Evening all on this September 20th that brings us to 263 days of up and down heat waves and mini polar vortexes , and now were facing how low can it go with 102 days of fall and winter left.
1519 - Magellan starts first successful circumnavigation of the world
1814 - "Star Spangled Banner" published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key, tune by John Stafford Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PihVsZEOORo
1881 - Chester A. Arthur sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, President James A. Garfield had died the day before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Zt1mLn-nsPg
1932 - Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y02ZIyklZaE
1942 - As part of war effort to conserve fuel every British household is asked to bathe in no more than 5 inches of water, the royal family is leading the way with black lines painted on all baths in the royal household at a depth of 5 inches with posters all over the palace reminding all of the need to conserve energy .
1953 - "The Loretta Young Show" name is changed from "Letter to Loretta" on February 14, 1954.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sRn_xnRYcGo
1954 - 1st FORTRAN computer program run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zyHmxjyzC_g
1955 -- "You’ll Never Get Rich" begins on CBS-TV, The name of the show was changed to "The Phil Silvers Show", with the subtitle, "You’ll Never Get Rich" it became a hit and ran thru 1959.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iik3rH7sQrQ
1962 - Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG’s . American teens are starting to stir, their music is a changing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_bpS-cOBK6Q
1964 - The Beatles appear a the Paramount Theater (NYC) with Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawerence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Sx0LrxeziIM
1969 - Sugar, Sugar", by The Archies, hit number one in "Billboard". The Archies were the top of the charts for four weeks. ( hated bubblegum music )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=h9nE2spOw_o
1970 - Ray Price sang his way into our hearts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=T27WQZHAiYA
1972 - Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm (gives whole new meaning to the song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KBX2dySWGew
1973 - Singer Jim Croce , his lead guitarist, Maury Muehleisen, and four others died when their plane crashed into a tree at Natchitoches, LA while taking off for a concert in Sherman, Texas.
[video=youtube;dO1rMeYnOmM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dO1rMeYnOmM[/video]
1984 - Comedian Bill Cosby stars in The Cosby Show" when it premiered on NBC-TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KXvIcSgWsqc
1986 - "The Golden Girls" won best comedy honors and CBS’s "Cagney & Lacey" won for top drama at the 38th Emmy Awards held in Pasadena, CA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=etoeKZdWehk