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August 8, 1988 –Wrigley Field in Chicago was the last Major League Baseball venue to begin holding night games when they turned on its lights for the first time on this date. The first major league night game happened in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1935 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously switched on the lights. DemandContinue reading “The night the lights went on in Chicago”

August 8, 1968 – Someone should have said “beware the 8th of August” to Richard Nixon! Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. Later that day, Nixon chose Maryland Gov. Spiro T. Agnew to be his running mate. August 8, 1973 –VP Spiro T Agnew branded asContinue reading “The Tragedy of Dick Nixon (in Three Acts)”

August 8, 1969 – At a ‘zebra crossing’ in London, four bitterly fractious friends are forced to take a picture on this date. Photographer Iain Macmillan took one of the most famous photographs of all time – the cover of the Beatles album, Abbey Road. And so it goes

August 8, 1963 –John Sturges’ adventure film, The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen, premiered on this date. In the film, several Americans were amongst the escapees. In real-life, American officers assisted with the construction of the escape tunnel, but weren’t amongst the escapees, because the Germans moved them to a remote compound just before theContinue reading “The Great Escape premiered”

August 7 is annually recognizes a famous sea serpent sighting. This sighting was made by the men and officers of HMS Daedalus in August 1848 during a voyage to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. The 60 foot long creature that they saw held a peculiar maned head above the ocean water. I, for one,Continue reading “Happy Sea Serpent Day”

Bunkies, as we tell you every summer – avoid mosquitoes at all cost, they’re not good! Though not as front of mind as Monkeypox (MPXV), mosquito-borne diseases, like Dengue Fever or West Nile Virus cases have been been once again on the rise in New York City, as it has been in the past. BeyondContinue reading “Mosquitoes Suck”

August 7, 1971 –The Bee Gees early hit How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? topped the charts on this date. It became their first US #1 hit. This was written during the same afternoon as The Bee Gees‘ previous American hit, Lonely Days in Barry Gibb’s basement flat at Addison Road, Holland Park, London.

August 7, 1948 – … Huh! I must be walking in my sleep. But how can I be walking in my sleep if I’m awake enough to know I’m walking in my sleep. The strange things people do in their sleep, especially if they’re awake. Chuck Jones guided Daffy Duck’s personality change from a “screwball”Continue reading “You Were Never Duckier premiered”

August 6, 1911 –One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.. Lucille Ball, film and television executive, actress and comedian, was born on this date. A comment from a member ofContinue reading “Lucille Désirée Ball”

August 6, 1945 –The first atomic bomb used in combat was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay, piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets, on this date. President Truman ordered the use of the first nuclear bomb, which the military referred to as “Little Boy.” Harry had been vice president for only 82 days when PresidentContinue reading “The US dropped the bomb (for the first time)”