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January 18, 1968 –At a White House luncheon to discuss the rise in urban crime, Eartha Kitt gets into a notorious spat with First Lady Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson, declaring, “Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason.” Although accountsContinue reading “When ladies lunch”

January 18, 1975 –The Jeffersons, a spin-off of All In The Family premiered on CBS-TV on this date. When the show first started, George constantly referred to Tom as a honky. After a few seasons, Sherman Hemsley asked the writers to stop having George call him that, as he felt that the characters were friends,Continue reading “The Jeffersons premiered”

The way we experience life is not linear, but logarithmic. We’ve all noticed that a year keeps feeling shorter, but it’s because there’s a mathematical formula for it. It’s called Weber’s Law. Life is truly too short. Before we ever notice, it’s over. And so it goes

January 17, 1860 O.S. – (which means Julian calendar. We celebrate his birthday on the 29th of January N.S. – which means Gregorian calendar. So it not really his birthday today but he’s dead so I don’t think he really cares.) – Anton Chekhov was born in Taganrog, Russia. Tragically, a bureaucratic snafu at theContinue reading “Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.”

January 17, 1922 –Don’t try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won’t live long enough to find out about, but I’m still curious about them. You know people who are already saying, ‘I’m going to be 30 – oh, what am I going toContinue reading “Betty White”

January 17, 1893 –A group of American businessmen stole Hawaii on this date. Queen Liliuokalani, the monarch of Hawaii, was overthrown by a group of sugar plantation owners who wanted a more pro-American government. The coup took place with the tacit approval of the United States, though the new leader of Hawaii, Sanford Dole, refusedContinue reading “Another proud moment in America history –”

January 17, 1949 –American audiences finally got to see family that lived in Apt. 3B of 1030 East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, after hearing them for years on the radio, when The Goldbergs premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Many episodes of The Goldbergs were recorded live, and others were only shown once andContinue reading “The Goldberg premiered”

January 16, 1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first docking of manned spacecraft in orbit as well as the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another. Yevgeny Khrunov became the first astronaut to transfer between linked capsules. It is the only time such a transfer will everContinue reading “The First Crew Exchange in Space”

January 16, 1988 –George Harrison hits #1 with Got My Mind Set On You, becoming the act with the longest time between #1 hits – it was 24 years since Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth). When George Harrison conceived the Cloud Nine album, he looked for a producer who could carry someContinue reading “Got My Mind Set On You”

January 15, 1971 –George Harrison unintentionally rewrites the song He’s So Fine and releases it as My Sweet Lord on this date. Bright Tunes Music, the owner of the publishing rights, sued Harrison because this sounded too much like the 1963 Chiffons hit He’s So Fine. The trial took place February 23-25, with various expertContinue reading “My Sweet Lord”