WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, April 21, 2025
1876 The first ‘fire pole’ was installed in a New York City Firehouse.
Installed in New York City.
1918, Baron Manfred Von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron”, was shot down. He made a perfect landing with a bullet in his chest . . . then died in his plane.
1986 Geraldo Rivera was broadcast live opening Al Capone’s secret underground vault, only to find empty bottles. The show included a medical examiner should bodies be found, and agents from the Internal Revenue Service to collect any of Capone’s money that might be discovered. This show received the highest rating in syndicated TV history to that time, with an estimated 30 million viewers.
Music History:
1973 Tony Orlando & Dawn started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree’, (it became the biggest seller of 1973, selling over 6 million copies). The song was based on a true story of a prisoner who wrote to his wife asking her to tie a yellow ribbon around an oak tree in the town square in White Oak, Georgia, if she still loved him.
Notable Birthdays:
Retired NFL Quarterback Tony Romo 45
Actress Andie MacDowell 67
Actor Tony Danza 74
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
