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Hi everyone, I am Jeff and welcome to History and
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Fact Toys About Today presented by Cool Media.
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Today is August the 31st. Today is National Trail Mix Day.
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Go!
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Oh, come on. Trail mix is great. It's a whole
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bunch of things you won't eat by themselves, so you
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put them all together. They are nutritious, lightweight, easy to store.
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Great for an energy boost. That's why they're perfect to
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take on a hike. Been around since caveman days. Okay, man,
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probably didn't put in M & Ms in there, but
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trail mix. It works great when you're sitting at your
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desk and you know a little afternoon energy picked me up.
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The basic trail mix is granola, nuts, dried fruit, raisins,
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and sometimes chocolate. So I'll use today as an excuse
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to go for a hike or an extra long walk
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and just enjoy that trail mix. All right, let's see
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what happened in entertainment on August 31st. Let's back to 1996.
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Number one album was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette.
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Los Del Rio had the number one song with Macarena.
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Tim McGraw had the number one country song was she
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never lets it go to her heart.
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Oh, she never lets it go to her heart. She
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never lets it go that far.
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When they start.
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Talking, she starts walking right back to my arms.
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She can turn.
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The top selling book was Executive Orders by Tom Clancy.
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Top movie was The Crow, City of Angels. The spirit
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of the crow, it comes back in a car mechanic
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who wants to have revenge on his murderous son. Stars
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Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, and Richard Brooks. Alright, what happened
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on August 31st? 1798, the first bank robbery in the
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United States occurred. It was at the Bank of Philadelphia. $ 162, 821
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were taken. Now, that'd be about $ 4 million today. A locksmith,
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Isaac Davis, he had been hired to change all the
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locks in the banks, and he did, but he also
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made a key for himself. Now, he had a very
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good reputation, so nobody suspected him.
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Well, at first.
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Then they got a little suspicious when they noticed he
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was depositing that stolen money back into the bank. Yeah,
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busted him red-handed. Well, he gave all the money back,
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so they pardoned him, and yeah, he never served any
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time in jail. In 1888, the body of Jack the
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Ripper's first victim was found in London's East End. She
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was Marianne Nichols, a 43-year-old prostitute. Her body was the
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least mutilated of all his victims. Each victim's body was
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more mutilated than the one before it. Killed five women total.
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He got the name Jack the Ripper because someone sent
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a letter to the newspaper claiming to be the killer
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and signed it Jack the Ripper. Well, the newspaper ran
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the story and the name stuck. Now let's believe that
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the letter wasn't from the real killer. It was pretty
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much a hoax.
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Now, I'm sure pretty.
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Much all of you have seen pictures of women in
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the late 1800s, early 1900s, how they dressed in those
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great big dresses and skirts and all that kind of stuff.
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Well, today in 1902, Mrs. Adolph Landberg, she.
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Was an avid horseback rider. She had had enough of
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those big ass dresses. Nope, she couldn't take it no more.
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So she is considered the first woman in history to
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wear a split skirt. Now, she was not trying to
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make any kind of statement or anything. She just wanted
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to be comfortable. 1911, the Sullivan Act went into effect
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in New York City. Now, it was New York's first
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gun control law. It required that they all had to
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have a license for firearms and they had to have
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licenses for concealed carry, but it was actually really a
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lot more strict than that. Now, you have to fast
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forward 111 years to 2022. The United States Supreme Court,
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they overruled that Sullivan Act, said it was unconstitutional. Just
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general gun legislation would have been sufficient. This was way
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overstepping the bounds of legal rights of all their citizens.
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Back in the day, it was common belief throughout the
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mining industry that miners worldwide all pretty much agreed on it.
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They thought that a miner, a coal miner, with a jackhammer,
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he could actually mine five tons of coal a day. Well,
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in 1935, a Russian miner, Alexei Stakhanov, he was able
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to mine 102 tons of coal with a jackhammer in
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one day. Now, of course, all the miners, they got BS.
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No, no, no.
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They just thought it was a communist plot to try
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and get the Soviets to get their miners to increase
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their daily production. But to this day, no one is
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able to disprove it. So Lesky, he's still the man.
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His record still stands. Now, one of the greatest days
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in cinematic history occurred in 1946. The movie Walkie Talkie
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Hockey premiered. It was the movie debut for Shakespearean actor
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Froghorn Leghorn. Yeah, sometimes I just like to see how
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much people are actually paying attention. I would like to
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see Froghorn Leghorn do Hamlet, though. Can you imagine him
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giving the speech to be or not to be? Now
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that I think about it, what's even funnier is that
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a lot of you probably don't even know who Froghorn, Leghorn, Hamlet,
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or Shakespeare are. In 1955 in Chicago, the first solar-powered
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automobile was demonstrated. That was a really short demonstration.
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It got cloudy. Well, let's just see who was born
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on August the 31st.
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Comedian, actor, Buddy Hackett.
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He was one of Brooklyn, New York in 1924.
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One of the funniest stand-up comedians in history.
