Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Wednesday, June 16, 2021
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1858 Senate candidate Abe Lincoln told a Springfield, Illinois, crowd that slavery was an issue that had to be resolved . . . declaring, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
1884 The first commercially-successful gravity-powered American roller coaster goes into operation. The “Switchback Railway” at Coney Island,
1903 in one of the biggest days in U.S. business history, both the Ford Motor Company and Pepsi-Cola were incorporated.
Music History:
1978, “Grease”, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, opened in U.S. theaters. The Soundtrack for the movie produced several hit songs including: You’re the One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted to You and the title song Grease.
Notable Birthdays today:
Phil Mickelson 51
Singer Gino Vanelli 69
Boxer Roberto Duran 70
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
