Was there really a John Deere?
Yes, there really was a John Deere.
In 1839, he invented the steel plow, which, along with Cyrus McCormick’s 1834 invention, the reaper, changed the face of American agriculture.
Jacqueline Susann (1918-74) said, “I don’t think any novelist should be concerned with literature”. She was the immensely successful author of such fiction bestsellers as Valley of the Dolls (1966), The Love Machine (1969), and Once Is Not Enough (1973).
Henry Ford adopted the eight-hour day and five-day week to alleviate a depression in the auto industry in 1926. The move to reduce working hours curbed overproduction and unemployment in the industry.
Part of the maple-sugar manufacturing process, “sugaring-off” refers to boiling down the sap of the maple tree until the sap hardens into candy or crystallizes into sugar. Maple-sugaring was a popular social activity in America during the 19th century, accompanied by feasting and dancing.
Born as Malcolm Little (1925-65), Malcolm X served six years in prison for burglary, beginning at age 21. While in prison, he joined the Nation of Islam and took the Muslim name El-Hajj Malik ElShabazz and the public name of Malcolm X. Malcolm became a vocal opponent of white racism and advocate for black rights….
Warren G. Harding was the first president to ride in an automobile to his inauguration, on March 4, 1921.
Native to New Mexico and Arizona, both tribes, the Apache and Navajo, are members of the Athapascan language family. This language family also includes the Kiowa-Apache of the Southwest and several tribes in Alaska and western Canada.