ROSS SIMPSON
Soldiers run for cover during crossfire between pro-Ceaucescu
troops and anti-regime supporters near the Republican square in Bucharest.
Romanian demonstrators sit on top of a tank as it passes in
front of a burning building, December 22, 1989.
General George Washington at Valley Forge.
On December 18, 1620, the British ship Mayflower docked at modern-
day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepared to begin their
new settlement, Plymouth Colony.
Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made
the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-
than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-
driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered
120 feet on its inaugural flight.
The Wright brothers: Orville (left) and Wilbur (right).
The Wright brothers company in Dayton, Ohio offered their first
airplane for sale, the Wright Model B, in 1910.
Although many credit our modern day Santa to Thomas Nast,
Santa’s jolly look all started in 1931 with legendary illustrator
Haddon Sundblom for a Coca-Cola holiday ad campaign. His
Santa has become one of the most beloved cultural icons and
an anticipated part of the Christmas holiday tradition.
Haddon Hubbard "Sunny" Sundblom (June 22, 1899 – March 10, 1976)
