On February 15, 1882, a ship named the SS Dunedin pulled away from Port Chalmers in Otago, New Zealand, with the first successful shipment of frozen meat to Britain. Before this voyage, New Zealand farmers […]
On February 15, 1950, Walt Disney’s animated feature Cinderella opened in theaters across the United States. A Disney’s classic fairytale, a musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. In […]
On February 14, 1991, while many were celebrating Valentine’s Day, Nissan released a five-page press release on Nissan News, the official media channel of Nissan Motor Co Ltd, to introduce the Nissan Figaro. The Figaro […]
On February 14, 1929, the city of Chicago witnessed one of the most infamous crimes in American history. Known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, this event was the violent peak of a long war […]
In the late 1800s inventors everywhere were trying to figure out how to make engines more reliable and efficient. One of the most important steps happened on February 13, 1893, as two Hungarian engineers named […]
In the early 1900s, baseball wasn’t a game for everyone, Black players were not allowed to play in the major Leagues, Jim Crow laws and the strong racial segregation following the Civil War put many […]
On September 13, 1899, a 68-year-old real estate man named Henry Bliss made history in a way no one ever wants to. He became the first person in the USA to die in an automobile […]
February 11, 1959, Marshall Teague, a famous NASCAR driver and racing pioneer, lost his life at the age of 37 during the newly opened Daytona International Speedway while attempting to break the speed record . […]
February 11, 1990, is a date that the world will never forget. On this Sunday afternoon, after 27 years, Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was a leader […]
After the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, the U.S. entered World War II, and car companies quickly switched from making civilian vehicles to building war supplies. On February 10, 1942 Ford finished its last regular […]