Happy Episode 58 of the Stew For Lunch, Stew For You, Stew Ramble or what have you…
Masters of the Universe Monday is here and we head to page 58 of the Masters of the Universe Compendium book.
Some Stuff in this Day of History
1930 – The Adler Planetarium opened to the public in Chicago, IL.
1948 – The Rex Morgan, M.D. comic strip made its debut. Dr. Nicholas P. Dallis, a psychiatrist from Scottsdale, Arizona, created the strip as an entertainment — and educational tool — to heighten the awareness of readers about the importance of modern medicine.
1960 – Around the world in 80 days … uh, make that 84 days. That’s how long it took the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Triton to circumnavigate the globe. The Triton was the largest, most powerful submarine in the world when it made its record underwater trip. Captain Edward L. Beach led the 7,750-ton sub on a 41,500 mile voyage, following a similar route taken by explorer Ferdinand Magellan some three centuries earlier (obviously on the water’s surface, not below). The Triton’s conning tower reached above the waves off Delaware, completing the voyage that began February 16 at Groton, Connecticut with 183 aboard. One objective of the Triton’s trip was to test the physical and psychological effects on humans when deprived of sunlight and fresh air for an extended length of time. Captain Beach (author of “Run Silent, Run Deep”) was thinking more of the sub’s test of power when he wrote in his log: “One can almost become lyrical thinking of the tremendous drive of the dual power plant of this great ship.â€
1963 – The Rolling Stones produced their very first recordings this day. The session included Come On and I Wanna Be Loved. The Stones would make it to the American pop music charts in August, 1964.
1977 – Actress Joan Crawford died of pancreatic cancer in New York City. She was 69 years old.
1994 – Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection at the Statesville Penitentiary near Joliet, IL. He had been convicted of killing 33 young men and boys during the 1970s.
1999 – Shel Silverstein, author of such acclaimed children’s books as A Light in the Attic, The Giving Tree, and Where the Sidewalk Ends, was found dead a heart attack at his home. He was 66. Silverstein’s output included songs, such as Sylvia’s Mother (recorded by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) and Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (who would not take the garbage out), plays, and adult humor. He was best known as an author of sophisticated, and at times macabre, children’s books. He was known to many children around the world, and was possibly the best-loved author of juvenile literature after Dr. Seuss.
Birthdays
1838 – John Wilkes Booth
actor, assassin: shot and killed U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC; killedApr 26, 1865
1899 – Fred Astaire (Austerlitz)
dancer, actor: Funny Face, Silk Stockings, Finian’s Rainbow, Daddy Long Legs, Easter Parade, Let’s Dance, That’s Entertainment, The Towering Inferno; died June 22, 1987; more
1930 – Pat Summerall
football: New York Giants kicker; TV sportscaster: football, golf; died Apr 16, 2013
1934 – Gary Owens
Radio Hall of Famer; TV announcer, actor: Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in: “From beautiful Downtown Burbank…â€, The Gong Show; died Feb 12, 2015
1941 – Ken (Allen Kent) Berry
baseball: Chicago White Sox [all-star: 1967], California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians
1946 – Donovan (Leitch)
singer: Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, Atlantis; composer: film: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, appeared in film: The Pied Piper of Hamlin, Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1948 – Meg Foster
actress: Undercover, Lady in Waiting, To Catch a Killer, They Live, The Emerald Forest, Carny, James Dean, Adam at 6 a.m., Cagney & Lacey, Sunshine, The Trials of Rosie O’Neill
1955 – Chris Berman
TV sportscaster: ESPN: SportsCenter, NFL Primetime, Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, US Open coverage; National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association’s National Sportscaster of the Year [1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001]
1960 – Bono (Paul Hewson)
singer: group: U2: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride [In the Name of Love], With You or Without You
1975 РH̩lio Castroneves
Brazilian auto racing driver: won Indianapolis 500 [2001, 2002, 2009]; more
1978 – Kenan Thompson
comedian, actor: Kenan, Saturday Night Live, Kenan & Kel, All That, Good Burger, Fat Albert; more