Today is September 29 2015

- National Coffee / Coffee / International Coffee day: More

- National Mocha Day: More
From Wikipedia: 'A caffè mocha also called mocaccino (Italian), is a chocolate-flavored variant of a caffè latte'.

- National Biscotti Day: More
Biscotti (twice-baked) cookies originated in Italy. They are twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, crunchy, and dipped in a drink to eat.

• VFW Day: More
  The Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded in 1899' by Spanish–American War veterans of the Seventeenth U.S. Infantry.
  From Wikipedia: 'The objects of the organization are to: Speed rehabilitation of the nation’s disabled and needy veterans, assist veterans’ widows and orphans and the dependents of needy or disabled veterans, and promote Americanism by means of education in patriotism and by constructive service to local communities.'.
• Happy Goose Day: More
  Eat some roast goose on the 29th and have good luck the rest of the year. An old 15th century tradition, but still alive in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. More
• MAGS Day : More
  Charter day in 1958 of the Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society.
• Mutation Day (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles): More
  celebrations in Manhattan, NYC, NY.
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    By the World Heart Federation. Moved from the last Sunday to the fixed date of the 29th.

• In 1789, The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
  From Wikipedia: The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.
  
  The Secretary of War, a civilian with such responsibilities as finance and purchases and a minor role in directing military affairs, headed the War Department throughout its existence.
  
  The War Department existed from August 7, 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.
  
  'Shortly after the establishment of a strong government under President George Washington in 1789, Congress created the War Department as a civilian agency to administer the field army under the president (as commander in chief) and the secretary of war. Retired senior General Henry Knox, then in civilian life, served as the first United States Secretary of War'.
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• In 1829, London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty. It was founded by Robert Peel, Bobby, thus the name Bobbies..
  'The Met is also referred to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall. The Met's current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), informally referred to as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. The Met also has significant national responsibilities, such as co-ordinating and leading on counter-terrorism matters and protection of the British Royal Family and senior figures of Her Majesty's Government.
  
  As of October 2011, the Met employed 48,661 full-time personnel. This included 31,478 sworn police officers, 13,350 non-police staff, and 3,831 non-sworn police community support officers. This number excludes the 5,479 Special Constables, who work part-time (a minimum of 16 hours a month) and who have the same powers and uniform as their regular colleagues. This makes the Metropolitan Police the largest police force in the United Kingdom by a significant margin, and one of the biggest in the world.
  
  The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly known simply as the Commissioner, is the overall operational leader of the force, responsible and accountable to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. The post of Commissioner was first held jointly by Sir Charles Rowan and Sir Richard Mayne. The post is currently occupied by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. The Commissioner's subordinate, the Deputy Commissioner, is currently Craig Mackey.
  
  A number of informal names and abbreviations exists for the Metropolitan Police Service, the most common being the Met. In colloquial London (or Cockney slang), it is sometimes referred to as the Old Bill. The Met is also referred to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall. The Met's current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria'.
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• In 1946, The radio detective show 'The Adventures of Sam Spade' debuts on CBS Radio. It was based on Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade character, that he created in the movie 'The Maltese Falcon'. It starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie his secretary. It ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951. The series starred Howard Duff (and later, Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than the novel or movie. The announcer was Dick Joy.
  
  The series was largely overseen by producer/director William Spier. In 1947, scriptwriters Jason James and Bob Tallman received an Edgar Award for Best Radio Drama from the Mystery Writers of America.
  
  Before the series, Sam Spade had been played in radio adaptations of The Maltese Falcon by both Edward G. Robinson (in a 1943 Lux Radio Theater production) and by Humphrey Bogart (in a 1946 Academy Award Theater production), both on CBS.
  
