According to Maurice White, he got the idea for this song in an unlikely place: a hotel room in Washington DC while there was some kind of protest going on below. Said White, "There's all these cats screaming and throwing things and going crazy and this tune just evolved."
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21st. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. This year's theme is Cultivating a Culture of Peace
Given all that is going on in the world today, it's a nice idea to have a day dedicated to celebrating peace.
September 21, 1957 -
Our favorite nipple rouge wearing actor, Raymond Burr, had another go at episodic TV when Perry Mason premiered on CBS-TV on this date.
Raymond Burr originally auditioned for the role of Hamilton Burger, but was chosen for the title role instead.
September 21, 1968 -
Jimi Hendrix Experience released their version of the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower, on this date. Dave Mason from Traffic and Rolling Stone Brian Jones both played on the recording.
This was Hendrix' only Top 40 hit in the US, where his influence far outpaced his popularity. He charted a few times in the UK, where he rose to fame before making a name for himself in America.
September 21, 1968 -
Based on the 1947 film of the same name, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, starring Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Reta Shaw, premiered on this date.
The series premiered on NBC on Saturday night at 8:30 PM EST. NBC canceled it after the first season, and it was picked up by ABC for its second and final season.
September 21, 1968 -
The police drama ADAM 12, premiered on NBC-TV on this date.
In keeping with the reputation of Jack Webb's series being scrupulously accurate about police procedures, selected episodes of this series were used in police academies as instructional films.
January 21, 1970 -
We all came to know that Phoebe Figalilly was a silly name when, Nanny and the Professor, starring Juliet Mills, Richard Long, David Doremus, Trent Lehman, and Kim Richards, first aired on ABC TV, on this date.
This is one of the situation comedies to go into syndication with a total of less than five seasons. The original run consisted of only two half seasons and one full season.
September 21, 1974 -
Barry White's single Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Baby hot the top of the Billboard Charts on this date.
Similar to Isaac Hayes' songs appearing in South Park, Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe was used in a few episodes of rival TV cartoon The Simpsons.
September 21, 1975 -
Sidney Lumet's amazing film, Dog Day Afternoon, starring Al Pacino and John Cazale, premiered on this date.
During production, Al Pacino reportedly only slept a couple hours a night, ate sparingly, and would sometimes take cold showers; this was in order to emphasize Sonny's disheveled, exhausted and yet wired appearance.
September 21 1985 -
The Dire Straits single, Money for Nothing, from the album Brothers in Arms, hits No. 1 on the Billboard Charts on this date.
The innovative video was one of the first to feature computer generated animation, which was done using an early program called Paintbox. The characters were supposed to have more detail, like buttons on their shirts, but they used up the budget and had to leave it as is. It won Best Video at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
September 21, 1992 –
Parlophone Records released Radiohead’s debut single, Creep, on this date.
Thom Yorke based this on a song called The Air That I Breathe, which was written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood in 1972. After Creep was released, Radiohead agreed to share the songwriting royalties, so this is credited to Yorke, Hammond and Hazlewood.
September 21, 1993 -
The police drama NYPD Blue, premiered on ABC-TV on this date.
Dennis Franz (Detective Andy Sipowicz) and Gordon Clapp (Detective Greg Medavoy) are the only actors to appear in all twelve seasons.
September 21, 1993 –
Nirvana released In Utero, their third and final studio album while Kurt Cobain was still alive, on this date.
Initially, the album was going to be called I Hate Myself and I Want to Die - Kurt Cobain's typical response to "How are you?" The final title was taken from a poem written by Courtney Love.
September 21 1996
The Fugees scored their second No.1 single in the UK with Ready Or Not, on this date.
The chorus in the song is based on Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love) by The Delfonics. The underlying groove is a sample of the 1987 Enya song Song of Boadicea. The Fugees did this without her permission, and Enya came after them hard, earning substantial royalties from the song.
September 21, 1998 -
The landmark TV sitcom, Will & Grace, starring Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes, premiered on NBC TV on this date.
John Barrowman was up for the role of Will Truman, but didn't get it because he was "too straight", and the role went to Eric McCormack. Barrowman is gay in real life, while McCormack is straight.
September 21, 2001 -
A benefit concert organized by the four major U.S. television networks in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, America: A Tribute to Heroes, aired on this date. The program was shown on 35 separate broadcast and cable networks simultaneously.
Done in the style of a telethon, it featured a number of national and international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims and their families, particularly but not limited to the New York City firefighters. The telethon raised $150 million in pledges.
Today in History:
September 21, 1327 -
Former King Edward II came to a particularly painful end on this date.
It was rumored that Edward had been killed by the insertion of a piece of copper into his rectum (later a red-hot iron rod, as in the supposed murder of Edmund Ironside - King Edmund II was murdered in a lavatory; stabbed in the bowels when he sat down to relieve himself). Murder in this manner would have appeared a natural death, as a metal tube would have been inserted into the anus first, thus allowing the iron rod to penetrate the entrails without leaving a burn on the buttocks.
September 21, 1897 -
The New York Sun ran its famous editorial that answered a question from 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon: "Is there a Santa Claus?"on this date.
Obviously, times were different back then given that The New York Sun was printing an editorial about Christmas in September. (Christmas is in 95 days.)
Two giants of animation sharing the same birthday date:
September 21, 1912 -
He has directed three films have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, and What's Opera, Doc?.
September 20, 1920 -
Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle Moose, and Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties were in fact conceived, designed, and created by Jay Ward's boyhood friend and sometimes business partner, advertising artist Alex Anderson.
September 21, 1915 -
With a winning bid of £6,600, Mr. Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge and 30 acres of land at auction. He donates the monument to the British state three years later.
He donated the monument because he could not figure out how to reset Stonehenge correctly.
September 21, 1937 -
George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. of London published the first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit on this date. It was illustrated with many black-and-white drawings by Tolkien himself.
The original printing was only a 1,500 run and sold out by December due to enthusiastic reviews.
September 21, 1950 -
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.
William James Murray, one of the funniest sentient human beings was born on this date.
September 21, 1981 -
On August 19 1981, President Reagan, who had pledged during the 1980 presidential campaign to appoint the first woman to the Supreme Court, nominated Sandra Day O'Connor as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Potter Stewart. Ms. O'Connor was confirmed by the Senate 99-0 on this date and took her seat September 25.
In her first year on the Court, O'Connor received over sixty thousand letters from the public, more than any other justice in history.
September 21, 1983 -
In a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on this date, Interior Secretary James G. Watt jokingly described a special advisory panel as consisting of 'a black ... a woman, two Jews and a cripple.'
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