TIM  MAGUIRE

DIANE KEPLEY

Beyoncé (Giselle Knowles-Carter) is 44 years young today.

Beyoncé is widely regarded as one of the most culturally
significant figures of the 21st century.

Credited with revolutionizing the music industry, Beyoncé
is often deemed one of the greatest entertainers
and most influential artists in history..

On August 21, 1897, Ransom Eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan,
founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company, which would later
become Olds Motor Werks and then Oldsmobile.

Born in Geneva, Ohio, in 1864, Olds went to work for his
family’s machine-repair and engine-building business in
1883.

In 1896, Olds completed his first gasoline-powered vehicle,
and the following year he founded Olds Motor Vehicle
Company with financial backing from Samuel L. Smith,
who had made his fortune in lumber.

Ransom Eli Olds (1864 – 1950)

On July 30, 2003, the last of 21,529,464 Volkswagen Beetles
built since World War II rolled off the production line at
Volkswagen’s plant in Puebla, Mexico.

On July 15, 1903, the newly formed Ford Motor Company took
its first order from Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning: an $850 two
-cylinder Model A automobile with a tonneau (or backseat).

The car, produced at Ford’s plant on Mack Street (now Mack
Avenue) in Detroit, was delivered to Dr. Pfenning just over a
week later.

Dr. Pfenning’s order turned out to be the first of many from
around the country, launching Ford on its way to profitability.

Dr. Ernst Pfenning

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947)