WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, April 27, 2026
1880, Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the Electrical Hearing Aid.
1899 American cartoonist and creator of Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, and Chilly Willy Walter Lantz was born. His wife Gracie Lantz provided the voice for Woody Woodpecker.
1986 A video pirate overrode an HBO movie broadcast with a message protesting the cost of the HBO service. John R. MacDougall used the pseudonym Captain Midnight and overrode HBO’s satellite signal with his own message for four and a half minutes.
Music History:
1985 USA For Africa started a three-week run at No.1 on the US chart with ‘We Are the World’. The US artists’ answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Darryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composers of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
Notable Birthdays:
Singer Sheena Easton 67
Actor Kevin McNally 70
Si Robertson from Duck Dynasty 78
Credit to:
Thisdayinmusic.com and Thisdaytrivia.com
