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April 11, 1905 –A simple patent clerk, Albert Einstein, known mostly for looking at the town clock or passing trains, produces a not so simple paper discussing the Theory of Relativity which among other things postulates that E=MC². This astonished the world because previously E had always equated the fifth letter of the alphabet. AndContinue reading “Theory of Relativity”

April 11, 1973 –In one of the show’s most memorable moments, Stevie Wonder plays a funky, live version of Superstition on Sesame Street, on this date. The song was originally intended for Jeff Beck, who was brought in to play some guitar parts on the album in exchange for a song. At one of theContinue reading “Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street”

Happy Palm Sunday The name Palm Sunday comes from the tradition for worshippers being given palm fronds which they use to participate in the reenactment of Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem. As always, we here at ACME wish to quote that great theologian, my mother, during this holiday season: “I swear to God if you kidsContinue reading “Next years ashes that will be on your forehead are created from the burnt palms of today’s Palm Sunday.”

Today is National Gin and Tonic Day Once again I will remind you gentle readers that I am not a spokesperson for Bombay Sapphire (yet), I find it is a waste to use it, given it’s delicate botanicals in a G and T; but hey, what do I know. International Gin and Tonic Day, forContinue reading “No one is as happy as we are tonight!”

April 9, 1974 – It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!, the 12th prime-time animated Peanuts TV special debuted on CBS on this date. When the Peanuts characters arrive at the mall at Easter time, the mall is decorated for the December holiday season with banners that proclaim: Only 246 shopping days until Christmas.

April 9, 1928 –… It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year. Tom Lehrer, singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician,was born on this date. (Lehrer entered Harvard at age 15, having skipped several grades. Everyone applying for admission to Harvard was required to include anContinue reading “Thomas Andrew Lehrer”

April 8, 1973 –…Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can’t drink any more…. Pablo Ruiz Picasso, one of the most recognized figures in twentieth-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the wide variety of styles embodied in his work and sleeping with almost anything that moved, diedContinue reading “Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso”

April 8, 1979 – The 204th and final episode of All in the Family, Too Good Edith, aired on this date. The series would come back in the fall in the less successful offering, Archie’s Place.

April 7, 1970 –John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy won the Oscar for Best Picture on this date. It remains the only X-rated film to win an Academy Award. The film was rated “X” (no one under 17 admitted) upon its original release in 1969, but the unrestricted use of that rating by pornographic filmmakers caused theContinue reading “Midnight Cowboy premiered”

April 7, 1927 –An audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television. Hoover’s image and voice were transmitted across telephone lines. Edna Mae Horner, an operator at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, assisted the transmission and became the first woman on television.Continue reading “First demonstration of long distance TV broadcast”