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February 17, 1971 –Boston native James Taylor made his primetime television debut on the Johnny Cash Show, on this date. Other guest on the show that evening included Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt.

February 16, 1899 –Félix François Faure, President of France and the owner of the most audacious mustache in the late 19th century, died suddenly from a massive heart attack in his private offices while in the act of some sort of sexual congress with the notable courtesan, Marguerite Steinheil on this date. Apparently when FaureContinue reading “What a way to go!”

February 16, 600 – (we can probably assume this date was correctly denoted. Let’s hope, since this involves a pope, most of the people there were not involved in a orgy and had the time to write this down.) Pope Gregory the Great declared “God bless you” to be the correct response to a sneeze.Continue reading “Gesundheit”

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is commonly referred to as “Ren Ri” (the day of human), because according to the legend, Nu Wa ( a Goddess in Chinese mythology who is believed to create the world and human beings) created human beings on the seventh day. Legend has it that Nüwa createdContinue reading “Patience, there’ll be a slice for everyone”

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

February 16, 1967 –The titanic battle of 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 always the first choice forContinue reading “The tensile strength of their man girdles was palpable”

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 “Ed has The Beatles on again”

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.

Today is also the Sixth day of Lunar New Year, and the garbage from the first five days of celebrating is piling up. The rubbish from the first to the fourth day of the Chinese New Year is considered “wealth”, but after the fifth day, the garbage will turn into a sign of “poverty”. SoContinue reading “Perhaps you can compose some of it”

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564. He worked on the improvement of a telescope with which he later discovered craters on the moon, the satellites of Jupiter, and every luscious detail of the girl next door’s nubile young form. Galileo’s astronomical observations seemed to confirm Copernicus‘ theory that the Earth went around theContinue reading “Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico”