Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Weds., May 14, 2025
1796 The first vaccination was given by English physician Edward Jenner to an 8-year-old boy for protection against smallpox.
1856 American naval officer David Dixon Porter arrived in Texas with the first camels imported to the US from Turkey.
1804 The famed explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed from St. Louis, Missouri to begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
1973 The U.S. space station Skylab is launched. About a minute after take-off a protective shield and a solar panel broke off, damaging the other solar panel in the process. The crew was sent up on the 25th and made repairs.
Music History:
1977 Leo Sayer went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager song ‘When I Need You’, the singers second US No.1, also No.1 in the UK.
Notable Birthdays Today:
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg 41
Actress Cate Blanchett 56
Director George Lucas 81
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
