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March 23, 1965 –NASA launched Gemini III, nicknamed the “Molly Brown,” from Cape Canaveral on this date. It was the United State’s first maneuverable two-man mission. The mission was crewed by astronauts Virgil Ivan “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young. The flight was the first for Young, who breaks quarantine regulations by smuggling a sandwichContinue reading “The launch of Gemini III”

March 23, 1974 – You had one last time to Get Happy, when The Partridge Family aired the last episode of the series, …—…(SOS), on this date Shirley Jones presented George Chakiris, who guest stars in the episode, his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for West Side Story.

The 20th of March is Snowman Burning Day, Snowman Burning Day is a celebration that marks the ends of winter and the beginning of spring. The holiday was first celebrated in 1971. The Unicorn Hunters at the Lake Superior State University (LSSU) have established the holiday. The idea for Snowman Burning Day came from Germany’sContinue reading “I forgot to post this on Sunday –”

March 22, 1931 –I love technology. Matches, to light a fire, is really high tech. The wheel is really one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that, I am an ignoramus about technology…. William Shatner, arguably the world’s (or at least Canada’s) greatest actor was born today on this date. Demand Euphoria!

March 22, 1895 –Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures in Paris using celluloid film. Unless it was March 19, 1895, or December 28, 1894, or cellulite instead of celluloid. And it may have been in Milan, or Warsaw, and it’s possible it wasn’t Louis and Auguste Lumiere, but Max and Emil Skladanowsky. TheContinue reading “The first public screening of a film, (possibly)”

Today is the earliest day on which Easter Sunday (in the Roman Catholic faith) may occur, not that it occurs on this date this year; Easter is April 17th this year.

March 22, 1978 –The seminal mockumentary about The Pre-Fab Four, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, directed by Eric Idle and Gary Weis and starring some people from Monty Python and some other people from SNL, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Eric Idle was inspired to make this movie when George Harrison showedContinue reading “The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash premiered”

It’s a time to appreciate and support poets and poetry around the world. It is held on March 21 each year and is an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Hollow Men – T.S. Elliot Demand Euphoria!

The Russian Royal family was having a really bad day, in a month that was particularly bad. On March 21, 1917, Nicholas II and his family were official arrested. It was a confused and confusing period, and the situation would only continue to deteriorate until the October Revolution (in November). The eventual triumph of theContinue reading “Today’s episode of Oh, that Wacky Russian Revolution:”

March 21, 1947 –In honor of the start of Spring, let us seriously consider spring cleaning and the unhappy ending of the Collyer brothers. Homer and Langley Collyer were well-to-do New Yorkers who grew up in a fashionable brownstone in Harlem with their mother and father, just before the turn of the previous century. UnfortunatelyContinue reading “For Goodness Sake – Clean Up After Yourself”