Nov 8th-Cappuccino, Montana, Edmond Halley, Bonnie Raitt, Patti Page, 1st Bug Zapper, Tara Reid

0:19 Welcome to History and Factoids About Today. I am Jeff, and today is November the 8th. Today is National Cappuccino Day. Basically, a cappuccino, it is a double espresso with stained milk and some sprinkles. Espresso, that's the key there. In the late 1600s, Catholic monks, they created the cappuccino. Now, the espresso machine, it was invented in 1901, so that made it a lot easier to make. 1930s, Italy, they actually coined the term cappuccino. It means coffee topped with whipped cream and sprinkles of chocolate or cinnamon. Now, they started serving cappuccino in those little tiny cups in the 1950s. Now, cappuccino didn't take off in the United States until the late 1980s. Yeah, after Starbucks exploded over there. It is the weekend. So we can actually go a little harder if you want. Yeah, it's also National Harvey Wallbanger Day. 1952, a bartender named Duke Anton, he created a Harvey Wallbanger in his bar in Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Yeah, he named it for a surfer dude who would come in. Yeah, Harvey Wallbanger. Now, it's just vodka, Galeano liqueur, and orange juice. Well, it sounds like kind of a good day just to do both. Let's see what happened to entertainment on November the 8th. Let's go back to 2025. Number one album was The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift. Taylor

1:51 had the number one song with The Fate of Ophelia. Luke Combs had the number one country song with Back in the Saddle. The number one selling book was Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Corbin. Top movie was Black Phone 2. Finn, he's now 17 and struggling with life after captivity. Stars Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, and Madeline McGraw. All right, what happened on November the 8th?

2:57 In the year 313, Constantine, yeah, he made Christianity legal. Yeah, so they could no longer persecute Christians anymore. But it was the day in 380, Roman Emperor Theodosius, he made Christianity the official language of the Roman Empire. But I don't know if he really understood it, though. See, he threatened those who didn't practice Christianity with punishment. 1731, in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin, he opened up the first library in North America. Now, people, they had to pay dues, and then they could borrow books and use the library. 1789, in Bourbon County, Virginia, which is today Kentucky, Elijah Craig, he distilled the first whiskey from corn. Before then, all whiskey had been made from rye and barley. I mean, they still use rye and barley for whiskey. But for it to be bourbon, yeah, you have to use corn. 1837 in Massachusetts, the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was founded, the first woman college in America. Yeah, 80 women went in that first class. Now, it's still there.

3:54 It's just the Mount Holyoke College. And it's still a woman's college, except now they accept transgender students. So, yeah, it's co-ed. Happy birthday, Montana. 1889, Montana became the 41st state. The Spanish named it. It means mountainous. Montana is the fourth largest state by area. It's the 43rd most populated state.

4:35 Capitol is Helena. Highest point is Granite Peak at 12,807 feet. That's one of the hardest state high points to climb. Now, Montana State Bird is the Western Meadowlark. Fish is the Cutthroat Trout. Flower is the Bitterroot. Mammal, Grizzly Bear. State Tree, Ponderosa Pine. Some people born in Montana. Gary Cooper, Phil Jackson, Evel Knievel, Dana Carvey, Patrick Duffy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and actress Michelle Williams. Some of the people born in Big Sky Country. Now, Montana, they have the shortest river in the world. It has the Rogue River. It is 201 feet long. You can look it up if you don't believe me. 1910, in Spokane, Washington, William Frost invented the electric bug zapper. That's pretty cool, but what's even cooler is he actually called it the electric insect destroyer. Now, that's a lot better. 1956, the United Nations, they demanded that the Soviet Union leave Hungary. Now, I mean, they could eat what they wanted, but they wanted them out of the country of Hungary. saw the Soviets left in 1989.

5:37 . . Yeah, he was born in Hagerstown, England in 1656. Now, Haley, he was more than just an astronomer. He was also a physicist, a mathematician, a meteorologist. He had a lot of great accomplishments, but. Yep, he's most known for predicting the return of a comet. Now, it wasn't called Haley's Comet until it came back like he had predicted. Astronomers today, you know, with Haley's limited technology and all that, they can't figure out how he pulled that off. He married and they had three children.

6:31 He died in 1741 at 85 years old. Writer Margaret Mitchell. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1900. She was a newspaper writer. Then she wrote one book. It was called Gone with the Wind. Yeah, made her an instant celebrity. It was so huge. I think I heard they made a movie out of it. So she quit writing in the newspaper. She just wrote novellas and short stories. So what's the difference? Well, novellas, they're longer than short stories, but not as long as novels. She married her second husband in 1925. In 1949, she's 48 years old. She's going to a movie. As she was walking across the street to the theater, she was run over by a drunk driver. She died. The drunk driver got 11 months in jail. Actress Esther Rolle. She was born in Pompano Beach, Florida in 1920. She first got her name on the TV show Mod. After two seasons, they spun her off, gave her her own show, Good Times. Some movies that Esther ran were The Mighty Quinn, Driving Miss Daisy, My Fellow Americans. She married once for 20 years. Esther, she died from complications from diabetes in 1948, 78 years old.

