by qdmhistory | May 26, 2022 | History
May 26, 1927, marked the end of an era of automotive history. On that day, Henry Ford waited with his son Edsel for the last car of the day to roll off of the assembly line. After it was completed, they got in, drove it off the lot, and shut production down. The Model...
by qdmhistory | May 25, 2022 | History
Today, thanks to the internet, activism and fundraising are relatively easy. Anyone who wants to support a cause can quickly reach out to people all over the world. Things were rather different in the 80s, though. Back then, if you wanted to get a lot of people...
by qdmhistory | May 24, 2022 | History
On May 24, 1978, Marilyn Loden was assigned by the New York Telephone Company to replace a female vice president of the company at the 1978 Women’s Exposition in New York. She was assigned to give a speech at the “Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall” forum....
by qdmhistory | May 23, 2022 | History
Some people have trouble focusing on close-up things. Others don’t see distant things very well. Many people develop one of these problems as they age. That’s why glasses were one of the greatest inventions of the fifteenth century. Glasses could be made...
by qdmhistory | May 22, 2022 | History
On May 22, 1843, 1,000 people left Independence, kickstarting the Great Emigration. On this day, 1,000 men, women, and children left the town of Independence, Missouri, in a wagon train, hoping to find plentiful farmland that they could take for themselves and the...
