WAY BACK WHEN for Weds., April 10, 2024
1849 A patent for the safety pin is issued to Walter Hunt. Various versions of safety pins date back to the ancient Romans; however, Hunt’s version included a spring to hold the pin in place. Hunt sold the rights to his safety pin for $400 (equivalent to $12,440), which went on to earn millions for others.
1926 Superman arrived on planet Earth, according to the first of episode of the 1952 TV show The Adventures of Superman. Farmer Eben Kent and his wife Sarah hear a crash. When they investigate, they find a crashed burning rocket with a baby inside and are amazed that neither the baby nor his blanket were harmed in the fire. They decided to raise the child, naming him Clark.
1953 The first full length 3-D movie The House of Wax from Warner Bros. starring Vincent Price, premiered in New York City. The audience was required to wear special Polaroid viewers.
Music History:
1976 Peter Frampton went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Frampton Comes Alive’, one of the biggest selling ‘live’ albums in rock history. It was the best-selling album of 1976, selling over 6 million copies in the US. Frampton Comes Alive! was voted Album of the year in the 1976 Rolling Stone readers poll. It stayed on the chart for 97 weeks.
Notable Birthdays:
Actor-Comedian Orlando Jones 56
Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds 65
Actor Peter McNichol 70
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
