WAY BACK WHEN for Wednesday, March 17, 2021
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 commemorate his use of the shamrock to explain the Trinity to pagans.
1958 The U.S. launched its second artificial satellite into space, Vanguard 1. It was the first solar-powered satellite At 6.0 inches in diameter, it was nicknamed the “grapefruit satellite” and remains the oldest human-made object still in orbit. BTW it stopped working in 1964. Its just been flying around up there ever since..
Music History: 1968
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb aka: The British rock group The Bee Gees made their American TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing To Love Somebody and Words.
Notable Birthdays today:
Actor Rob Lowe 57
Actor Kurt Russell 70
Actor Patrick Duffy 72
Special thanks to:
www.Thisdayinmusic.com
www.Thisdaytrivia.com
