April 9-Unicorns, Playboy, Civil War over, King of Rockabilly, Dennis Quaid, Kristin Stewart, Lil Nas X

0:18 Hello everyone, I am Jeff and welcome to history and factoids about today. Today is April the ninth. Now do you know that the horn on a unicorn is called an alcorn and a unicorn is actually Scotland's national animal? Why do I mention that they have to have one home to be the unique? Marn't you come close? I have to have one, knows us your last crown to rainbow? It is National Unicorn Day. Oh, come on, unicorns. They might be the most popular mythical creature of all time. It's just a horse with a long spiral horn that we know now an alcorn. Now, stories of unicorns they go back six thousand years. They messle Potamia the Great exactly thought unicorns were real and lived in India. So how do you celebrate National Unicorn Day? Well, if you have kids, you can read some books or watch some TV shows or movies. You can play make believes. Well, if you don't have kids, it might be kind of weird to creepy to celebrate unicorns. Well, unless you turn it into a drinking game.

1:22 So there you go. All right, list is going on entertainment on April ninth. Let's go back to your two thousand and five, The one album was The Massacre by fifty fifty and Olivia had the number one song with Candy Shop. I Takes the Candy Shop. Stop. Craig Morgan had the number one country song with That's what I Love About Sundays. A Leader's hands. Go home into your blue jee, have some chicken and some baby, take a backyard Footbaul Team, not too much of anything.

2:15 That's what I Love about sun. The number one book was The Rising by Tim Lahay and Jerry B. Jenkins. God Move. What's thea Heara an explorer. He's in the desert of West Africa when he finds a doctor and he starts helping her out. What's trying to deal with a ruthless dictator? Stars Matthew mcconay, Penelope Cruise and Steve's on It Was Today. In nineteen seventy, Paul McCartney announced to the world that the Beatles were no more. Yep, they had all gone their separate ways. See what else happened in the world. On April the ninth, sixteen eighty two, French explorer Robert de la Salle. He entered the mouth of the Mississippi River at the Gulf of Mexico, claimed the river and all the land that had touched to France. YEP named it Louisiana after Francis King Louis of the fourteen seventeen sixty eight is considered the first act of American physical resistance against the British. John Hancock. He refused to allow two British custom agents to go blow deck on one of his ships. Now he had him locked up in a closet, and his men really quick unloaded all the wine that the ship was carrying. Now, had the British found that wine, yeah, they would have taxed it so high.

3:19 The Hancock, yeah, he wouldn't have made any. Profit off it. All. He made this big public statement and show inspectacle out how he was resisting the town's enacted and he showed his patriotic patriotism towards the American colonial cause. Now it was he was doing that, but it was mostly just about money. Eighteen sixty five, in Virginia, at the Appomatus Courthouse, completely surrounded with no way of escape, Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee surrendered his twenty eight thousand troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant pretty much ended the Civil War. Now, the Union soldiers, when they heard what was going on, they began to celebrate. They were bringing in bands and all kinds of stuff. Well, Grant he didn't allow it. Nope. He went out and told the Union soldiers at the Southern were their countrymen now, and to show them there's the respect. He then told the Confederates throw down your guns and rifles and go home. Well they did, and he did let the officers keep their side arms up.

4:10 Soophore wasn't really over officially until April twentieth, and then there are a couple of small skirmishes after that. Eighteen sixty six, Yes, Congress, they overwrote President Andrew Johnson's veto. They passed the first Civil Rights Bill. It guaranteed citizenship to everyone who was born in the United States except Indians. Nineteen forty Germany, and they invented Denmark. Denmark. They held off the invasion for six hours before they surrendered. Nineteen sixty five, the world's first dome stadium opened up Houston. Astro has played an exhibition baseball game against the New York Yankees. Nicky Manno, he gets credit for hitting the first inside inside well first home run inside I guess. In twenty eighteen, US Senator from Illinois, Tammy Duckworth, she became the first Senator to get birth while she was in office.

4:53 No, there wasn't a vote. She did it on her own with her. Husband cot Coot Goat shows. This shibirth day, we gonna pause. He left this shibirthday. We won't siple car. He left this shirebirthday. And you know we don't get your birthday? Who was born on April the ninth. The founder of Playboy Magazine, Hugh Hefner. He was born in Chicago in nineteen twenty six. After college, he was working as a copywriter for Esquire magazine. In nineteen fifty two, they wouldn't give him a five dollars week raise, so he quit. Then he found forty five investors to chip in seven grand. Then he got another grand from his mom and started Playboy Magazine in nineteen fifty three. Marilyn Moreau she was the first star the first issue. Now she didn't post for it. She took those pictures back in nineteen forty nine when she needed some money. Hefner, he just bought the photographs from the guy who took it at his height, playboy.

