No one needs to disrobe, we've got plenty of beads (unless you like to disrobe in public.)
Today is also know as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, which heralds the beginning of fasting in Lent. On this day (so the historians say) there were feasts of pancakes to use up the supplies of fat, butter and eggs... foods that were forbidden during austere Lent.
In England there are several celebrations on this day but perhaps the best known one is the Pancake Day Race at Olney in Buckinghamshire which has been held since 1445. The race came about when a woman cooking pancakes heard the shriving bell summoning her to confession. She ran to church wearing her apron and still holding her frying pan, and thus without knowing it, started a tradition that has lasted for over five hundred years.
March 4, 1950 -
Please, by all means, please, stop eating or drinking while watching this cartoon, you may injury yourself. (For my money, this is the second funniest Looney Tunes cartoon. This saves me from having to choose my favorite.)
One of the classic Chuck Jones Looney Tunes cartoons, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, was released on this date. Also, a State dept report has just been releases - the cavalry came to the rescue but it was too late.
March 4, 1961 -
Michelangelo Antonioni's landmark of European cinema, L'Avventura, premiered in the US on this date.
At its premiere at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, this was booed so much to the extent that Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti fled the theater. However, after the second screening there was a complete turn around in how it was perceived and it was awarded the Special Jury Prize, going on to become a landmark of European cinema.
March 4, 1967 -
The Rolling Stones song, Ruby Tuesday, topped the charts on this date.
This was supposed to be the B-side of Let's Spend the Night Together, but many radio stations shied away from the sexual implications of that song, so they played this instead and made it a hit.
I remember back in 1975, I had a job painting the ceiling of my former elementary school's gym. The school had a jukebox that we had jimmied so we could play anything on the machine for free. We played all the Stones songs the machine had. Ruby Tuesday had a serious scratch jsut at the end of the record. I still can't listen to the song without it abruptly ending just before the end, in my mind.
Today in History:
March 4, 1837 -
The "Windy City", "Chi-Town", "Second City," and the "City of Broad Shoulders" - Chicago becomes incorporated as a city on this date.
10,000 extra votes from various local cemeteries were counted that day alone.
Remember, vote early, vote often.
March 4, 1849 -
This is a U.S. secret you probably don't know - today is one of the only days America had no President.
US Sen. David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) of Missouri then technically held office as president until Zachary Taylor took his oath the next day. However Atchison’s term as president pro tempore of the Senate had also expired, and his new term did not begin until March 5. For the rest of his life, Atchison enjoyed polishing this story, describing his "presidency" as "the honestest administration this country ever had."
March 4, 1861 -
The first official flag of the Confederate States of America, called the Stars and Bars, having seven stars, for the seven states that initially formed the Confederacy, was formally adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America, on this date.
While, the Southern states were adopting their banner, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States on this date as well.
So now you know.
March 4, 1884 -
...There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.....
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson begin their work on the case in A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes story, on this date (or maybe it didn't. I'm not going to join the massive debate the Holmesians get involved in with the accuracy of this date.)
March 4, 1936 -
In Germany, the Hindenburg airship made its maiden flight on this date. It is the largest aircraft in history, and at the time of its first flight, it is thought that the airship represented the future of all air travel.
However, in 1937, the globally publicized Hindenburg disaster brought the expectation that the airship would become a popular method of transport to an end.
March 4, 1952 -
Ronald Reagan marries his 'mommy' Nancy Davis, in the San Fernando Valley, on this date.
March 4, 1960 -
Waaaa, Ricky I don't want to be married anymore to you, you lousy two bit skirt chasing, whoremonger.
March 4, 1966 -
John Lennon claims that The Beatles are "bigger than Jesus", and that "Christianity will... vanish and shrink" on this date.
I guess he was wrong about that.
March 4, 1974 -
The first issue of People Magazine featuring actress Mia Farrow, starring in the movie The Great Gatsby, was released on this date.
March 4, 1994 -
Comedian John Candy died on this date.
Just think - the fun Dr. Tongue and Desi Arnaz are having in the 3D House of Slavechicks.
Before I let you go - Don't forget that it's Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Don't worry, they almost always return what they find up there.
And so it goes
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