Nov 13-Hug a Musician, The Sullivan Brothers, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Whoopi Goldberg, Aldo Nova, Steve Zahn

0:20 Hi everyone, I am Jeff and welcome to History and Factoids About Today presented by Cool Media. Today's November the 13th. I wrote this song and I hope it doesn't blow. I wrote this song and sang it on piano. I need a hug and that's how the chorus goes. I need a hug and that's how the chorus goes. You need a hug. Your mom needs a hug. And your dad needs a hug. Your brother needs a hug. And your sister needs a hug. And everybody needs a hug. Like, I need a hug, hug, give me a hug. A hug. Today is National Hug a Musician Day. Oh, come on. Some of them shower. Music, it's been around since the beginning of mankind. The oldest instrument found was a Neanderthal flute.

1:04 Dates back 50,000 years. They think it might have been owned by the Rolling Stones when they started out. It was made from a thigh bone of a young cave bear. Now, today's probably not a good idea just to walk up and hug a musician, but you can show your support for them. Yeah, if you like what they're playing, yeah, go see them. If that's not your type of music, check it out. Try some kind of new music. Now, going to see live music, that'd be better than a hug. Only 41% of all musicians actually get paid. All right, let's see what happened in entertainment on November the 13th, back to 2016. Number one album was Joanne by Lady Gaga. The Chainsmokers and Halsey had the number one song with Closer. Maybe pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover that I know you can't afford. Bite that tattoo on your shoulder. Pull the sheets right off the corner of the mattress that you stole from your.

1:56 Roommate back in Boulder. We ain't never getting older. Keith Urban had the number one country song with Blue Ain't Your Color. I'm telling you. The number one book was The Whistler by John Grisham. Top movie was Doctor Strange. A brilliant neurosurgeon, he has drawn into the world of mysterious arts. Yeah, it kind of gets freaky and goes to hell for him. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Rachel McAdams.

2:48 In 2002, Eminem released that song, Lose Yourself. It was from the 8 Mile movie soundtrack. It will become the first rap song to win an Academy Award. All right, what happened on November the 13th? I think you're all familiar with the quote, in this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. Well, Benjamin Franklin, he wrote that today in 1789. It was his response to the recently passed U.S. Constitution. 1875, Yale and Harvard played a football game. Now, it was the first time ever that both teams wore uniforms. Yale, they wore dark blue pants, blue shirts, and yellow hats. Harvard, they wore crimson pants, crimson shirts, and crimson socks. Now, Yale won 40-0. Well, back then, touchdowns were only four points. 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened up. It connected New York and New Jersey. Now, it was the first twin tube underwater tunnel in the world. And at that time, it was the largest underwater tunnel in the world, period. Now, the head engineer of the project, his name was Clifford Holland.

4:00 He was so stressed out about building it that he had a nervous breakdown and died from a heart attack at 41 years old. I guess everyone kind of felt sorry for him, so they named it after him, the Holland Tittle. So he's got that. 1942, in World War II, the Sea Battle of the Fourth, or Friday the 13th, took place. It was fought off of Guadalcanal. That's in the Solomon Islands. The United States Navy shipped the Juno. It was sunk by the Japanese. Five brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, went down with the ship. George, Frank, Joe, Matt, and now Sullivan. The Sullivan brothers. Yeah, that was the largest loss of life by any one family in America during World War II. Now, the Sullivan brothers, they actually joined the Navy to avenge the death of Bill Ball. He was their sister's boyfriend. He was killed on the USS Arizona in a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Amityville, New York, 1974.

4:46 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo, Jr. Murdered his parents, his two brothers, and his two sisters at their house on 112 Ocean Avenue. Now, that's the house that the Amityville horror movie and book took place after the murders. So the debate is, was the house haunted that caused him to commit the murders, or did the murders cause the house to become haunted? Now, if you want to go see that house, they changed the address from 112 to 108 Ocean Lane. Yeah, they wanted to throw off the tourists. 1980, Miss West Germany, 18-year-old Gabriella Brum. She won the Miss World Beauty Pageant. Now, she resigned the next day. She didn't want to have to wait a year to marry her 52-year-old boyfriend. 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened up in Washington, D.C. It features over 58,000 names of U.S. soldiers killed or missing over in Vietnam. It is definitely a must-see if you go to Washington, D.C. In 2001, Colombian singer Shakira, she released her fifth album, but it was her first album in English. It was called Laundry Service. I think she screwed up on the translation.

5:45 All right, let's check out who was born on November the 13th. This is the story of two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell. These are the Tates. And these are the Campbells. And this is Soap. I hit the wrong button, but it still works. Actor Richard Mulligan, he was born in Bronx, New York in 1932.

