Feb 23rd – Banana Bread Day, The Alamo Begins, Polio Vaccines, Mt. Suribachi, & Big Birthdays

0:19 Hi, and welcome to history and factory is about today? I am Jeff in today's February the twenty third banana bread. Banana bread. Oh, you've got to master up bananas and them make them in a tasty bread. Then you've got to eat them. Then you'll understand how good banana bread is. Today is National Banana Bread Day. During World War One, now, with all the ships being used to fight the war, there weren't many left to bring bananas from Hawaii to the mainland. Oh why is they didn't new what to do with all those bananas that were piling up. And in nineteen eighteen the Mali newspaper it printed a recipe and had to use bananas to make bread. Worked really good.

1:06 But it stayed over in Hawaii, and then in the nineteen thirties during the Great Depression, people wouldn't throw away any food if they could help it. So people in the main land they started using that recipe for overripe bananas that came you huge it. Now there are lots of recipes for bananas. Now if you bakes them today, it'll sure make your house smell good. Overall banana bat it's not that bad for you. Now some recipes they are a little high in sugar. Though. Now remember you have to use overripe bananas. The browner and the black of the bananas, the better, That's right. So I enjoyed some banana bread today. See was going on in entertainment on February twenty third, Let's go back to nineteen ninety nine. The number one album was Baby One More Time by Britney Spears. Monica had the number one song with Angel of Mine.

1:47 Quin Saw You, I Already Steal Something ten side of You somethinged nevised A. Mark Chestnut had the number one country song with I Don't want to miss a thing. Every Moment Spin if You is a Moment. Arch adoricles. A do Fo sleeps, a Missue, and a doll Boss.

2:33 The number one book was The Testament by John Grisham. Top movie was eight Millimeter A private Detective. He is hired to see if a snuff film is real or not. Stars Nicholas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, and James Gandolfini. All Right, what happened on February the twenty third, San Antonio, Texas nineteen or eighteen thirty six, The Battle of the Alamo began Mexican general sent to Anna. He was also the president of Mexico. He decided it is twenty one hundred Mexican soldiers needed to take out a couple of hundred Texas freedom fighters that were held up in the Animal Alamo. Now that was a mission that they kind of turned it into a fort. Now on that first day, yeah, there were just a couple of small skirmishes, nothing big. Now that battles in the last thirteen days. So we'll have to listen along to see how it turns out.

3:15 Eighteen ninety six, Leo Hersfeld started selling the Tutsi roll. Yeah, he named carmel and chocolate candy after his daughter Claire. Her nickname was Titsy. Nineteen oh three, Cuba, they signed an agreement given the United States gontanmon't pay the United States put in naval station. They're still there. World War two, in nineteen forty five, at the Battle of iwo Jima, United States Marines raised the American flag on the top of Mount Siahbachi. Now that's one of the most iconic and famous photos and images of all World War Two. Now, when you see him raise that flag, you think the battle's over. No, not even close. Now, the fighting that lasts March twenty six. All they had done at that point was captured the highest point on the island. Yeah, the bloodiest filing still ahead. Nineteen fifty four are the first mass inoculation of the polio vaccine was given. It was at the Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now, since it is I guess we should celebrate this. Do you know that Jesus was a songwriter. Yeah, he wrote a huge pop song.

4:16 And heave us hollow me. Hiking call will be dom on it. I wonder if I have to go to confession for not playing the whole song now. That was actually recorded by a Catholic nun out there in Australia. Her name is Sister Janet Mead. She's recording a Christian album and she decided, what the heck, I'm gonna put the Lord's Prayer on it. Now. I went to number one in Australia, went to number four in the United States today in nineteen seventy four, and Jesus got songwriting credits for it. Yeah, he was responsible for the lyrics. Sister Janet, she gave all the money to charities two thousand and eight until the day it had a perfect safety record. Yeah, no more an Air Force B two bomber. It crashed over on the island of Guam. Now we have the crew, sure they escaped unharmed. But his most expensive aircraft playing a crash in history. The B two bomber costs at that time one point two billion dollars. Yeah, today it's two.

