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Timothy G Beeman II

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 26, 2025

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2025/11/26

Non-musical history for today: 1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeated Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory. He became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time. Vlad was not a vampire. The name "Dracul" means "song of the dragon," which he obtained from his father because his father was installed as the head of the Order of the Dragon. He definitely employed some cruel tactics and served as a mere basis or inspiration for Bram Stoker's titular character.Music history,

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5:45

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 25, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/25

Non-musical history for today: 1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham. It is the longest continuously running play in history. It sits around 30,000 performances. The second-longest run of any performance in the West End is Les Mis , which sits at just over 15,000. On Broadway, Phantom of the Opera is in the mid-13,000s. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 24, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/24

Non-musical history for today: 1429 – During the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieged La Charité. I know I've talked a lot about her, but the commune of La Charité still stands and is known as La Charité-sur-Loire (Charity upon the Loire River). After the French Revolution, a highway was supposed to run through the church, but Prosper Mérimée, an inspector of monuments for France, deemed it worthy of saving. Mérimée wrote the novella Carmen, which turns this whole thing a bit

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 23, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/23

Non-musical history for today: 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria became the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. So, this, boys and girls, is why actors are called "thespians." And now we know.Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 23. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy. On Camel City

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7:12

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 22, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/22

Non-musical history for today: 1718 – Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacked and boarded the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides included Maynard's first officer, Mister Hyde, and Teach himself. The shipwreck site is documented as North Carolina shipwreck site 31CR314 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The location is submerged in about 20 feet of water offshore from Fort

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 21, 2025

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2025/11/21

Non-musical history for today: 2019 – Tesla launches the ridiculous SUV Cybertruck. A gaffe occurs during the launch event when its "unbreakable" windows shatter during its demonstration. Yep. Sounds about right. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 21. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy. On Camel

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7:42

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 20, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/20

Non-musical history for today: Well, what do you need to know? I was born 55 years ago today. Happy all that stuff to me! But, because I feel I should give you something... 1947 – The Princess Elizabeth married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who became the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London. She, of course, became Elizabeth II, and he, Prince Philip (still the Duke of Edinburgh). Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 20. Recorded in the Omniverus

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 19, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/19

Non-musical history for today: 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The speech had only 271 words and was read in less than two minutes before approximately 15,000 people who had gathered to commemorate the sacrifice of the Union soldiers. Abe began with a reference to the Declaration of Independence of 1776: Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a

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10:39

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 18, 2025

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2025/11/18

Non-musical history for today: 1421 – A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands broke, killing about 10,000 people. It is/was known as St Elizabeth's flood. Researching this, I found the (supposed) story of Beatrix de Rijke. A wicker cradle with an infant girl was washed away in the flood. Upon the cradle was also a cat. The morning after the flood, as the townspeople emerged to survey the damage, they saw this cradle floating, with the cat jumping from corner to corner to keep it

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 17, 2025

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2025/11/17

Non-musical history for today: 1973 – In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon told 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook." And, according to Alex P. Keaton, he wasn't. To most of the world, though, he was.Also, today is a friend's birthday. He doesn't want anyone to know, even himself. So, if you know, don't mention it to him. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 17. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 16, 2025

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2025/11/16

Non-musical history for today: 1849 – A Russian court sentenced writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence was later commuted to hard labor. He was literally in the firing line to be shot when the reprieve came in. He later described the experience he believed to be the last moments of his life in his novel The Idiot. In that story, a young man sentenced to death by firing squad was reprieved at the last moment, as

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 15, 2025

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2025/11/15

Non-musical history for today: 2001 – Microsoft launched the Xbox game console in North America. To me, it was inferior to Sony's PlayStation. That is, until the X|S series came out. I have the X. I love it. My boy got it for me for Christmas one year. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 15. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 14, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/14

Non-musical history for today: 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, was published here in the USA. I don't think I ever read it but I hear it's a chore. But what I find the most interesting about this is that Melville was American. I thought for sure he was at least British. I don't know a lot of American whaling stories. Oh well. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 14. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 13, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/13

Non-musical history for today: 2015 – Islamic State operatives carried out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings, and a hostage crisis. The terrorists killed 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War. So, it's somewhat musical because one of the locations affected was the Bataclan theatre, where the American band, Eagles of Death Metal, was playing. Luckily, none of the band was killed. Unluckily, about 90

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 12, 2025

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2025/11/12

Non-musical history for today: 1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempted to destroy a rotting beached sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident. The practice itself isn't uncommon, but it is usually AFTER they have towed the carcass back into the ocean. The explosion threw whale flesh around 800 feet away, and its odor lingered for some time. Ick. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 12. Recorded in the Omniverus

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 11, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/11

Non-musical history for today: Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday here in the States. We observe annually on November 11 to honor military veterans of all branches. It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I. Why this date? Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 10, 2025

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2025/11/10

Non-musical history for today: 1898 – White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history. To that I say this... F**K white supremacists! Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 10. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio via the

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 9, 2025

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2025/11/09

Non-musical history for today: 1888 – Jack the Ripper murdered Mary Jane Kelly, his final victim in the Whitechapel murders. I find gruesome history fascinating. Especially the UK stuff. I'm such an Anglophile (AND Francophile).Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 9. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 8, 2025

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2025/11/08

Non-musical history for today: 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the X-ray. All his friends told him he needed to be more transparent because they could see right through this discovery! (boo hiss bah-DUH-buh) Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 8. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — November 7, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/11/07

Non-musical history for today: 1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launched the world's first internet radio broadcast. And now 31 years later, I have my own internet radio station. (see details below!) Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for November 7. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for

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