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June 03, 1977 –Bob Marley and the Wailers’ ninth studio album, Exodus, was released on this date. In 1999, Time magazine named Exodus the best album of the 20th century.

June 3, 1992 –Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, campaigning for US president, makes an appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show, where he plays the Elvis Presley hit Heartbreak Hotel on the saxophone, on this date. This performance ultimately solidified Clinton’s popularity with minority and young voters. It’s a moment in time that exemplifies the virtue ofContinue reading “That time Bubba played the sax on a talk show”

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.

The American Egg Board has declared that it is National Egg Day today. If you’ve been to the supermarket lately, you undoubtedly have noticed that egg prices have once again gone up, because of ‘bird flu‘. Please direct your comments to the Egg Board, I’ve tried best to keep prices down.

June 3, 1965 –The first American astronaut to make a spacewalk was Major Edward White II, when he spent 20 minutes outside the Gemini 4 capsule during Earth orbit at an altitude of 120 miles. A tether and 25 foot airline were wrapped in gold tape to form a single,thick cord. He used a hand-heldContinue reading “It was time for him to leave the capsule, if he dared …”

If you are anywhere in North America today, go outside when it is noon, face south, and yell “fudge!” You will be doing your part to make sure Cobras do not advance and take over North America. Any Cobras that have already made it to North America will turn around and go home. So nowContinue reading “I think I may have heard everything”

June 2, 1957 –Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was interviewed on US television for the very first time when CBS’s Face the Nationaired on this date. With Cold War tensions running high, some government officials accused CBS of putting out Communist propaganda. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, love god of Carol Burnett, refused to watchContinue reading “Khrushchev was ready for his close-up”

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 “She really did ask the question”

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”