  Dashiell Hammett's name was removed from the series in the late 1940s because he was being investigated for involvement with the Communist Party. Later, when Howard Duff's name appeared in the Red Channels book, he was not invited to play the role when the series made the switch to NBC in 1950'.
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• In 1953, the TV show 'Make Room for Daddy' premieres. It starred Danny Thomas, Jean Hagen, Marjorie Lord, Sherry Jackson Rusty Hamer Angela Cartwright. Iti ran for 11 seasons for 151 ep. from September 29, 1953 – September 14, 1964.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first three seasons) is an American sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS. A revival series known as Make Room for Granddaddy aired on ABC from 1970 to 1971. Episodes regularly featured music as part of the plot by Danny Thomas, guest stars and occasionally by other cast members.
  
  In March 1953, Danny Thomas first signed the contract for the show with ABC and chose Desilu Studios to film it using its three-camera method. Two proposed titles during pre-production were The Children's Hour and Here Comes Daddy'.
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• In 1953, The TV show 'Buick-Berle Show' premieres.
  Buick picked up the show after Texaco bulled out of the Texaco Star Theater.
  From Wikipedia: 'At one million dollars a year, NBC signed him to an exclusive, unprecedented 30-year television contract in 1951.
  
  Texaco pulled out of sponsorship of the show in 1953. Buick picked it up, prompting a renaming to The Buick-Berle Show, and the program's format was changed to show the backstage preparations to put on a variety show. Critics generally approved of the changes, but Berle's ratings continued to fall, and Buick pulled out after two seasons. In addition, "Berle's persona had shifted from the impetuous and aggressive style of the Texaco Star Theater days to a more cultivated, but less distinctive personality, leaving many fans somehow unsatisfied."
  
  By the time the again-renamed Milton Berle Show finished its only full season (1955–56), Berle was already becoming history—though his final season was host to two of Elvis Presley's earliest television appearances, April 3 and June 5, 1956. The final straw during that last season may have come from CBS scheduling The Phil Silvers Show opposite Berle. Ironically, Silvers was one of Berle's best friends in show business and had come to CBS's attention in an appearance on Berle's program. Bilko's creator-producer, Nat Hiken, had been one of Berle's radio writers.
  
  Berle knew that NBC had already decided to cancel his show before Presley appeared. Berle later appeared in the Kraft Music Hall series from 1958 to 1959, but NBC was finding increasingly fewer showcases for its one-time superstar. By 1960, he was reduced to hosting a bowling program, Jackpot Bowling, delivering his quips and interviewing celebrities between the efforts of that week's bowling contestants'.
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• In 1952, The TV show 'Lights Out' last airs on NBC-TV. It started on radio.
  From Wikipedia: 'In the fall of 1933, NBC writer Wyllis Cooper conceived the idea of "a midnight mystery serial to catch the attention of the listeners at the witching hour." The idea was to offer listeners a dramatic program late at night, at a time when the competition was mostly airing music. At some point, the serial concept was dropped in favor of an anthology format emphasizing crime thrillers and the supernatural. The first series of shows (each 15 minutes long) ran on a local NBC station, WENR, at midnight Wednesdays, starting in January 1934. By April, the series proved successful enough to expand to a half-hour. In January 1935, the show was discontinued in order to ease Cooper's workload (he was then writing scripts for the network's prestigious Immortal Dramas program), but was brought back by huge popular demand a few weeks later. After a successful tryout in New York City, the series was picked up by NBC in April 1935 and broadcast nationally, usually late at night and always on Wednesdays. Cooper stayed on the program until June 1936, when another Chicago writer, Arch Oboler, took over. By the time Cooper left, the series had inspired about 600 fan clubs.
  
  Cooper's run was characterized by grisly stories spiked with dark, tongue-in-cheek humor, a sort of radio Grand Guignol. A character might be buried, eaten, or skinned alive, vaporized in a ladle of white-hot steel, absorbed by a giant slurping amoeba, have his arm torn off by a robot, or forced to endure torture, beating or decapitation—always with the appropriate blood-curdling acting and sound effects.
  
  Though there had been efforts at horror on radio previously (notably The Witch's Tale), there does not seem to have been anything quite as explicit or outrageous as this on a regular basis. When Lights Out switched to the national network, a decision was made to tone down the gore and emphasize tamer fantasy and ghost stories.
  
