America’s First Automobile Race
On November 28, 1895, the Chicago Times-Herald Race was held between six cars. It was America’s first automobile race.
On November 28, 1895, the Chicago Times-Herald Race was held between six cars. It was America’s first automobile race.
On November 21, 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge first opened to traffic.
On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly embarked on a trip around the globe, inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days.
On November 1, 1957, the Mackinac Bridge opened. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
On June 24, 1918, Captain Brian Peck made the first airmail flight in Canada.
On June 23, 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Civil Aeronautics Act, creating the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
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On May 10, 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed with the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah.
On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg zeppelin caught fire and exploded within a minute, killing over a third of the people on board.