Today In Time
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Today In Time
by observer Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:41 am
1868 - Founding of Young Men's Christian Association in Toronto.
1877 - Emile Berliner came up with the microphone. Good thing, too, because the Bell System was in desperate need of something to save it from financial ruin -- and to help the progress of the telephone. So, the Bell Labs came up with a compact way to put Mr. Berliner’s microphone on a wooden box, with a crank, an earpiece, a cradle hook for the earpiece and some wires, and called it the telephone. There was no such thing as a telephone dial. One rang up ‘Jenny’ (the operator) with three turns on the crank. That got her to put a cord into the switchboard connecting you directly to the phone you were calling. Because of the microphone, people could hear you speak. And in 1957, operators were still saying, “Number, plee-uz” into their little mouthpiece microphones attached to headsets.
1881 - London England - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes A Study in Scarlet; Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson begin first case together.
1960 - Lucille Ball files for divorce from Desi Arnaz
1966 - John Lennon says the Beatles are more popular than Jesus.
1971 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau marries Margaret Sinclair in St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, Vancouver; first Prime Minister to marry while in office; couple divorce in 1984.
1978 - Andy Gibb reached the top of the music charts as (Love is) Thicker Than Water reached #1 for a two-week stay. The Bee Gees also set a record on this day as their single, How Deep Is Your Love, from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack stayed in the top 10 for an unprecedented 17 weeks. (Gibb died on March 10, 1988 of an inflammatory heart virus in Oxford, England. He was 30 years old.)
1985 - Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care was published with Dr. Michael Rothenberg sharing authorship with Dr. Benjamin Spock, ‘The Baby Doc’. It was the fifth edition of the book to be published. 30,000,000 copies had been printed -- second only to the Bible in the best seller category.
1994 - Durango Mexico - Toronto actor John Candy dies at 43 of a heart attack while filming Wagons East on location in Mexico; Candy was a Second City TV Network regular. His films include Radio Candy, 1941, Stripes, National Lampoon's Vacation, The Three Amigos!, Summer Rental, Brewster's Millions, The Great Outdoors, Splash, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Home Alone (with Catherine O'Hara), JFK, Uncle Buck, Camp Candy, Cool Runnings.
1995 - Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
BIRTHDAYS
1901 - Charles Goren - bridge card game expert; died Apr 3, 1991
1938 - Paula Prentiss (Ragusa) - actress: What’s New Pussycat; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Where the Boys Are, Man’s Favorite Sport, He & She
1969 - Chaz Bono - transgender advocate, writer, musician; only child of entertainers Sonny & Cher
1877 - Emile Berliner came up with the microphone. Good thing, too, because the Bell System was in desperate need of something to save it from financial ruin -- and to help the progress of the telephone. So, the Bell Labs came up with a compact way to put Mr. Berliner’s microphone on a wooden box, with a crank, an earpiece, a cradle hook for the earpiece and some wires, and called it the telephone. There was no such thing as a telephone dial. One rang up ‘Jenny’ (the operator) with three turns on the crank. That got her to put a cord into the switchboard connecting you directly to the phone you were calling. Because of the microphone, people could hear you speak. And in 1957, operators were still saying, “Number, plee-uz” into their little mouthpiece microphones attached to headsets.
1881 - London England - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes A Study in Scarlet; Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson begin first case together.
1960 - Lucille Ball files for divorce from Desi Arnaz
1966 - John Lennon says the Beatles are more popular than Jesus.
1971 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau marries Margaret Sinclair in St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, Vancouver; first Prime Minister to marry while in office; couple divorce in 1984.
1978 - Andy Gibb reached the top of the music charts as (Love is) Thicker Than Water reached #1 for a two-week stay. The Bee Gees also set a record on this day as their single, How Deep Is Your Love, from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack stayed in the top 10 for an unprecedented 17 weeks. (Gibb died on March 10, 1988 of an inflammatory heart virus in Oxford, England. He was 30 years old.)
1985 - Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care was published with Dr. Michael Rothenberg sharing authorship with Dr. Benjamin Spock, ‘The Baby Doc’. It was the fifth edition of the book to be published. 30,000,000 copies had been printed -- second only to the Bible in the best seller category.
1994 - Durango Mexico - Toronto actor John Candy dies at 43 of a heart attack while filming Wagons East on location in Mexico; Candy was a Second City TV Network regular. His films include Radio Candy, 1941, Stripes, National Lampoon's Vacation, The Three Amigos!, Summer Rental, Brewster's Millions, The Great Outdoors, Splash, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Home Alone (with Catherine O'Hara), JFK, Uncle Buck, Camp Candy, Cool Runnings.
1995 - Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
BIRTHDAYS
1901 - Charles Goren - bridge card game expert; died Apr 3, 1991
1938 - Paula Prentiss (Ragusa) - actress: What’s New Pussycat; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Where the Boys Are, Man’s Favorite Sport, He & She
1969 - Chaz Bono - transgender advocate, writer, musician; only child of entertainers Sonny & Cher
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