History & Factoids about today

(2024) National hug a musician day. Entertainment from 1972. Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened, 5 Sullivan brothers killed in WW2 at Battle of Guadalcanal, Holland tunnel opened. Todays birthdays - Richard Mulligan, Garry Marshall, Joe Montegna, Chris Noth, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Zahn. Leon Russell died. Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard     http://defleppard.com/ The hug song - Zia Mohaj...

National happy hour day. Entertainment from 1974. Leotard invented, Ellis Island closed, 1st selfie in space. Todays birthdays - Grace Kelly, Brian Hyland, Neil Young, Buck Dharma, Les McKeown, Mega Mullaly, Ryan Gosling, Anne Hathaway. Wilma Rudolph died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran    https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ Happy hour - Weezer Aint seen nothin yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive C...

Veterans Day. Entertainment from 1984. WW1 edned (Armistice day), 1st fraternity founded, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Dedicated, Route 66 opened. Todays birthdays - George Patton, Marshall Crenshaw, Demi Moore, Calista Flockhart, Alison Doody, Leonardo Di Caprio. Gallagher died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran    https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ An American Soldier - Toby Keith Caribbean que...

US Marine Corp Birthday. National vanilla cupcake day. Entertainment from 1994.Bibles first put into hotel rooms. Edmund Fitzgerald sank, 1st Motorcycle. Todays birthdays - Russel Johnson, Richard Burton, Roy Scheider, Donna Fargo, Dave Loggins, Sinbad, Michael Jai White, Tracy Morgan, Ellen Pompeo, Miranda Lambert. Jack Palance died. Marine corp hymn Cupcake song - Pikie Pie I'll make love to you...

National scrapple day. Entertainment from 2023. Norad computer glich almost started WW3, Berlin wall comes down, Teddy Roosevelt 1st Pres. to visit a foreign country. Todays birthdays - Hedy Lamarr, Dorthy Dandridge, Mary Travers, Lou Ferrigno, Pepa, Eric Dane, Nick Lachey, Sisquo. Art Carney died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran   https://www.diannacorcoran.com/  The scrapple song - Robbie...

National cappuccino day. Entertainment from 1969. Montana became 41st state, 1st US college for women, Electric bug zapper invented. Todays birthdays - Edmond Halley, Margaret Mitchell, Ester Rolle, Patti Page, Bonnie Raitt, Mary Hart, Rickie Lee Jones, Leif Garrett, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Parker Posey, Tara Reid, Lauren Alaina. Alex Trebec died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran   https://ww...

National hug a bear day. Entertainment from 2013. Women banned from wearing trousers in Paris, Bomb expolodes in US Capitol, Largest LSD lab found in Kansas. Todays birthdays - Marrie Curie, Billy Graham, Dee Clark, Johnny Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Christopher Knight, Marcus Luttrell, Adam DeVine, Lorde. Elenor Roosevelt died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https://www.diannacorcoran.com/...

National nacho day. Entertainment from 2003. Last oil well fire put out in Kuwait after Gulf War, 1st Europeans to set foot in Texas, Electric razor invented. Todays birthdays - June Marlow, Sally Field, Glenn Frrey, Lori Singer, Corey Glover, Ethan Hawke, Rebecca Romijn, Emma Stone, Petyr Tchaikovsky died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran    https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ Who brought the N...

National Love your red hair day. Entertainment from 1973. Guy Fawkes day in England, The game Monopoly went on sale, 1st US president? Todays birthdays - Natalie Schafer, Roy Rogers, Vivian Leigh, Ike Turner, Art Garfunkel, Peter Noone, Mike Score, Bryan Adams, Tatum O'neal. James Clark Maxwell died. Amira Therese - Podcast - Interview with a Foster kid   Watch and listen on YouTube Book - Disappo...

National common sense day. Entertainment from 1983. !st female governor, King Tuts umopened tomb discovered, US embassy in Iran taken hostage. Todays birthdays - Will Rogers, Art Carney, Doris Roberts, Loretta Swit, Delbert McClinton, Markie Post, Ralph Macchio, Jeff Probst, Mathew McConaughey, Sean Combs. Michael Crichton died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran   https://www.diannacorcoran.c...

(2024) National sandwich day. Entertainment from 2020. Bra invented, 1st animal in space, 20 year old elected judge, One World Trade Center officially opened. Todays birthdays - Stephen F. Austin, Charles Bronson, Lulu, Roseanne Barr, Dennis Miller, Kate Capshaw, Kathy Kinney, Adam Ant, Dolph Lundgren. Annie Oakley died. Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def leppard     http://defleppard.com/ Sandwi...

National deviled eggs day. Entertainment from 2022. North & South Dakota became states, 1st cheerleader, 1st US soldiers killed in WW1. Todays birthdays - James K. Polk, Warren G. Harding, Burt Lancaster, Jay Black, Ray Walston, Stephanie Powers, Keith Emerson, K.D. Lang, David Schwimmer, Nelly. George Bernard Shaw died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran   https://www.diannacorcoran.com/...

All Saints Day. National Calsones day.  Entertainment from 1962. Michaelangelo finished painting the ceiling for Sistine Chapel, 1st President to live in the White House moved in, 1st hockey goalie to wear a face mask. Todays birthdays - Bill Anderson, Lyle Lovett, Anthony Kiedis, Rick Allen, Sophie B. Hawkins, Jenny McCarthy. Mamie Eisenhower died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https...

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National candy corn day. Entertainment from 2002. Time clock invented, Soviets detonate largest nuclear bomb ever, Bosphorous Bridge opened in Turkey. Todays birthdays - John Adams, Ruth Gordon, Patsy Montana, Grace Slick, Otis Williams, Henry Winkler, Harry Hamlin, T. Graham Brown, Kevin Pollack, Gavin Rossdale. Steve Allen died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran   https://www.diannacorcoran...

National Oatmeal day. Entertainment from 1972. Black Tuesday stock market crash 1929, 1 legged gymnast wins 6 olympic medals, China ends its one child policy. Todays birthdays - Richard Dreyfuss, Kate Jackson, Kevin DuBrow, Dan Castellaneta, Joely Fisher, Winona Ryder, Tracee Ellis Ross. Sir Walter Raleigh died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ Oatmeal eve...

National chocolate day. Entertainment from 1982. Statue of Liberty opened, 1st Macy's store opened, Cuban missil crisis ends. Todays birthdays - Charlie Daniels, Dennis Franz, Telma Hopkins, Annie Potts, Lauren Holly, Julia Roberts, Daphne Zuniga, Brad Paisley, Joaquin Phoenix, Nolan Gould. Abigale Adams died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ Chocolate son...

2024) National black cat day. Entertainment from 1959. Constintine the Great turns the Roman Empire Christian, 1st section of New York City subway opened, Philadelphia founded. Todays birthdays - Theodore Roosevelt, Ruby Dee, John Cleese, Lee Greenwood, Simon Le Bon, Scott Weiland. Lou Reed died. Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard     http://defleppard.com/ Black Cat song - Doodle Clubhou...

(2024) National pumpkin day. Entetainment from 1969. Erie canal opened, Gunfight at OK Corral was fought, Stonehenge donated to British People, Todays birthdays - Hamalia Jackson, Bob Hoskins, Jaclyn Smith, Pat Sajak, Rita Wilson, Dylan McDermott, Natalie Merchant, Keith Urban, Seth MacFalane, Jon Heder. Hattie McDaniel died. Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard      http://defleppard.com/...

National Chucky the notorious killer doll day. Entertrainment from 1961. King of Greece dies from a monkey bite, US Sub torpedo's itself, 1st electronic watches went on sale. Todays birthdays - Pablo Picasso, Minnie Pearl, Marion Ross, Helen Reddy, John Anderson, Nancy Cartwright, Mark Miller, Ed Robertson, Katy Perry, Ciara. Vincent Price died Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https://ww...

National bologan day. Entertainment from 2011. Telegraph now goes from coast to coast-pony express out of business, Nylon stockings went on sale, 1st person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and live. Todays birthdays - Bob Kane, Big Bopper, F. Murray Abraham, Kevin Kline, Monica, Drake. Jackie Robinson died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ Oscar Meyer...

(2024) National Boston Cream pie day. Entertainment from 1979. Longest seige in world history, WWII Battle of Leyte Gulf, Oldest fossil ever found, Apple released IPOD. Todays birthdays - Johnny Carson, Michael Crichton, Dwight Yoakam, Weird Al Yankovic, Jimmy Wayne, Ryan Reynolds, Emilia Clarke. Jerry Jeff Walker died. Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard    http://defleppard.com/ Boston c...

(2024) National nut day. Entertainment from 1989. 1st parachute jump, FDA bans red M&M's, Scientists sentenced to prison for not predicting an earthquake in Itlay. Todays birthdays - Christopher Lloyd, Bobby Fuller, Annette Funicello, Jeff Goldblum, Shaggy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Michael Fishman, Zack Hanson, Jonathon Lipnicki, Dylan Scott, Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard     http:/...

National apple day. Entertainment from 1981. 1st baseball world championship, 1st Europeons to sail into Pacific Ocean, Oldest pearl. Todays birthdays - Alfred Nobel, Dizzy Gillespie, Joyce Randolph, Peter Graves, Manfred Mann, Carrie Fisher, Mathew Ramsey, Kane Brown. Jack Kerouac died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ The apple song - Hal Leonard Arthurs...

National Jeff day. Entertainment from 1991. Big Foot videoed, MacArthur retruned to Philippines, Soviet pilot crashes passenger jetliner over a bet. Todays birthdays - Bela Lugosi, William Christopher, Jerry Orbach, Top Petty, Earl Hindman, William Zabka, Snoop Dogg. Ronnie Van Zant died. Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran    https://www.diannacorcoran.com/ The Jeffrey song - The guy who sings...