1904- Henry Ford sets speed record Henry Ford sets the speed record of 91.37 miles per hour on a frozen lake- specifically, Michigan’s Lake St. Clair. The record was quickly broken within a month by...

1935- Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California Amelia Earhart traveled 2,400 miles in just 18 hours on January 11, 1935. She went from Wheeler Field in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland Airport in Oakland,...

2000- AOL-Time Warner Formed   America Online Inc. announces their plans to buy Time Warner Inc. The result? A $350 billion mega-corporation. AOL Time Warner was the most popular company in...

1776- Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense Thomas Paine wrote this 47-page pamphlet in 1774 and published it anonymously in 1776. Over 500,000 copies were sold, advocating independence of America from...