Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, March 21, 2025
1965, Dr. Martin Luther King led 3,000 Civil Rights demonstrators in a 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to demand voting rights for blacks. By the end of the march, 25,000 people had joined.
1980, then President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, as a boycott against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
1989, “Sports Illustrated” reported allegations that Pete Rose bet on baseball. It took him until 2004 to admit it. Now he’s banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame, but still hoping they’ll restore his eligibility one day.
Music History:
1984, New York re landscaped a portion of Central Park that was renamed Strawberry Fields in honor of John Lennon. It reopened on what would have been his 45th birthday.
1989, Dick Clark announced that he was stepping down as host of “American Bandstand”, after 33 years. More than 10,000 musical guests had appeared on the “Bandstand”, and over 600,000 teenagers danced on camera during Dick Clark’s reign. (Manilow’s Bandstand Boogie)
Notable Birthdays:
Actor Matthew Broderick and Actress Rosie O’Donnell both 63
Rose Stone from Sly and The Family Stone 80
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
