30 Years Ago - 1996 Robert Miles released his debut album Dreamland. America saw it a month later with a new track "One and One" "Children" is an epic instrumental and is one of the best dance songs ever! It peaked at #21, #23 AC, #17 Pop Airplay, #32 Rhythmic, and #1 Club! "Fable" made #1 Club. "One and One" charted #54, #40 Rhythmic, #1 Club.

Monday 6/15/26 Celebrate: Fly a Kite Day Global Wind Day Justice for Janitors Day Magna Carta Day National Electricity Day National Kiss a Wookiee Day National Lobster Day National Megalodon Day National Smile Power Day Native American Citizenship Day Nature Photography Day Own Your Share of America Day Ride To Work Day Worldwide Day of Giving -- Weekend Box Office 1. Disclosure Day $44.0M 2. Obsession $19.0M - continues to do unprecedented business with $19 million in its fi

35 Years Ago - 1991 Natalie Cole released her twelfth album Unforgettable...with Love. The album includes covers of standards previously performed by her father Nat King Cole. It won the 1992 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Engineered – Non-Classical "Unforgettable" is a virtual duet with her father, peaking at #14, #3 AC, #10 R&B. It won Grammys for Record of the Year, Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. "The Very Thought of Y

Friday 6/12/26 Crowded Nest Awareness Day Ghost in the Machine Day International Cachaca Day - Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice, and it is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Brazil. International Falafel Day Little League Girls Baseball Day Loving Day Magic Day National Automotive Service Professionals Day National Jerky Day National Marriage Day National Peanut Butter Cookie Day - don't forget the criss/crossed fork marks Red Rose Day Su

40 Years Ago - 1986 Glass Tiger released their debut album The Thin Red Line. "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" with Bryan Adams on backing vocals. Peaked at #2, #30 AC, #17 Mainstream Rock. "Someday" made #7 and #4 AC. "I Will Be There" charted #34 and #21 Mainstream Rock.

Thursday 6/11/26 Celebrate: Corn on the Cob Day Cousteau Day King Kamehameha Day National German Chocolate Cake Day National Making Life Beautiful Day Pizza Margherita Day -- Pizza check in!!!! According to a 2026 survey: • Pizza is a $45 billion industry in the U.S. with 3 billion pizzas sold per year. • 93 percent of Americans eat at least one pizza per month. • Friday night is the biggest night of the week for eating pizza. • 36 percent of all pizza orders get pepperoni on

35 Years Ago - 1991 Siouxsie and the Banshees released their tenth album Superstition. "Kiss Them for Me" was their first top 40 hit in the US. It peaked at #23, #1 Alternative Airplay, #8 Club. "Shadowtime" charter #13 Mainstream Rock. "Fear (of the Unknown)" made #12 Mainstream Rock and #6 Club.

Wednesday 6/10/26 Alcoholics Anonymous Founders' Day National Frosted Cookie Day National Herb and Spice Day National Iced Tea Day Ball Point Pen Day A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro, ball pen, or dot pen, is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a hard ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point". Biro comes from the name of the guy who invented it, Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian newspaper editor who was frustrated in the time he was wasting filling up founta

45 Years Ago - 1981 Commodores released their ninth album In the Pocket. This was the last to feature Lionel Richie as he went off to a solo career. "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" charted #8, #13 AC, #5 R&B. "Oh No" peaked at #4, #5 AC and R&B. It was also featured in the 1982 movie The Last American Virgin. "Why You Wanna Try Me" made #66 and #42 R&B.

Tuesday 6/9/26 Celebrate: Call Your Doctor Day Donald Duck Day International Dark 'n Stormy Day National Earl Day National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day World Pet Memorial Day Writers' Rights Day -- Pink proved she was the right choice to host Sunday's Tony Awards this year! Just watch this! Best Play - Liberation Best Musical (and a bunch of other awards) - Schmigadoon! Best Revival of a Play - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Best Revival of a Musical - Ragtime https://yout

45 Years Ago - 1981 Duran Duran released their self-titled debut album. Original Album Cover 1983 re-issue The initial US release was unsuccessful, and it was re-released with some added songs in 1983. "Planet Earth" failed to chart in the US but made #26 Club. "Careless Memories" was never released in the US. "Girls on Film" Got MTV play, but no chart action.

