On this Day

[menotyou]

On this day 8 September 1966, NBC-TV headed into “Space: the final frontier” on this day in 1966. The first
episode of Star Trek, titled, The Man Trap, was seen on the network.

Although Star Trek has become a cult phenomenon, with Trekkie (or the member preferred title, Trekker)
conventions held annually, the NBC series did not do well. It was regularly beaten in its time slot, and it
placed #52 among all series in 1966-1967, its best season.

NBC canceled the show on September 2, 1969. Star Trek did return to NBC in 1973 -- as a cartoon.
The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise has done very well in recent years, having made several motion pictures
and several TV spin-offs.

I loved watching the re-reuns of this. Kirk would do anything, anywhere, any time, any...... well, you know.

 

[texan]

On this day, 10 Sep 1955, Actor James Arness brought Marshall Matt Dillon to life on this night in 1955.

Gunsmoke debuted on CBS-TV and went on to become the longest-running (20 years) series on television.

Not only was Gunsmoke the longest-running series with a regular cast of characters; but when it finally did
meet its demise, it was the last of the network Westerns to go.

 

[texan]

On this day, September 11th, 2001. We all know what happened.

As a reflection of mourning and fasting, I will post nothing else this day on Brown Cafe.

 

[dilligaf]

On this day, September 11th, 2001. We all know what happened.

As a reflection of mourning and fasting, I will post nothing else this day on Brown Cafe.

Just a little early.......................................... LOL (oh that's right there are some time zones between us).

 

[moreluck]

20 years ago was Hurricane Iniki (Hawaii)
My daughter was somewhat affected....but I forgot she has been there that long!
Hurricane Iniki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[ajblakejr]

Toby Keith and Trace Adkins - The Angry American - YouTube

 

[texan]

On this day, September 12th 1966, the Monkees show was aired for the first time.

 

[texan]

On this day, 12 Sep 1954, Lassie was seen on CBS-TV for the first time.

Despite being called “girl” by Tommy Rettig, who starred as Jeff Miller, and Jan Clayton, who starred as
Jeff’s mom, Ellen, Lassie was, in reality, a male dog.

In fact, there were more than a half-dozen Lassie dogs doing stunts.

 

[texan]

On this day, 12 Sep 1970, James Taylor’s first single, Fire and Rain, was released.

Taylor scored 14 hits on the music charts in the 1970s and 1980s.

 

[menotyou]

On this day, September 12th 1966, the Monkees show was aired for the first time.

I loved the Monkees!

Monkees - Daydream Believer - Music Video From TV - Clear HD - YouTube

 

[moreluck]

I had their album..."best of".... Knew all the words and payed it constantly.

 

[texan]

On this day, 13 Sep 1857, American chocolate was born. One says huh?
Milton S. Hershey was born on this day in 1857. By the time he was in his mid-30s he had developed the
’Great American Chocolate Bar’ -- or Hershey Bar as it is known throughout the world.

This bar of solid milk chocolate became the foundation of his company and his fortune; and the foundation
of Hershey, Pennsylvania.

He would also find that some Hershey hotel guest rooms include cocoa butter soap as an amenity.
And the street lights are in the shape of chocolate candy kisses.

 

[texan]

On this day, 13 Sept 1992, The first puntless game in NFL history happened this day.

The Buffalo Bills (quarterback Jim Kelly: 403 yards and three TDs) and San Francisco 49ers
(QB Steve Young: 449 yards and three touchdowns) combined for 1,086 yards of total offense -- without
punting the ball once.

The Bills beat the 49ers 34-31.

 

[texan]

On this day, 14 Sep 1814, Frances Scott Key, an attorney in Washington, DC, was aboard a warship
that was bombarding Fort McHenry (an outpost protecting the city of Baltimore, MD).

Key wrote some famous words to express his feelings. Those words became The Star-Spangled Banner, which
officially became the U.S. national anthem by an act of Congress in 1931.

 

[moreluck]

Sherry was born !!

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - Sherry - YouTube

 

[menotyou]

Sherry was born !!

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - Sherry - YouTube

One of the greatest songs, ever.

 

[moreluck]

We saw them in Vegas.....grey, but still great!!

 

[texan]

On this day, 15 Sep 1963, Four black schoolgirls killed in Birmingham

On this day in 1963, a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in
Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls.

With its large African-American congregation, the 16th Street Baptist Church served as a meeting place for civil
rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., who once called Birmingham a "symbol of hardcore resistance to integration."

Alabama's governor, George Wallace, made preserving racial segregation one of the central goals of his
administration, and Birmingham had one of the most violent and lawless chapters of the Ku Klux Klan.

A sad day in this country.

 

[texan]

On this day, 16 Sept 1908 General Motors was founded on this day.

The man responsible for the beginning of the huge auto-manufacturing company (maker of Cadillac,
Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet) was William Crapo ‘Billy’ Durant.

 

[texan]

On this day, Sept 16th 1965, The Dean Martin Show debuted on NBC-TV.

It was a weekly variety show that continued on the network for nine years.
Regulars over the years were The Goldiggers, Ken Lane, The Ding-a-Ling Sisters, Tom Bosley, Dom DeLuise,
Nipsey Russell, Rodney Dangerfield and Les Brown and His Band.

The theme song? Everybody Loves Somebody.