  In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.
  
  Coe initially produced this second series but, for much of its run, the live 1949-1952 program was sponsored by appliance maker Admiral, produced by Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr., directed by Laurence Schwab, Jr., and hosted by Frank Gallop. Critical response was mixed but the program was successful for several seasons (sometimes appearing in the weekly lists of the ten most watched network shows) until competition from the massively popular sitcom I Love Lucy on CBS helped to kill it
  
  The 1949-1952 series featured scripts by a variety of authors, including a young Ira Levin. In 1951, producer Swope even bought a few stories from Cooper and Oboler. "Dead Man's Coat," starring Basil Rathbone, was adapted from one of Cooper's 1930s plays (and not to be confused with his Quiet, Please episode "Wear the Dead Man's Coat" with which it shares a similar premise). Oboler's "And Adam Begot," adapted by Ernest Kinoy from a radio play, starred Kent Smith. Among the young actors employed was Leslie Nielsen, who appeared in several episodes including "The Lost Will of Dr. Rant," based on "The Tractate Middoth", an M. R. James story. These and many others are available on DVD'.
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• In 1955, The Northwest police TV show 'Sergeant Preston of the Yukon' debuts on CBS. His animal buddies were Yukon King and Rex. It was first on radio as 'Challenge of the Yukon'. It starred Richard Simmons. It ran for 3 seasons for 78 ep from September 29, 1955 – September 25, 1958.
  From Wikipedia: 'Sergeant Preston of the Yukon was a television series which followed from the radio drama Challenge of the Yukon.
  
  Richard Simmons starred as Sgt. Preston, and was supported by his dog Yukon King and horse Rex, now played by real animals. The dog cast as King was not a husky, however, but a large Alaskan Malamute. Charles Livingstone, who had worked on the radio version, directed several episodes. Though no plotlines seem to have been re-used from the radio show, they were generally built upon the same themes.
  
  s Mainly filmed at Ashcroft, Colorado, the series was telecast on CBS from September 29, 1955, to September 25, 1958. The first two seasons were produced by Trendle-Campbell-Meurer, and the show was broadcast in the same time slot as ABC's The Lone Ranger. In its last season, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon was purchased and produced by the Jack Wrather Corporation'.
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• In 1958, The TV show '(Westinghouse) Studio One' Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV. It ran 10 seasons for 497 ep. from November 7, 1948 – September 29, 1958. It was on radio prior, which began in 1947.
  From Wikipedia: 'Studio One is an American radio–television anthology drama series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC.
  
  On April 29, 1947, Markle launched the 60-minute CBS radio series with an adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. Broadcast on Tuesdays, opposite Fibber McGee and Molly and The Bob Hope Show at 9:30 P.M., EST, the radio series continued until July 27, 1948, showcasing such adaptations as Dodsworth, Pride and Prejudice, The Red Badge of Courage and Ah, Wilderness. Top performers were heard on this series, including John Garfield, Walter Huston, Mercedes McCambridge, Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum.
  
  In 1948, Markle made a leap from radio to television. Sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the television series was seen on CBS (which Westinghouse later owned between 1995 and 2000), from 1948 through 1958, under several variant titles: Studio One Summer Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Summer Theatre, Westinghouse Studio One and Westinghouse Summer Theatre. It was telecast in black-and-white only'.
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• In 1958, The TV western 'The Texan' debuts on CBS-TV. It starred . Rory Calhoun. It ran for 2 seasons for 78 ep. from September 29, 1958 – September 19, 1960.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Texan is a western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.
  
