Good Morning!

Yep, it’s happened again.

Monday. 😯

And on this day in 1833 the village of Chicago was incorporated.

In 1861 the U.S. federal government levied its first income tax.  The tax was 3% of all incomes over $800.

In 1884, on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid.

In 1923 Henry Sullivan became the first American to swim across the English Channel.

In 1944 Polish insurgents liberated a German labor camp in Warsaw.  348 Jewish prisoners were freed.

And in 1974 President Nixon said that he expected to be impeached.

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Quote of the Day

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.”

Neil  Armstrong

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We have some guitar players with birthdays today.

It’s Rick Derringer’s birthday.

It’s also Greg Leskiw’s.

And just because I like them, some Piano Guys with Lindsey Stirling. 🙂

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Good Morning!

It’s Saturday! 🙂 Yay! 🙂

On this day in 1492 Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships. The voyage would lead him to what is now known as the Americas.

In 1900 Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. was founded.

In 1914 Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany.

In 1923 Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the U.S. after the sudden death of President Harding.

In 1933 the Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for the price of $2.75.

In 1949 the National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed.

In 1958 the Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.

And in 1981 U.S. traffic controllers with PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, went on strike.  They were fired just as President Reagan had warned.

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Quotes of the Day

“God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.”

“What the detective story is about is not murder, but the restoration of order.”

P. D. James

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In 1963 the Beach Boys released this song.

Today is Ed Roland’s birthday.

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And does anyone else own a Mickey Mouse watch?

Good Morning!

It’s Friday! 🙂

On this day in 1776 members of the Continental Congress began adding their signatures to the Declaration of Independence.

In 1790 the first US Census was conducted.

In 1858 in Boston and New York City the first mailboxes were installed along streets.

In 1921 eight White Sox players were acquitted of throwing the 1919 World Series.

In 1939 Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging the U.S. to have an atomic weapons research program.

 Also in 1939, President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act. The act prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns.

In 1943 the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat, PT-109, sank after being attacked by a Japanese destroyer. The boat was under the command of Lt. John F. Kennedy.

And in 1990 Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait.

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Quote of the Day

“Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.”

Dennis Prager

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Andrew Gold has a birthday today.

It’s Kathy Lennon’s too. So here’s some really old Lennon Sisters.

🙂 🙂

And also, Garth Hudson, keyboard/sax player for The Band has a birthday today too.

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Good Morning!

I can’t believe it’s August already?

On this day in 1801, during the First Barbary War, the American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.

In 1876 Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

In 1907 the start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island began. It was the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.

In 1957 the United States and Canada formed the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

And in 1981 MTV began broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.

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Quote of the Day

“Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?”

Francis Scott Key

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First up today, it’s Adam Duritz’s birthday. He’s the front man.

It’s also Robert Cray’s, and the man can play.

And since videos pretty much started with this one…

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Good Morning!

Today is my daughter’s birthday. 🙂

So… Happy Birthday Elizabeth! 🙂

🙂 🙂 🙂

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On this day in 1790 the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes, which was used in fertilizer.

In 1792 the cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building.

In 1928 MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time.

In 1955 Marilyn Bell of Toronto, Canada, at age 17, became the youngest person to swim the English Channel.

In 1961 the first tie in All-Star Game major league baseball history was recorded when it was stopped in the 9th inning due to rain at Boston’s Fenway Park.

In 1971 men rode in a vehicle on the moon for the first time in a lunar rover vehicle (LRV).

And in 1981 the seven-week baseball players’ strike came to an end.

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Quote of the Day

“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.”

Milton Friedman

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This one is a request from the birthday girl.

And this song was released today in 1976.

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1619 the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, VA.

In 1729 the city of Baltimore was founded in Maryland.

In 1932 Walt Disney’s “Flowers and Trees” premiered. It was the first Academy Award winning cartoon.

In 1942 the WAVES were created by legislation signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1945 the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The ship had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. Only 316 out of 1,196 men aboard survived the attack.

In 1956 the phrase “In God We Trust” was adopted as the U.S. national motto.

