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                                                                                                                             Kelleys Kalendar

                                 September 6

     1943 - The youngest player to appear in an American League game was pitcher Carl Scheib of the Philadelphia Athletics. On this day, Scheib was 16 years, eight months and five days old.              

                                Today Is

Barbie Doll Day

Bring Your Manners to Work Day

Fight Procrastination Day

Great Egg Toss Day

National Coffee Ice Cream Day

National Lazy Mom's Day

Wear Teal Day

                                   Events

1877 - Crazy Horse, a Sioux chief known for his role in the resistance against white expansion in the United States, was killed by the bayonet thrust of Private William Gentiles of the 14th Infantry on this day.

1882 - The first Labor Day holiday parade was held in New York City. It was sponsored by the Central Labor Union. Some 10,000 workers -- all men -- participated in the parade.

1885 - Jake Gumper of Ft. Wayne, IN bought the first gasoline pump produced in the United States.

1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in Chicago. It became the first organized baseball league.

1945 - Iva Ikuko Toguri D’Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio broadcaster ‘Tokyo Rose’ was arrested in Yokohama, Japan. Convicted of treason because she was still a U.S. citizen, D’Aquino served six years in prison; she was pardoned in 1977 by President Gerald Ford.

1953 - The first privately operated atomic reactor opened -- in Raleigh NC. The Raleigh Research Reactor “breathed with nuclear life” at 59 minutes past midnight on this day.

1956 - Johnny Cash hit the record world running with I Walk the Line. Cash’s debut hit song climbed to #17 on the pop music charts.

1960 - Cassius Clay of Louisville, KY won the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Clay would later change his name to Muhammad Ali and become one of the great boxing champions in the world. In 1996, at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA, Muhammad Ali was given the honor of lighting the Olympic flame.

1964 - The Animals’ House of the Rising Sun made it to #1. It stayed at the top until it was replaced three weeks later by Roy Orbison’s Oh, Pretty Woman. Orbison’s smash was just entering the pop charts on this day for a 14-week run.

1966 - The first Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association was broadcast by only one station -- in New York City. It was the first televised fund-raising event of its kind to raise more than $1 million in pledges.

1972 - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway won a gold record for their duet, Where Is the Love. The song got to number five on the pop music charts and was one of two songs that earned gold for the duo. The other was The Closer I Get To You (1978).

1975 - U.S. President Gerald Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme, a Charles Manson-family devotee, in Sacramento, California. Fromme, 27, had attempted to shoot the president in Sacramento with a hand gun. Secret service agents wrestled the weapon from her.

1986 - After 23 years of “oohing” and “aahing,” laughing and kibitzing as host of various talk shows, Merv Griffin aired his final program for Metromedia Television.

 1997 - Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) died of a heart attack at her Missionaries of Charity headquarters in Calcutta, India. The Albanian nun had celebrated her 87th birthday just nine days earlier. The recipient of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa gave hope to millions, caring for, helping and listening to the poor and downtrodden.

2023 - Former Proud Boys chairman, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in prison. It was the longest sentence to be dished out for seditious conspiracy in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The judge said Tarrio organized the far-right Proud Boys group that was at the front of the Capitol riot, breaking past barriers and smashing windows to let rioters inside the historic building. The breaches eventually led to Congress evacuating and temporarily halting the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

                                 Birthdays

  1850 - Jack Daniel
founder of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey distillery; died Oct 10, 1911

1897 - Arthur Charles Nielsen
market researcher: founder of A.C. Nielsen Co.: radio and TV audience surveys; Tennis Hall of Famer: avid player, generous patron; died June 1, 1981

1929 - Bob Newhart
comedian: LP: The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart [first comedy album to win the Grammy for album of the year]; actor: TV: The Bob Newhart Show [1972-1978], Newhart [1982-1990], The Big Bang Theory [as Arthur Jefferies/Professor Proton]; movies: Catch-22, Cold Turkey, Elf; died Jul 18, 2024

  1939 - William Devane
actor: Deceit, A Christmas Visitor, The X-Files: The Truth, Hollow Man, Space Cowboys, Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story, 24, Knots Landing, Marathon Man, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, A Woman Named Jackie, From Here to Eternity  

1940 - Raquel Welch (Jo Raquel Tejada)
actress: Tainted Blood, The Four Musketeers, Woman of the Year, Bandolero!, Mother, Jugs and Speed, Myra Breckenridge, Fantastic Voyage, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult; died Feb 15, 2023

1946 - Freddie Mercury (Bulsara)
singer: I was Born to Love You; Queen: Another One Bites the Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We are the Champions; died Nov 24, 1991

1946 - Loudon Wainwright III
songwriter, singer: Dead Skunk; actor: M*A*S*H, The Slugger’s Wife, Jackknife

 1951 - Michael Keaton
actor: Night Shift, Mr. Mom, Johnny Dangerously, Reaper, White Noise, First Daughter, Quicksand, Jack Frost, Desperate Measures, Jackie Brown, Pacific Heights, Beetle Juice, Batman, Multiplicity, Herbie Fully Loaded        

                                Music

1948   A Tree in the Meadow  - Margaret Whiting
You Call Everybody Darlin’ - Al Trace (vocal: Bob Vincent)
It’s Magic - Doris Day
Bouquet of Roses  - Eddy Arnold

1957   Love Letters in the Sand (facts) - Pat Boone
Tammy  - Debbie Reynolds
Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On  - Jerry Lee Lewis
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear  - Elvis Presley

1966   Sunshine Superman  - Donovan
You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes
Yellow Submarine  - The Beatles
Almost Persuaded  - David Houston

1975   Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (facts) - James Taylor
At Seventeen  - Janis Ian
Rhinestone Cowboy  - Glen Campbell

1984   What’s Love Got to Do With It  - Tina Turner
Missing You  - John Wait
She Bop  - Cyndy Lauper
Let’s Fall to Pieces Together  - George Strait

1993   Can’t Help Falling in Love - UB40
Whoomp! (There It Is)  - Tag Team
If  - Janet Jackson
Thank God for You - Sawyer Brown

2002   Dilemma - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Just Like A Pill - P!nk
The Good Stuff - Kenny Chesney

2011   Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)  - Katy Perry
Party Rock Anthem  - LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
She Will - Lil Wayne featuring Drake
Am I the Only One - Dierks Bentley

2020  Dynamite - BTS
W AP  - Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
Laugh Now Cry Later  - Drake featuring Lil Durk
I Hope  - Gabby Barrett

  "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

                     George Bernard Shaw
 

Those were the days...