{"id":27378,"date":"2022-05-26T01:29:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T05:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27378"},"modified":"2022-05-31T10:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:49:19","slug":"keener-today-may-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27378","title":{"rendered":"Keener Today &#8211; May 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today in Detroit &#8211; May 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today in 1967, The Wayne County AFL-CIO and a restauraunt union asked the Detroit Common Council to issue an ordinance to force Detroit drive-in restaurants and theaters to hire police to control &#8220;hot-rodders, riffians and trouble-makers&#8221;. The Drive-In Restaurant Owners Association attacked the idea during a public hearing, saying it violated the drive-in&#8221;s constitutional rights.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1972, CBS was the only network not to have a talk show at 11:30. While Johnny was hosting Bill Dana and Barry Sullivan and Dick Cavett was in his ABC run with singer Melba Moore and actor Don Knotts, Channel two played the 1964 blockbuster &#8220;Becket&#8221;, with Richard Burton and Peter O&#8217;Toole, followed at 1:30am by the Bowery Boys 1951 outing, &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Navy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1977, Forced retirement ruffled the feathers of Kentucky Fried Chicken king Col. Harland Sanders. The 86 yrear old said, &#8220;I&#8217;m dead against it.&#8221; He testified along side actress Ruth Gordon and actor Will Geer before the House Select Committee on Aging, which was considering mandatory retirement ages for both government and business.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1979, news outlets were reporting the worst air disaster in US history, after an American Airlines DC10 lost an engine and crashed moments after take-off, killing all 270 persons on board. The FAA grounded all DC-10s in June and the aircraft ceased production several years later, tainted by safety and fuel efficiency concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1982, The US House of Representatives voted down a balanced budget bill favored by President Ronald Reagan, saying the plan relied on phony numbers and overly optimistic estamates of economnic growth and tax receipts for 1983. The administration also asked congress to raise the national debt celing to $1.25 trillion dollars. The debt ceiling today is slightly below $31.4 trillion dollars.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1987, with the words &#8220;Hot Weather Hit&#8221; printed in bold above the title, the film Ishtar, starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Warren Beaty was showing at 12 dertroit area theaters. Apparently the rest of the theater going world disagreed with the one positive sentence lifted from Janet Maslin&#8217;s review in the New York Times. Ishtar is considered one of the worst movies ever made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today in History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1805 Lewis and Clark first sight the Rocky Mountains<br \/>\n1896 Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned<br \/>\n1897 &#8220;Dracula&#8221; by Irish author Bram Stoker is published by Archibald Constable and Company in London<br \/>\n1922 Vladimir Lenin suffers a stroke<br \/>\n1924 US President Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law restricting immigration<br \/>\n1927 Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford \/ Tin Lizzie<br \/>\n1969 John Lennon &amp; Yoko Ono release their Unfinished Music LP, also known as Two Virgins. The front and back cover, featuring both in the nude earns a brown wrapper and a ban in many places. The Record fails to chart<br \/>\n1972 US President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT accord<br \/>\n1977 George Willig climbs the South Tower of NYC&#8217;s World Trade Center, famously fined 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed<br \/>\n1989 American radio broadcasters go silent for 30 seconds at 7:42 am to honor the radio industry<br \/>\n2000 Arthur C. Clarke is knighted &#8220;for services to literature&#8221; at a ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka<br \/>\n2002 The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars<br \/>\n2004 The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.<br \/>\n2020 Twitter adds warning labels to warn about inaccuracies in US President Donald Trump&#8217;s tweets for the first time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Released Today:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1962 Brian Hyland, \u201cSealed With A Kiss\u201d, Teen Idol, [Single], \u201cSummer Job\u201d<br \/>\n1967 The Hollies, \u201cCarrie Anne\u201d, Pop-Rock, Evolution, \u201cSigns That Will Never Change\u201d<br \/>\n1975 Glen Campbell, \u201cRhinestone Cowboy\u201d, Country-Pop, Rhinestone Cowboy, \u201cLovelight\u201d<br \/>\n1978 The Cars, \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Girl\u201d [UK], New Wave Pop-Rock, The Cars, \u201cMoving In Stereo\u201d<br \/>\n1978 The Rolling Stones, \u201cMiss You\u201d [UK], Disco-Pop, Some Girls, \u201cFar Away Eyes\u201d<br \/>\n1987 Richard Marx, \u201cDon\u2019t Mean Nothing\u201d, AA Pop-Rock, Richard Marx, \u201cThe Flame Of Love&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Birthdays: Via DrRock.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1886 Al Jolson \/ (Asa Yoelson) , Pre-eminent traditional and Tin Pan Alley pop singer, Broadway actor, radio host, comedian, early sound-era movie star and self-proclaimed \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest Entertainer,\u201d recorded dozens of still-popular songs, including \u201cSwanee\u201d (1921), \u201cApril Showers\u201d (1924) and \u201cI\u2019m Sitting On Top Of The World\u201d (1927), starred in the first \u201ctalkie\u201d film, The Jazz Singer (1927), continued to perform and record until his death from a heart attack on 10\/23\/1950, age 64<br \/>\n1904 George Formby \/ (George Hoy Booth) , Widely popular Brit stage\/screen actor, singing comedian and ukulele player, recorded more than 200 albums and appeared in 20 films, best known for the song \u201cLeaning On A Lamp Post,\u201d died after a heart attack on 3\/6\/1961, age 56<br \/>\n1920 Peggy Lee \/ (Norma Deloris Egstrom) , Sultry, distinctive singer, pop-jazz-big band songwriter and actress, \u201cFever\u201d (#8, 1958), Grammy-winner, worked with Benny Goodman, Randy Newman, Quincy Jones and others, died from complications of diabetes and a heart attack on 1\/21\/2002, age 81<br \/>\n1922 Frank Guida , Sicilian-American record store owner turned songwriter and record producer credited with crafting the 60s lo-fi, dance-party \u201cNorfolk Sound,\u201d discovered and produced hits for doo-wop\/soul Gary U.S. Bonds, including \u201cQuarter To Three\u201d (#1, 1961), also co-wrote and produced \u201cIf You Wanna Be Happy\u201d for Jimmy Soul (#1, 1963), died on 5\/19\/2007, age 85<br \/>\n1926 Miles Davis \/ (Miles Dewey Davis III) , Jazz bandleader, trumpeter and composer, major influence on jazz and fusion music, 8-time Grammy winner, including his 1970 album Bitches Brew, died on 9\/28\/1991, age 65<br \/>\n1940 Levon Helm \/ (Mark Lavon Helm) , Arkansas farm boy, drummer and vocalist with four Canadian bandmates in seminal roots rock The Band (\u201cUp On Cripple Creek,\u201d #25, 1970), issued seventeen solo albums, produced albums for others, acted in nearly two dozens films, including Coal Miner\u2019s Daughter (1980), and hosted the weekly Midnight Ramble music revue at his home near Woodstock, NY, from the late 90s until his death from cancer on 4\/19\/2012. 1941 Art Sharp , Guitar and vocals for British Invasion pop-rock The Nashville Teens, \u201cTobacco Road\u201d (#16, 1964)<br \/>\n1942 Ray Ennis , Vocals and guitar for British Invasionn pop-rock The Swinging Blue Jeans, \u201cHippy Hippy Shake\u201d (#24, 1964)<br \/>\n1944 Verden Allen \/ (Terence Allen) , Keyboards for early Brit glam-rockers Mott The Hoople, \u201cAll The Young Dudes\u201d (#37, 1972)<br \/>\n1945 Garry Peterson , Long-time drummer for Canadian rockers The Guess Who, \u201cAmerican Woman\u201d (#1, 1970) and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, \u201cYou Ain\u2019t Seen Nothing Yet\u201d (#1, 1974)<br \/>\n1946 Ronnie Harkai , Drummer for garage\/horn rock The Outsiders, \u201cTime Won\u2019t Let Me\u201d (#5, 1966), now a recording engineer, producer and music consultant<br \/>\n1946 Mick Ronson \/ (Michael Ronson) , Guitarist, songwriter and producer, worked with David Bowie as one of the Spiders from Mars, session work for Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter, Morrissey and others, Rolling Stone magazine\u2019s 64th greatest guitarist of all time, died of liver cancer on 4\/29\/1993, age 46<br \/>\n1948 Stevie Nicks \/ (Stephanie Lynn Nicks) , Hugely successful female rock\/pop vocalist, achieved fame with blues-rock turned mega-star band Fleetwood Mac, \u201cGo Your Own Way\u201d (#10, 1977), successful solo career, \u201cTalk To Me\u201d (#4, 1985)<br \/>\n1949 Hank Williams, Jr. \/ (Randall Hank Williams, Jr.) , Country-rock singer\/songwriter and guitarist, \u201cHonky Tonkin&#8217;\u201d (1982), son of country music legend Hank Williams, Sr.<br \/>\n1964 Lenny Kravitz \/ (Leonard Albert Kravitz) , Grammy-winning multi-instrumental singer, songwriter, \u201cFly Away\u201d (#12, 199), session musician and singer with Mick Jagger, Madonna, David Bowie and others<br \/>\n1966 Tommy Stewart , Drummer for funk metal\/hard rock Extreme, \u201cMore Than Words\u201d (#1, 1991), also with Everclear, Fuel, Halloween and other bands<br \/>\n1968 Phillip Rhodes , Drummer for power-pop Gin Blossoms, \u201cFound Out About You\u201d (Modern Rock #1, 1994), solo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Notable Birthdays via OnThisDay.com:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1928 Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist and right-to-die activist, born in Pontiac, Michigan (d. 2011)<br \/>\n1949 Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor (the wiki), born in Michigan City, Indiana<br \/>\n1951 Sally Ride, American astronaut (first American woman to go to space), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in Detroit &#8211; May 26 Today in 1967, The Wayne County AFL-CIO and a restauraunt union asked the Detroit Common Council to issue an ordinance to force Detroit drive-in restaurants and theaters to hire police to control &#8220;hot-rodders, riffians and trouble-makers&#8221;. The Drive-In Restaurant Owners Association attacked the idea during a public hearing, saying it violated the drive-in&#8221;s constitutional rights. Today in 1972, CBS was the only network not to have a talk show at 11:30. While Johnny was hosting Bill Dana and Barry Sullivan and Dick Cavett was in his ABC run with singer Melba Moore and actor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-keener-today","wpcat-727-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27449,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27378\/revisions\/27449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}