June 1, 1965 – Falmouth, Massachusetts: The 13-foot sailboat, Tinkerbelle, quietly set sail for its destination 3,200 miles away in Falmouth, England. If successful, it would be the smallest sailboat to cross the Atlantic Ocean. At the helm was Robert Manry, a copy...
1954 – At a phone booth in central Missouri: Ray Kroc phoned his corporate office. He thought there had to be a mistake. He had received an order for eight milkshake machines from a San Bernardino, California restaurant. But, the order was correct. Kroc, who had sold...
May 24, 1883 – Brooklyn Bridge, New York City: With tears in his eyes, Washington Roebling watched through his telescope from his house as his wife Emily rode in a carriage across the newly completed Brooklyn Bridge.In her lap was a rooster, a symbol of victory. In...
1824 – Mill Grove, Pennsylvania: It was a catastrophe! Returning from a trip to Philadelphia, he opened the storage closet of his small art studio only to find that rats had eaten their way into the boxes where he kept his bird paintings. The rodents had shredded the...
May 1954, Hi Hat Club, Memphis, Tennessee: Nineteen-year-old Elvis sat nervously sipping a coke at a corner table with his girlfriend. He was excited to have a chance to audition as a singer with the band playing on stage. For a moment, Elvis was back in eighth grade,...
1930 – San Francisco: He weighed eleven pounds at birth, and the hospital nurses nicknamed him Samson. His father was a migrant steelworker and the family frequently moved up and down the West Coast as his father chased jobs during the depression. The family...
