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October 28, 1943 –The supposed ‘Philadelphia Experiment,’ involving teleportation or invisibility by the US Navy, took place with the destroyer escort ship, the USS Eldridge. The US Navy maintains that no such experiment occurred and details of the story contradict ‘well-established facts about the Eldridge.’

October 28, 1956 –Elvis Presley made his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, (Ed Sullivan had sufficient recovered from his near fatal auto accident to resume host the program,) on this date. On the show besides Love Me Tender, Elvis performed, Don’t Be Cruel, Love Me and Hound Dog. Elvis also received a polioContinue reading “Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show (again)”

October 28, 1950 –The eternally 39-year old Benjamin Kubelsky (who was actually 56 at the time,) transitioned his successful radio program to television on this date when The Jack Benny Show premiered on CBS-TV. In the early years, the program was originally titled The Lucky Strike Program after the show’s sponsor, Lucky Strike cigarettes, whichContinue reading “The Jack Benny Show premiered”

October 27, 2013 –Meditation doesn’t have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy. Music legend (and general major pain in the ass) Lou Reed died on this date.

Today we can celebrate National American Beer Day. But please follow along as this will get confusing: National Beer Day,is celebrated on April 7.International Beer Day,is celebrated on the first Friday in August5.National Drink Beer Day,is celebrated on September 28, celebrated around Octoberfest, which is celebrated in Munich. While beer is not my go toContinue reading “Beer. Now there’s a temporary solution.”

October 27, 1982 –Prince’s fifth album, 1999, was released on this date. It becomes his breakthrough, selling well over 5 million copies worldwide, thanks to Little Red Corvette and the title track. The album helped propel him to superstar status, a title he lived up to with electrifying live shows and a startlingly prolific outputContinue reading “1999 was released”

October 27, 1966 – The Star Trek episode where the Enterprise discovers an exact duplicate of Earth, where the only survivors of a deadly plague are the planet’s prepubescent children, Miri premiered on this date. The girl held by Kirk as he rushes to the lab with his newly-recovered communicator is played by William Shatner’sContinue reading “Miri premiered”

October 27, 1955 –The quintessential 50s movie (although quite startling at the time,) Nicholas Ray’s masterful, Rebel Without a Cause, was released on this date. The opening scene in the movie with Jim Stark and the toy monkey was improvised by James Dean after the production had been shooting for nearly 24 hours straight. HeContinue reading “Rebel Without a Cause premiered”

October 27, 1954 –“… It was all started by a mouse.” Walt Disney’s first TV show, Disneyland, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. All of the ABC episodes were filmed in color, even though they aired in black and white. In general, ABC did not broadcast in color until the mid 1960s. During the yearsContinue reading “Disneyland premiered”

October 26, 1965 –Queen Elizabeth decorated The Beatles with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, at Buckingham Palace, on this date. The Beatles, ever polite, allowed Her Majesty to add chintz curtains and tufted sofas in their living rooms. (According to an account by John Lennon the group smoked dope in one ofContinue reading “The Beatles receive the MBE”