Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday April 20, 2023
1862 Louis Pasteur completed the first test of his method of preserving foods also known as Pasteurization.
1940 The electron microscope is publicly demonstrated for the first time, by the Radio Corporation of America Laboratory in New Jersey. It had a magnification of 100,000 diameters.
1959 Neville Brand (playing Al Capone) gave a lip-to-lip “kiss of death” to his Mafia hit man, played by Frank De Kova, in The Scarface Mob (which was the pilot for the TV series “The Untouchables”). The episode also sparked controversy for a burlesque scene of a dancer with pasties.
Music History:
1957 Elvis Presley started an eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘All Shook Up.’ It went on to be the biggest single of that year, selling over 2 million copies.
Notable Birthdays today:
Carmen Electra 51
Jessica Lange 74
George Takei (Mr. Sulu) 86
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
