Weirdness: December 2021

Happy Birthday Monterey Pop! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1968.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064689/

Happy Birthday to I Want To Hold Your Hand!

Released in the States on this date in 1963.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_to_Hold_Your_Hand

Happy Birthday Steve Allen!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Allen

Happy Boxing Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day

Happy Wren Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren_Day#:~:text=Wren%20Day%2C%20also%20known%20as,number%20of%20countries%20across%20Europe.

My thoughts, exactly. Buy the DVD (or the LP, CD, etc.)

https://www.newsfromme.com/2021/12/24/holiday-habits/

Happy National Pumpkin Pie Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pumpkin-pie-day-december-25/

Happy Birthday to After The Thin Man!

Premiered on this date in 1936.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027260/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday to The Exorcist! (the film)

Released on this day in 1973.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/

Happy Birthday Shane MacGowan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_MacGowan

Happy Birthday Cab Calloway!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway

Happy Birthday Rod Serling!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785245/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Humphrey Bogart!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000007/

Merry Christmas!

Today is the anniversary of the West Point Eggnog Riot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggnog_Riot

Happy National Eggnog Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-eggnog-day-december-24/

Happy Birthday Fritz Leiber!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Leiber

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of publishing the American Crisis by Thomas Paine in 1776

https://www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis/

Happy Tom Bawcock's Eve!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bawcock%27s_Eve

Happy National Roots Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-roots-day/#:~:text=National%20Roots%20Day%20on%20December,ancestors%20and%20collect%20family%20information.

Happy HumanLight!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumanLight

Happy Birthday to The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/

Happy Festivus!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

Happy Chewidden!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewidden_Thursday

The history of dagnabbit

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-does-dagnabbit-mean?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a8ffbda34c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-a8ffbda34c-64536349&mc_cid=a8ffbda34c&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

A nice article about the song Christmas Wrapping

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/couldnt-miss-this-one-this-year-the-surprising-complex-story-of-the-waitresses-christmas-wrapping-212336258.html

Happy Forefathers Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/forefathers-day/#:~:text=Every%20year%2C%20the%20anniversary%20of,is%20celebrated%20on%20December%2023).

Happy Birthday Rick Nielsen!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nielsen

Happy Birthday James Burke!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(science_historian)

Happy Birthday to They Call Me Trinity!

Premiered on this date in 1970.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067355/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

Happy Birthday to The Mummy!

Premiered on this date in 1932.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023245/

Happy Mari Lwyd!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lwyd

Creepy Christmas cards

https://www.sadanduseless.com/victorian-christmas-cards/?fbclid=IwAR0tiFfmmHCV2rb593hpOhHmUZDZO10ZGxbqQCoBDFg8FT0PPJNVV4SDQnQ

Happy Birthday to Once Upon A Time In The West!

Premiered on this date in 1968.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/

Happy National Fried Shrimp Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-french-fried-shrimp-day-december-21/

Happy Birthday Frank Zappa!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa

Happy Birthday to The President's Analyst!

Premiered on this day in 1967.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062153/

Happy Mumping Day!

https://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mum1.htm#:~:text=Mumping%20is%20attached%20to%20the,their%20parish%20begging%20for%20alms.

Happy National Kiwi Fruit Day!

https://foodandnutrition.org/blogs/stone-soup/get-ready-national-kiwifruit-day/#:~:text=December%2021st%20%E2%80%94%20this%20Sunday,to%20increase%20since%20the%201980s.

Happy Birthday Vampira!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maila_Nurmi

Happy Solstice!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

Happy Birthday to The Graduate!

Premiered on this date in 1967.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/

Happy Games Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/games-day/

Happy Birthday Nicole de Boer!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207498/

Happy Birthday Phil Ochs!

https://www.sonnyochs.com/philbio.html

Happy National Roast Suckling Pig Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-roast-suckling-pig-day-december-18/#:~:text=National%20Roast%20Suckling%20Pig%20Day%20on%20December%2018th%20recognizes%20a,takes%20some%20planning%20to%20prepare.

Happy Bake Cookies Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/bake-cookies-day/#:~:text=Bake%20Cookies%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20December%2018%2C%202021

Happy Birthday to The Grinch Who Stole Christmas!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060345/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5

Happy Birthday to For A Few Dollars More!

Premiered on this date in 1965.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/

Happy Birthday Christopher Fry!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Fry

Happy Birthday Keith Richards!

https://www.keithrichards.com/

Happy Birthday Michael Moorcock!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock

Happy Cold Moon!

https://www.inverse.com/science/full-moon-calendar-2021

Happy Birthday William Floyd!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Floyd

Happy Wright Brothers Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/wright-brothers-day-december-17/

Happy National Maple Syrup Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-maple-syrup-day-december-17/

Happy Birthday Night Of The Demon!

Premiered on this date in 1957.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/

Happy Birthday Paul Rodgers!

https://www.paulrodgers.com/

Happy Birthday Eddie Kendricks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kendricks

Happy Birthday to The Simpsons!

Premiered on this date in 1989.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/

Happy Saturnalia!