5:16 Billion joke, joke, Thish Shibbert day. We're gonna he left this Shiver day. We don't sit potage. He like this shibf day. And you know we don't get okay. Who was born on February of the twenty third actor Peter Fonda. He was born in New York City in nineteen forty. His dad was actor Henry Fonda. His older sister is Jane Funda. Peter went to college at the University and Omaha, Nebraska, and to study acting. So why well that's where his dad grew up. Peter hit really big when he co wrote and started an Easy Rider, then Julie's Gold, Ghost Rider, Wild Hogs, three Tender Human. He had two children from his first wife, actress Bridget Fonda and her brother, and he married his second wife for thirty six years. After they divorced, he married his third wife in twenty eleven.

6:05 Peter died from munk cancer in twenty nineteen, at seventy nine years old. I said none did say what I said. You can do what you want next time you suit her? Coming man, you got a run side? Why are you walt this killing? Don upset? How sixty one? That was blues rock guitarre singer Johnny Winter. He was one of Beaumont Texas in nineteen forty four. His younger brother, Yeah, Edgar Winter. Now they are both born without binoism, and they had really poor eyesight. Now, Johnny he started releasing records when he was seventeen. Yeah, he had make a success though, actually producing other artists and playing on their guitar on their records. He did okay, So although he had Highway sixty one rolling and Tossin, ain't nothing to me.

6:55 Johnny married nineteen ninety three. He died from emphasem in twenty fourteen, at seventy years yars old, two days after he did his final concert. Actress Patricia Richardson's seventy five. She was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in nineteen fifty one. She did a lot of theater. Then she went to TV and started on home improvement and then strong medicine. She started in the movie Yulie Gold that was with Peter Now she did the County Line movies not too long ago. She married once for thirteen years and they had one son and then twins, son and daughter. Jones Howard Jones is seventy one, born in Hythe England in nineteen fifty five. Pretty big in the eighties. What is love?

7:49 Things can only get better life and one day no one else to blame. I think he's actually called a synthpop artist because of all the electronics he used. Whatever it is, I think it really works. I like Howard a lot of positive so hunks. Now, I don't know if you'd call it touring or not, but he does play shows. I already married nineteen seventy seven and they have three kids. Actress Kristin Davis. She was born in Boulder, Colorado, in nineteen sixty five. Sixty one year old. Grew up in South Carolina. Now we all first met Kristin on Melrose Place, but then she hit really big on Sex in the City. She played Charlotte and the TV show in the movies. Some of her other movies where The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl. In three D, she played Max's mom and the shaggy dog Deck the Halls couple's retreat. She has one daughter and one son.

8:33 I got a brand new girl, brand We went and jumped alp the man. You out al A the weeknd. You spent the whole day on the. Beach where nothing less. Stop playing kids and kidsasmooches, Muci talking Lucy Man. Country singer Steve Holly. He's fifty four. He was born in Dallas in nineteen seventy two. Now he's the youngest of eight kids, so you know he got away with everything. Stevie was discovered by lea Ane Rimes's dad Yeah, back in nineteen ninety one. Some of Steve's big hits are good Morning, Beautiful, brand new Girlfriend, Don't make me beg, put your best dress on. Stevie is married and they have two daughters. Actress Emily Blunt. She was born in nineteen eighty three and Lyndon, England, forty three years old today.

9:21 She hit in her second movie. It was The Devil West Prada, then Looper, The Girl on the Train. She was nominated for an Oscar for Oppenheimer. She married in twenty ten and they have two daughters, Dakota Fanning's thirty two. She was born in Conyers, Georgia, in nineteen ninety four. She was seven when she first hit big, starring in the movie I Am Sam And she should have gotten a nomination or something for Man on Fire. I think she did really good on that as especially as a kid. Of course, she did War of the Worlds, the Twilight soccer movies, Once upon a Time in Hollywood Now. Her father wanted to name her Dakota, her mom wanted to make name her Hannah, so her name is technically handed Dakota Fanning. Alrighty are code of the day. It comes from poet John Keats. He died in eighteen twenty one at twenty five years old. Yeah to Berkeleosis now. Keith said, love is my religion. I can die for it. Thank you all for listening today. I never to follow us.

10:09 Who you listen to? His son country and grand artist to day. It comes from ruth an up in South Dakotas. She wants to hear Clay Riggings on ninety eight proof you guys all have an awesome day and we'll talk tomorrow. Hello, friend, here's an efty who's spoon. It's got your day and waiting on you. Alabama dream. Hey Joe, did you make that too? What a long face? What's getting you down? Somebody's gone and turn your world sign down?

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