  In The Texan, Calhoun played Bill Longley, a Confederate captain from the American Civil War who on his pinto, Domino, roams the American West but stops to help people in need. A fast gun and the enemy of all lawbreakers, this "Robin Hood of the West" seems to appear nearly everywhere in the post-war years, not just in Texas'.
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• In 1959, The TV show 'The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis' premieres. It starred Dwayne Hickman, Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus,.Bob Denver. It ran for 4 seasons for 147 ep. from September 29, 1959 – June 5, 1963.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (also known as simply Dobie Gillis or Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis in later seasons and in syndication) is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1959, to June 5, 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from the "Dobie Gillis" short stories written by Max Shulman since 1945, and first collected in 1951 under the same title as the subsequent TV series. Shulman also wrote a feature film adaptation of his "Dobie Gillis" stories for MGM in 195 3, entitled The Affairs of Dobie Gillis.
  
  The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis (Dwayne Hickman), who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs (Bob Denver), struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the military, college, and his parents (Frank Faylen and Florida Friebus) - as he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.
  
  Dobie Gillis is significant as the first American television program produced for a major network to feature teenagers as leading characters. In other series, such as Father Knows Best and Leave It to Beaver, teenagers were portrayed as supporting characters in a family story. An even earlier 1954 series, Meet Corliss Archer, featured teenagers in leading roles and aired in syndication. Dobie Gillis broke ground by depicting elements of the counterculture, particularly the Beat Generation, primarily e mbodied in a stereotypical version of the "beatnik". Series star Dwayne Hickman would later say that Dobie represented “the end of innocence of the 1950s before the oncoming 1960s revolution”'.
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• In 1960, The TV show 'My Three Sons' premieres. It starred Fred MacMurray William Frawley William Demarest, Don Grady Stanley Livingston, Barry Livingston, Tim Considine, Meredith MacRae Tina Cole, Beverly Garland, Dawn Lyn, Ronne Troup, Daniel, Joseph, and Michael Todd. It ran for 12 seasons for 390 ep from September 29, 1960 – August 24, 1972..
  From Wikipedia: 'My Three Sons is an American sitcom. The series ran from 1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on April 13, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons.
  
  The series originally featured William Frawley as the boys' live-in maternal grandfather, Bub O'Casey. William Demarest, playing Bub's brother, replaced Frawley in 1965 due to Frawley's health issues. In September 1965, eldest son Mike married and his character was written out of the show. To keep the emphasis on "three sons", a new son named Ernie was adopted. In the program's final years, Steven Douglas remarried and adopted his new wife's young daughter Dorothy (AKA "Dodie").
  
  The series was a cornerstone of the ABC and CBS lineups in the 1960s. With 380 episodes produced, it is second only to The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as television's longest running live-action sitcom. Disney producer Bill Walsh often mused on whether the concept of the show was inspired by the movie The Shaggy Dog, as in his view they shared "the same dog, the same kids, and Fred MacMurray"'.
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• In 1963, The TV show 'My Favorite Martian' premieres. It starred Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Alan Hewitt, Pamela Britton. It ran for 3 seasons for 107 ep. from September 29, 1963 – May 1, 1966.
  From Wikipedia: 'My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes (75 in black and white: 1963–65, 32 color: 1965–66). The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara.
  
  John L. Greene created the central characters and developed the core format of this series, which was produced by Jack Chertok.
  
  A human-looking extraterrestrial in a one-man spaceship crash-lands near Los Angeles. The ship's pilot is, in fact, an anthropologist from Mars and is now stranded on Earth. Tim O'Hara, a young newspaper reporter for The Los Angeles Sun, is on his way home from Edwards Air Force Base (where he had gone to report on the flight of the X-15) back to Los Angeles when he spots the spaceship coming down. The rocket-powered aircraft had nearly hit the spaceship and caused it to crash.
  
  Tim takes the Martian in as his roommate and passes him off as his "Uncle Martin." Uncle Martin refuses to reveal any of his Martian traits to people other than Tim, to avoid publicity (or panic), and Tim agrees to keep Martin's identity a secret while the Martian attempts to repair his ship. Uncle Martin has various unusual powers: he can raise two retractable antennae from his head and become invisible; he is telepathic and can read and influence minds; he can levitate objects with the motion of his finger; he can communicate with animals; he can freeze people or objects; and he can speed himself (and other people) up to do work'.
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• In 1963, The TV variety show 'The Judy Garland Show' debuts on CBS-TV. It starred Judy Garland and Jerry Van Dyke. It ran for 1 season for 26 ep. from September 29, 1963 – March 29, 1964.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Judy Garland Show was an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties.
  
  Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format.
  
  While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season.
  
  TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon"'.
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• In 1966, The Chevrolet Camaro is introduced.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Chevrolet Camaro is an automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car and some versions also as a muscle car. It went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The car shared its platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced for 1967.
  
  Four distinct generations of the Camaro were developed before production ended in 2002. The nameplate was revived on a concept car that evolved into the fifth-generation Camaro; production started on March 16, 2009'.
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• In 1969, The TV show 'Love American Style' premieres. It's stars varied each week. It ran 10 5 seasons for 108 ep. from September 29, 1969 – January 11, 1974.
  From Wikipedia: 'Love, American Style is a comedic television anthology, which was produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between 1969 and 1974. For the 1971 and 1972 seasons, it was a part of an ABC Friday prime-time lineup that also included The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Room 222, and The Odd Couple.
  
  Each week, the show featured unrelated stories of romance, usually with a comedic spin. Episodes featured different characters, stories, and locations. The show often featured the same actors playing different characters in many episodes. In addition, a large, ornate brass bed was a recurring prop in many episodes. Charles Fox's delicate yet hip music score, featuring flutes, harp, and flugelhorn set to a contemporary pop beat, provided the "love" ambiance which tied the stories together as a multifaceted romantic comedy each week. For its first season, the theme song was performed by The Cowsills. Beginning in the second season, the same theme song was sung by the Ron Hicklin Singers, featuring brothers John and Tom Bahler (billed as The Charles Fox Singers)'.
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• In 1971, The TV show 'McMillan and Wife' premieres. It was part of Universal Television's wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. It starred Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James. It ran 6 seasons for 40 ep. from September 17, 1971 – April 24, 1977.
  From Wikipedia: 'McMillan and Wife (known simply as McMillan from 1976–77) was a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from 1971 to 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in episodes as part of Universal Television's wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original lineup was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created especially for the Mystery Movie strand.
  
  McMillan and Wife revolved around a 40-ish San Francisco police commissioner, Stuart McMillan (Rock Hudson) and his attractive, bright and affable 20 something wife Sally (Susan Saint James). Often, the storylines featured Mac and Sally attending fashionable parties and charity benefits before solving robberies and murders. John Schuck appeared as Sgt. Charles Enright and Nancy Walker was Mildred, the couple's sarcastic, hard-drinking maid, both characters serving as comic relief'.
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• In 1976, The TV show 'Alice' premieres. This was the first non-pilot episode. It starred Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback, Beth Howland, Philip McKeon Polly Holliday (1976–80), Diane Ladd (1980–81), Celia Weston (1981–85), Charles Levin (1983–. It ran for 9 seasons for 202 ep. from August 31, 1976 – March 19, 1985.
  From Wikipedia: 'Alice is an American television sitcom that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner, where Alice is employed'.
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• In 1985, The TV show 'Amazing Stories' debuts on NBC-TV. It ran for 2 seasons for 45 ep. from September 29, 1985 – April 10, 1987.
  From Wikipedia: 'Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It originally ran on NBC in the United States from 1985 to 1987.
  
  The series was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won five. The first season episode "The Amazing Falsworth" earned writer Mick Garris an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. It was not a ratings hit (ranking 40th in Season 1 and 46th in Season 2), however, and the network did not renew it after the two-year contract expired. The 1987 science fiction movie *batteries not included was originally intended to be featured in Amazing Stories, but Steven Spielberg liked the idea so much that he decided to make it a theatrical release.
  
