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You have 24 more hours – The corner drug store has a full selection. Demand Euphoria!

June 17, 1972 –Perhaps the former President might be interested in the following – Five men broke into the Democratic Party National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building in Washington, DC on this date. They had hoped to bug the offices but were arrested before they could release any insects. President Richard Nixon would laterContinue reading “It was 50 years ago today”

June 17, 1928 –Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a transatlantic flight, when she took off from Trepassey Harbor, Newfoundland, in a Fokker F.VIIb/3m on this date. Amelia Earhart was the passenger (and keeper of the flight log,) in a plane named Friendship with co-pilots Wilmer “Bill” Stultz and Louis “Slim” Gordon. TheContinue reading “There was not restroom on board, by the way”

The Statue of Liberty, France’s gift to the United States marking the Centennial of the American Declaration of Independence arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885 on board the French frigate Isere (only nine years after the gift was offered.) To prepare for transit, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces andContinue reading “Don’t complain about your mail being late”

Why are you concerned about the lint in his belly button? How filthy do you think your father is? Demand Euphoria!

June 17, 1950 – The Disassociated Press sent a reporter to get Bug Bunny’s life story in What’s Up Doc?, which was released on this date. Bugs’ classic catchphrase is shown in this film to have been originally an accident. It came from Bugs after he pied Elmer in the face and bonked him onContinue reading “What’s Up Doc premiered”

It’s Eat Your Vegetables Day Another voice heard from So eat them up, or not. (My kids are too old for me to worry about this anymore.) Demand Euphoria!

June 16, 1984 –Frankie Goes To Hollywood had their second UK No.1 single, on this date, with Two Tribes. It stayed at No.1 for nine weeks making Frankie Goes To Hollywood the first band to have their first two singles go to the top of the UK chart. During this run the group’s previous singleContinue reading “Two Tribes tops the charts”

June 16, 1967 –The 3-day Monterey Pop Festival began, kicking off ‘The Summer of Love’ and securing California as the focal point of the counterculture movement. All the proceeds of the concert went to charity as all the artists agreed to perform for free. It was the first major US appearance by The Who, JimiContinue reading “Monterey Pop Festival opened”

Not even as a gag gift – Dad deserves better. Demand Euphoria!