On May 28, 1937, the government of Germany—then under
the control of Adolf Hitler of the National Socialist (Nazi)
Party—forms a new state-owned automobile company.

Later that year, it was named simply Volkswagenwerk,
or “The People’s Car Company.”

After nearly 70 years and more than 21 million units
produced, the last original Beetle rolled off the line
in Puebla, Mexico, on July 30, 2003.

In 2003 the last production Type 1 VW Beetle rolled off the assembly line.

James Francis Thorpe (1887 – 1953) was an American athlete
who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball.

A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native
American to win a gold medal for the United States in the
Olympics.

Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports,
he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics
(one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon).