Paul Layendecker

  Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 1928 Colonel Jacob Schick patented his first electric razor. Schick went on to form the Schick Dry Shaver, Inc. razor company and has become known as “The

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Nov. 5, 2025 1946 Chuck Connors (who went on to star in TV’s The Rifleman), playing for the Boston Celtics, was the first to ever shatter a backboard during the pre-game

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, November 4, 2025  1879 Thomas Edison filed for a patent for his incandescent electric lamp. Note: Joseph Swan had also patented an incandescent light in Great Britain the previous year. 1939

 Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 1993 Polly Wants Justice. The parrot knew who the murderer was, but would anybody listen… Jane Gill was murdered in her mansion. Gary Rasp, her business partner

  Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 1517 Reformer Martin Luther started the Protestant reformation when he nailed his 95 theses against the corruption of the papacy in Rome to the door of the

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs., October 30, 2025  1768 The first ‘Methodist’ church in America was dedicated, the Wesley Chapel in New York City. 1938 Orson Welles panicked the nation with his radio adaptation of The

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Oct. 29, 2025  1929 The Great Stock Market Crash, marking the end of the Roaring ’20s and the start of the great depression. 1960 The future Muhammad Ali began his professional boxing

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025  1636 The first US College was founded. Harvard. 1793 Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the Cotton Gin 1904 The first use of ‘finger printing’ to

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, October 27, 2025  1858 RH Macy Department Store opened in New Your City. 1904 New York opened the first section of the underground railway. 1947 The first episode of “You

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs., Oct. 23, 2025 1924 – The first U.S. Radio Broadcast to the Nation. It was a speech by President Calvin Coolidge. 1941 – The Walt Disney animated feature ‘Dumbo’ premiered

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds. Oct. 22, 2025 1922 Famed aviator Amelia Earhart flew to an altitude of 14,000 feet, setting a world record for female pilots and her first of many records. 1938 Chester

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2024 1879 Thomas Edison succeeded in making his electric light. It had taken about 1,200 experiments and cost more than $40,000 (about $850,000 in today’s money). It operated for

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, October 20, 2025  1910 The first use of a cork-centered baseball in a World Series game. Before that it had a feather center. 1954 The musical “Peter Pan” opened at

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 1931 Public enemy #1 was convicted of tax evasion. Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released from Alcatraz in 1939. 1966 The NBC

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs., Oct. 16, 2025 1783 – Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded at the time of the French Revolution. Her most favorite saying ‘Let them eat cake”, when her subjects were dying

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., Oct 15, 2025 1917 – The world’s most famous spy, Mata Hari was executed. She had been convicted of spying for Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025 1860 An 11-year-old girl wrote to Abraham Lincoln suggesting he should grow a beard. He wrote back saying it would be silly to start growing a beard;

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Monday, October 13, 2025  1775 Congress established the U.S. Navy by authorizing the construction of two warships and appointing a Marine Committee in response to the news that the British fleet

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, October 10, 2025 1845 The U.S. Naval Academy opened at Annapolis, Maryland. 1920 The First World Series Bases-Loaded Grand Slam. It came from Cleveland’s Elmer John Smith against Brooklyn. The

Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thursday, October 9, 2025  1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights that comprises the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. 1945 Prosecution began against 24