{"id":27658,"date":"2022-11-17T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27658"},"modified":"2022-11-27T21:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T02:18:15","slug":"keener-today-november-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27658","title":{"rendered":"Keener Today – November 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s happening?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/a>The last of the Hogan’s Hero’s gang has passed on. Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on \u2018Hogan\u2019s Heroes,\u2019 Died at 96. The French actor and singer spent 31 months in a concentration camp but said he had no reservations about starring in a TV comedy about the Nazis. (More<\/a>)<\/p>\n

It’s that time, the annual Leonid Meteor Shower<\/a><\/strong> abounds through Saturday morning and the viewing is predicted to be especially good this year.<\/p>\n

If you liked Kevin Costner<\/strong> in Yellowstone<\/a><\/strong>, you’ll love Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and Timothy Dalton<\/strong> in the forthcoming prequel,”1923.” It’s coming to the Paramount+ streaming service on Sunday, Dec. 18. (See the trailer<\/a>)<\/p>\n

After avoiding tech investments, Warren Buffet<\/strong>\u2018s Berkshire Hathaway has taken a $4B \u00a0position<\/a> in chip manufacturer TSMC. The company will build\u00a0two factories in Arizona over the next decade.<\/p>\n

Harvard and Yale law schools<\/strong> are withdrawing from the U.S. News rankings<\/a>.\u00a0Colleges and universities have been critical of the ranking system for decades, but they had rarely taken action to thwart it.<\/p>\n

Today in History<\/strong><\/p>\n

1800, The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in the partially completed Capitol building<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

1869, The Suez Canal<\/strong><\/a> opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1958, Jackie Wilson<\/strong><\/a> releases \u201cLonely Teardrops<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

1962, Washington’s Dulles International Airport<\/a> <\/strong>was dedicated by President Kennedy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

1966, The Beach Boys<\/strong> ‘Good Vibrations<\/a>,’ inspired by a conversation with his mom about dogs, peaks at No. 1 in the UK. It will reach the top of the US charts on December 10th.<\/p>\n

1966 The Easybeats release \u201cFriday On My Mind.”<\/p>\n

1968,\u00a0 the infamous NBC Heidi incident occurs<\/strong><\/a>. The network cuts away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, “Heidi,” on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32.<\/p>\n

1971 Rod Stewart<\/a> and The Faces<\/strong> release ‘A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse’ The band’s 3rd LP contains their most successful US hit. ‘Stay with Me<\/a>‘ will peak at No. 17. The LP reaches No. 6 in the US, certified gold by the RIAA in 1972.<\/p>\n

1980, John Lennon<\/strong><\/a>‘s ‘Double Fantasy<\/a>‘ debuts. He will die just weeks later. The LP hits No. 1 worldwide.<\/p>\n

Today’s Keener Birthdays:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>1937 – Gerry McGee<\/strong>: Lead guitar for The Ventures<\/strong> who first hit with \u201cWalk \u2013 Don\u2019t Run\u201d (#2, 1960)
\n1937 – Peter Cook<\/strong>: Versatile writer, performer and collaborator with Dudley Moore<\/strong> in the comedy duo Derek & Clive, died from intestinal bleeding caused by alcoholism on 1\/9\/1995, age 57 (Here’s a video Of Derek & Clive<\/a>)
\n1938 – Gordon Lightfoot<\/strong>: The Canadian folk-pop singer \/ songwriter who’s hits include \u201cSundown\u201d (#1, 1974) and \u201cThe Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald\u201d (#2, 1976)
\n1942 – Bob Gaudio<\/strong>: Co-founder, co-songwriter and singer with The Royal Teens<\/strong> who hit with \u201cShort Shorts\u201d (#3, 1958), and The Four Seasons<\/strong>, \u201cBig Girls Don\u2019t Cry\u201d (#1, 1962) and many others. Gaudio also was co-producer (with Frankie Valli) of the Tony-winning Broadway show Jersey Boys (2005)
\n1944 – Gene Clark<\/strong>: Singer and songwriter with The New Christy Minstrels<\/strong>, The Byrds<\/strong>, \u201cMr. Tambourine Man\u201d (#1, 1965), Dillard & Clark. He co-wrote \u201cEight Miles High\u201d (Top 20, 1966), died of a heart attack on 5\/24\/1991, age 46
\n1946 – Martin Barre<\/strong>: Guitarist and songwriter best known for his 43 years with progressive folk-rock Jethro Tull<\/strong> (\u201cLiving In The Past,\u201d #11, UK #3, 1973) from their second album, Stand Up (#20, UK #3, 1969).
\n1947 – Stewkey Antoni<\/strong>: Vocalist for The Nazz<\/strong>, \u201cHello It\u2019s Me\u201d (#66, 1970. He died from undisclosed causes on 11\/25\/2019, age 71.
\n1951 – Dino Martin<\/strong>: Actor and singer son of crooner Dean Martin, member Dino, Desi & Billy<\/strong> with Desi Arnaz Jr. and classmate Billy Hinsche, \u201c\u201dI\u2019m A Fool\u201d (#17, 1965), officer with the California Air National Guard, died when his CANG F-4 Phantom crashed in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles on 3\/21\/1987, age 35
\n1955 – Peter Cox<\/strong>: One half of the duo, Go West<\/strong>, \u201cKing Of Wishful Thinking\u201d (#8, 1990), now with Manfred Mann\u2019s Earth Band.
\n1967 – Ben Wilson<\/strong>: Keyboardist for blues-rock jam band Blues Traveler<\/strong>, \u201cRun-Around\u201d (#8, 1995)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s happening? The last of the Hogan’s Hero’s gang has passed on. Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on \u2018Hogan\u2019s Heroes,\u2019 Died at 96. The French actor and singer spent 31 months in a concentration camp but said he had no reservations about starring in a TV comedy about the Nazis. (More) It’s that time, the annual Leonid Meteor Shower abounds through Saturday morning and the viewing is predicted to be especially good this year. If you liked Kevin Costner in Yellowstone, you’ll love Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and Timothy Dalton in the forthcoming prequel,”1923.” It’s coming to the Paramount+ streaming service…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-keener-today","wpcat-727-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27658","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=27658"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27799,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27658\/revisions\/27799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}