5:45 It had clubs, it had an airline, it had a TV network. Now they didn't even show niked girls anymore. He He married his first wife in nineteen forty nine. They had a son and a daughter. It lasted ten years. Married a second wife in nineteen eighty nine. She was a playmate. They had two sons. After separating for eleven years, they finally divorced in twenty ten. Then he married his third wife in twenty twelve. Hef He died from sepsis in twenty seventeen, at ninety one years old. Well it's one father money, two father chowdren. Three to get ready now, gold cat up. Don't you step on my blue slate? Sho you can do? Thank you boy, Oh blues shoo.

6:27 The King of rockabilly Carl Perkins. He was born at Tiptonville, Tennessee, in nineteen thirty two. He influenced all the early rock and roll in country grades, all the way from Elvis to Johnny Cash. Paul McCartney once said that if there was no Carl Perkins, there would have been no Beatles. Carly's in the Rock and Roll and Country Hall of Fames now before Elvis recorded. Carl took that song Blue Sege Shoes, up to number one on the country chart. It was also the first song by Sun Records, where Elvis recorded. It was the first one to actually sell one million copies. Carl he married nineteen fifty three. They had one daughter and three sons. He died ninety eight. Is sixty five years old from throat cancer. Gonne A thousand down down on Denham Road, where I'll have the moon to shoot out the light is small town Saturday Night is a small town.

7:20 Saturday country singer. Help catch him. He was born in Greenwich, New York, in nineteen fifty three. At least eleven albums over the years, first twenty released in nineteen ninety one. Some of his biggest hits were A Small Town Saturday Night, Pass, The Point of Rescue, Hearts Are Gonna Roll, Sure Love. He is also an artist. His worksman displayed in a lot of galleries down there in Santa Fe, New Mexico. How I had two children from his first wife, married his third wife in twenty fourteen. He died from complications of dementia and Alzheimer's in twenty twenty, at only sixty seven. Years old. Actor Dennis Quay age seventy two. He's born in Houston in nineteen fifty four. Now Dennis. He is actor Randy Quad's younger brother. Dennis first hit in the movie The Right Stuff in Her Space, Great Balls of Fire, The Rookie The Day After Tomorrow. His second wife was actress Meg Ryan for ten years and they had his son, and then he has twins from his third wife. Married his fourth wife in twenty twenty. Actress Cynthia Nixon sixty today. She was born in Manhattan, New York in nineteen sixty six. Most known playing for Manna and Sex and the City on the TV show and the movies out on that whole franchise.

8:21 Some of the other movies she was in was Little Darlings, Tattoo and I'm a Dais. Yeah. She started acting when she was thirteen. She has one two Tony's for Broadway. Cynthia. She has two sons from a former boyfriend. Then she got married in twenty twelve, her wife gave birth to a son and now that's a bigger plot twist than anything you see on Sex and the City. Cynthia. She is a breast cancer survivor since two thousand and six, so that's really cool. Actress Keisha Knight Pulliam. She's born in nineteen seventy nine in Newark, New Jersey. She's forty seven today. Best known for playing Rudy Hucksta Bowl on The Cosby Show. Played it from when she was five until she was thirteen. She was nominated for an Emmy when she was six. She started out doing ads for Johnson and Johnson baby products at nine months, and then she was on Sesame Street when she was three. She's been on Tyler's Perry House of Pain since two thousand and seven. She won Celebrity fair Factor and Celebrity Weakest Link.

9:10 She has a daughter from her first husband. Married a second husband in twenty twenty one and they have a son. Actress Christus Stewart's thirty six. She was born in Los Angeles in nineteen ninety. First got known when she was twelve in the movie Panic Room. Then she hit really huge playing Bella Swan in the Twilight Saga movies. Then she played Joan Jet in The Runaways, then Snow White and snow White and The Huntsman. She was not an eight for an Oscar for Spencer I can't no more. I got the horses in the bag. When borstock is attached and black got the booshes welcomes ride. Ain't on a. Horse shock you kid with your borse I being in the valley. You've been all about that boards now you can't nobody film.

9:53 That's rapper Little nas X. He was born Monterro Hill in Atlanta, Georgia, in nineteen ninety nine, makes him twenty seven today. Now that's all old town road. It was the number one song for nineteen straight weeks. That's the longest any song has been number one in the history. He followed up with two more number one songs, Montero and Industry Baby. Little nas X. He has definitely gaze, so quit asking about it. But he might be a little by. Just don't ask him anymore. He's tired of answering it. Well. Thank you for joining us today. We appreciate you being here. You get a chanced up by Coolmedia dot Com. Say what we're doing over there on the radio stations the podcast all right here. Quote of the day. It comes from legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He died today in nineteen fifty nine at ninety one years old, Frank said, there's nothing more uncommon than common sense. Well, thank you all for listening day. Don't forget to follow us on who you listen to the song. Check out the show description and notes so you can find out the links side to keep in touch with US country and around radio artists today. It comes from Todd up there in South Dakota. He wants to hear Honker Robinson song.

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