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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 1865 The 13th amendment abolishing slavery in the U.S. was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. It would then go on to the states for ratification.

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 1915 The U.S. Coast Guard was established, when Congress combined the Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Life-Saving Service. 1978 The TV series Fantasy Island debuted on ABC. “Boss, de plane,

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 1880 Thomas Edison was granted a patent for an electric incandescent light. 1948 The first of John Mullin’s invention, the magnetic tape recorder was sold in the

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 1784 Ben Franklin wrote a letter to his daughter expressing his disapproval of the eagle as our nation’s symbol. He thought the bald eagle was of bad

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 1937 NBC Radio presented the first broadcast of “The Guiding Light”. The radio show continued until 1956 and began its run-on CBS TV in 1952. It ended

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 1848 Gold was discovered on John Sutter’s Mill, by James Marshall, starting the California gold rush. Over 300,000 people, known as “forty-niners” (from year 1849), would go

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 1813 The Pineapple was introduced to Hawaii. 1915 The benevolent organization Kiwanis was founded in Detroit. 1976 the first supersonic Concorde with commercial passengers took flight.  

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 1892 The first ‘official’ basketball game was played at a YMCA in Massachusetts. The players used peach baskets. 1961 John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Jan. 19, 2022 1825 The first U.S. patent for preserving food in tin cans was granted. Thomas Kensett set up a small canning plant on the waterfront selling America’s first

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Jan. 18 2022 1778 James Cook became the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands. 1943 Due to conservation efforts needed for World War II, a ban on American bakers selling sliced

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Jan. 17 2022 – Dr. Martin Luther King Day 1920 Prohibition went into effect as the 18th Amendment went into effect. It did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol, but

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday Jan 14, 2022 1952 Network TV’s first early-morning show, Today, debuted on NBC. Dave Garroway was Today‘s first host, hosting until 1961. The show is of course still running and is now

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs. Jan 13, 2022 1920 A New York Times editorial said rockets could never fly. Obviously, they were proved wrong and eventually issued an apology in 1969 after the Apollo 11

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds. Jan 12, 2022 1967 James Bedford’s body was frozen after he died of cancer. He currently resides at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation awaiting a time that he might be

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday Jan 7, 2022 1610 Astronomer Galileo Galilei observed three points of light near the planet Jupiter. Subsequent observations over the next several months led him to the realization that they were

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Jan 6, 2022 1945 The Looney Tunes cartoon skunk Pepé Le Pew made his first appearance. Pepé Le Pew was voiced by Mel Blanc. 1969 Future U.S. President, Jimmy Carter

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022 1914 Automaker Henry Ford announced an unprecedented five-dollar-a-day minimum wage for his employees. Five dollars in 1914 adjusted for inflation is about $140 in today’s money. The

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Jan 4, 2022 1847 Samuel Colt made his first sale of 1000 Colt revolvers to the U.S. government for use by Rangers in the Mexican American War. 1936 Billboard magazine published

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Jan 3, 2022 1870 Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge. It was completed in May of 1883. 1888 The first drinking straw was patented. 1959 Alaska became the 49th state

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023 1870 Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge. It was completed in May of 1883. 1888 The first drinking straw was patented. 1959 Alaska became the 49th state

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 1939 Adolf Hitler was named Time magazine’s 1938 Man of the Year in their January 2, 1939, issue. The title was not given as an honor, but to the

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 1879 Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of the incandescent light. 1974 U.S. Citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021 1817 The first coffee was planted in Hawaii. 1924 Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other Milky Way systems. 1972 President Nixon halted the bombing of North

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021 1848 Gas lights were installed at the White House for the first time. 1851 The first YMCA chapter opened in Boston. 1949 The first UHF television station

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 1945 Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance. 1981 WEA Records raises the price of its 45-rpm singles from $1.68 to $1.98. 1981 Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Dec. 27, 2021  1831 Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin’s discoveries during the voyage formed the basis of his theory of evolution.

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021 1882 The first Christmas Tree with electric lights. Edward H. Johnson used a set of 80 red, white, and blue electric incandescent light bulbs wired together. Johnson

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 1891 YMCA instructor Dr. James Naismith organized the first basketball game between his students in Springfield, Massachusetts. The original game used a soccer ball and a peach basket with

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Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 1803 France turned over New Orleans with a flag-raising ceremony in the Plaza de Armas (what is now Jackson Square). The U.S. had purchased 828,000 square miles