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This day in history March 31
90th day of 2009 - 275 remaining Tuesday, March 31, 2009 EIFFEL TOWER DAY To the City of Lights we go, down the beautiful streets of Paris, under the Arc de Triumphe and there, before us, the site of one of the world’s most photographed and well-known landmarks, the Eiffel Tower. It was on this day in 1889 that the structure opened in Gay Paree. A beautiful sight, no? Well, not so to writers, Guy deMaupassant and Alexandre Dumas, who condemned the Eiffel Tower as a “horrid nightmare.” Well, no pleasing some people, we guess... The Eiffel Tower was named after its designer, architect, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel who built the structure for the Paris Exhibition of 1889. Events March 31 1880 - The first electric street lights ever installed by a municipality were turned on in beautiful Wabash, IN. 1918 - Daylight saving time went into effect throughout the United States for the first time. Folks would spring ahead an hour allowing for longer early evenings. The time change left enough light for many activities, especially in farming areas. Planting and such could best be done with the sun up an extra hour. And, of course, folks would fall back an hour to standard time in the fall. 1937 - Phil Harris recorded one of his best-known songs in Los Angeles, CA. That’s What I Like About the South was recorded on a 78 RPM disk. Harris would move to TV stardom and continue as a popular vocalist during the 1950s with such hit songs as The Thing. We wonder if he ever got rid of that “boom-ba-boom”... 1943 - The show, Away We Go, was renamed. Never heard of it? We think you may have. The show opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City and, thanks to the talents of stars like Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts and Howard DeSilva, it became an instant hit. The show ran for 2,248 performances -- until 1948. The musical, which has grossed millions of dollars on stage and as a blockbuster movie was initially produced for the sum of $75,000. It is still legendary among musical productions -- especially after it was retitled Oklahoma! Now you know ... the rest of the story! 1945 - Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, arrived on Broadway in New York City to become what critics and the public called the best play of the year. 1953 - Cavalcade of America was heard for the final time on network radio. It had been the longest-running show of its kind. Cavalcade of America presented dramatized events in American history for 18 years. 1968 - Tony Jacklin became the first Englishman to win a modern-day U.S. golf tournament when he won the Greater Jacksonville Open. 1970 - A bankruptcy referee granted the owner of the Seattle Pilots permission to sell the major-league baseball franchise to investors in Milwaukee, WI. The Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers because the Milwaukee Braves had decided to move to Atlanta. Seattle then landed another American League franchise, the Mariners, sometime later -- producing a league champion in 1995. Incidentally, does a bankruptcy referee wear a striped shirt and use a whistle? 1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz was presented the Amateur Athletic Union’s coveted Sullivan Award as the outstanding amateur athlete of 1971. Spitz went on to Olympic heroics a few months later, winning seven gold medals. 1973 - Ken Norton defeated Muhammad Ali in a 12-round split decision. Ali had his jaw broken during the fight. 1981 - Ordinary People (Ronald L. Schwary, producer) won four Academy Awards at the 53rd Oscar ceremonies. Johnny Carson hosted the show from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Oscars were presented to a lot of ordinary people, like Tess and Melvin and Howard. However, it was the Best Picture, Ordinary People, that also won for Best Director (Robert Redford), Best Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton) and Best Writing (screenplay based on material from another medium: Alvin Sargent). Best Actor that year was Robert De Niro for Raging Bull and the Best Actress was Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner’s Daughter. The Best Supporting Actress prize went to Mary Steenburgen for Melvin and Howard and Best Music/Song Oscars were awarded to Michael Gore (music) and Dean Pitchford (lyrics) for Fame from, uh, Fame. 1985 - A reunion of stars lit up Beverly Hills, California, as ABC-TV celebrated the 200th episode of The Love Boat. The network also honored the 1,000th guest star: Lana Turner. She was joined by Mary Martin, who was the 700th guest star to set sail on the show. Ginger Rogers was the 300th, Robert Guillaume #500 and we could go on but we won’t. The Love Boat had as a crew: Captain Merrill Stubing (Gavin MacLeod), Dr. Adam Bricker (Bernie Kopell), Yeoman-Purser Burl ‘Gopher’ Smith (Fred Grandy, who went on to become a U.S. Congressman), Bartender Isaac Washington (Ted Lange) and Photographer Ashley Covington Evans (Ted McGinley). Singer Jack Jones provided the vocal to the opening theme song and Ernie Anderson was the distinctive voice for the millions of network promos before each show. Birthdays March 31 1596 - Rene Descartes ‘Father of modern philosophy’: “I think, therefore I am.”; died Feb 11, 1650 1621 - Andrew Marvell poet: To His Coy Mistress; died Aug 16, 1678 1809 - Edward Fitzgerald author: translated Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat; died June 14, 1883 1809 - Nikolai Gogol playwright, novelist: Dead Souls; died Mar 4, 1852 1823 - Mary Chestnut author: A Diary from Dixie; died in 1886 1915 - Henry Morgan (Henry