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It’s Eat Your Vegetables Day Another voice heard from So eat them up, or not. (My kids are too old for me to worry about this anymore.) Demand Euphoria!

June 16, 1984 –Frankie Goes To Hollywood had their second UK No.1 single, on this date, with Two Tribes. It stayed at No.1 for nine weeks making Frankie Goes To Hollywood the first band to have their first two singles go to the top of the UK chart. During this run the group’s previous singleContinue reading “Two Tribes tops the charts”

June 16, 1967 –The 3-day Monterey Pop Festival began, kicking off ‘The Summer of Love’ and securing California as the focal point of the counterculture movement. All the proceeds of the concert went to charity as all the artists agreed to perform for free. It was the first major US appearance by The Who, JimiContinue reading “Monterey Pop Festival opened”

Not even as a gag gift – Dad deserves better. Demand Euphoria!

June 16, 1904 –Happy Bloomsday! Every June 16 (the date on which the novel is set,) the reader of Ulysses celebrate the day Leo Bloom takes his famous walk around Dublin. James Joyce fans mark the date each year, greeting one another joyously Yes – yes – yes! they’ll nervously titter. They’ll think themselves veryContinue reading “There’ll be a lot of English Majors wandering around today”

June 16, 1960 – Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho opened in New York on this date. When the cast and crew began work on the first day, they had to raise their right hands and promise not to divulge one word of the story. Alfred Hitchcock also withheld the ending part of the script from his castContinue reading “Psycho premiered today”

Happy Bloomsday! June 16, 1904 –If you notice English majors greeting one another joyously saying, “Yes – yes – yes!” They’ll titter. It will all be terrific fun for them. And here’s the reason why – Today is the date on which all the events depicted in James Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses takes place, evenContinue reading “Longest way round is the shortest way home”

June 15, 1330 – King Edward III was a famous English king, celebrated for his invention of manners and discovery of the economy. He played tennis, and once famously rebuked the King of France for having sent him his balls in a box. King Edward established the Order of the Garter because he was whatContinue reading “So much history over unsupported hosiery:”

June 15, 1904 –The General Slocum worked as a passenger ship, taking people on excursions around New York City. On this date, the ship had been chartered for $350 by the St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in the German district Little Germany, Manhattan. This was an annual rite for the group, which had made theContinue reading “The General Slocum disaster”

June 15, 1989 –Nirvana’s debut album, Bleach, was released, on this date. The album Bleach initially sold about 35,000 copies, which was pretty good for an Indie band and got them signed to a major label. The album eventually sold over 1 million copies, as many Nirvana fans bought it after Cobain died. The albumContinue reading “Bleach was released”