1973 The Steve Miller Band classic The Joker was released These are some of the best lyrics ever written: "Cause I'm a picker I'm a grinner I'm a lover And I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I sure don't want to hurt no one" 1977 [...]
Looking for a family-friendly movie that's still scary enough for Halloween viewing? "Rolling Stone" put together a list of the 12 Scariest Moments in Kids' Movies. Here it is, in no particular order . . . 1. The Flying Monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz". 2. "Night on Bald Mountain" from Disney's "Fantasia". 3. The [...]
1935 Looney Tunes debuted! These are the greatest cartoons ever produced! 1970 One World Trade Center was ready for its first tenants -- even though the upper stories were not completed until 1972. Construction had begun in 1966 and the opening of the twin towers went on from 1970 to 1973 The actual ribbon cutting was [...]
According to BusinessInsider.com, here are ten things grown men should never wear. Most guys have at least one of these in their closet . . . 1. Anything with flames on it. 2. Really wide ties. They haven't been fashionable since the mid-'90s. Thinner ties are more in fashion now. 3. Tie-dye [...]
Corruption of government officials is currently Americans’ number one fear' Researchers at Chapman University asked a random sample of 1,541 adults to rate the level of fear for 88 different fear options across a variety of domains (like crime and natural disasters). Based on their findings, here were the top 10 fears for 2015: [...]
Want a career change that'll make your life easier and less stressful? (Um, don't we all??) Check out the list of the LEAST stressful jobs in America for 2015 here!
1947 Pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier He flew his Bell X-1 rockets plane over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis began On October 14, 1962, an American U-2 spy plane making a high-altitude pass over Cuba photographed a Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile [...]
We all have at least one movie that we can watch over and over and over and over again without getting the least bit bored. According to an online survey, the MOST rewatchable movie is "Star Wars". Here's the Top 25 . . . well, 26, thanks to a tie at #25: 1. "Star [...]
A new survey found the most popular type of Halloween candy in each state. Candy corn came in first in five states, but Reese's Peanut Butter Cups got the most votes overall. The most random result is West Virginia's . . . they picked Oreos. But...what about Kansas??
1903 Boston defeated Pittsburgh in the first World Series It was a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four 1982 The International Olympic Committee announced that it would posthumously restore the two gold medals - pentathlon AND decathlon - taken from Jim Thorpe He got his medals back 70 YEARS [...]