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August 11, 1962 –Booker T and the MG’s released Green Onions on Stax Records, on this date. This is an instrumental with a simple but unusual 2/4 time signature. Booker T. & the MG’s were the house band for the Memphis soul music label Stax Records. They recorded with many of the Stax artists, includingContinue reading “Green Onions was released”

St. Clare of Assisi (or Clair or Claire – spelling wasn’t a major issue back then. Living past 29 years old was considered miraculous) didn’t want to marry the rich young man her parents picked out for her and ran away from home to become the biggest Francis of Assisi groupie in the world. StContinue reading “Love that cannot suffer is not worthy of that name”

August 11, 1991 – The first regularly scheduled episode of The Ren and Stimpy Show premiered on this date. Series creator John Kricfalusi was adamant about Stimpy not having a thick dopey sounding voice commonly seen in dim-witted cartoon sidekicks, having already chosen Billy West to provide Stimpy’s voice, Mr West tested a variety ofContinue reading “The Ren and Stimpy series premiered”

August 10, 1968 –According to the strip below, Snoopy’s birthday is August 10. There had, however, been no reference to this in previous years and it did not become an annual feature of the strip, (in fact, there are some references to Snoopy’s birthday being August 28.) Demand Euphoria!

August 10, 1963 –Stevie Wonder’s single Fingertips (Part 2) becomes the first live recording to hit #1 in the US on this date. Little Stevie Wonder, just 12 years old, was part of a Motown package tour called The Motortown Revue, and was thrilling crowds with his high-energy performances. On March 10, 1963, the RevueContinue reading “Fingertips (Part 2) goes to the top of the charts”

S’mores – the most popular campfire treat is recognized each year on August 10th. In 1927, Girl Scouts troop leader Loretta Scott Crew wrote a recipe for “Some Mores,” and published it in Tramping and Trailing With the Girl Scouts, an official Girl Scouts publication, though the exact origin of S’mores is unknown. This delicious,Continue reading “Happy S’more Day”

August 10, 1982 –Frank and Moon Zappa appear on Late Night with David Letterman and discuss their recent release Valley Girl on this date. The song makes fun of Valley Girl talk, an early ‘80s trend that started in California and led to teenage girls around the country saying things like “Gag me with aContinue reading “Like, totally!”

August 9, 1974 –After President Richard M. Nixon resigned from office, his successor, Gerald Ford, assures the American people that their “long national nightmare is over.“ Ford was the only person to hold the office of US Vice President and US President without being elected to either office. He also served on the Warren Commission.Continue reading “Coincidence, you decide!”

August 9, 1945 –Just three days after Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb (a 22 kiloton Atomic Bomb) called Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, population 270,000, by the U.S. B-29 bomber Bockscar. Though the amount of energy generated by the bomb was significantly larger than that of the LittleContinue reading “The US dropped the bomb (again)”

August 9, 1944 –Smokey Bear debuted on this date, when the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council agreed that a fictional bear would be the symbol for their joint effort to promote forest fire prevention. Artist Albert Staehle was asked to paint the first poster of Smokey Bear. It depicted a bear pouring aContinue reading “Smokey the Bear first appears”