6:29 He hit playing Bert on the sitcom Soap, and then he starred on Emptiness. He was in the movies Meatballs 2 and then Mickey and Maude. He divorced four times. He had a son from his first wife. Richard, he died in 2000 from colorectal cancer at 67 years old. Writer, director, producer, Gary Marshall. He was one of Bronx, New York in 1934. Yes, Penny Marshall, that was his younger sister. Gary, he started out as a writer for I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show. Now, some TV shows that he created were The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Mork and Mindy. Some of the movies that he directed were Beaches, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, The Princess Diaries. Gary married in 1963 and they had three children. He died in 2016 at 81 years old from pneumonia after he had a stroke. Actor Joe Montagna is 79. He was born in Chicago.

7:18 Started out on Broadway. Yeah, we wanted Tony. Some of his movies were Godfather 3, Airheads, and Three Amigos. Might be known for better for TV. He voiced Fat Tony on The Simpsons since 1991. And he starred on Criminal Minds since 2007. Got married in 1975 and they have two daughters. He got hit with balls palsy in 1988. It was only supposed to be a temporary thing. Yeah, he still has lingering effects from it still today. Actor Chris Noth. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He's 72 today. On TV, he started out on Law and Order, and then he played Mr. Big on Sex and the City, then The Good Wife. Biggest movies besides Sex and the City was The Perfect Man. That was with Jennifer Aniston. He married in 2012, and they have two sons. Now, Noth, he quit acting in 2021. See, no charges have ever been filed against him, but he's got hit with a whole bunch of sexual misconduct allegations. Whoopi Goldberg. She was born in Manhattan in 1955. Whoopi 71. She was born Karin Johnson, but she got a reputation for not being shy about farting. So she kind of got the nickname Whoopi, you know, for Whoopi Cushion. And she's Jewish, well, half Jewish.

8:22 So she took the name Goldberg from her Jewish side of the family. Now she's won the EGOT. She won her Oscar for Ghost. Then she won a Grammy, a Tony and two Emmys. She divorced three times and she has a daughter from her first husband. Aldo Nova, 70. He was born in Montreal, Canada.

9:04 Now, his first name really is Aldo, but I can't pronounce his last name. His parents were immigrants from Italy over to Canada. My Italian is not as good as my British and Spanish. Now, his biggest hits are Fantasy, Monkey on Your Back, Blood on the Bricks. Won a Grammy, yeah, for producing Celine Dion's Falling Into You album. See, the producer gets a Grammy if the artist wins. Back in the late 1980s, early 1990s, yeah, him and Jon Bon Jovi wrote a whole bunch of songs together. Pretty big hits. Aldo, he's been married since 2020. Actor Steve Zahn is 59. He was born in Marshall, Minnesota. First got known in the movie That Thing You Do, and then Joyride, Saving Silverman, Dallas Buyers Club, War of the Planet of the Apes. Yeah, he was a bad ape. He got married in 1994, and they have a son and a daughter. Okay, now if you go hug a musician today, so you got that live show, remember, loud music causes you to drink more and less time. because have an awesome day and thank you for listening today we sure appreciate it don't forget to follow us on whoever you listen to us on and come see us at cool media under cool media.com and since it is hugging musician day we want to say our thank you we'll give you a virtual bro hug to all the artists that we play on country underground radio the best internet country music there is all right let's end with leon russell I'm up.

10:21 On a tight wire. One side's ice and one is fire. It's a circus game with you and me. I'm up on a tightrope. One side's hate and one is hope. Leon died today in 2016 at 74 years old. Leon said, I didn't start out to become famous. So when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes. Our country underground radio artist of the day comes from Zane in Albuquerque. He wants to hear Gabe Choate's song, New Divorce Experience. Well, let's hope Zane learned his lesson. You guys have an awesome day, and we'll talk tomorrow.

11:02 You probably won't believe this But I swear this story's true I was minding my own business Went down to Scooter's a-shootin' pub When this pretty young thing come a-kissin' on me And guess who walks through the door? Last thing I. Knew, she swung a pool cue And I was out cold on the. Floor I had a near-devil experience.

11:48 Flash before my eyes I've had a near A deep old experience I guess. You could say That's when I saw the light Had. A vision of a moving crew And a lawyer with. A big old vacuum Suckin' down my bank account I saw her new man lookin' fit and tanned Fishin' in my bass boat.

12:36 Alamoine checks in my whole life wrecked And it chilled me to the bone I had an ear Devo's. Experience I saw my wife Flash. Before my eyes I had a near. Devo's Experience I guess you could say That's when I. Saw the light.

13:38 I had a near divorce. Experience. Saw my wife flash before my eyes. I had a near-devil. Experience I guess You could say that's when I saw the light