Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs. June 12, 2025
1987 U.S. President Ronald Reagan made his famous proclamation, “Tear down this Wall!”, in a speech calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to tear down the Berlin Wall that had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. The Berlin wall did ultimately come down in 1989.
1994 Football Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman were murdered at her home. Simpson was later arrested for the murders and then subsequently found not guilty in what was called “The Trial of the Century.”
Music History:
1965 – The Supremes scored their fifth consecutive US No.1 single (they were the first American group to accomplish this feat), when ‘Back In My Arms Again’, went to the top of the charts.
Notable Birthdays today:
Actor Timothy Busfield 68
Singer Rocky Burnette (Tired of Toein’ the Line fame)
Cheap Trick’s former drummer Bun E. Carlos 74
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
