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The largest wooden airplane ever constructed, and WAS flown only one time. The Spruce Goose was born out of a […]

Mount Rushmore October 31, 1941 The Mount Rushmore memorial is completed. Work had begun in 1927 by sculpture Gutzon Borglum

October 30, 1928 The “A Chicken for Every Pot” political ad is placed in the New York Times by a

On 9 March 1814, Congress authorized the construction of a steam warship to be designed by Robert Fulton, a pioneer

Statue of Liberty dedicated today, October 28, 1886 The French donated the 151 foot high Statue of Liberty, but the

The CSS Albemarle was a Confederate ironclad ram built in 1863-64 up the Roanoke River in North Carolina. The Albemarle

The canal was first proposed in the 1780s, then re-proposed in 1807. A survey was authorized, funded, and executed in

October 24, 1939 The first nylon stockings go on sale in Wilmington, Delaware. Stronger and cheaper than silk stockings, they

There’s no delicate way to put this: if someone says he is going to hit the head, it means he

First Xerox Copy October 22, 1938 Chester F. Carlson and Otto Kornei succeed in electronically copying the message from a