Non-musical history for today: 1865 – Union cavalry troopers cornered and shot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia. Booth and his “companion,” David Herold, made it nearly two weeks past Abe’s assassination. They were finally found at the Garrett Farm just outside of Port Royal. Herold surrendered when Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty, Lieutenant Colonel Everton Conger, and their troop finally cornered the perps, but Booth wanted to fight. The troops set the barn he was in on fire, and Sergeant Boston Corbett shot Booth, saying that Booth had raised his gun. There are conflicting accounts of this.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 26.

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Non-musical history for today: 1960 – The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. It remained entirely submerged for 60 days, 21 hours, only rising to periscope depth for navigation/ventilation and once to pass a sick sailor to the USS Macon, without breaking the “submerged” status. Impressive, but man, I bet those sailors were in dire want of sunlight.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 25.

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Non-musical history for today: 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. I know this is musical, but the show, Annie Get Your Gun, was based on Oakley.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 24.

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Non-musical history for today: 1985 – Coca-Cola changed its formula and released New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months. It was a day that will live in pop culture infamy. It was like less-good-Pepsi.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 23.

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Non-musical history for today: First held on April 22, 1970, Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally through earthday.org. Current US administration would love to abolish that.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 22.

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Non-musical history for today: 753 BC – Romulus founded Rome. Supposedly, he and his twin brother Remus were suckled by a she-wolf and the land on which Rome was formed was occupied 10,000+ years ago. More Roman mythology… or was it?

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 21.

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Non-musical history for today: Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz, and Mark Gravich met often at the Louis Pasteur statue outside of their high school in San Rafael, California. Their designated meeting time was 4:20pm. Their mission, follow a map (which never led them to their bounty) to find an herbal crop they couldn’t locate. 4:20 Louis was eventually shortened to 420 and that’s where the weed culture reference comes from. Puff, puff, pass!

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 20.

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Non-musical history for today: 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco. She was America’s Princess. She had a stroke whilst driving in 1982 and ran over a cliff. At first, it seemed she would make a full recovery until another hemorrhage came along.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 19.

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Non-musical history for today: 1909 – Joan of Arc was beatified in Rome. I had to look up beatified. It means to be posthumously “blessed” by the church. I mean, only 478 years after she was burned at the stake.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 18.

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Non-musical history for today: 1961 – A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro. Um. It didn’t work. This led to where we are now regarding Cuba, albeit with a fluid relationship over the years.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 17.

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