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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”

It’s the name of an unofficial holiday increasingly celebrated around the world by localities or organizations, or nationwide, in order to encourage acts of kindness. All you need to do is something a simple as hold the door open for someone or say ‘good morning’ to the counter person giving you your morning cup ofContinue reading “Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day –”

February 17, 1997 –Mike Nesmith directed himself and the other original Monkees in Hey, Hey, It’s the Monkees, a one-hour comedy special which premiered on ABC, on this date. The special assumes the Monkees have been living in their beach house all the years since the series ended and have continued having adventures. This oneContinue reading “The last Monkees episode”

February 17, 1869 –The dream that changed the world – Dmitri Mendeleev began creating what we now call The Periodic Table. On the night of February 16, 1869, it is said, Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian Chemist and owner of the wildest beard east of Vienna, had a dream in which he saw almost all of theContinue reading “The Periodic Table”

February 16, 1964 –The Beatles appeared for the second time on the Ed Sullivan Show on this date. The Beatles performed six songs: She Loves You, This Boy, All My Loving, I Saw Her Standing There, From Me To You and I Want To Hold Your Hand. The Beatles received $25,000 for their appearance; halfContinue reading “The Beatles in Miami”

Today is the Feast of Saint Juliana of Nicomedia. She refused to marry a Roman official, so he had her roasted in flames, then dipped into boiling oil before finally being beheaded, which seems rather harsh even for Roman times. Once again, Springsteen was right – it’s hard being a saint (in the city.) AndContinue reading “Saint Juliana of Nicomedia”

February 16, 600 – (we can probably assume this date was correctly denoted. Let’s hope, since this involves a pope, most of the people there were not involved in a orgy and had the time to write this down.)Pope Gregory the Great declared “God bless you” to be the correct response to a sneeze. ItContinue reading “So now you know why.”

February 16, 1967 –The titanic battle of the man girdles and outrageous toupees began on this date. The Star Trek episode, Space Seed, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. In it, the crew re-awaken a ship of Augments from Earth’s eugenics war during the 1990s, including their leader, Khan Noonien Singh. This being a first-seasonContinue reading “The first appearance of Khan”

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564. He worked on the improvement of a telescope with which he later discovered craters on the moon, the satellites of Jupiter, and every luscious detail of the girl next door’s nubile young form. Galileo’s astronomical observations seemed to confirm Copernicus‘ theory that the Earth went around theContinue reading “Thunderbolts and lightning …”

February 15, 1975 –Linda Ronstadt’s song You’re No Good went to No. # 1 on the Billboard charts on this date. This song had been around for a while before Linda Ronstadt took it to the top of the chart. It was originally recorded by Dee Dee Warwick in 1963. Her version was produced byContinue reading “You’re No Good”