5 On Friday - 1983 Motown 25th Anniversary

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On March 25, 1983 there was a television special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Motown.  It brought together many of the Motown stars singing some of their biggest hits and showcased the first time Michael Jackson "moonwalked", not to mention Diana Ross and the other supremes in a shoving match deleted from the taped show.



Motown 25 - Jackson Five Medley



Motown 25 - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean



Motown 25 - Four Tops Vs. Temptations



Motown 25 - Diana Ross - Supremes Medley

And then on March 25, 2001 - Along came Bjork attending the Oscars - The swan made such an impression that few remember that her nominated "Best Song" was from her musical "Dancer In The Dark".

Portents

Let's see. There may be some omens here. A love for the open road, movies, and music.  Then there is the absolute hatred for shoes that always had my mother saying, "Put your shoes on Lucy, you're in the city now".

1967	The Beatles complete vocal and instrumental overdubs for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)

1944 U.S.A. Academy Awards 

2nd March, 1944: The Academy Awards are presented as part of a televised variety show with Jack Benny as master of ceremonies for the event.   Casablanca got an Oscar and my parents got me.

1933 U.S.A. King Kong 

2nd March, 1933 : The Original King Kong movie has its world premiere in New York 


U.S. 
1925 U.S.A. Formal Highway Numbering System 

2nd March, 1925: It was on this day that the first formal highway system was implemented. This is the time when state and federal highway officials had officially established a highway numbering system. This was done in order to maintain order on the highway, this was Following a period when each state created it's own style road signs The new sign featured the shield shaped highway number markers .