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March 1, 1968 –The Star Trek episode The Omega Glory first aired in this date. In it, the Enterprise comes across the derelict Federation ship Exeter, and the crew discovers that its entire crew has been killed by a plague. NBC announced that Star Trek would be renewed for a third season during the closingContinue reading “The Omega Glory premiered”

February 28, 1936 –Wife vs. Secretary starring, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Myrna Loy premiered on this date. This was the fifth of six films paring Gable and Harlow, and the fourth picture for Gable and Loy starring together. This was the first film Loy and Harlow appeared together. They would be together again forContinue reading “Please refer to the flowchart provided to follow along –”

February 28, 1963 –Patsy Cline made the final TV appearance on this date, when she’s on The Glenn Reeves Show, performing San Antonio Rose and I Fall To Pieces. She died tragically in a plane crash just five days later at the age of 30.

Today is the Feast of Saint Juliana of Nicomedia. She refused to marry a Roman official, so he had her roasted in flames, then dipped into boiling oil before finally being beheaded, which seems rather harsh even for Roman times. Once again, Springsteen was right – it’s hard being a saint (in the city.)

February 16, 1956 –The film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel, starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, premiered on this date. While appearing in a nightclub act with his wife at Lake Tahoe, Gordon MacRae received an emergency phone call to replace Frank Sinatra as Billy Bigelow, after Sinatra walked out before filmingContinue reading “Carousel opened”

February 16, 1967 –The titanic battle of the man girdles and outrageous toupees began on this date. The Star Trek episode, Space Seed, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. In it, the crew re-awaken a ship of Augments from Earth’s eugenics war during the 1990s, including their leader, Khan Noonien Singh. Ricardo Montalban was alwaysContinue reading “Space Seed premiered”

February 16, 1974 –Bob Dylan’s fourteenth studio album, Planet Waves, went to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts, (his first No. 1 album,) on this date. The albun was Dylan’s first studio recording in nearly four years and he reunited with The Band.

February 16, 1964 – The Beatles appeared for the second time on the Ed Sullivan Show on this date. The Beatles performed six songs: She Loves You, This Boy, All My Loving, I Saw Her Standing There, From Me To You and I Want To Hold Your Hand. The Beatles received $25,000 for their appearance;Continue reading “They came back for a second time”

Hopefully you had a very nice time yesterday and didn’t get any of these gifts: Or perhaps, much like Lewis, you’re not fond of the holiday OK, swipe you nose, wash you face and get back out there.

February 15, 1950 – Walt Disney’s 12th animated feature, Cinderella was premiered in Boston, Massachusetts on this date. Walt Disney had not had a huge hit since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. At the time, his studio, Walt Disney Productions, was over $4 million in debt and was on the verge of bankruptcy. WaltContinue reading “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes”