Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024
1929 The Great Stock Market Crash, marking the end of the Roaring ’20s and the start of the great depression.
1960 The future Muhammad Ali began his professional boxing career at Freedom Hall in Louisville. The then-Cassius Clay’s first fight is a six-round victory over Tunney Hunsaker, the police chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia.
1969 The Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school segregation.
Music History:
1971 – Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on a Macon, Georgia street while trying to swerve to avoid a tractor-trailer and was thrown from the motorcycle. He was three weeks shy of his 25th birthday
Notable Birthdays today:
Actress Winona Ryder 53
Actor Richard Dreyfus 77
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
