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June 30, 1953 –The first Corvette rolled off the production line on this date. The car only came in white with a black top and red interior. Optional features included a curtain instead of roll-up windows and interior door handles. 300 cars were made the first year and sold for $3,498.

June 30, 1979 –Anita Ward single, Ring My Bell, started a two week run at No.1 on the Billboard chart, on this date. (This was her only charting hit.) This was one of the first hit songs to feature a synthesized drum. The hook was the synthesized drum of Frederick Knight, which produced a soundContinue reading “Ring My Bell topped the charts”

June 29, 1988 –The John Landis blockbuster film, Coming To America, starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos and a plethora of stars in funny cameo roles, opened on this date. After the make-up and clothing was applied for the Jewish character Saul, Eddie Murphy wanted to test the make-up and costumeContinue reading “Coming To America premiered”

June 29, 1995 –Ringo Starr appeared in his first-ever TV commercial (in the US), for Pizza Hut, (featuring the newly reformed Monkees, on this date. It seems like a strange product for Ringo to hawk; the rocker has been a vegetarian since 1965, and has allergies to onions, garlic, and several spices, which have preventedContinue reading “A Beatle hawking pizza”

June 29, 1968Tiny Tim’s (Herbert Khaury) novelty single, Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me by peaks at #17 on this date. Proof positive, people did massive amounts of drugs in the ‘60s.

June 29, 1940 –According to the Batman Canon: two gangsters working for Tony Zucco rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan on this date. Lucky for Dick, a rugged virile older man, Bruce Wayne was there to give him the care and attention aContinue reading “The death of the Graysons”

June 28 1997 –Mike Tyson was disqualified from a championship boxing bout after biting off a large portion of Evander Holyfield’s ear. Tyson was later banned from boxing and fined $3 million for the incident. Don’t worry about Mike, he’s now selling little ear shaped CBD gummies. And so it goes

June 28 1914 –Archduck Franz Ferdinand was having an extremely bad day. He was touring Serbia with his wife, the Mallard Sophie. The purpose of his tour was to get Serbia to calm down, it having become extremely irritable for reasons known only to itself, possibly having to do with Austria’s occupation of the region.Continue reading “The 20th Century started on this date”

Happy Birthday Mel Brooks I’m so happy to once again note that it’s always a good day to know that Mel is still around.

June 28, 1985 –Hard to believe now but Hollywood employed some of the Brat Pack again when Joel Schumacher’s St. Elmo’s Fire, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Mare Winningham, opened on this date. Much like her character, Demi Moore (Jules) had a drug problem when sheContinue reading “St. Elmo’s Fire premiered”