September 11, 2001

September 22 & 23, 1983: After a 10 year hiatus that had started in July 1973, the #EverlyBrothers reunited to perform two triumphant sold out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The concert was recorded for an album and a video.

At long last…. The first episode of Season 2 of thegildedage premiered Sunday night and what a ride!! Beautiful costumes (of course), great characters, and lots of good story lines. Worth the long wait!! Looking forward to Episode 2 next Sunday.

October 30, 1938: 85 years ago today, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre debuted their version of the H.G. Wells novel #WarOfTheWorlds on the radio. Arguably one of the greatest radio dramas of all times.

October 31, 1926: #HarryHoudini, the famous magician and psychic debunker, died on Hallowe’en 97 years ago today following surgery for a ruptured appendix at age 52. He is buried in the Machpelah Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York.

November 7th: Happy 80th Birthday to #JoniMitchell who was born on this day in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada in 1943. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, artist - Joni has done it all. What a talented lady.

November 9, 1938: Remembering #Kristallnacht (also known as the “night of broken glass”) when Jewish homes, businesses, synagogues, and even hospitals were destroyed by the SA, the SS, Hitler Youth, and German civilians. Over 7000 Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed.

November 9,1965: Where were you when the lights went out? A major electrical #blackout affected much of the northeast and parts of Ontario, Canada on this day 58 years ago. Electricity to parts of Brooklyn was restored by 2300 but to other parts of the city by 0700 on 11/10.

60 years today… November 22, 1963 “Don’t let it be forgot That once there was a spot For one brief shining moment That was known as Camelot.”

February 1st: Happy Heavenly Birthday to #DonEverly who was born on this day in Brownie, Kentucky in 1937. Thanks for all the great music, Don, and the innovative guitar riffs. You are missed and remembered every day.

July 20th, 1969 is a date that stands high in my life – it was the day that we, together as one people, achieved the greatest scientific and technological feat in human history. The specific role that Neil, Mike and I performed in the event was but one part of an immeasurably

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A good friend of mine was scheduled to be on JetBlue flight 1802 from FLL to JFK on Aug 6. The flight was supposed to leave at 1240. Long story short, delay after delay, her flight finally left FLL at 0010 and arrived at JFK ~ 0305. She sat in the airport at FLL for 12 hours.

August 21: Remembering #DonEverly on the third anniversary of his passing in 2021. Thanks for all the great music, the innovative guitar riffs, and your wit and sense of humor. I wish I could have met you. You are missed every day.

61 years ago today on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy (#JFK) was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. I was only 12 years old at the time but it made a deep impression on me. I made a scrapbook that weekend from newspaper clippings that I still have.

February 3rd: Remembering #BuddyHolly, #RitchieValens, and #TheBigBopper (aka J.P. Richardson) who died tragically in a plane crash in Iowa on this day in 1959. 66 years ago today. One can only wonder the music Buddy and Ritchie would have made had they lived.

Remembering #DonEverly of the Everly Brothers on the 4th anniversary of his passing on August 21, 2021. He was 84 when he died in Nashville, Tennessee. Missed and remembered every day.

A GR wall postbox in the village of Bampton, Oxfordshire where some of “Downton Abbey” was filmed. #postboxsaturday

October 30th is the anniversary of the groundbreaking radio broadcast of Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre’s “War of The Worlds” in 1938. Old Time Radio USA is doing their annual 24 hour marathon broadcast of this classic radio show. #WaroftheWorlds