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February 19, 1986 –The Soviets launched the first part of space station Mir, (the orbiting laboratory–the main module that included the crew quarters, with airlocks for docking and more,) and with it, a new phase in space exploration, on this date. Mir, which means both peace and world in Russian, would provide the home baseContinue reading “The launch of Mir”

February 19, 1473 –Nicolaus Copernicus (or Mikolaj Kopernik or Nicolaus Koppernigk – apparently he was running some sort of ponzi scheme at an early age and was giving different names to different people) was born in Poland on this date. He stated an early theory that the Earth and the planets move around the SunContinue reading “Call the men of science and let them hear this song …”

February 19, 1977 –Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Blinded By The Light hits #1 on the Billboard Charts in America, on this date. Manfred Mann’s version replaces the line “cut loose like a deuce” with “revved up like a deuce.” In their version, “Deuce” was commonly misheard as “Douche.” Springsteen’s original lineContinue reading “Blinded By The Light”

Badfinger was a British pop band signed to the Beatles‘ label Apple. One of their best songs was Without You which appeared on their second album No Dice. It was released as a single on November 9, 1970. Paul McCartney once described the ballad as “the killer song of all time“. Harry Nilsson started aContinue reading “(Sorry for this Earworm) –”

February 19, 1968 –Everyone’s favorite adult, Fred Rogers began telling everyone that It’s a beautiful year in the neighborhood when the national broadcast of his program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood premiered on this date. Guests on the show were often surprised to find that although Rogers was just as gentle and patient in life as heContinue reading “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood premiered”

It’s Generic Executive Office Holder of the Government Day. So let’s hear it for all the generic Presidents, just remember that we now have to include Trump in this celebration.

Today is National Drink Wine Day. This is opposed to National Wine Day, which is May 25th. Yeah, yeah, before you make the joke, I know, it’s National Drink Wine Day every day in my home. I can make wine disappear. What’s your superpower? While, I can’t find the basis for the holiday, I haveContinue reading “The International Committee has met”

Elm Farm Ollie (known as “Nellie Jay” and post-flight as “Sky Queen“) was the first cow to fly in an airplane, doing so on February 18, 1930, as part of the International Air Exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri. On the same trip, which covered 72 miles from Bismarck, Missouri, to St. Louis, she alsoContinue reading “The Cow flew under the moon”

February 18, 1930 –Clyde Tombaugh liked to look at French Postcards. He like to look into his neighbors’ windows. When he got tired of that, he started studying photos of the night sky where astronomers predicted a “Planet X” would show up. Tombaugh ended up discovering the dwarf planet Pluto on this date. He alsoContinue reading “He liked to look at things”

February 18, 1962 –On weekend leave from marine training, The Everly Brothers appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, in full uniform and with regulation cropped hair, singing their new single, Crying In The Rain, on this date. The song was recorded shortly before Don and Phil Everly were inducted into the Marine Corps Reserves onContinue reading “The Everly Brothers on Ed Sullivan”