313th day of 2009 - 52 remaining
Monday, November 9, 2009
INSTANT SUCCESS DAY
On this day in 1938, 24-year-old Mary Martin made her Broadway stage debut in the musical comedy Leave It to Me. She brought down the house as she sang My Heart Belongs to Daddy. And the critics raved about New York’s bright new star.
The following year brought Martin a top-ten hit with the same song. Martin suddenly found herself singing duets with Bing Crosby; starring on Broadway in One Touch of Venus in 1943; Lute Song in 1946; touring in Annie Get Your Gun; and then taking on what would become her immortal role, that of Nellie in South Pacific. South Pacific was one of Broadway’s biggest hits and the cast album was one of the first of its kind -- also a big seller. Then came Mary’s stage and TV performances as Peter Pan. This would become her signature role -- a memorable moment as the petite actress flew through the air with Tinkerbell and fought the dangerous Captain Hook.
Broadway called to Mary Martin again in 1959 for The Sound of Music and once more in 1966 for I Do, I Do.
Back in 1951, Mary Martin recorded a duet with a young man who was also destined for instant and long-term stardom. The song they sang together was Get Out Those Old Records. The twenty-year-old was her son, Larry Hagman. Maybe you know him as J.R. Ewing. This is one man that Mary Martin didn’t want to wash out of her hair!
Events
November 9
1857 - Readers picked up a new magazine on newsstands. The Atlantic Monthly featured the first installment of Oliver Wendell Holmes’ The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.
1911 - Georges Claude of Paris, France applied for a patent on neon advertising signs. You may have seen his handiwork for advertisers that appeared at various times on the Eiffel Tower.
1912 - Pop Warner was a legendary coach of the Carlisle School for Indians in Pennsylvania (Jim Thorpe played for Warner at Carlisle). On this day, Carlisle hammered Army 27-6. Playing right halfback on the Army team was a future U.S. war hero and president: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1938 - The kids’ magazine, Jack and Jill, was published. 40,000 of the first edition were printed. By the late 1950s, the popular magazine reached a circulation of 702,000.
1938 - On this night and into the wee hours of the next morning, glass store and house windows were smashed throughout Jewish neighborhoods in Germany. Thousands of books -- volumes of history, philosophy, poetry and religion -- fueled bonfires throughout the ghettoes. Synagogues and the Torah scrolls inside them were burned to the ground. 91 Jews were killed and over 30,000 arrested. It was Kristallnacht (Crystal Night), a sign of the unconscionable, and unforgivable death and destruction soon to come at the hands of the Nazis.
1948 - This is Your Life debuted on NBC radio. Ralph Edwards hosted the radio show for two years and for nine more (1952-1961) on television.
1953 - Maurice Richard set a National Hockey League record by scoring his 325th career goal. Most guys would have kept the record-breaking puck. Richard sent this one to Queen Elizabeth of England.
1955 - Harry Belafonte recorded Jamaica Farewell and Come Back Liza for RCA Victor. The two tunes completed the Calypso album which led to Belafonte’s nickname, ‘Calypso King’.
1965 - A huge blackout in the northeast U.S. left millions without electricity. 800,000 people wound up trapped in New York subways, elevators and skyscrapers. Rioting broke out in New York City. Dramatic photos showed the eery sight of a moonlit, electric lightless, Manhattan skyline. Power was not restored until the next morning.
1967 - The first issue of Rolling Stone was published. John Lennon was on the cover. The magazine said it was not simply a music magazine but was also about “...the things and attitudes that music embraces.”
1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing, five months after having retinal surgery on his left eye. (In 1984, Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time before becoming a fight commentator for NBC.)
1984 - There was a big fight in the NBA. Larry Bird of Boston tangled with Dr. J (Julius Erving) at the old Boston Garden. The Celtics won the game 130-119, but the two players lost $7,500 each. They were not alone: 16 other players who joined in the melee paid a total of $15,500 in fines in a game that was more like professional wrestling than pro basketball.
1984 - Donna Reed joined the cast of Dallas as J.R. Ewing’s new mamma, on CBS-TV. This was Reed’s first return to television since her own successful show ended in 1966. However radiantly beautiful, Reed would not score well with viewers who had become attached to Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie. Reed was written out of the script and Bel Geddes returned in 1985.
1984 - Three Servicemen, a sculpture by Frederick Hart, was unveiled in Washington, DC. It was the final addition to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The statue faces the wall of names of more than 58,000 Americans who were either killed or reported missing in action during the Vietnam War.
1986 - Bobby Rahal won his first national auto racing driving title. He had earned $300,000 for six victories, including an Indy 500 win.
1989 - The 27.9-mile-long Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War that separated East and West Germany for 28 years, was opened. Both East and West German citizens celebrated their freedom as they once again were able to walk freely between the two states.
