Almanac of Absurdities for 9/8/10

On this date in 1966, Some network executives at NBC cringed at the sight of a new series making its debut on the Prime Time Schedule. Sold to them as “Wagon Train to the Stars”, the new series was called “Star Trek” and the first episode was about a shape changing salt vampire. It ran two and a half seasons, and never went away. Birthdays for Richard the Lionheart, Sid Caesar, Peter Sellars and Patsy Cline.