Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Friday, Feb. 14, 2025
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 St. Valentine’s Day massacre as members of Al Capone’s gang – dressed as policemen – gunned down seven members of Bugs Moran’s gang in Chicago.
1961 McDonald’s ‘Hamburger University’ graduated its first students. It is designed to train managers and has eight campuses worldwide in addition to the main campus in Chicago.
1989 The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) was put into orbit.
Music History:
1977 US singer songwriter Janis Ian received 461 Valentine’s Day cards after indicating in the lyrics of her song ‘At Seventeen’, she had never received any.
Notable Birthdays:
Actor Freddie Highmore 33
Singer Rob Thomas 53
Former NFL Q.B. Drew Bledsoe 53
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
