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May 24, 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn opened for business today. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridgeContinue reading “The Brooklyn Bridge opened”

May 24, 1968 –The Rolling Stones released Jumping Jack Flash, in Britain, on this date. Bill Wyman wrote some of this song, but it was still credited only to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which Wyman was never happy about. He explained: “We got to the studio early once and… in fact I think itContinue reading “Jumping Jack Flash released”

(For those of you interested – I had my post-op visit with my surgeon. All went well. They removed the 14 staples from my surgical site, yes I counted. It wasn’t a walk in the park but I feel better that they’re gone. I’m walking a little more. Evey day is a little bit better.)Continue reading “An update from the ACME Broadcasting Company”

May 24, 1999 – The last episode of Mad About You, The Final Frontier aired on NBC on this date. (The re-boot of the series can be seen on Amazon TV.) While Paul Reiser had the same actors playing his parents for the entire run of the series, Helen Hunt’s Jamie had three pairs ofContinue reading “Mad About You finale”

May 23, 1430 –The French, they are a strange race. A little french shepherdess goes out into a field for a picnic. And instead of getting food poisoning, which was common, heard the voice of God, which is not. Joan, heeding God’s command, heads the army of France to rout the English and help crownContinue reading “She came riding through the dark …”

May 23, 1929 –Walt Disney released the ninth film in the Mickey Mouse film series, The Karnival Kid on this date This is first cartoon in which Mickey Mouse speaks. His first words are “Hot dogs!“

May 23, 1980 –Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror thriller The Shining, opened on this date (I remember seeing it at the midnight showing on this date in Time Square.) There were so many changes to the script during shooting (a scene change was made almost daily) that Jack Nicholson claimed he stopped reading it. He wouldContinue reading “The Shining premiered”

Today is World Turtle Day. The purpose of World Turtle Day, sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive. It’s celebrated worldwide in a variety of ways, from dressing upContinue reading “Wasn’t it World Turtle Day just last week”

May 22, 1969 –The lunar module of Apollo 10 (named Snoopy, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan aboard) separated from the command module, on this date, (named Charlie Brown piloted by John W. Young) and flew to within nine miles of the Moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.Continue reading “LEM of Apollo 10 separates from command module on this date”

May 22, 1965 –The Beatles single, Ticket to Ride hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts on this date. Most Americans at the time, concluded the “ticket” was from British Railways, and “ride” was the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. McCartney confessed to his biographer Barry Miles that they were partly right.Continue reading “Ticket to Ride hits No. 1”