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The Winter Solstice in Northern Hemisphere will be at 4:48 PM (EST), the shortest amount of daylight of the year and the longest night. It’s officially the first day of Winter and one of the oldest known holidays in human history. Anthropologists believe that solstice celebrations go back at least 30,000 years, before humans evenContinue reading “O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?”

December 21, 1969 –Diana Ross and the Supremes make their final television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, on this date. The song they sang, Someday We’ll Be Together, would become the last of their 12 number one singles.

December 21, 1963 – The Doctor Who story arc The Daleks, the second story of Season One, first aired on the BBC on this date. The episodes mark the first appearance of the Doctor’s mortal enemies, the Daleks, a race of genetically engineered mutants who abhor all other races.

December 21, 1937 –The first feature-length color and sound cartoon, Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, premiered on this date. The animation took over two years and a then astronomical $1.5 million to create. Disney had to mortgage his house to pay for the film’s production.

There are 25 days until someone’s birthday.(I happen to know that he likes a good scotch now and then.) Demand Euphoria!

Demand Euphoria!

December 20, 1986 –The Bangles‘ hit Walk Like An Egyptian went to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts on this date. This was the biggest hit for the Bangles, but they considered it one of their least favorite songs, as their rock pedigree was compromised by a goofy song they had nothing toContinue reading “Walk Like An Egyptian topped the charts”

December 20, 1946 –The Frank Capra film It’s A Wonderful Life had a preview showing for charity at New York City’s Globe Theatre, a day before its official premiere. Due to a clerical error at NTA‘s copyright office, the copyright wasn’t renewed when it expired in 1974. The film became public domain, meaning anyone whoContinue reading “It’s A Wonderful Life premiered”

December 20, 1974 –Arguably the greatest sequal ever made, Godfather II, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and Robert De Niro, premiered in the US on this date. Francis Ford Coppola had a horrible time directing The Godfather and asked to pick a different director for the sequel,Continue reading “Godfather II premiered”

the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain. Demand Euphoria!