The Chevy Corvette
In many ways June 30th is the birthday of what many men think as their Dream Car. It was in 1953 when the first Corvette rolled off of the assembly line at the Flint Michigan Chevrolet Plant 39. In this production year only 300 Corvettes were built. The first two Corvettes off of the line [...]
Elvis is Back
In the fall of 1968 The Singer Sewing Machine Company developed plans to sponsor a Christmas Season Special for Elvis Presley. The show ended up not being a Christmas Special, but a special featuring Elvis as a singer. The show aired on NBC TV on December 3, 1968. Now this special is called the Elvis’ [...]
The Broadway Tradition
The first American Theatre Wing award to celebrate excellence in the theatre were held on Easter Sunday April 6, 1947. Eleven awards were presented in seven categories. There are presently 25 categories of awards, plus several special awards. The award was named for Antoinette Perry, an actress, director producer and the wartime leader of the [...]
Do Not Call
It was on June 27, 2003 that the Federal Trade Commission began allowing consumers the chance to register their telephone number on the “Do Not Call List”. Even though at the time when the list began, the numbers placed on the list would be taken off of the list after five years requiring reentry, Do-Not-Call [...]
She Wrote About Vainness
Carly Elisabeth Simon was born June 25, 1945. She has had a long career as a singer song- writer. Her first recording was with her sister Lucy, as the Simon Sisters and they had a minor hit with the song Winkin’, Blinkin’ and Nod in 1964. In all they recorded 3 albums together. In 1971 [...]
Strange Facts – Automobiles
David Buick, who started Buick Motors was originally a plumber. He invented a process where porcelain could be annealed onto iron, which made possible the production of the white porcelain bathtub. The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston. The [...]
A Dancer is Born
Robert Louis Fosse was born on June 23, 1927 in Chicago. He was the youngest of six children. Fosse moved to Hollywood with the ambition of being a dancer in movie musicals. In 1953 he found himself choreographing a sequence in Kiss Me Kate. Because of premature balding he was limited in the roles he [...]
State of California
On September 9, 1850 California became the 31st state of the United States of America. It was admitted as a Free State. The name California is believed to derived from a paradise ruled by Queen Califia. The Myth of Califia was first recorded in 1510. It it thought that this myth helped to fuel the [...]
The Beginning of Summer
Summer is one of the four seasons. One common beginning of the season is the Summer Solstice. The Summer Solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice each year. It’s when the tilt of the Earth axis, North or South, is most inclined towards the sun. But this should be considered the middle of the [...]
Juneteenth
Juneteenth or June 19th is the date that many celebrate as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. June 19, 1865 was the day Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived on Galveston Island, Texas to take possession of the state and enforce the emancipation of its slaves. The holiday had it starts in Galveston [...]
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