Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs. April 15, 2021
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1770 The Rubber eraser was discovered as English chemist Joseph Priestly noted: “I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the mark of black-lead-pencil.” Thus discovering the use of rubber as an eraser. Prior to that, bread crumbs were generally used as erasers.
1947 Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League baseball in the modern era when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1955 Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois. His first day sales were $366.12. It was the ninth restaurant in the chain started by Dick and Maurice McDonald in 1940. Kroc bought out the brothers and built McDonalds’s into the hamburger empire it is now.
Music History:
1989 American all-girl group The Bangles started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Eternal Flame.’ The song was also No.1 in Australia and the US.
Notable Birthdays today:
Actress Emma Watson 31 (Hermione in Harry Potter Films)
Writer/Producer/Actor Seth Rogen 39
Actress Emma Thompson 62
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
