On this day in 1963
"Walk Like a Man" by the 4 Seasons was the #1 song.
1963 Average U.S. Prices
Bread: $0.21/loaf
Milk: $1.04/gal
Eggs: $0.96/doz
Car: $2,300
Gasoline: $0.30/gal
House: $19,300
Stamp: $0.05/ea
Average Income: $6,998/yr
Minimum Wage: $1.25/hr
Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Singer/songwriter (Boyfriend) Justin Bieber, 20. Singer (We R Who We R) Ke$ha, 27. Actress (12 Years a Slave) Lupita Nyong'o, 31. Actress (All My Children) Denise Vasi, 31. Actor (Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) Shawn Toovey, 31. Fashion model Patricia Beck, 32. Actor (Supernatural) Jensen Ackles, 36. Actress (General Hospital) Alicia Leigh Willis, 36. Actress (Snakes on a Plane) Emily Holmes, 37. Actor (Saved by the Bell) Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 40. Nickelback keyboardist/singer (How You Remind Me) Ryan Peake, 41. Actor (Pirates of the Caribbean movies) Jack Davenport, 41. Actress (Let Me In) Cara Buono, 43. Actor (No Country for Old Men) Javier Bardem, 45. Actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) George Eads, 47. Actor (Reversal of Fortune) J.D. Cullum, 48. Actor (Wings) Tim Daly, 58. Actress (The Dukes of Hazzard) Catherine Bach, 60. Sweethearts of the Rodeo singer (Chains Of Gold) Janis Oliver Cummins, 60. Actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Happy Days)/ director (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man) Ron Howard, 60. Actor (Growing Pains)/ comedy writer/TV host (Thicke of the Night) Alan Thicke, 67. Actress (Diamonds Are Forever) Lana Wood, 68. Actor (The A-Team) Dirk Benedict, 69. Manfred Mann lead vocalist (Do Wah Diddy Diddy) Mike D’Abo, 70. Who singer (Won’t Get Fooled Again)/Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roger Daltry, 70. Actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, The Wild Wild West) Robert Conrad, 79. Actor (The Player)/singer (Banana Boat-Day-O) Harry Belafonte, 87. Singer/actor (Hogan’s Heroes) Robert Clary, 88.
What A Day This Has Been
March 1, 1872…The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park.
March 1, 1893…In St. Louis, electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gave the first public demonstration of radio.
March 1, 1928…Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, featuring vocalist Bing Crosby and cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, recorded "Ol' Man River." By spring, this up-tempo version was #1 on the pop music chart. Upon his return to the U.S. in late spring of 1928, after months of appearing in the London stage production of "Show Boat," Paul Robeson recorded "Ol' Man River," also with the Whiteman orchestra, and it peaked at #7 that summer. Robeson sang the most famous rendition of the song in the classic 1936 film version of "Show Boat."
March 1, 1932…The 22-month-old son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne was kidnapped. The child's body was found in May.
March 1, 1937…U.S. Steel raised their workers' wages to $5 a day.
March 1, 1941…Nashville's W47NV, the world's first commercial FM radio station, began broadcasting. The station, renamed WSM-FM, operated for about 10 years until the owners realized that its commercial potential was lacking since few area households had FM radio receivers. In 1951 they returned the license to the FCC.
March 1, 1941…According to a report in Downbeat magazine, Glenn Miller's latest radio contract with his sponsor, Chesterfield Cigarettes, was worth almost $5,000 per week.
March 1, 1941…The sitcom "Duffy's Tavern," starring Ed Gardner, debuted on CBS Radio. It moved to the NBC Blue Network in 1942, then to NBC in 1944. The series continued until the end of December 1951.
March 1, 1949…At RCA Victor Studio 2 in New York City, Perry Como recorded "'A' - You're Adorable" with the Fontane Sisters, and "Some Enchanted Evening." They became Como's fifth and sixth #1 singles.
March 1, 1951…Sam Phillips launched Sun Records by releasing "Drivin' Slow" by 16-year-old saxophonist Johnny London.
March 1, 1954…Four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.
March 1, 1954…The U.S. announced it had tested a hydrogen bomb on the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
March 1, 1954…At the KHJ Studios in Hollywood, Frank Sinatra recorded "Three Coins In The Fountain."
