Category: This Day in Pop Culture
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This Day in Pop Culture for December 31
Just when did the first ball drop in New York on New Year’s Eve?
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This Day in Pop Culture for December 30
It was on this day that “Let’s Make a Deal” first hit the airwaves, the first NTSC color TVs became available and two Monkees were born!
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This Day in Pop Culture for December 29
1967: The Tribbles attack ‘Star Trek’ Even the most remote Star Trek fan is familiar with the fifteenth episode of the show’s second season titled, “The Trouble with Tribbles” which aired on this day in 1967. Written by David Gerrold and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast on December 29, 1967. This was…
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This Day in Pop Culture for December 28
It was on this day in 1873 that San Francisco began to test-run its first streetcar.
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This Day in Pop Culture for December 27
It was on this day in pop culture history that got Santa (and Jimmy Boyd) in trouble with the Catholic Church over Boyd’s song about seeing the man in red kissing his mother! It was just a misunderstanding.
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This Day in Pop Culture for December 26
Wham-O’s Frisbee got its patent on this day back in 1967, four years after “Beatlemania” started.
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