Lerner Von Ost, Jr.) comedian: TV panel shows: I’ve Got a Secret; died May 19, 1994 1918 - Tommy Bolt golf champion: U.S. Open [1958] 1922 - Richard (Paul) Kiley Emmy Award-winning actor: The Thorn Birds [1983]; Blackboard Jungle, The Bad Seed, Looking for Mr. Goodbar; died Mar 5, 1999 1927 - Cesar Chavez labor leader: started the National Farm Workers Association, organizing migrant farm workers; died Apr 23, 1993 1927 - William Daniels Emmy Award-winning actor: St. Elsewhere; voice of Kitt on Knight Rider, The Graduate, Oh God!, Reds 1928 - Gordie (Gordon) Howe Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Detroit Red Wings [Hart Memorial Trophy: 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963], Hartford Whalers 1928 - Lefty (William Orville) Frizzell Country Music Hall of Famer: If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time, Always Late, Saginaw Michigan; died July 19, 1975 1929 - Liz Claiborne fashion designer; died Jun 26, 2007 1931 - Miller Barber golf champion: holds record for most wins in the Senior PGA Tour [24] from 1981 to 1992 1932 - John Jakes author: California Gold, In the Big Country 1934 - Richard Chamberlain actor: Dr. Kildare, The Thorn Birds; Centennial, Shogun, The Towering Inferno, Julius Caesar, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Bourne Identity, King Solomon’s Mines; environmentalist in Hawaii 1934 - Shirley Jones singer, actress: Carousel, The Music Man, Oklahoma!, Elmer Gantry, The Partridge Family 1935 - Herb Alpert bandleader: Tijuana Brass: The Lonely Bull, Taste of Honey, The Work Song, This Guy’s in Love with You, Rise; record company executive: the "A" of A&M Records 1938 - Bill Hicke hockey: NHL: Montreal Canadiens, NY Rangers, Minnesota Rangers, Baltimore Clippers, Oakland Seals, California Golden Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins 1943 - Christopher Walken (Ronald Walken) actor: The Deerhunter, Batman Returns, Wayne’s World 2, Pulp Fiction 1944 - Rod Allen (Rodney Bainbridge) musician: bass, singer: group: The Fortunes: You’ve Got Your Troubles 1944 - Mick Ralphs musician: guitar: groups: Mott The Hoople: All the Young Dudes, Bad Company: Can’t Get Enough, Ready for Love, Feel like Makin’ Love 1945 - Gabe (Gabriel) Kaplan actor, comedian: Welcome Back Kotter, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, Nobody’s Perfekt 1946 - Al Nichol musician: guitar, keyboards: group: The Turtles: It Ain’t Me Babe, Let Me Be, You Baby, Happy Together, She’d Rather Be with Me, Elenore, You Showed Me 1948 - Dwight David Eisenhower II lawyer, author: Eisenhower at War; grandson of 34th U.S. President [Dwight D. Eisenhower]; married Julie Nixon, daughter of 37th U.S. President [Richard Nixon] 1948 - Al Gore (Albert Arnold Gore Jr.) U.S. Senator from Tennessee [1985-1993]; 45th U.S. Vice President [under Bill Clinton 1993-2000] 1948 - Rhea Perlman Emmy Award-winning actress: Cheers [1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1988-89]; Pearl, Carwash, Ratings Game, Class Act, Ted & Venus, Intimate Strangers 1950 - Ed Marinaro football: Minnesota Vikings running back: Super Bowl VIII, IX; actor: Hill Street Blues, Sisters, Dancing with Danger 1953 - Sean Hopper musician: keyboards, singer: groups: Clover; Huey Lewis and The News: Do You Believe in Love, Heart and Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Walking on a Thin Line, Bad is Bad, If This is It, Power of Love, Trouble in Paradise 1955 - Angus Young musician: guitar: group: AC/DC: LPs: Let There be Rock, Powerage, Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, For Those about to Rock, Fly on the Wall 1957 - Marc McClure actor: Freaky Friday, Back to the Future series, Superman series, Apollo 13, That Thing You Do! Chart Toppers March 31 1946Oh, What It Seemed to Be - The Frankie Carle Orchestra (vocal: Marjorie Hughes) Day by Day - Frank Sinatra Personality - Johnny Mercer Guitar Polka - Al Dexter 1954Make Love to Me! - Jo Stafford Wanted - Perry Como Answer Me, My Love - Nat ‘King’ Cole Slowly - Webb Pierce 1962Don’t Break the Heart that Loves You - Connie Francis Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares Dream Baby - Roy Orbison She’s Got You - Patsy Cline 1970Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel Let It Be - The Beatles Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon The Fightin’ Side of Me - Merle Haggard 1978Night Fever - Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon & Willie 1986Rock Me Amadeus - Falco R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - John Cougar Mellencamp Kiss - Prince & The Revolution Don’t Underestimate My Love for You - Lee Greenwood 1970 Let It Be-Beatles 41H2RGWMNAL._SL500_AA240_.jpg let it be-beatles.zip |
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Re: This day in history March 31
Always a good read, thanks buddy
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Re: This day in history March 31
Thanks Buddy pretty nice information, is a fact I have many long plays of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Perry Como,Nat `King` Cole.!!! looks like I have life again.
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Thx again my friend-sooo very gud info... ![]() Mr Hockey 1928 - Gordie (Gordon) Howe Hockey Hall of Famer: NHL: Detroit Red Wings [Hart Memorial Trophy: 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963], Hartford Whalers ![]() Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees 1978Night Fever - Bee Gee 1970 Let It Be-Beatles ![]()
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Re: This day in history March 31
Thanks Guys, Always a good read.
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