March 1, 1954…Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox fractured his collarbone in the first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in the Korean War.
March 1, 1955…The Four Lads recorded "Standing On The Corner."
March 1, 1956…At Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut studio in Nashville, Ray Price recorded "Crazy Arms," which went on to spend nearly five months atop the country music singles chart.
March 1, 1956…Imperial Records released the album "Rock and Rollin' With Fats Domino."
March 1, 1957…At RCA's McGavock Street studios in Nashville, the Everly Brothers recorded "Bye Bye Love," a teen-age love song written by 37-year-old Boudleaux Bryant and his 31-year-old wife, Felice. Thirty other artists had rejected the song.
March 1, 1957…Chuck Berry released the single "School Day."
March 1, 1958…At London's Trocadero Club, Buddy Holly and the Crickets began their only British tour, during which they played two sets per night on 25 dates.
March 1, 1958…Noting Elvis Presley's arrival in town to begin filming the movie "King Creole," New Orleans mayor DeLesseps "Chep" Morrison officially declared it Elvis Presley Day in the city.
March 1, 1958…Johnny Mathis released the album "Johnny's Greatest Hits."
March 1, 1959…Archbishop Makarios returned to Cyprus and an unprecedented reception in Nicosia, where almost two-thirds of the adult Greek Cypriot population turned out to welcome him back from exile.
March 1, 1961…U.S. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
March 1, 1961…Elvis Presley signed a five-year movie deal with Hollywood producer Hal Wallis.
March 1, 1962…An American Airlines 707 plunged nose-first into Jamaica Bay, New York, killing 95 people.
March 1, 1963…Gerry & the Pacemakers released their first British single, "How Do You Do It."
March 1, 1963…In Hollywood, filming began on Elvis Presley's 13th film, "Fun In Acapulco," co-starring Ursula Andress and Elsa Cárdenas.
March 1, 1964…At EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, the Beatles recorded "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You," with George Harrison taking the lead vocal.
March 1, 1965…Petula Clark's single "Downtown" was certified Gold.
March 1, 1966…The Soviet probe Venera 3 crashed on the planet Venus, the first spacecraft launched on Earth to land on the surface of another planet.
March 1, 1966…Singer/guitarist Gene Clark announced his exit from the Byrds, upset by the band's decision to use Roger McGuinn as lead vocalist on all the group's singles and had a fear of flying that made touring difficult.
March 1, 1966…The Rolling Stones played at Civic Theatre in Auckland during an 11-date tour of Australia and New Zealand.
March 1, 1967…Fans at the Ottawa Coliseum rioted when Eric Burdon and the New Animals cancelled their concert at the last minute because of a pay dispute.
March 1, 1967…At EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, the Beatles began recording "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." In later interviews, John Lennon said that he had not sung it very well, and expressed disappointment with the arrangement, complaining that inadequate time was taken to fully develop his initial idea for the song.
March 1, 1968…Country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter married. They had one child and remained together until her death in May 2003. He died four months later.
March 1, 1968…Elton John's first single "I've Been Loving You" was released in the UK.
March 1, 1969…In Miami, Doors frontman Jim Morrison was arrested on stage for allegedly exposing himself to the audience during the band's show at the Coconut Grove Auditorium. The singer was later tried, convicted and sentenced to eight months of hard labor, a sentence his lawyers were still appealing when Morrison died in 1971. Though no doubt drunk, disinterested, and verbally taunting the audience, it is now generally believed that Morrison was innocent of the major charge.
March 1, 1969…New York Yankees star player Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball.
March 1, 1970…The Beatles made their final appearance on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show" by way of video tape clips of their new songs "Let It Be" and "Two Of Us." Dionne Warwick, Peggy Lee, and Duke Ellington & His Orchestra also performed on the show.
March 1, 1972…John Lennon was granted an extension on his American work visa. Lennon then began recording the album "Sometime in New York City."
March 1, 1972…At the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Mac Davis began recording "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me." The track was completed two days later.
March 1, 1973…Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, sold all of the singer's back catalog recordings to RCA for a lump sum of $5.4 million, forgoing all future royalties. Parker also landed another seven-year, fourteen-album deal with RCA for $3.5 million, and renegotiated his management contract with Elvis that gave them a 50-50 split on new royalties.
March 1, 1973…Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album, "The Dark Side of the Moon."
March 1, 1973…The Robert Joffrey Dance Company opened with a presentation of "Deuce Coupe Ballet," a show based on the music of the Beach Boys.
March 1, 1974…At Blackpool's Winter Gardens, Queen began their first headlining tour of England.
March 1, 1974…Seven people were indicted for obstructing justice in connection with the Watergate break-in.
March 1, 1974…Jazz pianist (w/ Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Cannonball Adderley)/composer (Dat Dere, Moanin') Bobby Timmons died of cirrhosis of the liver at age 38.
March 1, 1976…Songwriter (One Hundred And Sixty Acres)/publisher/A&R director (who promoted the careers of the Ink Spots, the Andrews Sisters, Roger Williams)/Kapp Records founder Dave Kapp died at the age of 71.
March 1, 1977…After several years of estrangement, Bob Dylan's wife Sara, who had been the subject of his songs "Lay Lady Lay" and "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands," among others, filed for divorce. The divorce was granted in June and she was given custody of their five children and possession of their million-dollar home.
March 1, 1977…Manfred Mann's Earth Band's "Blinded By The Light" was certified Gold.
March 1, 1977…Bank of America changed the name of its credit card from BankAmericard to VISA.
March 1, 1978…The musical "Timbuktu!," starring Eartha Kitt, Gilbert Price, and Melba Moore, opened at New York's Mark Hellinger Theatre for 221 performances.
March 1, 1979…The musical thriller "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" starring Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury, opened at New York's Uris Theatre for 557 performances.
March 1, 1980…Singer Patti Smith married MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. They had two children and remained together until his death in 1994.
March 1, 1980…Wilhelmina Cooper, one of the original supermodels and founder of the Wilhelmina modeling agency, died of lung cancer at the age of 40.
March 1, 1981…The TV-movie "Elvis and the Beauty Queen," the story of his final years and his relationship with girlfriend Linda Thompson, starring Don Johnson and Stephanie Zimbalist, aired on NBC.
March 1, 1981…The musical revue "Sophisticated Ladies," based on the music of Duke Ellington and starring Gregory Hines, Judith Jamison, Phyllis Hyman, Hinton Battle, Gregg Burge, and Mercer Ellington, opened at New York's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for 767 performances.
March 1, 1982…Jimmy Page's first solo album was released. It was the soundtrack from the feature film "Death Wish II."
March 1, 1984…Singer Cyndi Lauper made her U.S. television debut appearing on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
March 1, 1984…Actor (The Addams Family, McKeever & the Colonel, Cowboy G-Men, The Kid, Mesa of Lost Women, Cahill U.S. Marshal, The Shakiest Gun in the West, The Joker Is Wild, Girl Happy, Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, John Goldfarb Please Come Home!, The Escape Artist, High School Confidential!, Sex Kittens Go to College, The Buster Keaton Story, Million Dollar Legs, A Fine Madness, The Beat Generation, Kilroy Was Here, College Swing, When the Girls Take Over, Rogue's Gallery) Jackie Coogan died of heart failure at age 69.
March 1, 1985…A Beatles song was heard in a U.S. TV commercial for the first time as Lincoln-Mercury used their song, "Help!"
March 1, 1987…Guitarist (April In Paris, Open The Door Richard!) Freddie Green, a member of the Count Basie band for five decades, died at the age of 75.
March 1, 1988…Comic actor (The Joey Bishop Show, Africa Screams, Let's Make Love, Oil's Well That Ends Well, Savage Intruder, The Errand Boy, The Helen Morgan Story, Which Way to the Front?) Joe Besser, one of the latter-day Three Stooges, died of heart failure at the age of 80.
March 1, 1989…In Louisville, Kentucky, R.E.M. started the U.S. leg of their Green World Tour.
March 1, 1989…Bruce Springsteen and actress Julianne Philips divorced after four years of marriage.
March 1, 1989…The Traveling Wilburys' self-titled album was certified Double Platinum.
