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September 5, 1946 –Farrokh Bulsara, British musician, singer and songwriter, was born on this date. Freddie Mercury has been called one of Rock’s greatest performers of all time.

We here at ACME hope that you’re enjoying your last hot dog and ice cold beer of the summer today, (hopefully you’re using ACME Split Buns to slip your ACME Snappy Weinie – The Almost 100% all beef frank (but hey don’t ask what the other stuff in it is) – in our well butteredContinue reading “Either you run the day or the day runs you.”

September 5, 1976 – The first regularly scheduled episode of The Muppet Show, starring guest host Joel Grey, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Kermit the Frog and Waldorf are the only characters to appear in all 120 episodes of the series.

September 4, 1972 –American swimmer Mark Spitz became the first athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals on this date . For his all of his effort, he is forced to walk around in a damp Speedo for years – the constant tinea cruris was horrible. You would have thought he would have become theContinue reading “Mark Spitz Seventh Gold”

September 4, 1886 –Geronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who warred against the encroachment of the United States on his tribal lands and people for over 25 years. While outnumbered, Geronimo fought against both Mexican and United States troops and became famous for his daring exploits and numerous escapes fromContinue reading “Geronimo surrendered”

Pandas basically only eat bamboo, which also happens to be incredibly hard to digest. Please don’t try this at home. That means that they must eat about 30 pounds of the stuff each day to get enough nutrients—defecating about four-fifths of what they eat (and even what they do digest is not especially easy onContinue reading “Perhaps there is such a thing as too much fiber”

September 4, 1951 –The first national live television broadcast in the U.S. took place when President Harry Truman’s speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, California was transmitted to broadcast stations in local markets across the country. It has been estimated that more than 40 million people saw the president open theContinue reading “The first Truman broadcast on TV”

September 4, 1970 –The Rolling Stones release their second live concert album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert, on this date. . It was recorded in New York City and Baltimore in November 1969. The album is often considered by critics as one of the greatest live albums ever made.

The Temptations sing, It was the 3rd of September, that day I’ll always remember in their song Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone. This was written by the Motown songwriters Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Whitfield. It was first recorded by The Undisputed Truth, but Whitfield also had The Temptations record it, withContinue reading “… all he left us was alone”

September 3, 1939 –Germany continued its invasion of Poland even though Britain had asked it very nicely to stop. This upset the British sensibility. They declared war on Germany. France followed suit six hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada, making this the official launch of World War II inContinue reading “England declares war”