Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, July 19, 2024
1848 According to fashion legend, Amelia Jenks Bloomer introduced a new women’s fashion by wearing a pair of “Bloomers” to the first Women’s Rights Convention in New York.
1894 Percy Spencer was born. He would invent the “Radar Range” in 1946.
1961 TWA began showing in-flight movies. The first movie was ‘By Love Possessed’.
Music History:
1975 Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Listen to What the Man Said’, his fourth US No.1, (the track features Tom Scott playing the saxophone solo). It would become a million seller
Notable Birthdays today:
Actor Anthony Edwards 62
Howard Schultz (founder of Starbucks) 71
Queen’s Brian May 77
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
