Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club was a long-run morning variety show
on NBC Blue Network/ABC radio (and briefly on television) originating
in Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by Don McNeill, the radio program ran
from June 23, 1933, through December 27, 1968. McNeill’s 351/2
year run as host remains the longest tenure for an emcee a
network entertainment program, surpassing Johnny
Carson (29½ years) on The Tonight Show.
Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club with guest Art Linkletter.
The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England, bound for the
Americas with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia,
where the colonists, half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs. had
had been authorized to settle by the British crown. However, stormy
weather and navigational errors forced the Mayflower off course,
and on November 21 the “Pilgrims” reached Massachusetts, where
they founded the first permanent European settlement in New
England in late December.
The famous picture of Marilyn Monroe, laughing as her skirt is
blown up by the blast from a subway vent, was shot during the
filming of The Seven Year Itch. The scene infuriated her husband,
Joe DiMaggio, who felt it was exhibitionist, and the couple
divorced shortly afterward.
According to Marilyn Monroe: The Private life of a Public
Icon, the Hollywood bombshell loved filming the scene.
Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe in a scene from the movie
The Seven Year Itch.
Marilyn and Joe at the premiere for The Seven Year Itch.
Muhammad Ali (right) wins his third heavyweight crown by defeating Leon Spinks.
On September 15, 1978, boxer Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks
at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first
fighter ever to do so. Following his victory, Ali retired from boxing,
only to make a brief comeback two years later. Ali, who once
claimed he could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” left the s
port permanently in 1981.
Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021)
(FOX NEWS) – Fox News has confirmed, Norm Macdonald, known
for his time on “Saturday Night Live,” has died, He was 61 years
old.
According to Deadline, the comedian had been privately battling
cancer for nine years.
Macdonald’s longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo
Hoekstra was reportedly at his side when he passed.
