December 10’s forgotten lift-off A quiet gymnasium floor, a fragile skeletal helicopter frame, a student pilot pedaling furiously, then a brief hover above the ground. In a world of jets, rockets, and roaring engines, a […]
On December 10, 1915, the Ford Motor Company reached one of the most important production milestones in early automotive history: the completion of the 1,000,000th Model T. Introduced in 1908, the Model T had already […]
As we march toward Christmas, following the “pa-rum-pa-pum-pum” beat of commercialism to the schlocky versions of ‘Little Drummer Boy’ piped into shopping malls or blaring in public squares this time of year, here is something […]
1970s car culture moments you’ll never see again The late 1960s through 1970s defined an era of American automotive rebellion when Mustangs, Camaros, and Chargers ruled streets with raw horsepower. Underground street races erupted spontaneously […]
December 9: The night the sky caught fire over Pennsylvania On the evening of December 9, 1965, thousands of people across six U.S. states and Ontario, Canada reported a brilliant fireball streaking through the darkening […]
December 9, 1963, marked a turning point in American automotive history as the last U.S.-built Studebaker rolled off the assembly line at the company’s longtime manufacturing headquarters in South Bend, Indiana. The event symbolized the […]
The decade that embraced the weird The 1970s were an experimental playground where tech optimism mingled with countercultural quirkiness to yield strange inventions. Some were innovative, some pointless, some disasters. These almost-famous products show how […]
President Donald Trump doubled down on his bold proposal to distribute $2,000 “tariff dividend” checks to most Americans on Friday, assuring supporters that the payouts are on track – just not in time to pad holiday stockings this year. […]
The ferry disaster on December 8 that sounds made up but actually happened Imagine boarding a winter ferry in 1966, hearing howling winds and feeling the deck pitch beneath your feet, while heavy trucks and […]
On December 8, 1981, Mitsubishi Motors officially entered the United States market under its own name for the first time, marking a defining moment in the company’s global expansion. Prior to this, Mitsubishi had supplied […]