Friday’s Nostalgic News: May 12

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1960 –  Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley appeared on Sinatra’s Welcome Home Elvis television special on ABC.  Elvis sang “Witchcraft” while Sinatra sang Elvis’s hit “Love Me Tender”.
• 1963 – Bob Dylan walked out of dress rehearsals for “The Ed Sullivan Show” when CBS censors told him he could not perform “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues.”
• 1995 – Peter Tork of the Monkees made an appearance on the ABC-TV show Boy Meets World.

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1847 – William Clayton invented the odometer.
• 1926 – The airship Norge became the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• 1950 – The American Bowling Congress abolished its white males-only membership restriction after 34 years
• 1967 – Archie Bell (Drells) was drafted into the U.S. military for a tour of Vietnam.
• 1968 – Jimi Hendrix was arrested by police on his way to Toronto for possession of hashish and heroin. Hendrix claimed the drugs had been planted on him.
• 1970 – Ernie Banks, of the Chicago Cubs, hit his 500th home run.
• 1971 – Rolling Stone Mick Jagger married Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall. The guest list included the other members of the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills. The couple separated in 1977.
• 1971 – Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from his cousin Myra.
• 1981 – Meat Loaf filed for bankruptcy with debts of over $1 million.
• 1986 – Joe Strummer of The Clash was banned from driving after being convicted of drink driving.
• 1996 – 17-year-old Bernadette O’Brien died the day after being injured ‘body surfing’ at a Smashing Pumpkins gig at The Point, Dublin.

“NATIONAL DAYS”

• National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
• National Limerick Day
• National Nutty Fudge Day
• National Odometer Day
• National Military Spouse Appreciation Day – Friday Before Mother’s Day
• National Provider Appreciation Day – Friday Before Mother’s Day