Today is Tin Can Day

It was on this date in 1825 – a patent was issued for storing food inside tin cans issued to Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett.  

And let’s face it…not many inventions from 1825 are still around today – so this was a good one.  Downside…the can opener wasn’t invented until 1855.

And let’s not forget the tin can as an early communications device-

Today is also Whisper I Love You Day

Music History 101: 1988: A statue of a singer was unveiled in her hometown, Port Arthur, Texas, on what would have been her 45th birthday. It was Janis Joplin.

History 101:  Howard Hughes was in the news on January 19, 1937, when he set a transcontinental speed record in his monoplane flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in seven hours, twenty-eight minutes and twenty-five seconds.

The 101 number one song of the day was supposed to be the “B” side of a single. The “A” side was “Queen of the Jungle.” The public made a different choice.  Both songs were sung by a guy who decided on a singing career while in the Navy. Growing up in Meridian, Miss. He sang in his church choir, and formed a quartet to sing spirituals and Country and Western, as well. After the service, he worked as a dishwasher, mail carrier and janitor while picking up music gigs here and there. His first big break came in 1966 when he met Marc Gordon, manager of the Fifth Dimension. But success was still several years away. In the early 70s, Gordon formed his own label, Carousel Records and on January 19, 1974 the label had its one and only number one hit – today’s 101 number one song of the day: for Al Wilson and “Show and Tell.”