Photo by magniX Earlier today, the world’s largest all-electric commercial aircraft successfully completed its first test flight—and it is being hailed as a significant milestone in disrupting the transportation industry and accelerating the electric aviation revolution. The all-electric Cessna Grand…
90 years ago today, the Chrysler Building opened to the public in New York City. Constructed by Walter Chrysler, founder of the automotive company, the Art Deco skyscraper served as the corporation’s headquarters and lifted up the languishing East Side…
85 years ago today, a black college athlete at Ohio State University set three world records and tied another in “the greatest 45 minutes ever in sports.” At the Big Ten Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jesse…
50 years ago today, in the wake of The Beatles breaking up, Paul McCartney’s debut solo album, McCartney, featuring Maybe I’m Amazed, hit No.1 on the US album chart. Apart from Linda McCartney’s vocals, McCartney performed and recorded the entire album…
40 years ago today, Pacman, the ground-breaking video game, was first placed in an arcade in Tokyo. Invented by a young man who loved pinball, ‘PuckMan’, as it was first called, became the most successful arcade game of all time.…
40 years ago today, The Empire Strikes Back, produced by George Lucas opened in cinemas in UK and North America. Known now as Star Wars Episode V, it was the second film in the Star Wars film series and the…
Happy Birthday to Pete Townshend who turns 75 today. The English musician, singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Who. Born in London to musician parents, he taught himself how to play guitar and never learned to read music. Yet, he became…
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today released preliminary estimates for the 2019 data on highway crashes, which showed a continued decline in traffic fatalities. The federal agency previously reported declines in traffic deaths during 2018 and 2017, and…
50 years ago today, Thor Heyerdahl the Norwegian adventurer and researcher set sail from Africa on a papyrus reed boat to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. The boat, Ra II, was modeled after the ancient Egyptian design to demonstrate the…
115 years ago today, Las Vegas was officially founded as a city, when 110 acres was auctioned to ready buyers, and later became downtown. With the revenue coming down both railways that intersected there, the area of Las Vegas was…
