Sept 3rd-Baby Back Ribs, Memphis Slim, Beetle Bailey, The Beach Boys, Grand Funk Railroad, Charlie Sheen

0:19 Hello everyone, I am Jeff and welcome to History and Fact Toys About Today. Today is September the 3rd. Today is National Baby Back Ribs Day. Oddly, Chili's did not have any deals today. Actually, there really aren't any national deals anywhere today. Now cavemen, they probably discovered baby back ribs way back when. It was 1890s when they got the name baby back ribs. Now they're pork and they are the cut that's closest to the pig's backbone. Surely they didn't start doing baby back ribs until 1976. Now just because there aren't any deals today doesn't mean you can't enjoy some baby back ribs today. Okay, let's see what's going on in entertainment on September the 3rd back in 2006. The number one album was Back to Basics by Christine Aguilera. Fergie had the number one song with London Bridge.

1:22 The Wreckers had. The number one country song, Leave the Pieces. And it's all right. Yeah, I'll be fine. Don't worry about this. Take your love and hit the road. There's nothing you can do or say. You're going to break my heart anyway.

2:02 So just leave the pieces when you go. The top-selling book was Judge and Jury by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. Top movie was Invincible. A 30-year-old bartender in South Philly. Yeah, he gets to play for the Philadelphia Eagles back in 1976. It was a true story. Played receiver. Starred Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, and Elizabeth Banks. All right, let's see what happened on September the 3rd. San Marino, it's a really small country. It's only 24 square miles. It's in northeast Italy. Population, about 35,000 people. It was founded today in the year 301. That's right, it was founded by a stonemason. It ended up being St. Marinus. It's the oldest republic that's still in existence on the planet.

2:44 The American Revolution in 1777. The flag of the United States was flown for the first time in battle. It was at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge out there in Delaware. Well, the United States lost that battle. That's probably why we don't know about that thing. Haven't heard more about it. But six years later, to the day, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed. Yeah, over in Paris. It officially ended the United States Revolutionary War. Now, we might have lost Cooch's Bridge to the British, but we won the war. USA! USA! USA! USA! In World War II today, in 1944, now, Canadian troops, they liberated Abbeville, France. French troops liberated Lyons, France. British, they freed Brussels, Belgium. And what would end up being the last train carrying Jews to Auschwitz? Yeah, it left Westerbork in the Netherlands today. On it was Anne Frank and seven of the people who were hiding on it with her. A total of 1,019 Jews were loaded into a bunch of cattle cars on that train. Took them three days to get to Auschwitz. Now, of the seven that were with Anne, the only one that survived was her dad. Yeah, he was the only one that got out of Auschwitz.

3:52 You know what? I would have just taken this day off. I would not have wanted to deal with it at all. Nope, I wouldn't have left my house all day. Over in Sweden in 1967, at exactly 6 a.m., all drivers had to stop driving on the left side of the road. Yep, had to start driving on the right side of the road. Oh, you can't tell me that was smooth. That left the UK. Yep, they're the only places in the world that actually still drive on the left side of the road. All right, it was born on September the 3rd. Actor Ellen Ladd, he was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1913. One of Hollywood's top actors in the 1940s and 50s. Biggest movies were Shane, This Gun for Hire, Hell Below. Zero, The Great Gatsby.

4:46 Now, although he was a huge actor, he only stood five feet, six inches tall. So in a lot of his movies, they just co-starred him with actress Veronica Lake. Yeah, she stood 4'11. Allen, he had a son from his first wife, married a second wife in 1943, and they had a son and a daughter. Lad, he died in 1964. Yeah, he accidentally overdosed on alcohol and sleeping pills. 50 years old. Even when I'm happy to. Lord, That was bluesman Memphis Slim. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1915. During his lifetime, he recorded over 500 songs.

5:34 Some of his big ones are Every Day I Have the Blues, Messin' Around, Blue and Lonesome. In 1962, Slimmy got tired of what was going on over here. He packed everything up and moved over to Paris, France. Spent the rest of his life traveling through Europe playing the blues. He was married and they had one son. Slimmy died from kidney failure in 1988 at 72 years old. Comic strip writer, artist, Moore Walker. He was born in El Dorado, Kansas in 1923. 1950, he created the comic strip Beetle Bailey. 1954, he spun it off. Yep, he had high-end Lois. Lois was actually Beetle's sister. Now, at his peak, Beetle Bailey, it was in 1,800 newspapers worldwide in 50 different countries. Now, Moore had been an intelligence officer for four years in the Army during World War II, so yeah, he knew how the Army worked. He divorced his first wife after 35 years of marriage. Yeah, they had seven kids. Married his second wife in 1985. They were together until 2018.

