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February 13th, 1966 –The Rolling Stones returned for their third appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on this date. Their performances had been taped the day before.

February 13, 1972 –Bob Fosse’s film version of the musical Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey premiered on this date. Liza Minnelli designed all her own hair and make-up with the help of her father, famed musical director Vincente Minnelli.

February 13, 1932 –The Our Gang short, Free Eats premiered on this date. This marked the introduction of George “Spanky” McFarland to the Our Gang comedies. Spanky McFarland’s career lasted a decade, approximately, as his career at Our Gang concluded in 1942 short, Unexpected Riches.

It’s the third day of The Lunar New Year and Chigou literally means “red dog“, an epithet of “the God of Blazing Wrath“. It is considered an unlucky day to have guests or go visiting. So people don’t like to go out on this day, otherwise they might lose their temper easily and become argumentative.Continue reading “Why not just call in sick”

February 12, 2004 –After 43 years together, Barbie and Ken, shocked the nation when they announced that they were breaking up on this date. The couple had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961. Don’t worry, those crazy kids have patched things up and they’re still going strong. But Bunkies,Continue reading “In every home there is a heartache indeed”

It’s the 215th birthday of both Abraham Lincoln, a man with only a years’ worth of formal education and still became our 16th President and Charles Darwin, the man who tried to ride a dog to the tropics and the uncle of most monkeys. Go try preserving a union and question people’s fundamental religious beliefsContinue reading “Two towering figures of the 19th Century”

February 12, 1924 –100 years ago today, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue debuted at Carnegie Hall in New York on this date. It has become one of the most popular American concert works.

February 12, 1970 –The BBC program Top of the Pops aired a performance clip of John Lennon’s new single Instant Karma! on this date, which was taped just the day before. John Lennon wrote and recorded this song in one day, which was either January 26 or 27, 1970, depending on the source. It wasContinue reading “Instant Karma! first got us”

On this day in 1940, Superman appeared on a radio station (a Mutual Radio station WOR in New York City) for the first time, the first time in a non-print medium. It was the debut of the radio show called The Adventures of Superman and the episode was called The Baby From Krypton. We don’tContinue reading “The first time we were told to look up in the sky”

February 12, 1943 – Much of the cast of Citizen Kane/ The Magnificent Ambersons was reunited for the Action/ Thriller, Journey Into Fear, directed by Norman Foster and starring Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead, and Orson Welles, opened in NYC on this date. When production on Journey Into Fear began, co-starsContinue reading “Journey Into Fear premiered”