1996 - Evander Holyfield joined Muhammad Ali, in making history as the second man to become the three-time World Heavyweight Champion. He accomplished this by defeating Mike Tyson at 37 seconds of the 11th round at the MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas.
Birthdays
November 9
1802 - Elijah Lovejoy
newspaper editor/publisher: St. Louis Observer; abolitionist; shot to death Nov 7, 1837 by pro-slavery mob as he sought to protect his newspaper’s newly delivered press
1853 - Stanford White
architect: partner in architectural firm: McKim, Mead and White: NY’s Pennsylvania Station, old Madison Square Garden, Washington Arch, Players, Century and Metropolitan Clubs, Boston Public Library; shot to death June 25, 1906 by jealous husband of former mistress
1871 - Marie Dressler (Leila Marie Koerber)
Academy Award-winning actress: Min and Bill [1930-31]; Anna Christie, Dinner at Eight; died July 28, 1934
1886 - Ed Wynn (Isaiah Edwin Leopold)
Emmy Award-winning actor: The Ed Wynn Show [1949]; All Star Revue, Mary Poppins, Ziegfeld Follies, Marjorie Morningstar, The Diary of Anne Frank, Cinderfella, Babes in Toyland, The Absent-Minded Professor; actor Keenan Wynn’s father; died June 19, 1966
1913 - Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)
actress: Algiers, White Cargo, Samson and Delilah, Ziegfeld Girl; died Jan 19, 2000
1918 - Spiro T. (Theodore) Agnew
U.S. Vice President under Richard Nixon [1969-1973: resigned Oct 10, 1973]; Governor of Maryland [1967-1969]; died Sept 17, 1996
1922 - Dorothy (Jean) Dandridge
actress: Island in the Sun, Carmen Jones; died Sep 8, 1965
1930 - Charlie Jones
attorney; sportscaster: NBC Sports football/golf; died Jun 12, 2008
1931 - Whitey (Dorrel Norman Elvert) Herzog
baseball: Washington Nationals, Washington Senators, KC Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers; manager: SL Cardinals, California Angels
1934 - Carl (Edward) Sagan
Pulitzer Prize-winning author: The Dragons of Eden [1978]; Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Broca’s Brain, Cosmos; astronomer: “Billions and billions of stars...”; died Dec 20, 1996
1935 - Bob (Pack Robert) Gibson
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher: St. Louis Cardinals [all-star: 1962, 1965-1970, 1972/World Series: 1964, 1967, 1968/Cy Young Award: 1968, 1970/Baseball Writers Award: 1968/N.L. MVP: 1968]; won seven straight World Series games; no-hitter against Pittsburgh: 1971; lifetime won/lost record 251-174; 2.91 ERA over 17 seasons; career strike-outs: 3,000
1936 - Mary Travers
singer: Mary of Peter, Paul and Mary: Leaving on a Jet Plane, Blowin’ in the Wind, Puff the Magic Dragon, I Dig Rock ’n’ Roll Music; solo: LP: No Easy Walk to Freedom; died Sep 16, 2009
1941 - Tom Fogerty
musician, songwriter, singer: group: Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising, Down on the Corner, Proud Mary, Lookin’ Out My Back Door, Up Around the Bend; solo: Goodbye Media Man, Lady of Fatima, Beauty is Under the Skin, Joyful Resurrection; died Sep 6, 1990
1942 - Tom Weiskopf
golf champion: British Open [1973]; shares individual record for lowest 18-hole total [63] in any round of the U.S. Open [6-12-1980]
1948 - Joe Bouchard
musician: bass, singer: group: Blue Oyster Cult: Don’t Fear the Reaper; LPs: Agents, Revolution by Night
1948 - Alan Gratzer
musician: drums: group: REO Speedwagon: Keep on Loving You, Take It on the Run
1951 - Lou Ferrigno
bodybuilder: Mr. Universe; actor: The Incredible Hulk
1954 - Dennis Stratton
musician: guitar: group: Iron Maiden: Eddie the Head, Run to the Hills, Running Free; LPS: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Power Slave, Somewhere in Time
1964 - Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton
Grammy Award-winning rap singer: Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa: None of Your Business [1994]; actress: Oz, First-Time Felon
Chart Toppers
November 9
1948Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue - Gordon MacRae
On a Slow Boat to China - The Kay Kaiser Orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt
& Gloria Wood
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) - Jimmy Wakely
1956Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
The Green Door - Jim Lowe
True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
1964Baby Love - The Supremes
Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
I Don’t Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) - Buck Owens
1972I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues
Freddie’s Dead (Theme from “Superfly”) - Curtis Mayfield
It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad) - Merle Haggard
1980Woman in Love - Barbra Streisand
Lady - Kenny Rogers
The Wanderer - Donna Summer
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
1988Kokomo - The Beach Boys
Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club
The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
Darlene - T. Graham Brown
Happy Birthday Alan Gratzer of REO Speedwagon
Guapo Vic.
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