On this date in 1952, Julius Freed, the American inventor of the Orange Julius died. The drink grew out of an orange juice stand→

1892 – Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts. 1919 – Leslie Irvin of the→

1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book. 1930 – BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.→

On this date in 1790 – Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, diplomat, and printer died 1820 – Alexander Joy Cartwright, Inventor of the Modern Game→

1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary. 1860 – The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California. 1894 – The→

1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India. 1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in→

On this date in 1976, the Apple I was first demonstrated by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, founds of the Apple Inc. The computer→

1606 – The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of→

1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. 1957 – The Suez→

1886 – At Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, GA, the first sale of Coca-Cola was made. 1893 – The first recorded college basketball game occurs→

1788 – American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrive at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio, as the first→

1621 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. 1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production→

1850 – Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city. 1873 – The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of→

1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins. 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted→

1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint. 1902 – “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United→

Happy April Fools’ Day 1826 – Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1976→

1638 – Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden. 1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National→

On this date in 1928, Nathan Stubblefield, a Kentucky melon farmer and the inventor of a method for wireless broadcasting audio before Tesla or→

1613 – The first English child born in Canada at Cuper’s Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy. 1794 – The United States Government establishes a→

1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop’s Fables. 1931 – SwissAir is founded as the national airline of Switzerland. 1999 – The→