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March 26, 1199 –All seemed right with the Medieval world. Richard the Lionheart was taking an evening stroll around the castle perimeter without his chain mail, investigating the progress of soldiers trying to destroy the fortress in which he was seeking refuge. Arrows were occasionally fired from the castle walls, but these were given littleContinue reading “So much for pardons”

March 26, 1987 –Nike begins airing a commercial using the Beatles song Revolution, marking the first time an original version of a Beatles song is used in an ad. The commercials caused a huge backlash from Beatles fans who felt that Nike was disrespecting the legacy of John Lennon, who likely would have objected toContinue reading “This time, the revolution is televised”

March 26, 1971 – Balding, middle-aged, and portly (hey I better watch out, that’s starting to describe me) – the Cannon pilot with William Conrad aired on CBS-TV on this date. Frank Cannon was originally a policeman, but he quit the force after the tragic death of his wife and infant son in an automobileContinue reading “The Cannon pilot premiered”

March 26, 2005 – The BBC revived the Dr. Who series on this date, which hadn’t aired since the end of the 26th season in 1989, with the episode Rose, starring Christopher Eccleston as the new incarnation of the doctor and Billie Piper as Rose his new traveling companion. Executive Producer Russell T. Davies statedContinue reading “Yet another Doctor Who reboot premiered”

March 25, 1969 –During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono started their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel on this date. They’d married five days earlier at the British-owned Rock of Gibraltar in Spain.

March 25, 1973 –The Carpenters’ single I Won’t Last a Day Without You became their ninth No. 1 hit on the easy listening charts on this date. Paul Williams wrote this with Roger Nichols – it was the third hit they wrote for the Carpenters, after We’ve Only Just Begun and Rainy Days And Mondays.

March 25, 1911 –It’s the 113th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, the largest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York, causing the death of 148 garment workers who either died from the fire or jumped to their deaths. It was the worst workplace disaster in New York City untilContinue reading “The fire that changed everything”

March 25, 1968 – The 58th and final episode of The Monkees, Mijacogeo (also known as The Frodis Caper,) aired on this date. The four Monkees were each paid $450 per episode, raised to $750 for the second season. They received standard royalty rates for their recordings (and publishing, when they wrote the songs), butContinue reading “The Monkees series came to an end”

March 25, 1986 – We all got to meet Cousin Balki for the first time when Perfect Strangers, Knock Knock, Who’s There? premiered on ABC TV on this date The producers originally developed the series to air in 1985. But Bronson Pinchot was already committed to Sara. When that series was cancelled, the producers quicklyContinue reading “The first episode of Perfect Strangers aired”

It’s National Cocktail Day (World Cocktail Day is on the 13th of May,) And no, some of you may think, ‘Every day is National Cocktail Day in your house‘. I need to give my liver a break once in a while. Geez!