Nov 10th-US Marine Corp Birthday, Donna Fargo, Sinbad, Tracy Morgan, Ellen Pompeo, Miranda Lambert

0:00 Thank you. From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. We fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea. First to fight. For right and freedom and to keep our honor free. We are proud to claim the title of United States Army. Hi everyone, I am Jeff and welcome to History and Fact Toys About Today. Today is November the 10th. Now just take a little something sweet, not sour.

0:42 A bit of salt, just a pinch. Making these treats is such a cinch. Add a teaspoon of vanilla. Add a little more and you count to four and you never get. Your fill of cupcakes. So sweet and tasty cupcakes. Don't be too hasty. Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes. Today is vanilla cupcake day. 1776, the book Cakes to Bake in Small Cups was published. In 1828, they just made those little cakes, cupcakes. Now, cupcakes, they're baked, basically back in that time, they were like pottery dishes that were the size of cups. So yeah, today we just use cupcake pans. Now, they're really easy to make, really fun to decorate, especially if you have kids. Now, cupcakes, they make something really good to serve at a birthday party today. Okay, let's see what was happening in entertainment on November the 10th. That's back in 1986. Number one album was Third Stage by Boston. Boston had the number one song with Amanda. Restless Heart had the number one country song with That Rock Won't Roll.

2:00 You ought to see all the double takes When she goes walking by But she's so distant She seems so cold Everybody says that rock won't. Roll The number one selling book was It by Stephen King. Crocodile Dundee was the top movie. Now an American reporter, she goes to Australia to meet a poacher. Then she brings him back to New York City. Stars Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski. Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away. On my way to where the air is safe. How to get, how to get to Sesame Street.

2:57 It was today in 1969, Sesame Street went on the air. Now, they did research for two years on what would make a great kid show. Yeah, and then they put it on PBS. Now, that first show, the human cast members, they were Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper, and Bob. But the stars were Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bert Ernie, Kermit, and Cookie Monster. All right, what happened on November the 10th?

3:40 Happy birthday, United States Marine Corps. Now, during the American Revolution in 1775, the Continental Marines were formed. Captain Samuel Nichols, he was told to put them together. Then the Marines actually disbanded in 1783. They reformed in 1798. The United States thought we were going to have to fight Napoleon. All right. Some people have served in the United States Marines. Ted Williams, John Glenn, Ed McMahon, Gene Hackman, Steve McQueen, Drew Carey, Shaggy, Adam Driver, B. Arthur. Yeah. Just some of the brave men and women that have served in our Marine Corps. Now, I do want to give my most heartfelt thank you and grateful appreciation to all you men and women who have actually served or are serving. So thank you much. 1885 in Germany, Gottlieb Dahmer, he unveiled the world's first motorcycle. 1908, some traveling salesmen, they wanted to give other travelers some peace and comfort.

4:33 So they left the first Gideon Bibles in the rooms at the Superior Hotel in Superior, Montana. Now, ever since that first day, people had one question. Can you take the Bible out of those nightstands and take them home with you? Well, the hotel, they consider it stealing. The Gideons, they just replace it for free. Now, this guy made sure that no one would find out about what he was doing until he was dead. The guy? Walt Disney. 1940, Walt, he began working for the FBI as an informer. He reported information on Hollywood people who were suspected of being subversive or communist. Yeah, you can see why Walt didn't want that to get out. Now, he did it until he died in 1966. Now, they didn't make it public that he did it until 1993. That's when all the people he told on were dead. 1951, the first long-distance telephone call was made with no operator assistance.

5:21 It was all machines. It took 18 seconds to connect that call and make it go through. Now, the people back then, they were all amazed. They couldn't believe that that system was able to do that in 18 seconds. On the other hand, how pissed would you be if it took 18 seconds for your phone call to go through? The captain. Gordon Lightfoot took that song, The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald, up to number two on the pop chart. It was today in 1975, the Oricarian ship, the Edmund Fitzgerald, it sank during a storm on Lake Superior. Now all 29 sailors on board were lost. Now some people think that ship was actually cursed from the beginning. See, when they're cursing a ship, you know, they take a, um, champagne bottle, and they break it over the bow in his maiden voice. Well, and then Kristen, the Edmund Fitzgerald, yeah, they'd hit the bottle three times before it'd break. That was 1958. And then to top it all off, while they were trying to break that champagne bottle, a guy who was in the crowd, yeah, he died from a heart attack. Okay, let's see who was born on November the 10th. Actor Russell Johnson. He was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania in 1924.

6:50 He flew 44 bombing missions in the South Pacific during World War II. On his last mission, his plane was shot down. He broke both ankles when he parachuted out. When he finally got home, Audie Murphy talked him into going into acting. Russell, he was actually in three Audie Murphy movies, but he's best known for TV. He played the professor on Gilligan's Island. Do you know what the professor's name was? Yeah, it was Roy Hinckley. They only said it in the very first episode. Russell, he married his second wife in 1949, and they had a daughter and a son. His wife died in 1980. He married his third wife in 1982. They were together until he died from kidney failure in 2014, 89 years old. Actor Richard Burton, he was born in Wales in 1925, started out doing Shakespeare. Now, Richard, he was one of the best actors of his generation, but no one actually believed that he was actually as good as he could have been. Yeah, all those around him, they didn't think he ever lived up to his true potential. Had he done that, he'd been one of the greatest actors of all time. See, Richard, he was a big, big, big, big drinker. Yeah. Even that way, though, he was still nominated for seven Oscars and three Tonys. He had two daughters from his first wife.

