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6 days ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Good Friday, April 18, 20251775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning American colonists that “The British are coming! The British were coming!”1934, the First Laundromat opened, in Fort Worth, Texas. 1968, London Bridge was sold to an American named Robert McCullough for about $2.5 million.

1 week ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

Paul Layendecker’s – WAY BACK WHEN for Monday, April 14, 20231865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth, while attending the comedy ”Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington. Lincoln died the following morning. 1902, J.C. Penney opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Did you know the “J” stands for James? The “C” stands for Cash. 1912, the “Unsinkable: Titanic hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sunk hours later. More than 1,500 perished.

2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

Paul Layendecker’s – WAY BACK WHEN for Thursday, April 10, 20251849 A patent for the safety pin is issued to Walter Hunt. Various versions of safety pins date back to the ancient Romans; however, Hunt’s version included a spring to hold the pin in place. Hunt sold the rights to his safety pin for $400 (equivalent to $12,440), which went on to earn millions for others. 1926 Superman arrived on planet Earth, according to the first of episode of the 1952 TV show The Adventures of Superman.

2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

Paul Layendecker’s, WAY BACK WHEN for Weds., April 9, 20251940 A patent for the first shopping cart was granted to its inventor Sylvan Goldman, owner of the Humpty Dumpty Grocery store in Oklahoma City. It was essentially a folding chair with wheels and baskets attached. 1959 NASA picked its first seven astronauts. They became known as the Mercury Seven. The astronauts were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glen, Virgil ‘Gus’ Grisson, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton.

2 weeks ago | wcsy.com | Paul Layendecker

WAY BACK WHEN for Tuesday, April 8, 20251974, baseball superstar Hank Aaron, of the Atlanta Braves, broke Babe Ruth’s lifetime home run record by hitting his 715th in a game against the L.A. Dodgers. 1983 Magician David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear on his TV special The Magic of David Copperfield.