Today is Doctors’ Day

On this date in 1842 Dr. Crawford Long of Jefferson, Georgia, first used ether to prevent patient discomfort during surgery.

- no more biting the bullet!

Although we had the story recently about the guy who wound up in the hospital with a bullet lodged in his nasal cavity after he was chewing on a live round and it went off.  Was he undergoing some sort of primitive surgery of just being stupid?

Today is also Check For Change in Every Coin Return You Pass Day.

- not many of these around anymore.

History 101: March 30, 1867: U.S. Secretary of State William Seward…

…reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal widely ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."

thirty years ago today: U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. White House press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent, and a District of Columbia police officer also were wounded.

1989: This well known singer pulled off a first in Las Vegas. For the first time since elementary school, she performed without the group she fronted for over 37 years. – Gladys Knight appeared without the Pips.

When the 101 number one song of the day was released people wondered could this group possibly do what no one else ever had? The answer was a resounding yes! (Find out what that was next) The group had just scored three straight number ones and no one in the history of Billboard’s Top 100 had ever recorded 4 straight chart toppers. So this one was one for the record books. Lamont Dozier who co-wrote the song with Brian and Eddie Holland remembers that it all started with a fight he was having with his girlfriend. He was always looking for lyrics and often would stop a conversation when something struck him and run to the piano to start writing a song. That’s exactly what happened when he uttered a phrase which struck them both as funny and consequently ended the argument. That phrase became the title of a song which was number one on March 30, 1965 for the Supremes and the phrase was: Stop! In The Name of Love!

Other Stuff:

Did you catch this?  Two twin babies have a very engaged conversation  – even though neither one can actually talk.

At least they understand one another :)