Such is life with young ladies.
Today is also Chocolate Day (If you're a chocoholic, then you have two more chocolate days to celebrate! World Chocolate Day is on September 4 and National Chocolate Day is on October 28.) The date commemorates the introduction of Hershey's Kisses on this date in 1907 and the introduction of chocolate in Europe in 1550.
Remember kids, chocolate is actually the seed pod of the fruit of the cocoa tree - so it must be healthy for you, eat up.
It's also Bonza Bottler Day - this happens every month when the day and the date are the same number. (May 5, June 6, July 7, etc.).
If all of that weren't enough, it's Richard Starkey birthday today. And all he has to show for it is a photograph.
And I believe he still won't sign it for you.
July 7, 1936 -
The first ever television show was broadcast by NBC/RCA on this date. It was seen by only a few hundred people who had access to the new television.
The first ever program featured newsreel items, as well as a variety show of sorts, which included female dancers performing a water lily dance, a fashion show and some comic bits.
July 7, 1939 -
Jean Renior's prescient masterpiece, Rules of the Game, starring Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, and Paulette Dubost, premiered in Paris, France on this date (because of World War II, the film did not officially open in the US until 1950.)
The fact the movie was a complete failure when it came out in 1939 is partly a myth. The Distributor (Gaumont) was uncomfortable with the theme even before the premiere. Attendance was low, but it was summer in Paris. There was turmoil around the movie, conducing to public violent reception of it - whistling, booing, fighting among spectators, one viewer lighting matches to a newspaper trying to burn the theater down, and threats to other theaters. Renoir himself thought it was a complete flop, mainly impressed by a few hostile reactions he saw first hand during the projections.
After the success of The Grand Illusion and La Bête Humaine, Jean Renoir and his nephew Claude Renoir set up their own production company, Les Nouvelles Editions Françaises (NEF). This was their first and last production, as the company went into bankruptcy and was dissolved due to the ban of their movie after just three weeks of shows.
July 7, 1944 -
Universal Pictures releases the sequel to The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost, directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and John Carradine, in U.S. theaters on this date.
Although there are rumors that Lon Chaney Jr.'s scenes in the "Mummy" series frequently used doubles for Chaney, director Reginald Le Borg stated that Chaney did his own scenes in this film.
July 7, 1960 -
Universal Pictures releases the horror film The Brides of Dracula, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, in the UK on this date.
For the film's climax, Peter Cushing and director Terence Fisher had a difference of opinion over how the climax should be done. The actor wasn't happy about the idea of Van Helsing using powers of black magic in order to destroy Baron Meinster. Cushing explained that that went against everything his character represented.
July 7, 1977 -
The 10th film in the James Bond oeuvre, The Spy Who Loved Me, directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Roger Moore in his third outing as James Bond, (Barbara Bach and Richard Kiel co-starred), was released in the UK on this date.
A representative from the Egyptian government was on-set throughout the shoot in Cairo and Giza, to make sure that the country was not portrayed in an unflattering light. For that reason, when the scaffolding collapses on Jaws, and Bond quips "Egyptian builders", Roger Moore merely mouthed the line, dubbing it in later. It went unnoticed by the official Egyptian minder, and ironically, got a great laugh from Egyptian audiences.
July 7, 1984 -
The single Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood became Britain's all-time best-selling single (at the time) on this date.
The lyrics are relatively ambiguous, although the line "when you want to come" is clearly a reference to orgasm. The song is essentially a guide to delaying ejaculation. To throw censors off the scent, when Relax first came out, the band claimed publicly that it was written about "motivation." Later, they confessed it was actually about "shagging."
July 7, 1984 -
Prince's song from his upcoming movie Purple Rain, When Doves Cry goes to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, giving his first #1 hit, on this date.
Besides writing and composing the track, Prince played all the instruments on the song.
Another ACME Safety Film
Today in History:
July 7, 1456 -
Pope Callixtus III retried Joan of Arc on this date; the trial acquitted her of heresy 25 years after her death.
