WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, March 12, 2024
1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first “Fireside Chat” radio broadcast, just eight days after taking office. Roosevelt felt that the fledgling new medium of radio would help him counter the conservative bias of newspapers of that time.
1951 Hank Ketcham’s comic strip Dennis the Menace debuts. It was based on his real-life son, Dennis Ketcham, who earned the nickname “Dennis the Menace” when he was four years old.
Today in 1994, The Loch Ness Monster Hoax. The famous 1934 “Surgeon’s photo” reportedly taken by Col. Robert Wilson was called a hoax in a deathbed confession by Chris Spurling who claimed he helped create the photo.
Music History:
1969, Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman. They were married 19 years. Linda passed from breast cancer in 1998.
Also in 1969 The Temptations became the first Motown recording act to win a Grammy Award – for ‘Cloud Nine’ for the Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance.
Notable Birthdays today:
Chynna Phillips 57 (Half of the duo Wilson/Phillips)
Comedian/TV Host Arsenio Hall 69
Marlin Jackson 67 (One of the Jackson 5)
Thanks to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
