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September 6, 1944 –Billy Wilder’s film-noir classic, Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson, opened in NYC on this date. Author James M. Cain later admitted that if he had come up with some of the solutions to the plot that screenwriters Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler did, he would haveContinue reading “Double Indemnity premiered”

Today is National Cheese Pizza Day. While you do not have to don tight fitting polyester pants and strut down 86th Street in Bensonhurst to celebrate, please remember that you have to fold your pizza in half to eat it, and for god’s sake, don’t use a fork and a knife.

September 5, 1946 –Farrokh Bulsara, British musician, singer and songwriter, was born on this date. Freddie Mercury has been called one of Rock’s greatest performers of all time.

September 5, 1981 –Stevie Nicks’s solo debut, Bella Donna, goes to No. 1 on the Billboard Charts, on this date. The album featured such hits as Edge of Seventeen, Leather and Lace with Don Henley, and Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The multi-platinum record, which remained on the USContinue reading “Bella Donna topped the charts”

September 5, 1976 – The first regularly scheduled episode of The Muppet Show, starring guest host Joel Grey, debuted on ABC-TV on this date. Kermit the Frog and Waldorf are the only characters to appear in all 120 episodes of the series.

September 5, 2006 –Katie Couric made her first appearance as anchor on CBS Evening News, on this date. Her introduction normally would have been read by an announcer, but in this case, viewers heard the voice of CBS News legend Walter Cronkite make the introduction.

September 4, 1886 –Geronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who warred against the encroachment of the United States on his tribal lands and people for over 25 years.  While outnumbered, Geronimo fought against both Mexican and United States troops and became famous for his daring exploits and numerous escapes fromContinue reading “The original anti-Indiana Jones”

September 4, 1971 –Paul and Linda McCartney single from the album, Ram, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey went to No.1 on the Billboard charts on this date. This was the first No. 1 single by a Beatle after the group’s break-up. Linda McCartney is credited as a co-writer on this song with Paul. She sang background andContinue reading “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey topped the charts”

September 4, 1951 –The first national live television broadcast in the U.S. took place when President Harry Truman’s speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, California was transmitted to broadcast stations in local markets across the country. It has been estimated that more than 40 million people saw the president open theContinue reading “First live broadcast across the nation”

September 4, 1942 – Warner Brothers reunited most of the cast of The Maltese Falcon for John Huston’s war drama, Across the Pacific, which premiered on this date. Director Vincent Sherman met with John Huston just before Huston left the project to join the United States Army Signal Corps to shoot documentaries for the warContinue reading “Across the Pacific opened”