Today in Entrepreneurial History: August 28
1830 — The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in US railroading. 1898 — Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”. 1953 — Nippon Television broadcasts Japan’s first television show, including its first TV advertisement. Caleb Davis Bradham (May […]
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