A Day of Discovery
It was in the early morning hours of October 12, 1492 that the land was sighted by a sailor in the fleet of three ships Captained by Christopher Columbus. The sailor’sHis name was Rodrigo de Triana. With this Spain has been created with the discovery of the previously unknown land. The date October 12th refers [...]
What a Difference Two Years Make
Two years ago on October 9, 2007 the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) closed at its highest ever recorded level. On that day it was 14,164.53. It closed on October 8, 2009 at 9,786.87. For the past 52 weeks the average has has its lowest point at 6,469.95 with its highest being 9,917.99. The Dow [...]
The Oakland Raiders
On January 30, 1960 the Oakland Raiders were the 8th team given a franchise in the AFL, the new and competing league to the NFL. It was considered a big surprise since the area didn’t have a stadium for a team to play, San Francisco had the 49er’s across the bay and there wasn’t an [...]
The End of The Summer of Love
The summer of 1967 is commonly known as the Summer of Love. In the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, thousands of young people from all over the world united for a new social experience. The result, the hippie counterculture movement came into public awareness. Scott McKenzie in May 1967 released the John Phillip’s penned song [...]
First Books in a Long Running Series
1. James Bond – Casino Royale – 1950 – Ian Fleming 2. Nero Wolfe – Fer-De-Lance – 1934 – Rex Stout 3. Travis McGee – The Deep Blue Goodbye – 1964 – John D. MacDonald 4. Kay Scarpetta – Postmortem – 1990- Patricia Cornwell 5. Kent Family Chronicles – The Bastard – 1974 – John [...]
TV Shows That Switched Networks
With their season debut on CBS a few weeks ago, the television show Medium became the second show in two years to leave NBC for another of the Major Networks. Last year it was the long running series Scrubs that moved to ABC for its final season. beginning. These are just two of many TV [...]
Top Movies 1972
1972 was a very good year for Bob Fosse. In that year alone he directed the Tony Award winning Pippin winning a Tony for his direction. He also was the director of the Emmy Award winning Liza with a Z. He and Liza with a Z star Liza Minnelli along with Joel Grey to do [...]
October
In the old Roman Calendar October was the eight month of the year, not the tenth. Its name derives from this fact with Octo being latin for eight. While the month is associated with autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, in the southern it is the beginning of Spring. This would make its sister month April. [...]
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