October 21, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, October 21.

On October 21, 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon had the last of a series of four debates. The first one, a few weeks earlier, was watched on TV by 70 million Americans, and would affect not only who would win the presidency, but how America did politics.

October 17, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, October 17.

My favorite pianist is a man that I never heard play. Fredric Chopin died on this day in 1849. That was about 30 years before a man named Edison invented the phonograph. But Chopin was also a composer, and when you hear someone play one of his piano pieces, you get a glimpse of what it was like to hear the Maestro play. 

October 15, 2025 - Good morning! It’s Wednesday, October 15.

On October 15, 1860, an eleven-year-old girl named Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln. Her message was simple and direct - he needed to grow a beard. It was just a few weeks before the presidential election and Grace thought a beard would really help his chances. If you’ve seen pre-presidential photographs of Lincoln, you know she was right. His face was gaunt, with sunken cheeks, and a weak chin. 

October 10, 2025 - Good Morning!  It’s Friday, October 10.

On October 10, 1966, the Beatles song “Yesterday” became the #1 song in America.  In 1999, Rolling Stone magazine declared it the greatest pop song in history.  It’s been recorded by over 2000 artists, and performed over seven million times.

October 8, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, October 8.

It’s a busy week in Stockholm, Sweden.  It’s Nobel Prize week. Each day another winner is announced in one of six categories - Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Economics, and Peace. The winners get a medal, a certificate, and a million dollars. It all started in 1901. Alfred Nobel made his fortune making and selling weapons. He invented most of them, including, most famously - dynamite. And then he left most of that fortune to fund these prizes.