Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, April 8, 2025 1974, baseball superstar Hank Aaron, of the Atlanta Braves, broke Babe Ruth’s lifetime home run record by hitting his 715th in a game against the L.A. Dodgers. 1983 Magician

WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, April 7, 2025 1927 Herbert Eugene Ives of Bell Laboratories broadcast the first official TV picture from Washington D.C. to New York over telephone lines. 1933 Prohibition officially came to an end.

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Fri. April 4, 2025 1968 – Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Lorraine Motel, sparking riots across the United States. 1975 –

WAY BACK WHEN for Weds., April 2, 2025 1805 Hans Christian Anderson was born: Some if his most famous fairy tales include “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Princess and the Pea”, “The Ugly and

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, April 1, 2025 1957 April Fool’s Prank, the BBC announced that because of a mild winter in Switzerland, spaghetti trees were producing more spaghetti than normal. And they showed footage

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs., March 31, 2022 1949, RCA Victor unveiled the 45 RPM single – an innovative and highly durable 7-inch format that aimed to supersede 78 RPM 10-inch shellac discs and give

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, March 28, 2024 1881 The Barnum & Bailey Circus was formed when P.T. Barnum combined his circus with the Cooper and Bailey Circus. It was initially named “P.T. Barnum’s Greatest

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, March 27, 2025 1860 – A Patent for the sewing machine was granted to M.L. Byrn of New York City. 1963 – Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Premiered: Alfred Hitchcock’s classic

WAY BACK WHEN for Weds., March 26, 2025 1872 The first practical fire extinguisher was patented by African American inventor Thomas J. Martin. It provided a way to quickly attach a pump to a body of water

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, March 25, 2025 1882 The first demonstration of pancake making at a department store in New York 1954 RCA manufactured the first ‘color’ television. 1968, The 58th and FINAL episode

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, March 24, 2025 1958, at age 23, Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis. 1972, “The Godfather” was released, starring Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone and Al Pacino

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, March 21, 2025 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King led 3,000 Civil Rights demonstrators in a 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to demand voting rights for blacks. By the

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, March 20, 2025 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was published in book form. It became the first American novel to sell 1,000,000 copies. It had previously been

WAY BACK WHEN for Weds., March 19, 2025 1918 The first national U.S. Daylight savings time was passed by Congress. 1931 Nevada legalized gambling. It was intended to be a short-term fix to help the ailing economy

WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, March 18, 2025 1881 Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Garden. 1965 The first spacewalk was conducted by Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. The spacewalk lasted 12 minutes.

WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, March 17, 2025 Today we celebrate the life of Saint Patrick who died today in 460 A.D. St. Patrick’s color was originally blue, but over the years has changed to green to

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, March 14, 2025 In 1968, after three seasons of greatness, ABC aired the final episode of “Batman”, starring the one true batman, Adam West. 1972, Burt Reynolds was “Cosmopolitan” magazine’s

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs., March 13, 2025 1930 The discovery of the planet Pluto was announced; it had been discovered from pictures taken by the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. 1934 The birthday of the

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., March 12, 2025 1912 – The Girl Scouts of the USA Founded: Juliette Gordon Low established the Girl Scouts in Savannah, Georgia. 1923 – First Movie with Sound Debuts: Lee

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 1818 – Mary Shelley’s iconic novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, was published in London. 1861 – The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted