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The grooved lines on a stretch of the eastbound Route 66, near Tijeras, New Mexico, just east of Albuquerque, will sing for you. On this quarter-mile section of the highway, the rumble strips have been engineered to sound like the song America the Beautiful. But they won’t croon their patriotic tune for anyone with aContinue reading “Hurry up to check it out, before it’s gone”

Today is the anniversary of Black Tuesday, the stock market crash in 1929 that signaled the beginning of the worst economic collapse in the history of the modern industrial world. Few people saw it coming except for Joseph P. Kennedy and Charlie Chaplin who had cashed out of the volatile market weeks early and preservedContinue reading “The 1929 Stock Market crash”

October 29, 1618 – The day before (back in 1618), Sir Walter Raleigh was a fairly forgotten figure in English History. Sir Walter, famous explorer and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I had been languishing in prison for years on some murky charges of plotting against King James I. He was left to languish in theContinue reading “Sometimes it’s not so good being a world famous explorer”

October 29, 1993 –The first Got Milk commercial – the iconic Aaron Burr ad premiered on this date. The commercial was directed by a recent film graduate of the Art Center College of Design, Michael Bay (yes, Transformers Michael Bay).

October 29, 1974 – Rhoda and Joe got married on this date. The Rhoda’s Wedding episode, which was a crossover episode with the Mary Tyler Moore Show, broke records for ratings when it aired.

October 28, 1962 –Gerry and Sylvia Anderson third attempt at frightening children with Supermarionation – Fireball XL5 premiered in the UK, on this date. Remember to stick around for the end credits to sing along with the theme! Although Supercar had been shown in syndication, this was the first Gerry Anderson’ Supermarionation series to appearContinue reading “Fireball XL5 premiered”

October 28, 1943 –The supposed ‘Philadelphia Experiment,’ involving teleportation or invisibility by the US Navy, took place with the destroyer escort ship, the USS Eldridge. The US Navy maintains that no such experiment occurred and details of the story contradict ‘well-established facts about the Eldridge.’

October 28, 1956 –Elvis Presley made his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, (Ed Sullivan had sufficient recovered from his near fatal auto accident to resume host the program,) on this date. On the show besides Love Me Tender, Elvis performed, Don’t Be Cruel, Love Me and Hound Dog. Elvis also received a polioContinue reading “Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show (again)”

October 28, 1950 –The eternally 39-year old Benjamin Kubelsky (who was actually 56 at the time,) transitioned his successful radio program to television on this date when The Jack Benny Show premiered on CBS-TV. In the early years, the program was originally titled The Lucky Strike Program after the show’s sponsor, Lucky Strike cigarettes, whichContinue reading “The Jack Benny Show premiered”

October 27, 2013 –Meditation doesn’t have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy. Music legend (and general major pain in the ass) Lou Reed died on this date.