July 7, 1865 -
Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt, convicted co-conspirators of the Lincoln assassination were hanged in the Old Arsenal Penitentiary on this date.
Unfortunately, the conspirators dropped about five or six feet, which proved insufficient to break their necks. They were allowed to hang for 25 minutes to ensue the job, if not done well, was at least completed. Mary Surratt became the first woman executed by the United States.
July 7, 1928 –
Wonder no more where the expression came from -
It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
July 7, 1936 -
Apparently you can build a better mousetrap or improve on a screw.
John P. Thompson applied for the patent rights on a "Screw" (U.S. Patent 1,908,080) with an innovative “cruciform groove” and a matching "Screw driver" (U.S. Patent 1,908,081) in 1932. In 1933, Thompson's patents were transfers to a friend of his, Henry F. Phillips, the managing director of the Oregon Copper Company, a mining outfit in eastern Oregon.
Phillips made some improvements on the screw driver and was granted a patent (US patent 2,046,480) on this date.
The rest as they say, is history, therefore I've mentioned it. Otherwise, why would you care?
July 7. 1946 -
Our favorite, germophobe, bisexual billionaire, Howard Hughes was pulled out, barely alive, from the fiery wreckage of an XF-11 reconnaissance plane that Hughes was testing over Beverly Hills, by, William Durkin, a US Master Sergeant, who happened to be in the area, on this date.
Hughes' injuries were extensive;including a crushed collar bone, 24 broken ribs and numerous third-degree burns. Miraculously, he survives, although he is never quite the same. It's believed that Hughes' long-term addiction to codeine was a result of his convalescence from this near fatal accident.
July 7, 1947 -
The US Army sends a team of men led by Army Air Field Major Jesse Marcel to a reported crash site near Roswell, New Mexico on this date. They collected debris 75 miles northwest of Roswell, New Mexico, scattered over an area 300 miles wide and ¾ of a mile long. This 'recovery' has become the subject of intense speculation, rumor and questioning. There are widely divergent views on what actually happened and passionate debate about what evidence can be believed. The Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) issued a press release the next day, stating that personnel had recovered a crashed "flying disc" from a ranch near Roswell, sparking intense media interest, but later that day, a new press release was put out stating what was recovered was a top-secret research balloon that had crashed.
Many UFO proponents believe the wreckage was of a crashed alien craft and that the military covered up the craft's recovery. The incident has turned into a widely-recognized and referred to pop culture phenomenon, and for some, Roswell is synonymous with UFOs. It likely ranks as the most famous alleged UFO incident.
Remember, the Truth is out there.
July 7, 1952 -
During her first Atlantic crossing, the SS United States crossed the finish line in the great race for the fastest Atlantic crossing ever.
To this day, no other liner has ever come close to her speed record in that maiden crossing - in a record 82 hours, 40 minutes. Unfortunately, the SS United States lies abandoned and rusting at Pier 82 in Philadelphia at the present time
July 7, 1981 -
The first solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crossed the English Channel flying 163 miles from the Pointoise Cormeilles airport, near Paris, to the Manston Royal Air Force Base, in Kent, England, on this date.
The aircraft weighs some 217 pounds. Its 2.7 hp engine is powered exclusively by 16,128 photovoltaic cells. It was created by Dupont and a team led by Dr. Paul MacCready of Pasadena, California.
July 7, 2005 -
17 years ago on this date, four bomb explosions struck London's transport system during the morning rush. Three Underground trains were hit within half an hour, and a double-decker bus joined the toll, thirty minutes later.
A group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe" posted a claim of responsibility, saying they were in retaliation for Britain's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over fifty people were killed and more than 700 injured.
July 7, 2006 -
The Western Black Rhinocero, one of the rarest of the Black Rhinoceros species, was hunted to extinction, on this date. Its extinction can be attributed to the illegal poaching of the animal.
And so it goes.
1 comment:
clearly a reference to orgasm, indeed
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