The answer to today's Moxie's Flashback Pop Quiz is: 1976.
Today is Pig A Blanket Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1957 16 year old Ricky Nelson releases his first record, "Teenager's Romance".
1963 Eighteen year old Brenda Lee marries nineteen year old Ronnie Shacklett.
1971 Bob Welch replaces the departed Jeremy Spencer in Fleetwood Mac.
1975 Peter Ham of Badfinger committed suicide at age 27.
1976 Lorne Michaels offers The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on SNL.
1984 48 year old Jerry Lee Lewis married wife number six. She was 22.
2016 Billy Paul died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 81.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE! The Fate of the Furious has topped the weekend box office for a second week in a row. The Boss Baby and Disney's Beauty and the Beast finished also held pat in second and third place again this week. Meanwhile, Born in China was the highest debut of the week in fourth. Get the rest of the rankings.
DEAD CELEB! Erin Moran, best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi died over the weekend of stage 4 cancer. She as 56. An autopsy is pending. Get the obit.
GOLF BALL HASH BROWNS! Some frozen hash browns have been recalled due to possible contamination from golf balls. McCain Foods USA, Inc. is voluntarily recalling frozen hash brown products that may be contaminated with "extraneous golf ball materials." A spokesman says that if golfers eat the golf ball material, it could improve their hacking. Click here to taste the greens.
