Fri-Sat-Sunday, June 24-26, 2005
Music History Made...
There are two anniversary dates over the weekend to note. The two events, separated by 10 years and 5,000 miles occurred in England and Indianapolis, Indiana...
This Saturday, June 25th marks the 38th anniversary of The Beatles historic introduction of the single "All You Need Is Love". What made it historic was the live tv satellite feed to 26 countries around the world, reaching an audience of 400 million viewers. The Beatles were ably assisted by a chorus of some singers you might recognize: Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards...
The second event took place in Indianapolis 10 years later. That date in 1977 marked the final appearance of Elvis Presley. The venue was Market Square Arena. The last song Elvis sang ? "Can't Help Falling In Love"...
June 24 Memories...
1957) "I Love Lucy" bows out...
1970) "Catch 22" premieres...
1972) "The Candyman" is #1...
1992) Billy Joel gets his diploma from Hicksville High School...
1992) "Crazy Eddie" is captured and arrested in Israel on U.S. fraud charges...
1995) The Devils make New Jersey proud by winning the Stanley Cup in a four-game sweep...
Happy Birthday...
1923) Comedian Jack Carter...
1935) Writer Pete Hamill...
1942) Mick Fleetwood...
1942) Actress Michelle Lee...
1944) Jeff Beck...
1944) Arthur Brown...
1945) New York Governor George Pataki...
1945) Original Zombie Colin Blunstone...
1967) ER's Sherry Stringfield...
June 25 Memories...
1951) CBS-TV broadcasts first color show ("Arthur Godfrey")...
1966) Beatles are #1 with "Paperback Writer"...
1967) Beatles reach 400 million in satellite broadcast...
Happy Birthday...
1925) June Lockhart...
1935) Eddie Floyd...
1942) Willis Reed...
1945) Carly Simon...
1947) Comedian Jimmie Walker...
1949) Phyllis George...
1963) George Michael...
June 26 Memories...
1919) New York Daily News is published...
1948) U.S. begins "Berlin Airlift" bringing supplies to the city's western sector...
1961) Gary U.S. Bonds tops the charts with "Quarter To Three"...
1963) JFK makes famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in Berlin...
1964) Beatles release the LP "A Hard Day's Night"...
1974) Liz Taylor chalks up her 5th divorce (to Richard Burton)...
1975) Must be something in the water...Cher divorces Sonny Bono...
1977) Elvis bows out in Indianapolis...
1993) "Late Night with David Letterman" ends its NBC-TV run...
Happy Birthday...
1940) Billy Davis, Jr...
1955) Mick Jones (The Clash)...
1956) Chris Isaak...
1957) Patty Smyth...
1974) Derek Jeter...
1976) Chad Pennington...
1980) Michael Vick...
Commentary...
A must-read for the summer is "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner and I highly recommend it. Whether you're a research freak like me or not, it places the proper perspective on all things involving numbers but also does more, exposing the hidden side of everything. It also teaches us a good lesson that there's a reason for everything that happens and that reason many times is unpredictable. Like "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell, another book I recommend, you'll learn how little things can make a big difference...