March 1, 1990…At the Miami Arena in Florida, Janet Jackson played the first night of her 120-date Rhythm Nation 1814 world tour.
March 1, 1991…Oliver Stone's "The Doors," with Val Kilmer playing the role of Jim Morrison and also starring Meg Ryan and Kyle MacLachlan, opened in U.S. and Canadian movie theaters.
March 1, 1991…Edward Land, inventor of the Polaroid camera, died at age 81.
March 1, 1994…Nirvana played their final concert at the Terminal Einz, a small airport hangar with a capacity of 3,000 people, in Munich, Germany. When the power went off during the show, they began an acoustic set that included a version of the Cars' "My Best Friend's Girl."
March 1, 1995…Yahoo!, the multinational Internet operation founded in 1994, was incorporated.
March 1, 1997…The U.S. Stock Exchange began issuing Bowie Bonds, asset-backed securities of current and future revenues of the 25 albums that David Bowie recorded before 1990. With money earned on the bonds via interest from royalties, investors were led to expect almost 8% profit after 10 years. In 2004, Moody's Investors Service lowered the bonds to one notch above junk status, prompted by lower-than-expected revenue.
March 1, 1998…"Titanic" became the first motion picture to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.
March 1, 2003…CIA and Pakistani agents captured Khalid Shaikh Mohammed near Islamabad. He was the suspected mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
March 1, 2003…Nearly 180,000 people from 22 different agencies in the U.S. government became part of the Department of Homeland Security, the largest government reorganization since the beginning of the Cold War.
March 1, 2005…With the passage of the Dog Owner Liability Act, Ontario became the first Canadian province to prohibit the owning of pit bull terriers, Staffordshire bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, American pit bull terriers and any dogs physically resembling those breeds.
March 1, 2006…Drummer (The Love You Save, ABC, I Want You Back) Johnny Jackson, longtime backup musician for the Jackson 5 (no relation), was stabbed to death at age 54 by his girlfriend, Yolanda Davis. The 45-year-old woman pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to two years in prison.
March 1, 2006…Actor (H.R. Pufnstuf, Oliver!, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The 14, Pufnstuf, Alicia, The Pied Piper, Flight of the Doves) Jack Wild died of oral cancer at 53.
March 1, 2007…Actor (Duel, Two for the Seesaw, The Great Locomotive Chase, The Law and Jake Wade, Play It As It Lays, W.C. Fields and Me, Panic in the City, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Good Morning Miss Dove, Call Me Madam, One Minute to Zero, The Astral Factor, A Man Called Gannon, The Stone Killer, Bailout at 43,000, Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?) Eddie Firestone died of heart and respiratory failure at age 86.
March 1, 2011…In New York City, Theodora Richards, the 25-year-old daughter of Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards, was arrested by police while she was allegedly defacing public property and in possession of marijuana and a "controlled substance."
March 1, 2012…Movie producer (Pete's Dragon, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Devil and Max Devlin, Return from Witch Mountain)/television director (Dynasty, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Hotel, The Flying Nun)/actor (The Saga of Andy Burnett, The Bamboo Prison, Cripple Creek, The Texas Rangers, Make Believe Ballroom, Battleground, Santa Fe, The Barefoot Mailman, Sunny Side of the Street) Jerome Courtland died of heart disease at 85.
March 1, 2013…Richard Burton posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star was unveiled next to his ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor's pavement plaque on Hollywood Boulevard.
March 1, 2013…Actress (One Day at a Time, A Summer Place, The Kettles in the Ozarks, Invisible Diplomats) Bonnie Franklin, one of the stars of the original Broadway production of "Applause," died of complications from pancreatic cancer, six months after being diagnosed with the disease, at age 69.
March 1, 2013…R&B singer (The Birds And The Bees) Jewel Akens died of complications from back surgery at the age of 79.
2014
Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances
Stone= Aquamarine Flower= Daffodil
Bachelor's Day
*International Underlings Day
*Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
*Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day
*National Horse Protection Day
*National Peanut Lovers Day
*Peace Corps Day
*Pig Day
*Plan a Solo Vacation Day
*Refired, Not Retired Day
*World Compliment Day
Sock Monkey Day
*Zero Discrimination Day
*St. David's Day
*Holy Experiment Day
