Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Feb. 11, 2024 1809 Robert Fulton patented the steamboat. 1953 Walt Disney’s “Peter Pan” premiered. 1938 BBC TV aired television’s first science fiction program. A 35-minute adaptation of a play
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Mar. 8, 2024 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to teach religion in public schools. It was decided in the landmark case of McCollum vs. the Board
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Mar. 7, 2023 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone. 1917 The Original Dixieland Jazz Band released Livery Stable Blues. It sold a million copies. 1939: Guy
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., March 6, 2024 1836 The Fall of the Alamo as Mexican forces led by Santa Anna defeat the 187 Texans – including Davie Crockett, who had declared their independence to
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2024 1946 Winston Churchill remarked, “An iron curtain has descended across the continent” referring to the Russian threat. The term “The Iron Curtain” would become synonymous with the boundary
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Mar. 4, 2024 1634 Samuel Cole opens the first official tavern and house of entertainment in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, called Cole’s Inn. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow referenced it in his play John
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 1288 Leap Day was established. Also known as Bachelor’s Day. In 1288, Scotland enacted a law allowing women to propose marriage on Leap Day; the man was
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Mar. 1, 2024 1872 Yellowstone National Park was established by the U.S. Congress. It was the first national park in the U.S. and is also considered the first national park
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Feb. 28, 2024 1849 The first prospectors for the Gold Rush of ’49 arrive in San Francisco. Gold was discovered by James Marshall on Sutter’s Mill the previous year. Over 300,000 people,
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 1922 The Supreme Court upheld the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote. 1964 The New York Yankees signed Mickey Mantle to a contract for
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 1869 The 15th amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, giving African Americans the right to vote. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 1874 The game of Tennis was patented by its inventor Major Walter Clopton Wingfield of Great Britain. 1945 The famous raising of the flag on Mt. Suribachi,
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday. Feb. 22, 2024 1878 F.W. Woolworth opened his first Woolworth’s store. Located in Utica, New York, he named it “Woolworth’s Great Five Cent Store”. It failed three months later, so he
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Feb. 21, 2024 1968 An agreement between baseball players and club owners increased the minimum salary for major league players to $10,000 a year. 1975 Former Attorney General John Mitchell and former
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 1942 Edward “Butch O’Hare” single-handedly attacked nine Japanese bombers, shooting down five, saving the USS Lexington from certain destruction. These actions made him the U.S. Navy’s first flying ace, and
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 1878 Thomas Edison received a patent for the first phonograph. 1945 U.S. troops land on Iwo Jima. With more than 7,000 U.S. troops killed, it was one of
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 1868 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized. 1937 Nylon was patented, by Dr. Wallace Carothers of the du Pont Co. Its first commercial use was in
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 1856 American naval officer David Dixon Porter left Turkey with a shipload of 33 camels. Congress had appropriated $30,000 for the camel acquisition to be used in
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Feb. 14, 2024 1876 Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both filed patents for the telephone on the same day. A long legal battle ensued which Bell ultimately won. 1929 The
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 1917 Mata Hari was captured in France during World War I. She was sentenced to death as a German spy. During her execution she refused a blindfold and blew
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Feb. 12, 2024 1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded. 1931 Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, opened in theaters. It was based on the 1924 stage
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 1910 The Boys Scouts of America is founded, by William Boyce. Boyce had been lost in the fog while visiting London and encountered a boy who guided
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Feb. 9, 2023 1864 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln posed for the picture that now appears on the U.S. $5 bill. 1870 Congress established The National Weather Service, a division of the
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Feb. 7, 2024 1778 Daniel Boone was captured by Indians. He managed to escape by traveling 160 miles through woods. 1964 The Beatles arrived for their first trip to the U.S.
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 1815 New Jersey grants a charter John Stevens to build a railroad from Trenton to New Brunswick, although he never completed it. 1935 The board game
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 1850 The push-key adding machine was patented, by Du Bois Parmelee. 1943 American businessman Nolan Bushnell was born. He founded the Atari video game company in 1972
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 Groundhog Day! 1876 Baseball’s National League was founded. 1913 Grand Central Station opened in New York City. More than 100,000 people visited on its opening day.
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 1524 London astrologers predicted the world would end on that day. 20,000 Londoners fled their homes in anticipation of the event. It didn’t happen. So they
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Jan. 31, 2024 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.
Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 1845 The poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror, instantly making him famous, although it did not bring him much financial success.
