Merchant Richard Sears and watchmaker Alvah C. Roebuck began their collaboration in 1887 by selling mail-order watches advertised in newspapers.
In 1889, Sears produced his first catalog of watches and other jewelry.
By 1893, when the name Sears, Roebuck & Co. was first used, the business included clothing, furniture, baby carriages, and more.
A century later, in 1993, it was announced that the general catalog would cease publication.
In 1904, German composer Richard Strauss conducted the world premiere of his work Symphonia Domestica in Wanamaker’s Department Store in New York City.
The first three American states admitted to the union after the original 13 were: Vermont-1791, created from parts of New York and New Hampshire Kentucky-1792, created from Virginia Tennessee-1796, created from North Carolina
The Great Fire of London happened in September 1666. The worst fire in London’s history, it destroyed many civic buildings and churches, along with 13,000 houses.
Vermont widow Ida May Fuller received the first Social Security check in 1940. The check totalled $22.54.
Rosa Parks refuse to move from her seat in the white section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama because of a combination of fatigue and principle. “I was quite tired after spending a full day working,” the seamstress explained about her action on Dec. 1, 1955, which touched off the famous bus boycott and ushered…
The man who had been expelled from Harvard, William Randolph Hearst, bought or started 42 newspapers. Only a handful remained by the time of his death in 1951.