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/saturnalia#:~:text=Saturnalia%2C%20held%20in%20mid%2DDecember,we%20now%20associate%20with%20Christmas.

Happy Birthday Night Gallery!

Premiered on this date in 1970.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065327/

Happy Birthday Billy Gibbons!

https://billygibbons.com/

Happy Birthday Benny Andersson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Andersson

Today is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Today is the anniversary of the Resolutions of the New York Sons of Liberty in 1773

https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/resolves-of-the-new-york-sons-of-liberty/

Happy Birthday Garret Wang!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910897/

Happy Birthday Tim Conway!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Conway

Happy Birthday Young Frankenstein!

Premiered on this date in 1974.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday One, Two, Three!

Premiered on this date in 1961.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055256/

Happy Birthday Dave Clark!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Clark_(musician)

Happy Birthday Alan Freed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed

Happy Birthday John Hammond Sr.!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hammond_(record_producer)

Happy Bill of Rights Day!

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript

Happy Halcyon Days!

https://www.almanac.com/fact/halcyon-days-begin-the-halcyon-days-also-holiday

Happy Birthday to London Calling!

Released on this date in 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Calling

Happy Birthday Shirley Jackson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Jackson

Happy Birthday I'm Gonna Git You Sucka !

Premiered on this date in 1988.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095348/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Patty Duke!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001157/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Morey Amsterdam !

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025440/

Happy Birthday Spike Jones!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jones

Happy National Popcorn String Day!

https://foodimentary.com/2018/12/13/december-13th-is-national-popcorn-string-day-4/

Happy Birthday Horses!

Patti Smith released this album on this date in 1975.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_(album)

Happy National Cocoa Day!

https://www.holidayscalendar.com/event/national-cocoa-day/

Happy Birthday Dick Van Dyke!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001813/

Today is Worldwide Candle Lighting Day

https://nationaltoday.com/worldwide-candle-lighting-day/

Fun cartoons of Hugleikur Dagsson

https://www.boredpanda.com/icelandic-humor-comics-dagsson/?fbclid=IwAR28DHpJeFfoK-L6cP7jfdmYC4jwbSidZ8R8h3pesfDl8zsp58kNnsEslxY&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Happy Birthday John Jay!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay

Happy Birthday Robin Tyner!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Tyner

Happy Birthday to The Wolf Man!

Premiered on this date in 1941.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034398/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Edward G. Robinson!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000064/

Happy Birthday Dionne Warwick!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_Warwick

Happy Birthday Karl Wagner!

https://karledwardwagner.org/

Happy Birthday David Brewster!

https://brewstersociety.com/kaleidoscope-university/sir-david-brewster/

Happy Birthday Dick Tufeld!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tufeld

Happy Birthday Teri Garr!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000414/

Happy Have A Bagel Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/have-a-bagel-day/

Happy Birthday George Mason!

https://gunstonhall.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason

Happy Birthday to The Capitol Steps!

Formed on this date in 1981.

https://www.capsteps.com/

Happy Birthday Isaac Shelby!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Shelby

Happy International Mountain Day!

https://www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day

A nice article about the Spiritualist community in Lily Dale, NY

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spiritualism-medium-test-lily-dale?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d6d905c3dc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-d6d905c3dc-64536349&mc_cid=d6d905c3dc&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Happy Birthday CBGB!

https://www.cbgb.com/

Opened on this date in 1973.

Happy National Lager Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-lager-day/#:~:text=Dec.,Lager%20Day%20on%20December%2010.

Happy Birthday Emily Dickinson !

https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/

Happy Lost & Found Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/lost-found-day/

Happy Birthday Kirk Douglas!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000018/

Happy Birthday Neil Innes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Innes

Happy Birthday Dalton Trumbo!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo

Happy Birthday to A Charlie Brown Christmas!

Premiered on this date in 1965.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059026/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Margaret Hamilton!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002121/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Happy Birthday Michael Dorn!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000373/

Happy Birthday Joan Armatrading!

https://www.joanarmatrading.com/

Happy Birthday Douglas Fairbanks Jr.!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.

Today is the anniversary of the assassination of John Lennon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon

Happy Birthday Bloom County!

Began publishing on this date in 1980.

https://www.berkeleybreathed.com/

Happy National Brownie Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-brownie-day-december-8/

Happy Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/pretend-to-be-a-time-traveler-day-december-8/#:~:text=Pretend%20to%20be%20a%20Time%20Traveler%20Day%20on%20December%208th,captured%20our%20imaginations%20for%20generations.

Happy Birthday Jerry Butler!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Butler

Happy Birthday Jim Morrison!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison

Happy Birthday Flip Wilson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_Wilson

Happy Birthday Sinead O'Connor!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor

An interesting article about Blacks living in Germany up through WWII

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-black-community-germany?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=66d29c7f40-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-66d29c7f40-64536349&mc_cid=66d29c7f40&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Happy Letter Writing Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-letter-writing-day/#:~:text=National%20Letter%20Writing%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20December%207%2C%202021

Happy Birthday Allan B. Calhamer !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_B._Calhamer

Happy Birthday Tom Waits!

http://www.tomwaits.com/

Happy Birthday Harry Chapin!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chapin

Happy Birthday Vlad Tepes!

