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Beeswax Vinyl Daily

Timothy G Beeman II

A quick look through music history for today!

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9:20

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 23, 2025

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2025/04/23

Non-musical history for today: 1918 – The British Royal Navy raided the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge to neutralize it during WWI. This was an attempt to block access to and from the port by intentionally sinking ships to block the canal entrance, thus preventing its use by German ships and submarines. Eight participants in the raid were awarded the Victoria Cross. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 23. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty

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8:38

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 22, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/22

Non-musical history for today: 1977 – Optical fiber was first used to carry live telephone traffic. Not it's everywhere and fast as heck. But, also it is spotty as to WHERE the service is made available. My hope is that it is soon everywhere. But, hey, it has been 48 years since it first showed up, so it's not rushing by any means... Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 22. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at

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10:11

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 21, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/21

Non-musical history for today: 753 BC – This is the traditional date that Romulus founded Rome. However, some historians believe that Rome has been around for about 48,000 years. Indeed, it was a series of hilltop villages, some from around 1700 BC to 1400 BC. Isn't it better that Romulus did instead of Remus? 'Where do you live?' 'Oh, in Reme.' Nobody wants that! Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 21. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty

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8:50

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 20, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/20

Non-musical history for today: Five high school students in San Rafael, California, coined the term "4:20" as part of their 1971 search for an abandoned cannabis crop, based on a treasure map made by the supposed grower. Calling themselves the "Waldos," because their typical hang-out spot "was a wall outside the school", Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz, and Mark Gravich designated the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School as their meeting place, and

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6:53

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 19, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/19

Non-musical history for today: 1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately dosed himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16, an event commonly known and celebrated as Bicycle Day. It's called that because he had asked his assistant to accompany him home, which they did on bicycles. He began to "trip" and struggled getting home.Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 19. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty

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7:01

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 18, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/18

Non-musical history for today: 1946 – Jackie Robinson made his regular-season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, making them the first integrated modern professional baseball team. Groundbreaking. Just shy of a year before he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 18. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel

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7:42

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 17, 2025

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2025/04/17

Non-musical history for today: 1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day. The island facility is beautiful, at least from the outside. It was cool to see it in person. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 17. 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

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7:31

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 16, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/16

Non-musical history for today: 1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally took a potent dose of the drug a few days later. He used it throughout the rest of his life. He died at 102 in 2008.Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 16. 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

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8:31

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 15, 2025

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2025/04/15

Non-musical history for today: 1947 – Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line. On opening day 2023, Major League Baseball (MLB) rosters showed a significant ethnic diversity, with 40.3% of players coming from diverse backgrounds, including 6.2% Black, 30.2% Latino/Hispanic, 3.2% Asian, 0.53% Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and 0.21% Native American. Still, and I found this hard to believe, 60.5% are white. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and

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9:27

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 14, 2025

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2025/04/14

Non-musical history for today: 1900 – The world's fair Exposition Universelle opened in Paris. Some exhibitions for this exposition were: Grande Roue de Paris, a Ferris wheel that was, at the time, the largest ever built; La Rue de l'Avenir, a moving sidewalk, much like the ones you find in airports, but outside; the first ever regular passenger trolleybus line; escalators; diesel engines; electric cars; dry cell batteries,; electric fire engines; talking films; the telegraphone (the first magnetic

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9:51

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 13, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/13

Two items of non-musical history for today: 1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier became the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. He was a great actor!1970 – An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module exploded, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon. Tom Hanks barely made it back home again, I hear...? Music history,

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9:53

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 12, 2025

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2025/04/12

Non-musical history for today: 1861 – Battle of Fort Sumter. Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. THIS is the start of the American Civil War—the most significant traitorist movement in our country's history. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 12. 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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8:17

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 11, 2025

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2025/04/11

Non-musical history for today: 1968 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. And the Main Cheeto now is trying to get it overturned. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 11. 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,

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Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 10, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/10

Non-musical history for today: 837 – Halley's Comet made its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 3.2 million miles. Now, maths is complex and I don't grasp it at all, in most cases. But, I want to know how in the world they see this being as 1P/Halley wasn't even "discovered" until 1758. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 10. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB

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7:59

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 9, 2025

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2025/04/09

Non-musical history for today: 1865 – The traitor Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 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 Audacy. On Camel City

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9:36

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 8, 2025

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2025/04/08

Non-musical history for today: 1974 – Hank Aaron passed Babe Ruth as the all-time leader in career home runs by hitting his 715th home run off Dodgers pitcher, Al Downing at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Aaron was not necessarily mobbed, but some did rush the field. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 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

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7:54

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 7, 2025

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2025/04/07

Non-musical history for today: 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. A standard theory in the United States from the 1950s to the 1980s, especially in the context of the Cold War. It suggested that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow. Successive United States administrations used it during the Cold War to justify American intervention worldwide. But..

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6:55

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 6, 2025

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2025/04/06

Non-musical history for today: 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporated the American Fur Company, eventually making him America's first millionaire. I bet he was glad there were no taxes back then. Then again, even today, because he'd be so rich, he wouldn't pay his fair share, anyway.Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 6. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave comments at tim@beeswaxvinyl.com or 336-422-NUMB (6862). Tune into Camel City

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7:35

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 5, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/05

Non-musical history for today: 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe. That's Rolfe and not Smith, as Disney would have you believe. She acted as Smith's guide and protector, but they weren't married. She married Rolfe later. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 5. 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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7:35

Beeswax Vinyl Daily — April 4, 2025

Beeswax Vinyl Daily ·

2025/04/04

Non-musical history for today: 1841 – William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration (exactly one month). Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President. Harrison was the last President to be born a British subject in the 13 colonies. Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 4. Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza. Leave

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