Optimistic Almanac: Recent Episodes
Tori Kensington
To-day we look at the bizarre story of the Curse of the Billy Goat upon the Chicago Cubs!
MLB #BillyGoatCurse #ChicagoCubs #Cubs #Cubbies #CubsFans #WrigleyField #CubsBaseball #HarryCaray
To-day we celebrate the birthdays of Larry Fine and Mrs. Miller! Enjoy! Love, Tori-
LarryFine #TheThreeStooges #Larry #MrsMiller #ComedySinger #NoveltySinger
Dick Tracy by Chester Gould debuted to-day in 1931, and he’s still going strong!
DickTracy #CrimeComics #CherterGould #BreathlessMahoney #FlatTopJones
WERD The First Black Owned radio station and Captain Kangaroo both bebuted to-day!
WERD #WERD640AMAtlanta #FirstBlackOwnedRadioStation
CaptainKangaroo #BobKeeshan
To-day we look at the Musical HAIR which opened in London’s West End, to-day in 1968.
HAIRTheMusical #AgeOfAquarius #RockMusicals
Cool technology and Shel Silverstein birthday to-day! Enjoy! Love, Tori
1stTransatlanticTelephoneCable #TAT1 #ShelSilverstein #WhereTheSidewalksEnds #GivingTree #FallingUp
Its the First Day of Fall; Mabon, The Autumnal Equinox. Janice Stillman, editor of the Old Farmer’s Almanac and a Mabon Blessing from Miss Lilley, a root worker of Louisiana.
Mabon #OldFarmersAlmanac #Almanaccom #JaniceStillman #MizMadamozellLilley #AutumnalEquinox
The Hobbit published to-day, and it’s Chuck Jones Birthday! Enjoy!
TheHobbit #JRRTolkien #ChuckJones #MerrieMelodies #WarnerBrosCartoons #BugsBunny
Tennis Star Billie Jean King’s victory over Bobby Riggs in 1973!
BillieJeanKing #BattleOfTheSexes #WomensTennis #WTA #MaleChauvinistPig
Here are stories about the beginning of the Emoticon and to-day’s Birthday Girl: Funny Lady Cheri Oteri
Emoticom #SmileyFace #CheriOteri #SNL #EverybodySimmahDowhnNAH!
H-B’s Jonny Quest premiered today in 1964 on ABC! The most ambitious Animation project in television history.
JonnyQuest #Hanna-Barbera #DougWildey #HoytCurtain #ActionAdventureComics
Two Birthdays of famous actresses to-day: Penny Singleton (Blondie) and Fay Wray (King Kong 1933)
WhatEverHappenedToFayWray #KingKong #PennySingleton #Blondie
Two stories about those who reached higher than the rest! Love, Tori-
BASEJumperJohnVincent #StLArch #UncleMiltie #MrTelevision #MiltonBerle #TexacoStarTheater
Here’s a story that’s Über Optimistic: The Survival of Phineas Gage
PhineasGage #BrainInjury #SurvivorStory #19thCenturyMedicine #WTF
Here’s two stories: How the Marathon Race came to be and Ancient Cave Paintings in France; All on to-day’s date in history!