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April 21, 1975 –Teenagers everywhere have themselves a good cry when Eric Carmen’s song, (a mash-up of his own song, Let’s Pretend and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18,) All By Myself entered the charts on this date. When he wrote this, Carmen thought the Rachmaninoff music was in theContinue reading “All By Myself released”

April 21, 1981 –Weird Al Yankovic made his first national television appearance on The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder. He never receives royalties from the single’s initial release because the record company has gone bankrupt.

We seem to be on the other side of the pandemic, so if you or your kid cut school or work today, once again, lock up the snacks. They may come home with a case of the munchies, after taking advantage of all the sales at your local CBD store. Be thankful though, they’re notContinue reading “There’s a bumper crop of things to celebrate today”

April 20, 1916 –The Chicago Cubs played their first game at their new home at Weeghman Park, (renamed Wrigley Field in 1926 after William Wrigley bought controlling interest in the Cubs), between themselves and the Cincinnati Reds, on this date. The Cubs besting the Reds 7–6 in eleven innings. This proved to be the highlightContinue reading “The Cub played their first home game”

April 20, 1939 –During the 1939 World’s Fair, David Sarnoff, president of RCA, unveiled the first commercial publicly accessible television broadcast, on this date. In Flushing NY, Sarnoff proclaimed “Now we add sight to sound“. During the opening ceremonies of the fair on April 30th, FDR became the first president to ever be televised. TheContinue reading “The first commercial publicly accessible television broadcast”

April 20, 1964 –The first transcontinental picturephone call is made between the Bell System exhibit at the World’s Fair in New York City and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The device consists of a telephone handset and a small monitor. The system allows users to see each other as a fuzzy video image as they talk.Continue reading “It failed but ultimately succeeded”

April 19, 1906 –It was a rainy day in Paris. One of those days that song writers write about. Nobel-winning chemist Pierre Curie was preoccupied and in a hurry. He tried to run across the street and did not look both ways. He slipped and then was hit and run over by a horse drawnContinue reading “The death of Pierre Curie”

April 19, 1978 –The Patti Smith Group released the song Because the Night on this date. Bruce Springsteen wrote this song. He gave it to Patti Smith in 1976 because he thought it would suit her voice. He was also in a legal battle with his manager, Mike Appel, that kept him from recording forContinue reading “Because the Night premiered”

April 19, 1987 –The Simpsons make their television debut in the short Good Night – a segment for The Tracey Ullman Show. Series creator Matt Groening sketched out the original drawings for the Simpson family in a matter of a few minutes while sitting outside producer James L. Brooks’ office. The idea was that eachContinue reading “The Simpsons first TV appearance”

Velociraptors are small vicious dinosaurs that usually ruin everyone’s day at your local millionaire’s amusement park. Remember large windows and doorways are Velociraptor points of entries. Mark them accordingly and avoid at all cost. Once you’ve finished locating possible velociraptor entry points within your building, you can mark those areas so that your loved onesContinue reading “Today is Velociraptor Awareness Day.”