This day in history we feature Mount Rushmore. After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed on this day in 1941. Trivia – Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum […]
Robert Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, the tallest person in recorded history, was born on this day in 1918. Did you know that: • George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born on this day in 1732• Ernst Alexanderson received a patent for a selective […]
Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young co-founded “stationery and fancy goods emporium” in New York City on this day in 1837, later renamed as “Tiffany & Co.” Did you know that: • US President George Washington laid down the cornerstone of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on this day in 1793• New York […]
