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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 down since last year. Please direct your comments to the Egg Board, I’ve done my best to keep prices down.

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, 1953 –Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor-Mountbatten officially became the head of her family’s business and had her coronation on this date. The entire ceremony was, save for the anointing and communion, televised throughout the Commonwealth, and was watched by an estimated 20 million people, with 12 million more listening on the radio. The Queen’sContinue reading “The anniversary of a young woman’s official first day on the job”

June 2, 1989 –Peter Weir’s take on the classic film Goodbye Mr. Chips, Dead Poets Society, written by Tom Schulman, and starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, and Ethan Hawke opened in limited release on this date. What attracted Robin Williams to the role of John Keating more than anything else was that John KeatingContinue reading “Dead Poets Society premiered”

June 2, 1983 –The 12-inch remix of The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats goes to #1 on the Billboard Dance chart. MTV begins playing the huzzah-worthy video, and the song soon rose up the Hot 100. Though music fans have often interpreted the song as a metaphor for nuclear war or a call forContinue reading “The Safety Dance topped the charts”

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 “Strangest TV interview question”

It’s Oscar the Grouch’s birthday today. Remember to leave something nice out in the trash today. (Please note: when Oscar first moved into his trash can he was orange. Then the gangrene set in.) June 1, 1926 –Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always knownContinue reading “Happy Birthday”

June 1, 1967 –The Beatles blew the collective world’s mind away. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in the UK on this date. The album was quite complex to produced and took 129 days and about 700 hours to complete. The Beatles first album, Please Please Me, was recorded in less than 10Continue reading “It was 56 years ago today,”

June 1, 1954 –In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus‘ security blanket made its debut, on this date. Although one of the things most associated with Linus is his obsessive need for the comfort provided by his security blanket, the intensity of that need clearly ebbs, as he is often (probably most frequently) shown without theContinue reading “Linus gets his blanket”

June is the sixth month of the year and consists of thirty days. The ancient Romans gave it 29 days until 46 BC, when Julius Caesar added the thirtieth for reasons known only to himself (Caesar’s hobbies seem to be conquest of the known world, sleeping with some very rich North African teenager and calendarContinue reading “Summer is a promissory note signed in June”