Today back then...

1941 - On Victor Records, Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded "Until Tomorrow", which would become the sign-off melody for Kaye and other big bands.

1941 - The Columbia Broadcasting System gave the first demonstration of small screen, color television. The set failed, since RCA had control of the patent process on color television at the time.

1961 - "Rhinoceros", the play, opened on Broadway, starring Eli Wallach and Zero Mostel.

1984 - Television audiences got their first look at Clara Peller in the now-famous, annoying, and yet successful, "WHERE’S THE BEEF?", commercial for Wendy’s fast-food chain. Dave Thomas, the company's owner, spent $8 million on the ads as well as T-shirts, baseball caps, records, greeting cards and other items bearing the picture of the elderly star.

1985 - Motley Crue's album, "Shout At the Devil," was certified double-platinum.