Non-musical history for today: 1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the “Papal schism.” This is also known as The Western Schism, the Great Occidental Schism, the Schism of 1378, or the Great Schism. I love the word “schism.” Not necessarily its usage, but the word itself. So, with this schism, several individuals were claiming to be the true and rightful Pope at the same time. Rome and Avignon to begin with. Then, Pisa, yes, the leaning tower town, started throwing one out. That went on until November of 1417. As you can imagine, it created a lot of confusion.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 20.

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Non-musical history for today: 1982 – Scott Fahlman posted the first documented emoticons 🙂 and 🙁 on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. I didn’t use anything like that until I “less-than-threed” someone in the late 90s or even early 2000s.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 19.

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Non-musical history for today: 1837 – Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City founded Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young). The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium.” I’ll be honest, I always thought the store was named after some lavish socialite whom the founders were infatuated with. When I say always, I mean up until about 15-20 years ago.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 18.

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Non-musical history for today: 1787 – The United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention to an end. Yay us!

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 17.

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Non-musical history for today: 1620 – Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England, aboard the Mayflower. I don’t know that I realized it was 128 years between Columbus “discovering” the country and the pilgrims weaseling their way onto native soil.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 16.

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Non-musical history for today: 1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, wrote a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. Didn’t work then, doesn’t work today.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 15.

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Non-musical history for today: 1814 – Battle of Baltimore: The poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” was written by Francis Scott Key. The poem was later used, obviously,  as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.  Americans don’t really talk about the music’s composer. The poem was set to the music of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a social club in London. Smith’s song, “To Anacreon in Heaven” (or “The Anacreontic Song”), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. So, this “American” anthem was put to stolen British music, renamed, and used as if it were an original idea. And if you didn’t know, “America” (“My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”), one of the de facto anthems prior to the “Star-Spangled Banner,” was stolen from “God Save the Queen/King.”

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 14.

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Non-musical history for today: 1814 – In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composed his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry.”  So, that happened overnight, so can you guess what my topic tomorrow will be? Yeah…

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 13.

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Non-musical history for today: 1959 – Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color, was launched. When I think of Bonanza or Ponderosa, though, I think of the steakhouses, not the homestead of the Cartwrights. Incidentally, both steakhouses were founded by Dan Blocker who played “Hoss” on the TV show.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 12.

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Non-musical history for today: 1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, was held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. In August 2025, Christian Rasmussen won the Snap-On Milwaukee Mile IndyCar Race.

Yes, I know what day it is. Yes, I purposely decided to post something that wasn’t for that. No, we shan’t forget. No, we don’t have to mention it every year.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for September 11.

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