  The series title licensed the name of Amazing Stories, the first dedicated science fiction magazine'.
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• In 1985, The TV show 'MacGyver' debuts on ABC-TV. It starred Richard Dean Anderson and Dana Elcar. It ran for 7 seasons for 149 ep. from September 29, 1985 – May 21, 1992.
  From Wikipedia: 'MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles during seasons one, two, and seven, and in Vancouver during seasons three through six. The show's final episode aired on April 25, 1992 on ABC (the network aired a previously unseen episode for the first time on May 21, 1992, but it was originally intended to air before the series finale).
  
  The show follows secret agent Angus MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson, who works as a troubleshooter for the fictional Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles and as an agent for a fictional United States government agency, the Department of External Services (DXS). Educated as a scientist, MacGyver served as a Bomb Team Technician/EOD during the Vietnam War ("Countdown"). Resourceful and possessed of an encyclopedic knowledge of the physical sciences, he solves complex problems by making things out of ordinary objects, along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife. He favors non-violent resolutions and prefers not to handle a gun.
  
  The series was a moderate ratings success and gained a loyal following. It was popular in the United States and around the world. Two television movies, MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis and MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday, aired on ABC in 1994. A spin-off series, Young MacGyver, was planned in 2003, but only the pilot was made. Merchandise for MacGyver includes games and toys, print media and an original audio series.
  
  A reboot series of the same name premiered on September 23, 2016 on CBS, which today owns the rights to the series through its acquisition of the original Paramount Television'.
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• In 1986, The TV comedy show 'Designing Women' debuts on CBS. It starred Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Delta Burke (seasons 1–5) Jean Smart (seasons 1–6), Jan Hooks (seasons 6–7), Julia Duffy (season 6), Judith Ivey (season 7), .Alice Ghostley (recurring). It ran for 7 seasons for 163 ep. from September 29, 1986 – May 24, 1993.
  From Wikipedia: 'Designing Women is an American sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS from September 29, 1986, until May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. The comedy series Designing Women was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS.
  
  The series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an interior designing firm in Atlanta, Georgia called Sugarbakers and Associates. It originally starred Dixie Carter as president of the design firm Julia Sugarbaker, Delta Burke as her ex-beauty queen sister and the designing firm's silent partner, Suzanne Sugarbaker, Annie Potts as head designer Mary Jo Shively, and Jean Smart as office manager Charlene Frazier. Later in its run, the series received recognition for its well-publicized behind-the-scene conflicts and cast changes. Julia Duffy and Jan Hooks replaced Burke and Smart for season six, but Duffy was not brought for the seventh and final season, and she was replaced by Judith Ivey'.
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• In 1987, The song, Didn't We Almost Have It All, by Whitney Houston hits #1.
  From Wikipedia: '"Didn't We Almost Have It All" is the second single from Whitney Houston's second album Whitney. The song was written by Michael Masser and Will Jennings and was released in August 1987. It received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
  
  Originally, another song was to be released as the second single, "For the Love of You," but Arista Records decided to release "Didn't We Almost Have It All" instead because all Houston's singles had to be original material at this point of her career.
  
  The single was number one for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart even though there was not a video for the song. A live performance of the song recorded during Houston's successful 1987–1988 Moment of Truth World Tour was played on MTV, VH1, and BET. The performance is from her September 2, 1987 concert in Saratoga Springs, New York. The recorded performance was also televised along with her performance of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11. It was widely speculated that the song is about Houston's relationship with then NFL star Randall Cunningham'.
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• In 1987, The TV show 'Thirtysomething' debuts on ABC-TV. It starred Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Melanie Mayron, Timothy Busfield Patricia Wettig, Peter Horton, Polly Draper. It ran fro 4 seasons for 88 ep. from September 29, 1987 – May 28, 1991.
  From Wikipedia: 'Thirtysomething (stylized as thirtysomething) is an American television drama about American baby boomers (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) who are now in their thirties. Running from 1987 to 1991 (during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, as well as the Gulf War), the series examines how this group of friends learns to negotiate their prior involvement with the early 1970s counterculture as young adults, in contrast to the yuppie lifestyle which dominated American culture during the 1980s.
  
  The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething (with a lowercase "t") by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. It premiered in the United States on September 29, 1987, and lasted four seasons until it was cancelled in May 1991, partly due to low ratings and partly due to the desire of the creators and cast to move on to new projects'.
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• In 2007, The world's first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall in England, is demolished. Built in 1956. The reactor was built for longerlife, but the buildings were not. It was revealed five years later that the plant was really constructed to produce weapons grade plutonium.
  From Wikipedia: 'Calder Hall, first connected to the grid on 27 August 1956 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 October 1956, was the world's first power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale (four 60 MWe reactors) from nuclear energy; a 5 MWe experimental reactor at Obninsk in the Soviet Union had been connected to the public supply in 1954 and was the world's first nuclear power plant. The Calder Hall design was codenamed PIPPA (Pressurised Pile Producing Power and Plutonium) by the UKAEA to denote the plant's dual commercial and military role. Construction started in 1953. Calder Hall had four Magnox reactors capable of generating 60 MWe (net) of power each, reduced to 50 MWe in 1973. The reactors were supplied by UKAEA, the turbines by C. A. Parsons and Company, and the civil engineering contractor was Taylor Woodrow Construction. When the station closed on 31 March 2003, the first reactor had been in use for nearly 47 years.
  
  In its early life Calder Hall primarily produced weapons-grade plutonium, with two fuel loads per year; electricity production was a secondary purpose. From 1964 it was mainly used on commercial fuel cycles; in April 1995 the UK Government announced that all production of plutonium for weapons purposes had ceased'.
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Tomorrow's food holidays are:
- 'National Coffee / Coffee / International Coffee day'.
[The Hankster says] I lift my virtual cup to clink with yours in celebration.

- 'National Mocha Day'. From Wikipedia: 'A caffè mocha also called mocaccino (Italian), is a chocolate-flavored variant of a caffè latte.
[The Hankster says] Thought

- 'National Biscotti Day'. Biscotti (twice-baked) cookies originated in Italy. They are twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, crunchy, and dipped in a drink to eat.


Tomorrow is 'VFW Day'. The Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded in 1899' by Spanish–American War veterans of the Seventeenth U.S. Infantry. From Wikipedia: 'The objects of the organization are to: Speed rehabilitation of the nation’s disabled and needy veterans, assist veterans’ widows and orphans and the dependents of needy or disabled veterans, and promote Americanism by means of education in patriotism and by constructive service to local communities.'.

Silly goose, tomorrow is 'Happy Goose Day'. Eat some roast goose on the 29th and have good luck the rest of the year. An old 15th century tradition, but still alive in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.

tomorrow is 'MAGS Day '. Charter day in 1958 of the Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society.

Want a change? Tomorrow is 'Mutation Day (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)'. Celebrations in Manhattan, NYC, NY.

Hey is this guy in competition with me? Tomorrow is 'Confucius Day '.
[The Hankster says] He who fails to copyright, may be copied wrong.


Awareness / Observance Days on: September 29
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- 'World Heart Day'. By the World Heart Federation. Moved from the last Sunday to the fixed date of the 29th.


Historical events in the past on: September 29

In 1789, The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

In 1829, London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty. The Met is also referred to by the metonym Scotland Yard after the location of its original headquarters in a road called Great Scotland Yard in Whitehall. The Met's current headquarters is New Scotland Yard, in Victoria.

In 1946, The radio detective show 'The Adventures of Sam Spade' debuts on CBS Radio. It was based on Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade character, that he created in the movie 'The Maltese Falcon'. It starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie his secretary. It ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951.

In 1953, the TV show 'Make Room for Daddy' premieres. It starred Danny Thomas, Jean Hagen, Marjorie Lord, Sherry Jackson Rusty Hamer Angela Cartwright. It ran for 11 seasons for 151 ep. from September 29, 1953 – September 14, 1964.

In 1953, The TV show 'Buick-Berle Show' premieres. uick picked up the show after Texaco bulled out of the Texaco Star Theater.

In 1952, The TV show 'Lights Out' last airs on NBC-TV. It started on radio.

