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Today is Milk Chocolate Day. American eat on average 12 lbs of chocolate per year; The Swiss on the other hand eat a little more than 26 lbs a year (that works out to about 450 bars of chocolate.) If you don’t keep this increase in choco-gorging, the terrorist have won. (Psst, I’ve mentioned thisContinue reading “It melts in both your mouth and hands”

July 28, 1932 –(More things your teacher never told you …)Federal troops under the order of President Hoover forcibly dispersed the “Bonus Army” of (17,000 World War I veterans) who had gathered in Washington, D.C. on June 17th to demand money they weren’t scheduled to receive until 1945. The troops under the command of GeneralContinue reading “Bonus Army violently dispersed”

July 28, 1957 –After being rejected from appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show due to his outrageous performance style, Jerry Lee Lewis (nicknamed The Killer) made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show on this date. On the show, he showcased some of the moves he was known for – slamming on the keys,Continue reading “Jerry Lee Lewis first TV appearance”

July 27, 1953 –The armistice that ended the Korean War was signed on this date. It was a war that began in June 1950 when North Korea invaded the south. Almost 35,000 Americans were killed in the conflict, more than 5,000 captured or went missing. A corporal in the 1st Marine Division named Anthony EbronContinue reading “The Korean War ends (sort of)”

July 27, 1984 –Warner Bros. gift to an unsuspecting world, Purple Rain, starring Prince, premiered on this date. A few days before the premiere, Prince had a nightmare that Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert despised the film, with Ebert ripping the film apart. He said, “I dreamed those two guys on the TV were reviewingContinue reading “Purple Rain premiered”

July 27, 1940 –Bugs Bunny made his debut in a cartoon called A Wild Hare, on this day. Warner Brothers’ writers and animators set out to make a rabbit who would be the epitome of cool. They modeled bugs on Groucho Marx with a carrot instead of a cigar. Mel Blanc gave him a BrooklynContinue reading “The first Bugs Bunny Cartoon”

July 27, 1922 –Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don’t collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don’t really mean anything. Norman Milton Lear, television writer and film and television producer was born on this date,Continue reading “Norman Lear’s Birthday”

July 26, 1980 –The Rolling Stones started a seven week run at No.1 (the group’s eighth US No.1,) on the US album chart with Emotional Rescue, on this date. Mick Jagger sang much of this in a falsetto, which was the thing to do with disco songs. The Bee Gees did the same thing, butContinue reading “Emotional Rescue hit the top of the charts”

July 26, 1956 –A little more than 11 hours after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm, the Italian liner Andrea Doria, carrying 1,134 passengers and 572 crew, sank off New England coast. 46 people on the Andrea Doria and 5 crew members of the Stockholm died as a result of the crash. The SS IleContinue reading “Andrea Doria sank”

July 26, 1951 –Walt Disney’s 13th animated feature, Alice in Wonderland, premiered in the UK and New York City on this date. Continuing the pattern of film versions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland not being commercially successful, this movie was a huge box office failure. However, it did become something of a cult film duringContinue reading “Alice in Wonderland premiered”