Friday means…

…a visit from our friends at the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley and since it’s “Hallo-weekend”

This kitten was in costume but today’s featured feline is pictured below.

PET OF THE WEEK: Meet Jasmine. A sweet and affectionate torti kitten. She's all of three months old, and ready to find her forever-home. Jasmine has been enjoying life in a foster home with her brothers and sisters so is well acclimated to life in a home. Call the Center today to find out how YOU can give Jasmine the loving home she deserves.

History 101: October 29, 1969:  The first connection on what would become the Internet is made when bits a data flow between computers at UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute. This was the beginning of ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.  It initially expanded to the network depicted below.

Music History 101: October 29, 1963: This group began recording their first album. It was called “Stay.” Actually, it was called “Stay…with the Hollies”

The identity of the lead singer in today’s 101 number one number one song of the day was kept a secret from his fans and for many years afterward but now the secret can be told.  Rudy Martinez was born in Mexico and raised in Michigan’s Saginaw Valley. The song, which is now acknowledged as a forerunner of punk rock was recorded in the living room of the band’s manager which provided some unusual acoustics. It rose to number one on October 29, 1966 for a guy who never took off his sunglasses and actually had his name legally changed to - ? as in ? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears.