Today in Entrepreneurial History: March 16

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1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, “Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset.”
1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers was established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1958 – The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company’s founding.
1968 – General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.