Mr. Excitement!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

Happy Birthday Eli Wallach!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908919/

Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

https://www.nps.gov/perl/learn/historyculture/national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day.htm

Happy Birthday Jack Jouett!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jouett

Aldi's "Aisle Of Shame"

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aisle-of-shame-aldi?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b65e75ddde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-b65e75ddde-64536349&mc_cid=b65e75ddde&mc_eid=9337bd4ceb

Happy Birthday Tom Hulce!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001371/

Happy Birthday Wally Cox!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185281/

Happy Birthday Turn Turn Turn! (the album)

Released on this date in 1965.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn!_Turn!_Turn!_(album)

Happy National Gazpacho Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-gazpacho-day-december-6/

Happy Birthday to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! (the TV show)

Premiered on this date in 1964.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/

Happy Birthday David Ossman!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ossman

A history of the illustrations of dogs playing poker

https://author.doresabanning.com/paintings-of-canine-gamblers-still-ring-true-100-years-later/

Dark Jokes

https://www.boredpanda.com/dark-jokes/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPFacebook&fbclid=IwAR3AgqgSa9aWzpE0yb6fuviUMA3V4vPRdoTenuN2MQ-c8LZPTxw6rhEgZpg

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Today is the anniversary of the Flight 19 incident

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/disasters-and-phenomena/flight-19.html

Happy Birthday Amy Acker!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009918/

Happy Krampus Night!

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus

Happy Ninja Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/international-ninja-day-december-5/

Happy Birthday Little Richard!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600886/

Happy Birthday Alvy Moore!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600886/

Happy Repeal Day!

http://www.repealday.org/

Happy Birthday William Alexander!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander,_Lord_Stirling

Happy Cabernet Franc Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/cab-franc-day/

Happy National Dice Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-dice-day-december-4/

Happy National Cookie Day!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-cookie-day/

Today is the anniversary of Washington's farewell to his officers 1783

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-bids-farewell-to-his-officers#:~:text=On%20December%204%2C%201783%2C%20future,and%20returning%20to%20civilian%20life.

Happy Birthday Southside Johnny!

https://www.southsidejohnny.com/

Happy 3D Printing Day!

http://www.national-awareness-days.com/3d-printing-day/#:~:text=3%20December,involved%20with%20the%203D%20industry.

Happy Birthday Ozzy Osbourne!

https://www.ozzy.com/

Happy Birthday Samuel Blachley Webb!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Blachley_Webb

Happy Birthday Lesley-Ann Brandt!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2788229/

Happy Birthday Richard Montgomery!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Montgomery

Happy Birthday Moe Asch!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Asch

Happy Birthday Jonathan Frid !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Frid

Happy Birthday Sarah Silverman!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Silverman

Happy Birthday to Happy Xmas (War Is Over)!

Released on this date in 1971.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_Is_Over)

Happy Eat A Red Apple Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-eat-a-red-apple-day-december-1/

Happy Birthday Woody Allen!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen

Happy Birthday John Densmore!

https://www.commonground.org.uk/tree-dressing-day/

Weirdness

Friday, December 31, 2021

A nice article about warplanes at the Udvar-Hazy Center

Happy Birthday Tim Matheson!

Happy Make Up Your Mind Day!

Happy Birthday Edward Hand!

Happy National Champagne Day!

Happy Hogmanay!

Happy Birthday Burton Cummings!

Happy Birthday George C. Marshall!

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Happy Birthday Jack Riley!

Happy Bacon Day!

Happy Birthday John Otto!

Happy Birthday Eliza Dushku!

Happy Birthday John Hartford!

Happy Birthday Jeff Lynne!

Happy Birthday Patti Smith!

Happy Birthday Skeeter Davis!

Happy Birthday Bo Diddley!

Happy Birthday Mike Nesmith!

Happy Birthday Davy Jones!

Happy Birthday Tracey Ullman!

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Happy Tick Tock Day!

Happy National Pepper Pot Day!

Happy Birthday Barbara Steele!

Happy Birthday Ray Thomas!

Happy Birthday Mary Tyler Moore!

Happy Birthday Marianne Faithfull!

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

A nice article on Hammer Studios films that were never made

Happy Birthday Mary Weiss!

Happy Birthday Return Jonathan Meigs!

Happy Birthday Alex Chilton!

Happy Birthday Nichelle Nichols!

Monday, December 27, 2021

Happy Birthday Karla Bonoff!

Happy Birthday Charlie Weaver,!

Happy National Fruitcake Day!

Happy Birthday Mike Pinder!

Happy Birthday Marlene Dietrich!

Happy Birthday Sydney Greenstreet!

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Happy National Thank You Note Day!

Happy Birthday Thomas Nelson, Jr.!

Happy National Candy Cane Day!

Happy Birthday Elisha Cook Jr.!