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June 3, 1969 –The last episode of the original Star Trek series (Turnabout Intruder) aired on NBC-TV, on this date. This episode was originally scheduled for broadcast on March 28, 1969. Special network coverage of the death of Dwight D.Eisenhower pre-empted it, and it didn’t air until June 3.

June 3, 1964 –The Rolling Stones taped their U.S. (national) television debut on the ABC series The Hollywood Palace, hosted by Dean Martin, on this date. Dean Martin’s rude introduction of the band still rankled Keith Richards many years later. At the time, Bob Dylan was so offended by Martin’s contempt for the Stones, heContinue reading “The Rolling Stones first National US TV appearance”

June 2, 1953 –Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor-Mountbatten officially becomes the head of her family’s business and had her coronation on this date. The entire ceremony was, save for the anointing and communion, televised throughout the Commonwealth, and was watched by an estimated 20 million people, with 12 million more listening on the radio. The Queen’sContinue reading “It’s the Platinum Jubilee”

June 2, 1896 –The first radio patent was issued to Guglielmo Marconi in England for his wireless telegraphy apparatus, described as “Improvements in Transmitting Electrical Impulses and Signals, and in Apparatus Therefor.” (UK No. 12,039) I wonder what will become of that new fangled thing?

June 2, 1973 –Paul McCartney and Wings‘ song My Love, from the album Red Rose Freeway, hit No. 1 on the US singles chart on this date. This is one of three songs of the same title to top the American singles chart. Petula Clark’s My Love, was # 1 in 1966 whilst Justin Timberlake’sContinue reading “My Love topped the charts”

June 2, 1981 –Barbara Walters famously asks Katharine Hepburn “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”, on this date. After the interview, Walters’ “tree” question was remembered, but the context in which it was asked was not. The so-called “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would youContinue reading “What kind of tree would you be?”

June 1, 1967 –It was 55 years ago today, The Beatles blew the collective world’s mind away. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in the UK on this date The album was quite complex to produced and took 129 days and about 700 hours to complete. The Beatles first album, Please Please Me,Continue reading “Music changed today”

June 1, 1985 –David Lee Roth’s cover of two Louis Prima songs – Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody peaks at No. 12 on the Billboard Charts on this date. Roth’s love of quirky songs from a bygone era stems from his childhood, when he would listen to the underground radio station KPPCContinue reading “Dave TV”

June 1, 1494 –The first written record of Scotch Whisky appeared in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland on this date. (The Scots spell it whisky and the Irish spell it whiskey, with an extra ‘e‘. This difference in the spelling comes from the translations of the word from the Scottish and Irish Gaelic forms. WhiskeyContinue reading “Scotch Whisky appears in print for the first time”

June is the sixth month of the year and consists of thirty days. The ancient Romans gave it 29 days until 46 BC, when Julius Caesar added the thirtieth for reasons known only to himself (Caesar’s hobbies seem to be conquest of the known world, sleeping with some very rich North African teenager and calendarContinue reading “Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.”