7:30 How much is that doggy in the window? The one with the waggly tail. How much is that doggy in the window? I do hope that doggy is for sale. The singing rage, Miss Patti Page. She was born in Clearmore, Oklahoma in 1927. She was a top charting and top selling female artist in the 1950s. Sang from 1946 to 2012. Sold over 100 million records. Some of her hits are With My Eyes Wide Open, When I'm Dreaming, Tennessee Waltz, I Went to Your Wedding, Doggy in the Window. She had a son and a daughter from her second husband.

8:16 She married her third husband in 1990. Patti, she died in 2013 at 85 years old from heart and lung disease. Maybe they're seeing something we don't, darling. Let's give them something to talk about. Something to talk about. Let's give them something to talk about. Something to talk about. Let's give them something to talk about. Blues, rock, funk, country. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 77. She's born in Burbank, California. Bonnie, she's won 10 Grammys. Something to Talk About, I Can't Make You Love Me, Love Sneaking Up On You. That's some of her biggest hits. Now, she released her first album back in 1971. Yeah, but she's still out touring. She married actor Michael O'Keefe for eight years. He's the guy who played Noonan on the movie Caddyshack. Now, when Bonnie was younger, yeah, she had a lot of trouble with drugs and alcohol. She just realized that she had to change or she wouldn't go on any longer. Been sober since 1987, so that's really good for Bonnie. TV personality Mary Hart. She was born in Madison, South Dakota in 1950. She grew up in Sioux Falls. She was Miss South Dakota in 1970. Made it all the way to the semifinals of Miss America. Yeah, she lost to Phyllis George. Sports fans, you don't remember Phyllis.

9:30 In 1982, Mary started hosting Entertainment Tonight. Now, she was pretty, but her legs stole the show. She got a huge endorsement from Haynes Pantyhose Company. It was so big that they insured each of her legs for $ 1 million each. Now, she hosted entertainment tonight for 29 years. She left in 2011. She married her second husband in 1989, and they have one son. Ricky Lee Jones. She's 72. She was born in Chicago. Now, she's going out on tour at the end of January if you want. To check her out. She was basically, what would you call it, R & B, rock, pop, soul, jazz, that kind of stuff. Now, some of her big hits are Youngblood, Lucky Guy, Chucky's in Love, We Belong Together. Now, she married once for a couple years, and she has a daughter from it.

10:33 I'll take you out on the road. That is Leif Garrett. He's 65. He was born in Hollywood, California. Started acting when he was 8, and they had him start singing shortly after that, and he became a huge teen idol. First movie he was in was Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice. Then he was in the Walking Tall movies, The Outsiders, Thunder Alley. As a singer, his biggest hits were I Was Made for Dancing, Sheila, Feel the Need, Now, he started using drugs at 14. Yeah, so you can imagine.

11:18 Spent a lot of time in rehab, jail, and rehab. The last time he went to rehab, I heard it was 2010. Then he hadn't gotten any trouble since, so it looked like it must have taken. So hopefully it did for him. Actress Courtney Thorne Smith. She was born in Menlo Park, California. She's 59 today. She hit playing in Melrose Place. Then she was in Ally McBeal, According to Jim, Two and a Half Men. Biggest movie was Revenge of the Nerds 2. Her and her second husband, they have a son, but they are currently going through a divorce. Actress Parker Posey is 58. She was born in Baltimore. She's considered the queen of the indies. Indies, guys. Yeah, she's made a lot of independent movies over there. Mainstream, you probably know her from Dazed and Confused, Josie and the Pussycats, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Blade Trinity.

12:02 Now for A Mighty Wind, she actually learned how to play the mandolin. Yeah, she still plays it. She's actually played it in some professional gigs even. Parker, she has a twin brother. He's a lawyer. Actress Tara Ray, she's born in 1975 in Wyckoff, New Jersey. 51 years old today. Best known for those American Pie movies and Josie and the Pussycats, Van Wilder, My Boss's Daughter. She has done, well, she did, what, first six Sharknado TV movies. She's never married, but she has been engaged five times. And I feel weak.

12:50 She is country singer Lauren Alaina. She's 32, born in Rossville, Georgia. In 2011, she was runner-up on the TV show American Island. Yeah, she lost to Scotty McCreary. They were both 17 at the time. She has had big number one songs, doing duets with Kane Brown for What Ifs, Hardy with One Beer, Dustin Litz for Thinking About You. She did go number one by herself with the song Road Less Traveled. She's going to be out and doing some touring in mid-January. She got married in early 2024, and they actually have a daughter. All right, our quote of the day. It comes from Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. He died today in 2020 at 80 years old. Alex says, I don't gamble. Now, if I win $ 100, it really doesn't do anything for me.

13:32 It's not like it makes me happy or anything. But if I lose $ 100, it really pisses me off. Well, thank you all for listening today. Don't forget to follow us on any of you listen to us on. And check out the show's description for all our connections. So you connect to, like, countryintergroundradio.com. That's what Claire did. She lives out in eastern Washington, and she wants to hear The Ballad of Mint Julep by J.C. Clockwise. So we'll do that for you, Claire. You guys have an awesome day, and we'll talk tomorrow. I met her in December Loved her at first sight It was a winter romance That started with a bite Her parents seemed to like me. Her sister did as well But.

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