6:24 Then Mark died from pneumonia at 94 years old. It don't hurt anymore All my teardrops have dried No more walking. The floor With that old burning inside. That was country legend Hank Thompson. He was born in Waco, Texas in 1925. He performed country music from 1946 to 2007. Sold over 60 million records. Now, that would be a lot nowadays. It is huge for back then. Yeah, it's one of the tops of all time. Some of his number one songs are Rub-a-Dub, Wake Up, I Reign, The Wild Side of Life, Honky Tonk Girl. It don't hurt anymore.

7:08 Married his second wife in 1970, and they had one kid. Now, in 2007, Hank, yeah, he was out there touring. He finally said, I have to retire. I can't do this anymore. He was actually fighting lung cancer. Now, he died five days after he performed his last show at 82 years old. Well, since you put me down, I've been up to it in my head. I can just say tonight that in the morning I. Just lay in bed. Oh, honey, you look so fine. Saying I love you doesn't take much time. For you to hold my mind. Help me, Rhonda. That was one of the few songs the Beach Boys let Al Jardine sing lead on. Al is 84. He was born in Lima, Ohio in 1942. Plays the guitar. He actually started out on the stand-up bass. Now, Al, Love, the Wilson brothers, they're all co-fans of the Beach Boys in 1961. Now, Al, he pretty much left in 1998. He has come back and done a couple of shows, but he's actually currently touring. Yep, he's got a tour out there. It's called Al Jardine and the Pet Sound Band. Yeah, they're going to be out there until November. If you want to go see him, you might want to check his website. Because actually, a bunch of their shows are already sold out. Now, he had a child from his first wife, married his second wife in 1984, and they have two children. She had the whole show, and that's a natural fact. All night with the king.

8:34 I got to tell you. Poker's his thing. That was Don Brewer singing for the band Grand Funk Railroad. He's also their drummer. Don was born in Flint, Michigan in 1948. 78 today. Now, Grand Funk, they formed in 1969. Now, Don and Mark Farner, they actually split the co-lead singing. Then Farner, he left in 1998. So now Don, he splits it with Max Carl. Now, We're an American Band, The Locomotion, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Time. That's some of their big hits if you go check them out because they do tour. They do 40 shows a year, plus or minus one or two. Don, he married in 1985, and they have two daughters. Actor Charlie Sheen is 61. Yeah, he was born in New York City in 1965. Martin Sheen is his dad. Emilio Estevez is his brother. Charlie, he made a name for himself in the movie Red Dawn. The Platoon, Wall Street, Major League. On TV, he had a really big star in it, Two and a Half Men. In 1990, he was engaged to actress Kelly Preston. He said it was an accident, but he shot her in the arm. I don't know why, but she called the engagement off, and then she went and married John Travolta. Charlie had a daughter back in high school, him and a girl. Yeah, they were both in high school. Yeah, they had a little girl. And he had a second wife was actress Denise richard and they had two daughters then his third wife yeah they had two boys it's just a little

10:06 crush not like i mean every time we touch 53-year-old Jennifer Page is born in Marietta, Georgia. Now, that's on Crush. It went number one in 16 different countries. Yeah, the United States or something. Some of her other hits are Sober, Always You, These Days. If you're a Jennifer Page fan, just go to her website. She releases new music. She got married in 2010, and they have a daughter. All righty, our quote of the day. It comes from legendary football coach Vince Lombardi. He died today in 1970 at 57 years old. Vince says, perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, yeah, we can catch excellence. I thank you all for listening today. Don't forget to follow us on whoever you're listening to us on so you never miss us. And get a chance to stop by coolmedia.com.

11:06 That's cool with three O's. See what's going on in the radio stations and the podcast and all that. Speaking of the radio station, our country underground radio artist of the day comes from Lisa up there in Loveland, Colorado. She wants to hear Melanie Mirany and her song, Cool Girl. You guys have an awesome day, and we'll talk tomorrow. You're looking for somebody who can hang out with the guys, who ain't gonna mess your plans up when you go out Friday night. Let's keep on playing around like you're only 25 for the rest of your life. Who'll keep you looking fly when she's hanging on your arm? Who won't ever turn you down when you want to turn it on? If it's a target or a drink, she can match. You shot for shot. You think you are, but you're. Not looking for a cool girl. that you realize this.

11:59 And you'll be looking back wishing that you knew just what you had. That when he had you standing looking for a cool thing. You don't even know that that ain't enough Staying willful right now, you're just looking for a cool girl Boy, you don't even know what that is It ain't any kind of true.

12:40 Girl By the time that you realize this You'll be looking back wishing that you knew just what you had Back when you had a say