It's Day 266 since the XM-Sirius proposed merger application was accepted by the FCC (http://www.fcc.gov/transaction/xm-sirius.html) . It's been over 365 days but evidently the folks in Washington stop the clock at 5 p.m. Fridays. We're no closer now than we were one year ago to knowing whether or not the merger will be approved or denied. Perhaps today's e-mail from Sirius indicates that they're ready to turn the page. "See what's going on at SIRIUS this March." I'll tell you what's not going on in February - a merger...
Could this every fourth year occurrence of Leap Day be the charm and come to think of it, shouldn't the extra day have an extra hour? Part of the legend and lore of this day is for females to propose to males. Maybe XM and Sirius can turn the tables of protocol and propose a merger to the FCC. Oh wait, they did that over a year ago...
Whether the merger is approved on February 29th or not, as long as it's approved any day of the year except the 12th of never - 'cause that's a long, long time...
Enjoy Leap Day Hits through the years 1956 - 2008, compliments of YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=B6DYcMsW-5A ...
10 Timeline Memories:
- 1903] Martha Washington slept here: The Martha Washington Hotel opens for business in Manhattan becoming the first hotel exclusively for women (3/2)...
- 1923] Time is on our side: TIME hits the newsstands for the first time (3/2). I love their commercials: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VTemhWF_X2k&feature=related ...
- 1932] Kidnapped: The 22-month old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is kidnapped from the family house near Hopewell (NJ) (3/1). The baby's lifeless body will be found in May...
- 1933] The King swings: The original "King Kong" world premieres at the Roxy and Radio City Music Hall theaters in Manhattan (3/2). The quality of the enhanced original trailer is remarkably good: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_JcKdgAQ8s0 ...
- 1940] Hats off to Hattie: Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award (2/29) for her role in "Gone With The Wind". An ever-grateful Hattie: http://youtube.com/watch?v=t3hpmgn7Q30 ...
- 1941] Birth of an FM nation: W47NV in Nashville (TN) begins transmitting, becoming the first licensed FM station in America (3/1). They kick it off with a commercial for Nashville's Standard Candy Company. Who programmed this station???
- 1949] Curtains: The legendary Joe Louis who held the heavyweight title longer than any fighter in history, retires with a record of 63-3 with 49 KO's and 25 successful title defenses (3/1)...1969] Mickey Mantle tells the Yankees, "I can't hit anymore" and with that, retires (3/1). Number 7 will return in June for 'Mickey Mantle Day' at Yankee Stadium. Mantle will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 with 88% of the vote...
- 1951] NBA All-Stars: The first NBA All-Star game is played in Boston Garden (3/2) as the Celtics 'Easy' Ed McCauley leads the East to a 111-94 victory over the West. Only 10,094 witness the game created by publicity man Haskell Cohen and Celtic founder Walter Brown... 1962] Wilt Chamberlain drops 100 points on, who else? The Knicks (3/2). The 'Stilt' enjoyed that: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fux3lORVInY ...1986] Billy Cunningham, Tommy Heinsohn and Red Holzman are voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (3/1)...
- 1953] As easy as A-B-C: WJZ-AM becomes WABC in New York City (3/1)...
- 2000] Alone for 6 years: Sparky Anderson, the only manager to win World Series titles in both leagues, is elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame (2/29). In 2006, Tony La Russa (with Oakland and St. Louis) joins him...
Music Memories:
- 1957] Recorded on this date: The Everly Brothers sign with Archie Bleyer's Cadence Records and wasting little time, record "Bye Bye Love" (3/1). Julius LaRosa introduces them to TV: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vFoIdxLBm_A ...
- 1957] Released on this date: "School Days" - Chuck Berry (3/1). Here's Chuck: http://youtube.com/watch?v=77ym8ZQCQIg ...1964] "Twist & Shout" - Beatles (3/2): http://youtube.com/watch?v=faVTixv81IQ And on the same day, they start filming "A Hard Day's Night"...
- 1975] Number One on this date: "Best of My Love" - Eagles (3/1). Still one of the best by them: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3q24XwZWWA8&feature=related...
Commentary:
Those born on February 29th are known as "leaplings". In non-leap years most people celebrate on either February 28th or March 1. Here's a special "Happy Birthday" to all you leaplings. These are some you might know:
Ja Rule (32), motivational speaker Tony Robbins (48), Dennis Farina (64), Henri Richard (72), Tempest Storm (80) and Al Rosen (80)...
Non-leaplings:
(3/1) Javier Bardem (39), CSI's George Eads (41), Tim Daly (52), Ron Howard (54), Catherine Bach (54), Alan Thicke (61), Roger Daltrey (64), Robert Conrad (72), Harry Belafonte (81) and Robert Clary (82)...
(3/2) Robert Iler (23), Bryce Dallas Howard (27), Jon Bon Jovi (46), John Cowsill (52), Laraine Newman (56), Eddie Money (59), Lou Reed (66) who will be taking 'A Walk on the Wild Side': http://youtube.com/watch?v=qJV0MljEcTk , Mikhail ("Tear down this wall") Gorbachev (77), Tom Wolfe (78), John Cullum (78) and Jennifer Jones (89)...
Timeline Countdown: 7 days until Daylight time, 18 days until the first day of spring and 24 days until opening day...