In 1955, The Northwest police TV show 'Sergeant Preston of the Yukon' debuts on CBS. His animal buddies were Yukon King and Rex. It was first on radio as ' Challenge of the Yukon'. It starred Richard Simmons. It ran for 3 seasons for 78 ep from September 29, 1955 – September 25, 1958.

In 1958, The TV show '(Westinghouse) Studio One', Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV. It ran 10 seasons for 497 ep. from November 7, 1948 – September 29, 1958. It was on radio prior, which began in 1947.

In 1958, The TV western 'The Texan' debuts on CBS-TV. It starred Rory Calhoun. It ran for 2 seasons for 78 ep. from September 29, 1958 – September 19, 1960.

In 1959, The TV show 'The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis' premieres. It starred Dwayne Hickman, Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus,.Bob Denver. It ran for 4 seasons for 147 ep. from September 29, 1959 – June 5, 1963.

In 1960, The TV show 'My Three Sons' premieres. It starred Fred MacMurray William Frawley William Demarest, Don Grady Stanley Livingston, Barry Livingston, Tim Considine, Meredith MacRae Tina Cole, Beverly Garland, Dawn Lyn, Ronne Troup, Daniel, Joseph, and Michael Todd. It ran for 12 seasons for 390 ep from September 29, 1960 – August 24, 1972.

In 1963, The TV show 'My Favorite Martian' premieres. It starred Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Alan Hewitt, Pamela Britton. It ran for 3 seasons for 107 ep. from release September 29, 1963 – May 1, 1966.

In 1963, The TV variety show 'The Judy Garland Show' debuts on CBS-TV. It starred Judy Garland and Jerry Van Dyke. It ran for 1 season for 26 ep. from September 29, 1963 – March 29, 1964.

In 1966, The Chevrolet Camaro is introduced.

In 1969, The TV show 'Love American Style' premieres.

In 1971, The TV show 'McMillan and Wife' premieres.

In 1976, The TV show 'Alice' premieres.

In 1985, The TV show 'Amazing Stories' debuts on NBC-TV.

In 1985, The TV show 'MacGyver' debuts on ABC-TV.

In 1986, The TV comedy show 'Designing Women' debuts on CBS.

In 1987, The song, Didn't We Almost Have It All, by Whitney Houston hits #1.

In 1987, The TV show 'thirtysomething' debuts on ABC-TV.

In 1988, Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

In 2007, The world's first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall in England, is demolished. Built in 1956. The reactor was built for longer life, but the buildings were not. It was revealed five years later that the plant was really constructed to produce weapons grade plutonium.

No. 1 song

• Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire: More
  'Like a Rolling Stone' has been displaced by 'Eve of Destruction', which will hold the no. 1 spot until October 2 1965, when 'Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys', takes over.

Top movie

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  Having displaced 'Once a Thief', it will be there until the weekend box office of Oct 3 1965 when, 'Mickey One', takes over.

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Monthly holiday / awareness days in September

AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Bourbon Heritage Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Cholesterol Education Month
College Savings Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Histiocytosis Awareness Month
Hunger Action Month
Intergeneration Month
International or National Guide Dogs Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Speak Out Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
ITP Awareness Month
Library Card Sign-up Month
Million Minute Family Challenge
Mold Awareness Month
National Campus Safety Awareness Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Coupon Month
National DNA, Geonomics and Stem Cell Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National ITP Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
National Pet Memorial Month
National Piano Month
National Preparedness Month
National Prime Beef Month
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Save A Tiger Month
National Service Dog Month
National Sewing Month
National Shake Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Translators Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Save The Koala Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month
September Is Healthy Aging Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
Superior Relationships Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
Update Your Resume Month
Whole Grains Month
Wild Rice Month
Women's Friendship Month
World Alzheimer's Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
World Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month

September is:

September origin (from Wikipedia): Originally September (Latin septem, "seven") was the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar.
September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.
After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.

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If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago, or your 45 RPM record player was broke, you might watch one of these shows on TV.
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