Mechanical energy fuels inventions. Mental energy fuels the ideas behind the inventions. And all come together to move society forward in seamless synchronicity. These are some events of significance in business history this week. June 11, 1895 Fill it up! Charles E. Duryea receives the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile. June 12, 1987 “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” President Ronald Reagan boldly urges unification for West & East Germany to Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. When the Berlin Wall did finally
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Archives for Business History
Business History for the Week of June 4-8
Business history is filled with inventions, start-ups, and entrepreneurs. We like to start Monday with a little motivation fueled by the past as we look to the week ahead. June 4, 1896 – Henry Ford unveiled the “Quadricycle,” the first automobile he ever designed or drove. It had two driving speeds, no brakes, very basic steering ability— and a doorbell button as a horn. At top speed of 20 miles per hour, Ford raced into business history! June 5, 1947 – U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines “The Marshall Plan,” a program intended to assist European nations, including
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Business History News for Week of May 28th – June 1st
In business you build upon past successes as well as innovation. Here is a look at this week in history and what achievements promoted business growth then. May 28th opening of Great Western Railway from Goderich to Fort Erie, Ontario, 1858 discovery by Albert Rogers of the (Rogers) pass which gave the Canadian Pacific Railway a viable route through the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, 1881 launch of Canada’s first commercial electric railway in Windsor, 1886 presentation of On with the Show, first all-color talking movie in New York, 1929 founding of Volkswagen Motors, 1937 presentation of Melody,
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Business History for the week of May 21-27
Every day, the US Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) provides service to more than 42,000 flights and 2.5 million airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. That includes those of us in the air for our Marketing and Social Media agencies. Where would business history be without the airplane? Where would we be without the Wright Brothers, who this week back on May 22, 1906 received the first airplane patent in the U.S. for their “new and useful improvements in Flying Machines.” Some other events we at Buzz Bear Media found in business history that
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