On this day in 1984, singer/songwriter extraordinaire, Michael Jackson, won a record 8 Grammy Awards. Album of the Year — Thriller Record of the Year — Beat It Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male — Thriller Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male — Billie Jean Best R&B Song (awarded to songwriter) — Billie Jean Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male — Beat It Best Video Album — Thriller Best Recording for... 

These days it’s easy to forget that there were actually women who gave birth to multiple children at one time long before Kate Gosselin and Nadya Suleman were in all the gossip rags. On this day in 1989 Marie Claude Adam and her husband Daniel, of Seine Maritime, Normandy, became the proud parents of France’s first set of sextuplets. Their joy began with heartbreak two years earlier when in 1987 Marie Claude became pregnant with twins... 

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 1985… Anne White was warming up in a tracksuit for her match against fifth seed Pam Shriver in the first round at Wimbledon 1985 when she removed her suit and revealed an all-white lycra unitard. Being 1985, it created quite a stir among the crowd and photographers. Play was stopped for the day due to bad lighting with the match tied at one set all. The umpire Alan Mills instructed Anne White to wear a more appropriate outfit... 

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... 

Wednesday night is date night, which means you guys get a little neglected; and for that I apologize. Here’s a little something to cover my butt. Did you know the Los Angeles Riots happened 17 years ago today (April 29th)? Yes, it really has been that long. Dr. Drew twittered an update of Rodney King’s sobriety today, then a couple hours later twittered a link to an excellent article entitled, “Rodney King: 17 Years After The Riots.” I’m... 

On this day in 1985….. The Coca-Cola Company introduced to the world a new flavored Coke known as Coca-Cola Cherry. Although Coca-Cola Cherry was introduced to test audiences at the World’s Fair in 1982, the cherry flavored soda didn’t hit the shelves until 1985. Coca-Cola Cherry was the third Coke variation, with regular Coke and Diet Coke coming before. Diet Cherry Coke came into the world in 1986; in 2005 the drink was renamed to...