Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs. March 30, 2023
1858, Philadelphia genius Hymen Lipman patented the First Pencil with an Eraser. Fun Fact: The average pencil can write a continuous line 35 miles long.
1964 Jeopardy debuted on NBC
1981 President Ronald Reagan, James Brady, and two others were shot by John Hinckley Jr., who was trying to impress actress Jodie Foster, whom he had developed an obsession with after seeing the film Taxi Driver.
Music History:
1960, Congressman Tip O’Neill demanded that the FCC Protect America’s Youth from Rock and Roll, which he called, quote, “a type of sensuous music unfit for impressionable minds.”
1974 John Denver went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Sunshine on My Shoulders’, the singers first of four US No.1’s. Denver was killed in a plane crash on 12th October 1997.
Notable Birthdays:
Singer Celine Dion 55
Actor Piers Morgan 68
Singer Eric Clapton 78
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
