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October 9, 1986 –The FOX network debuted Joan Rivers’ new The Late Show on this date. At first, Tribune Entertainment was supposed to hire Nell Carter as a talk show hostess for her own show, when it didn’t work, consequently, the job was given to Joan Rivers, and the show was retooled.

October 9, 1984 –The popular children’s show Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends begins its run on BBC-TV, featuring a narrator by the name of Ringo Starr on this date. PBS aired a spin-off called Shining Time Station from 1989-1993. This was created to introduce Thomas the Tank Engine to American viewers.

October 8, 1871 –Mrs O’Leary’s cow started The Great Chicago Fire that destroyed more than 17,000 buildings, killed more than 300 people and left 90,000 homeless, on this date. Catherine O’Leary seemed the perfect scapegoat: she was a woman, immigrant, and Catholic – a combination which did not fare well in the political climate ofContinue reading “Bad cow.”

Since 2007, ACME has been proud to recognize that every year from the 8th to the 12th of October, International Cephalopod Awareness Days come around to teach the world about Cephalopods! This event is all about celebrating and sharing how fascinating and incredible they are! Today is Octopus Day, celebrating all the eight-armed fellows. DemandContinue reading “Get you know your local Cephalopod”

October 8, 1980 –… And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”… Today is the 42nd anniversary of Talking Heads‘ fourth studio Remain in Light was released on this date.

October 8, 1984 –The criticlly acclaimed TV movie The Burning Bed starring Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, and Richard Masur, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. Based on the true story of Francine Hughes, who was accused of murdering her husband on March 9, 1977 in Dansville, Michigan. She was found not guilty by reasonContinue reading “The Burning Bed premiered”

October 8, 1972 –Richard Boone starred in the TV series Hec Ramsey, about a gunfighter intrigued with new methods of criminology at the turn of the previous century, which premiered on this date. In the fall of 1972, NBC moved its successful Wednesday night Mystery Movie series consisting of Columbo, McCloud, and McMillan and WifeContinue reading “Hec Ramsey premiered”

October 7, 1979 –Factory Records released Transmission, the debut single (the 7″ disc version) by seminal post-punk band Joy Division, on this date. In May 2007, NME magazine placed Transmission at No.20 in its list of the 50 “Greatest Indie Anthems Ever“, one place below their third single Love Will Tear Us Apart .

October 7, 1959 – … There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark. The dark far side of the Moon was photographed for the first time and pictures relayed back to Earth by Russia’s Luna 3 spacecraft. After passing the Moon, the Luna 3 looked back from aContinue reading “… the sun is eclipsed by the moon”

October 7, 1952 – A little TV show called American Bandstand premiered on this date, 70 years ago. It premiered locally as a live show, Bandstand, on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV (Channel 6, now WPVI-TV) on this date in Studio ‘B‘, which was located in their just-completed addition to the original 1947 building (4548 MarketContinue reading “American Bandstand premiered”