Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024
1884 Mark Twain’s classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published.
1964 Dr. Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racism.
1992 The Walt Disney Company announced that they were putting an NHL hockey franchise in Orange County, California. They named the team the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, from the 1992 movie The Mighty Ducks.
Music History:
1967 26-year-old Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash. He had just recorded the song (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay, two days earlier. It was released after he died, becoming his only Billboard #1 hit and the first posthumously released song to reach #1 on the U.S. charts.
Notable Birthdays today:
Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay 60
Actress Nia Peeples 63
Actress Susan Dey 72
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
