Paul Layendecker’s “WAY BACK WHEN” for Thurs., Oct. 16, 2025
1783 – Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded at the time of the French Revolution. Her most favorite saying ‘Let them eat cake”, when her subjects were dying from starvation. But pretty much any historian will tell you she in fact did not say that.
1916 Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City.
1923 Walt and Roy Disney launched an empire when they founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
Music History:
1978 Rick Dees and his cast of Idiots hit #1 on the Billboard Charts with “Disco Duck.”
Notable Birthdays today:
Singer John Mayer 48
Wendy Wilson 56 – Wilson Phillips singer and daughter of Beach Boy Bryan Wilson.
Fred Turner 82. He’s the “Turner” of Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