In 1965 President Johnson signed into law the Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid.

And in 1974 the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power.

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Quotes of the Day

“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”

“If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago, and a racist today.

Thomas Sowell

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Here’s “Flowers and Trees” to start off.

This singer made his professional debut today in 1954, in Memphis. I couldn’t find that, but I did find a live performance from 1954.

This song was recorded by Brenda Lee today in 1956.

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Good Morning!

It’s Monday……  So get back to work. 🙂

On this day in 1773 the first schoolhouse to be located west of the Allegheny Mountains was built in Schoenbrunn, OH.

In 1914 the first transcontinental telephone service was inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York, NY and San Francisco, CA.

In 1940 John Sigmund of St. Louis, MO, completed a 292-mile swim down the Mississippi River. The swim from St. Louis to Caruthersville, MO took him 89 hours and 48 minutes.  😯

In 1958 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by the U.S. Congress.

And in 1981 England’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married.

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Quote of the Day

“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”

Alexis de Tocqueville

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It’s Martina McBride’s birthday. And I know it’s not a national holiday or anything, I just like the way she sings it. 🙂  And with a flyover at the end.

It’s Neal Doughty’s birthday too, so you know I’m playin’ him and his band. 😉

Next up, we’ll go to the 80’s since it’s Geddy Lee’s birthday too.

And we’re not done, another from the 80’s, it’s Simon Kirk’s birthday too.

It’s like high school again, without the angst and acne. 🙂

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Good Morning!

Happy Saturday! 🙂

On this day in 1789 the first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established. It would later become the Dept. of State.

In 1919 the Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.

In 1921 researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.

In 1940 the animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.

In 1974  the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.

And in 1987 RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.

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Quote of the Day

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”

George Bernard Shaw

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We’ll start with one of my favorite Bugs Bunny bits. 🙂

This song was released today in 1974.

And on this day in 1981 Stevie Nicks released her first solo album.

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Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!! 🙂

On this day in 1775 the postal system was established by the 2nd Continental Congress of the United States, with Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster General.

In 1908 U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that created an investigative agency. It was a forerunner of the FBI.

In 1945 Winston Churchill resigned as Britain’s prime minister.

In 1947 President Truman signed The National Security Act. The act created the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In 1948 Babe Ruth was seen by the public for the last time, when he attended the New York City premiere of the motion picture, “The Babe Ruth Story.”

In 1953 Fidel Castro began his revolt against Fulgencio Batista with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks in eastern Cuba.

And in 1971 the Apollo 15 was launched from Cape Kennedy, FL.

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Quote of the Day

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”

Isaac Newton

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Today in 1791 composer Franz Xaver Mozart was born.

Today in 1942 this song was recorded.

And in 1968 on this day McCartney and Lennon completed this song.

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1587 Japanese strong-man Hideyoshi banned Christianity in Japan and ordered all Christians to leave.

In 1759 British forces defeated a French army at Fort Niagara in Canada.

In 1850 Harvard and Yale University freshmen met in the first intercollegiate billiards match in Worcester, MA..

In 1866 Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army, and was the first American officer to hold the rank.

In 1946 the U.S. detonated an atomic bomb underwater for the first time at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

In 1978 Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham, England.

And in 1998 the USS Harry S. Truman was commissioned and put into service by the U.S. Navy. 

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Quote of the Day

“Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your signature it would be a circumstance highly honorable to your fame . . . and doubly entitle you to the glorious republican epithet, The Father of your Country.”

Henry Knox

From a letter to George Washington, urging Washington to attend the Philadelphia Convention.

As the General’s right hand man, he was instrumental in getting him to attend the convention where Washington was unanimously voted the first President.

His military career included numerous battles with Washington. Also the role he played in training, development of artillery troops, and manufacturing of weapons earned him the honor of being the second Secretary of War, and having a base named after him. He played an essential roll in this country’s independence and defense.

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This movie was released today in 1962. 🙂

Today in 1969 Neil Young made his first appearance with C,S, and N..

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