. Any Cobras that have already made it to North America will turn around and go home.