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Now, today, no one would even think twice about his act,
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but when he started, he was thought to be extremely raw, crude,
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and vulgar. Some of the movies he was in were
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Herbie the Love Bug, Scrooge,
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Voiced in Little Mermaid. But his number one passion in life,
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he loved performing live stand-up comedy. But he married in 1955,
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and they had three children. He died in 2003 at
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78 years old from heart disease. Actor James Colburn. He
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was born in Laurel, Nebraska in 1928. Actor for 45 years.
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Made over 100 TV appearances in over 70 movies. Almost
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always played the tough guy. He didn't win an Oscar
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yet for the movie Affliction. Some of his other movies
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were The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Midway, Maverick, Sister
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Act II, He was married to his first wife for
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20 years, and they had two children. Married his second
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wife in 1993. They were together until he had a
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heart attack and died in 2002 at 74 years old.
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Now, Coburn, he was actually good friends with Bruce Lee. Yeah,
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they hung out. They were buds. Coburn was actually a
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pallbearer for Lee's funeral.
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Laughing and running, hey, hey.
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Skipping and jumping. In the misty.
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Morning fog with all our hearts.
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Are pumping in you. That's Van Morrison. He's 81.
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He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1945. Started
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out in the band Them in 1964. He left Them
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and went solo in 1967. He's released 43 albums.
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Some of his hits are Moon Dance, Brown Eyed Girl, Domino,
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Wild Night. He still tours.
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He had a daughter from his first wife, married his
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second wife in 2006, and they have two children.
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Actor Richard Gere.
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He was born in Philadelphia. He's 77 today. He was
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the first man to be on the cover of Vogue magazine.
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Really got famous, though, for the movie American Gigolo. Then
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An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, Chicago.
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Married Cindy Crawford for four years. and he married his
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second wife for 11 years, and they had a son.
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He married his third wife in 2018, and they have
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two sons. It's not so much a pretty face I see.
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It's not the clothes you wear.
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It's more that special way you look at me That
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always keeps.
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Me there You are the one.
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That I've always.
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Dreamed of That was Rick Roberts singing the lead for
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the band Firefall. He's also 77.
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He's born in Clearwater, Florida. Started out in the band
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the Flying Brito Brothers. Then he helped form Firefall in 1974.
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They had the heads, You Are the Woman, Just Remember
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I Love You, Strange Way to Tell Me You Love Me,
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Goodbye I Love You.
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Rick, he left in 1981.
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Now Firefall, they're still performing and touring and all that
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kind of stuff. They haven't had a hit since Rick
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left though. Then Rick left music totally in 1992, came
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back in 2010. Now he's performing again. He does the
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oldie circuit, so he performs with other bands and does
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some solo stuff.
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I'm trying to figure out my heart.
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But I can't argue proof of why we should never
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be apart.
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And that is the, that is the.
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That is the truth.
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I'll shake your love. I just want you to know.
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Shake your love.
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Debbie Gibson's 56. She was born in Brooklyn, New York
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in 1970. She is the youngest female artist to write, produce,
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and sing a number one song. She was 17 years old.
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Any guesses on the song?
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Foolish Beat.
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Well, I can't play it and then use it for
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a trivia question. Some of her other hits, Shake Your Love,
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Only in My Dreams, Out of the Blue, Lost in
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Your Eyes, Girls Night. Now, she's a a couple movies.
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One was Mega Shark vs.
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Giant Octopus. No, that wasn't the one with Tiffany. The
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one with Tiffany was Mega Python vs.
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Gatoroid. Debbie, she was a rocker in Rock of Ages. Debbie,
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she's actually done really well in theater. She starred as
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Sandy in Grace over in London. It's at all kinds
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of box office records. She came back and she did
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some touring with some different shows. She's done Broadway. Now,
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do you know that Sandy's full name in Grace is
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actually Sandy Dombrowski on stage and Sandy Olsen in the movie?
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I guess Sandy Dombrowski didn't sound very Australian. Actor, comedian
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Chris Tucker. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1971.
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That makes him 55.
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He first hit doing stand-up. Then he hit really big
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on deaf comedy, Jim. His first movie was House Party 3.
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Then Friday's Jackie Brown. All the Rush Hour movies. He
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was married for six years and he has a son
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from it.
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Goodbye. This road from the country lost without the soul
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who missed the wings of your compassion.
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More England's Princess Diana was killed today in a car
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wreck in 1997. She was 36 years old. Princess Diana said,
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you can't comfort the afflicted by afflicting the comfortable. Thank
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you for listening today. We sure appreciate you joining us
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and being here today. Our Country Underground Radio Artist of
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the Day. It comes from Mary out in Salt Lake City.
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She wants to hear Dylan Jones' song Celebrity Club. You
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guys have an awesome day and we'll talk tomorrow.
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I wish those 95s bit a little more. So far
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these dreams ain't made it out the door. Every day
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I listen to life I love. Singing covers of the
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ones I trust. And some big names throwing his lyrics
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down I got an old guitar that I've come to
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love With high hopes I'll be right up With those
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big shots.
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He made it in the.
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Heartland Struttin' away like some Nashville band Dreamin' someday I
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can be.
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In that celebrity club.
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The radio keeps.
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Pushing for the best show. And will it make.
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It?
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Well, I just don't know.
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I got an old guitar that I've come to love.