Today is Ballet Day

Ballet was first introduced to America on this date in 1827.

However, most of us are built more for a moo-moo than a tu-tu.

It is also, Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day.

in this guy’s case he only have four to wave.  Most of us have five to wave.

And then there’s M.I.A. from the halftime show at the Superbowl

68 years ago today, the federal government announced shoe rationing -- Americans would be limited to buying three pairs of shoes per year for the duration of World War Two.

1964: Pan Am Flight 101 arrived in New York City bringing this group for their first American tour. Some 10,000 screaming fans were waiting at Kennedy airport – The Beatles

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was written and performed by one half of one of the 60s most influential duos. It was a humorous side of love and loss.  Even though the artist in question was so identified with his former partner, he was no stranger to working alone. In fact early in his career, he had released records under such aliases as Paul Kane, Jerry Landis, and True Taylor. At the time of the release you’re about to hear his longtime marriage had just broken up and Rolling Stone Magazine wrote that it was his most mature and musically sophisticated work which often used marriage as a metaphor. The song that reached number one on February 7, 1976 was somewhat tongue in cheek however proving that he was able to laugh through the pain – Here’s Paul Simon with “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”