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May 31, 1819 –I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences. A great New Yorker and even greater poet, Walt Whitman was bornContinue reading “Walt Whitman”

May 31, 1992 – The last episode of the original series, Night Court: The 1992 Boat Show aired on NBC-TV, on this date. This episode was actually aired out of order. The two parter, Opportunity Knocks, which aired before this episode, was the finale of the series. This episode never aired on its original airContinue reading “Finale of Night Court”

May 31, 1976 –Ten years after it appeared on The Beatles’ Revolver album, Capitol Records issues Got To Get You Into My Life as a single on this date. A British rock group called Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers released this song as a single around the same time it appeared on The BeatlesContinue reading “Got To Get You Into My Life went on sale”

If you didn’t get a chance to catch the sunset last night, Manhattanhenge happens again tonight at 8:11 pm EDT. Demand Euphoria!

May 30, 1908 – Melvin Jerome Blanc, the prolific American voice actor, performing on radio, in television commercials, and most famously, in hundreds of cartoon shorts for Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera during the Golden Age of American animation, was born on this date. He is often regarded as one of the most gifted and influentialContinue reading “Mel Blanc”

May 30, 1889 – the world’s ‘first bra‘ was invented. Breasts are an important feature among mammals. They allow mothers to nurture their young through protracted infancies. No infancy is longer than that of the human species, especially that of the American male, which often lasts until death. Breasts are more than just moving dinerContinue reading “Brassieres: a brief history”

May 30, 2003 –The Academy Awarding Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures film, Finding Nemo, voiced by Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, and Willem Dafoe, premiered on this date. Andrew Stanton pitched his idea and story to Pixar head John Lasseter in an hour-long session, using elaborate visual aids and character voices. AtContinue reading “Finding Nemo opened”

May 30, 1964 –The Beatles first single, of their own material, Love Me Do, release in England in 1962, hit # 1 on the Billboard 100 in the US on this date. The Beatles recorded versions of this song with three different drummers. At their first Parlophone audition in June 1962, Pete Best was stillContinue reading “Love Me Do topped the charts”

It’s the start of Manhattanhenge time again (today and tomorrow.) For all of you Illuminati conspiratorialists, ponder the fact that many of Hip Hops multi-millionaire performers are New Yorkers. Also consider that the two times of Manhattanhenge happens to correspond with Memorial Day and Baseball’s All Star break. Manhattan’s grid was originally proposed in 1811,Continue reading “Once again – Please be careful to watch out for the traffic.”

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. – Joseph Campbell Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in militaryContinue reading “The reason for the day off”