7:52 He married and divorced his second wife twice. She was actress Elizabeth Taylor. Then he had two quick marriages after Liz. Now, all that drinking, it did get richer. 1984, 58 years old. Actor Roy Schreider. He was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1932. His biggest movies were the Jaws movies. He was also in Marathon Man and The Rainmaker. Nominated for Oscars for The French Connection and all that jazz. He had a daughter from his first wife. They divorced after 25 years. Married his second wife in 1989. They had a son and a daughter. They were together until Roy. He died from multiple melanoma in 2008 at 75 years old.

8:46 That's country singer Donna Farga. She's 81 today. She was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina in 1945. Nowadays, she has her own line of greeting cards and she writes poetry. In the 1970s, Donna, she had a lot of big crossover success. Happiest Girl in the USA and Funny Face, they were just huge sits on the pop chart. 1979, Donna, she was at the peak of her career, man. You didn't think she'd get any better? Yeah, she got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Yeah, it really knocked her down. But hey, she's still going. I mean, she's not living all the people of her age. Yeah, she's still going. She married in 1968. Her husband, he died four years ago. Yeah, no one saw her outliving him. That's singer-songwriter Dave Loggins.

9:29 He was. Born in Mountain City, Tennessee in 1947. Now, his second cousin is Kenny Loggins. They'd never met, and then they ran into each other at an award show. Dave, he had his big success actually as a songwriter, but he did sing the really big hits, Please Come to Boston and then Nobody Loves You Like I Do with Ann Murray. Dave, he's in that Songwriter Hall of Fame.

10:11 He died just last year at 76 years old. He was divorced three times. He had one child with each wife. Comedian Simbad. He was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1956. 70 years old. Now, he got a basketball scholarship to the University of Denver. Yeah, after a couple years, he dropped out and joined the Air Force. Kept going AWOL, so he got a dishonorable discharge. He was sneaking off to go to comedy clubs. I guess it kind of worked out, though. He did become a successful stand-up comedian. On TV, he was on A Different World and The Simbad Show. Some of his movies were Meteor Man, House Gas, Jingle All the Way. Sinbad, he had a stroke in 2020. Yeah, he's still recovering from it. He says he wants to make a comeback, so knock on wood, he will. He married in 1985, and they had two children. Then they divorced in 1992. Then, boom, they remarried in 2002. Actor Michael J. White, he is 59. He was born in Brooklyn. Now, he's a martial artist. He had seven different black belts. Yeah, he started training when he was four years old in jiu-jitsu. Now, he was the first black actor to actually star as a comic book comic superhero, the lead character. Yeah, he was a spawn. He's done a lot of Tyler Perry movies.

11:18 He was in Black Dynamite, Android Cop. Now, he had two sons. Then he married his first wife, and they had a daughter. Married his second wife in 2015. Her name is Jillian Waters. She's a badass martial artist, too. Actor, comedian, Tracy Morgan. He's born in Brooklyn also. He's 58. He was on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. Then he had The Tracy Morgan Show, The Last O.G., Some of the movies that Tracy was in were Half-Baked, The Longest Yard, Cop Out. As for his stand-up, he's going to be going out and doing some stand-up touring in February. Tracy, he married his high school sweetheart. Yep, they had three children, then they divorced after 22 years. He did marry a second wife for four years, and they had a daughter. Actress Ellen Pompeo. She's 57. She's born in Everett, Massachusetts. You know what? I honestly did not know Grey's Anatomy is still on the air. That's right. Ellen, she's been starring on it since it started in 2005.

12:10 then 488 episodes. Some of her movies, Catch Me If You Can, Old School, Art Heist. Ellen, she married in 2007, and they have two daughters and one son. I'm going home, rolling over with my shotgun, wait by the door and light a cigarette. He wants a fire, well, now he's got one. He ain't seen me crazy yet. Slap my face and he shook me like. A rag doll. Don't that sound like a real man? I'm on the show, I'm on the little girls, I'm made of gum, powder, and lead. The pride of Longview, Texas. Country singer Miranda Lambert. She's 43. She got third place on the TV show Nashville Star. Don't know what they were thinking. Today, she is the most awarded country music artist of all time. Yeah, she has more trophies than any male or female singer. Some of her number one songs are The House That Built Me, Heart Like Mine, Over You, Bluebird. No, that song, Gunfire and Let It, didn't go to number one. Miranda, she married Blake Shelton for four years. And in 2019, she married herself a New York City police officer. Okay, our quote of the day. It comes from actor Jack Plants.

13:15 He died today in 2006 at 89 years old. He said, only two things you can truly count on. That's greed and gravity. Well, thank you all for listening today. Don't forget to follow us on how you listen to us on. Check out the show description to see how to get to coolmedia.com, countryundergroundradio.com, all the good stuff. Our country underground radio artist of the day comes from Kyle up in Loveland, Colorado. He wants to hear Blacktop Rodeo. This ain't a love song. You guys have an awesome day and we'll talk tomorrow. I think I know why y'all came And what you were expecting to hear Another song about beauty and love Well, the choices are perfectly clear But my life don't work like that Most days, yeah, it's a real mess There's lots of songs out for folks in love But this one's for all the rest.

14:12 Cause this ain't a love song, but y'all can still dance. Cause if you're all alone, I wrote this song just for. You to take a chance. Throw back your shot glass, and find yourself. A cutie in tanner hands. Oh, you can't go wrong. Cause this ain't no song You never know what you're liable to find When you get yourself a novel looking A little dance when you ain't hardly trying You sure turn into something.

15:00 Anyway, the beer's real cold and there's always things you can do. If you're lonely and you got no one, I wrote this song for you. Cause this ain't no song, but y'all. Can still dance. Cause if you're all alone, I wrote this song just for you to take. A chance and throw back your shot glass. And find yourself a cutie and take their hand.