Monday 6/8/26 Celebrate: Best Friends Day Betty Picnic Day Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day Name Your Poison Day Thomas Paine Day Upsy Daisy Day World Brain Tumor Day World Oceans Day -- Weekend Box Office 1. Scary Movie $55.0M 2. Masters of the Universe $29.3M 3.Backrooms $25.9M 4. Obsession $25.6M 5. The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act $11.6M -- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Ted Lasso" star Anthony Head dies at 72. His family said the British actor, best known for playin

45 Years Ago - 1981 Pointer Sisters released their eighth album Black & White. "Slow Hand" peaked at #2, #6 AC, #7 R&B. "What a Surprise!" made #52 R&B "Should I Do It" is a cover of a Tanya Tucker song done in a 60s girl group style and made #13, #19 AC.

40 Years Ago - 1986 Genesis released their thirteenth album Invisible Touch. Genesis became the first band and foreign act to have five singles from one album reach the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Invisible Touch" being their first and only song to reach No. 1 on the charts. "Invisible Touch" also made #3 AC, #1 Mainstream Rock. "Throwing It All Away" charted #4, #1 AC and Mainstream Rock. "In Too Deep" peaked at #3, #1 AC, #25 Mainstream Rock. "Land of Confu

Saturday 6/6/26 Celebrate: Atheist Pride Day D-Day Drawing Day Drive-In Movie Day National Applesauce Cake Day National Black Bear Day National Bubbly Day National Cheer Coach Day National Churro Day National Eyewear Day National Family Recreation Day National Gardening Exercise Day National Higher Education Day National Hunger Awareness Day National Learn to Row Day National Pineapple Day National Prairie Day National Trails Day National Yo-Yo Day Russian Language Day Turtle

25 Years Ago - 2001 Alicia Keys released her debut album Songs in A Minor. The album won the Grammy for Best R&B Album. "Fallin'" peaked at #1 Hot 100 R&B/Hip Hop, and Pop Airplay, #24 AC, #14 Adult Pop Airplay. "A Woman's Worth" made #7, #3 R&B, #16 Pop Airplay, #10 Rhythmic "How Come You Don't Call Me" charted #59, #30 R&B., #34 Pop Airplay, #23 Rhythmic. "Girlfriend" made #82 R&B.

Friday 6/5/26 Celebrate: Apple II Day Festival of Popular Delusions Day Hot Air Balloon Day Hug an Atheist Day National Attitude Day National Gun Violence Awareness Day National Ketchup Day National Veggie Burger Day Sausage Roll Day World Environment Day National Gingerbread Day - because why wait till the holidays. Good all year, but who eats it now? In the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I is credited with the idea of decorating gingerbread cookies to look like the dignitar

30 Years Ago - 1996 Gloria Estefan released her seventh album Destiny. "Reach" was the official theme song for the 1996 Summer Olympics and made #42, #5 AC, #2 Club. "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" made #70, #2 Club. "I'm Not Giving You Up"/"Higher" in the US it was released as a double single. The ballad "I'm Not." made #40, #9 AC, #38 Rhythmic."Higher" made #11 Club.

Thursday 6/4/26 Celebrate: Hug Your Cat Day National Cheese Day National Clean Beauty Day National Cognac Day National Moonshine Day Old Maid's Day Shopping Cart Day - you shouldn’t have to be bribed to return your cart!!! I try to park by a cart return area so it’s easy! -- Forecasters with NOAA’s National Weather Service are predicting a below-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1 t

40 Years Ago - 1986 Belinda Carlisle released her debut album Belinda. The former lead singer from the Go-Go's worked with former bandmates Charlotte Caffey, Paula Jean Brown, and Jane Wiedlin, and also Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles, on writing some of the songs and as background singers. "Mad About You" was one of the few songs that were being considered for a fourth Go-Go's album. It peaked at #3, #25 AC, #21 Club. (and shows just how bad a dancer she is) "I Feel the Magic"