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.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

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.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

Non-musical history for today: 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fought his last gun battle. Bartholomew Masterson was actually born in Canada before moving as a teen to hunt the Great Plains along with his dad. He was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the late 19th and early 20th-century American Old West.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 16.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

Non-musical history for today: 1892 – The General Electric Company was formed. General Electric was formed through the merger of the Edison General Electric Company and the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, with the support of Drexel, Morgan & Co. GE was directly responsible for the formation of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and, through RCA, the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). NBC had two versions, NBC Red (which we still know as NBC) and NBC Blue (which was succeeded by American Broadcasting Corporation, or ABC). Whilst the brand was known for quality, it seems to me that now, it’s just light bulbs and crappy home appliances. I mean, that’s what I think of. Not saying that’s it.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 15.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

Non-musical history for today: 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the following day. Abe and his wife were watching the play, Tom Taylor’s “Our American Cousin.” It reminds me of the joke, and not to make light of the death of President Lincoln, “other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?” I’ll see myself out now.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 14.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

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. I don’t think I’ve seen this film, but I have seen Sidney in other things. He was amazing.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 13.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

Non-musical history for today: 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, was declared safe and effective. Not to harp on the current administration, but I will anyway. RFK will bring polio back, I feel.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 12.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

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. The current administration is doing all it can to uphold this, right? Wait…

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 11.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

Non-musical history for today: 1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it was recast into the current 13.76-tonne (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry. If you’ve never stood and listened to Big Ben (and the Westminster Quarters – the four smaller bells in the tower) chime whilst standing on the Westminster Bridge or other places around the River Thames, it should be on your bucket list.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 10.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today

Non-musical history for today: 1865 – Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war. So, happy end-of-the-ignorance day!

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 9.

Recorded in the Omniverus Podcast Studios at Liberty Plaza.

Leave comments at [email protected] or 336-422-NUMB (6862).

Tune into Camel City Radio via the app (for iOS and Android), Alexa, or Audacy.

On Camel City Radio, it’s hump day every day!
Note: This link will expire a year from today