On this day in 1986, Michael Jackson’s 3D movie “Captain EO” premiered at Disney theme parks. The 17-minute film was directed by Frances Ford Coppola, executive produced by George Lucas, and starred Michael Jackson as Captain EO. Captain EO and his ragtag crew are on a mission to deliver a gift to the wicked alien leader Witch Queen, played by Anjelica Huston, on her planet of rotting, twisted metal and steaming vents. Captain... 

August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year. 1735 Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) 1872 1st mail-order catalog issued by A. M. Ward 1920 Shelley Winters born 1926 Weather map televised for 1st time 1933 Roman Polanski born 1937 Robert Redford born 1943 Martin Mull born 1952 Patrick Swayze born Image... 

On this day in 1987… Late night legend Johnny Carson married his 4th wife, Alexis Mass, a former aide to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. The talk show host was 61, his new bride was 35. Johnny Carson and Alexis Mass are said to have met when Alexis was walking down the Malibu beach, holding an empty wine glass. Carson said he noticed a beautiful woman and offered to fill the glass. His marriage to Alexis Mass was Johnny Carson’s... 

On this day in 1982….. Comedian John Belushi died of a drug overdose at the age of 33. Born to a first-generation Albanian American mother and Albanian immigrant father in Chicago, Illinois on January 24, 1949, John Adam Belushi grew up just outside of Chicago, in Wheaton, where he attended Wheaton Central High School and met his future wife Judy Jacklin during his sophomore year; the couple remained together until his death. John Belushi’s... 

On this day in 1981….. The remaining three Beatles, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr reunited to record a tribute to John Lennon (who had been shot to death two months before). That meeting resulted in the song “All Those Years Ago” and was released on George Harrison’s label ‘Dark Horse.’ The song was #2 on the charts for three weeks. All Those Years Ago I’m shouting all about love While they treated you... 

On this day in 1988….. “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin hit the #1 spot on the charts and won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Bobby McFerrin was born Robert “Bobby” McFerrin Jr. on March 11, 1950 to operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and opera singer/professor Sara Copper; Bobby’s father was the first African American to be a regular at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1975 Bobby McFerrin married... 

On this day in 1961 the music world changed forever. In a Liverpool nightclub called the Cavern, record store manager Brian Epstein was there to hear the Beatles. Two months later, he was their manager and helped them land their first record deal in 1962. John, Paul, George and Ringo were well on their way to changing the world. Epstein took the four boys from blue jeans and leather jackets to clean-cut suits and ties, and launched them... 

…all the random things that happened today….. 1847 – “Oh, Susannah” was sung in public for the first time. Stephen Foster sold the rights to the song for a bottle of whiskey. 1963 – “The Great White Wonder” first appears in a record store in Los Angeles, CA. The “bootleg” of Bob Dylan songs is believed to be the first bootleg album. 1875 – “Professor Tidwissel’s Burglar... 

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1899 – Actress Gloria Swanson is born In her heyday, audiences went to her films not only for her emotional portrayals in lurid romances, but to see her wardrobe. Frequently ornamented with beads, jewels, peacock and ostrich feathers, haute couture of the day or extravagant period pieces, one would hardly suspect that Gloria was barely five feet (1.52 m) tall. At the end of Sunset Boulevard, it was Gloria Swanson’s character who... 

SEPTEMBER 28th It was on this day in 1968 that “Hey Jude” by The Beatles hit No. 1 on the music charts. Two weeks earlier the song debuted at No. 10 – at the time, the highest spot ever hit by a new release. To this day, “Hey Jude” holds the record as the longest song to hit No. 1. More at History.com THE BEATLES lyrics – “Hey Jude” Hey Jude, don’t make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember... 

I know this may be hard to believe, but my birth was not the only momentous event to take place on August 18th… *Genghis Khan died in 1227 *The Trademark for the Cadillac crest was filed in 1905 *The Woman Suffrage Amendment was ratified in 1920 *Toyota Motor Company was established in 1937 *Walter P. Chrysler died in 1940 *Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov was published in 1958 *Australia and New Zealand withdrew troops from Vietnam in 1971 *Groucho... 

AUGUST 14th The hilarious Steve Martin is 62 years old today. Born in Waco, Texas the young Steve Martin and his family moved to Garden Grove, California. In his teens, Martin worked at Disneyland. It was at the happiest place on earth where he entertained crowds of visitors with magic tricks, banjo music and comedy. He moved on to UCLA where he was able to break into “the business” as a comedy writer. This was the beginning... 

JULY 9th It was on this day in 1956 that the world was honored with the birth of the legendary actor, Tom Hanks. He was born in Concord, California (about 25 miles from my Berkeley, CA stomping grounds) and remained there with his cook father after his parents divorced when he was a baby. It was in high school where Tom Hanks discovered his love for the stage and acting. He then moved on to a Shakespeare festival for three years, before... 

JULY 1st The first television commercial to be certified by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) aired on NBC during a Dodgers-Phillies game on this day in 1941. The FCC had only just begun issuing licenses the previous May, and gave the first one to NBC. The ad was for Bulova watches, who paid $9.00 for the spot. It was on this day in 1995, that the world lost Wolfman Jack, a legendary radio disc jockey. Born Robert Smith in Brooklyn,... 

It seems incredible in these days of ghoulish dissection of who wears what to the Oscars, to think that in 1929, the year of the first Academy Awards ceremony, the actress award winner, Janet Gaynor, wore a tiny off-the rack dress with a Peter Pan collar that she probably picked up from a children’s store. In 1937, the Austrian ingenue Luise Rainer accepted her best actress award in a nightgown; and in 1958, Joanne Woodward accepted... 

I’m so excited about this bit of news. The Recording Academy has announced that The Police will perform together at the Grammys this year – 23 years after breaking up due to conflict within the band. Best known for hits like “Roxanne” and “Every Breath You Take,” The Police are Grammy winners themselves, five times over. They last performed together when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2003. The... 

JANUARY 5th It was on this day in 1998 that singer turned politician, Sonny Bono, was killed in a skiing accident at the age of 62. Born in 1935, Sonny Bono first rose to fame in the early 1970s as half of the singing duo Sonny and Cher, and as wife Cher’s straight man and costar on The Sonny and Cher Show. During his musical career as a singer and songwriter, Sonny received ten gold records but was most famously known for the 1965 hit... 

After a long battle with multiple myeloma and heart disease, veteran actor Peter Boyle, 71, has died. Born October 18, 1935 and most notably known in recent years as the crabby Frank Barone on TVs Everybody Loves Raymond, Peter Boyle started his acting career in the 1950s after leaving his calling as a Christian monk. In 1970 he received much acclaim for his portrayal of bigot factory worker in the movie Joe and in 1974 played the monster... 

DECEMBER 8th December 8, 1980 will go down in history as the day the world lost one of the most influential singer/songwriters it has ever known. On this day twenty-six years ago, John Lennon was shot and killed in front of his New York apartment building, The Dakota, as his wife Yoko Ono stood at his side. He was 40 years old. From close range, his murderer, Mark David Chapman, shot the former Beatle four times with a .38-caliber revolver....