The Ford Mustang is officially unveiled by Henry Ford II at the
World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York, on April 17, 1964.

That same day, the new car also debuted in Ford showrooms
across America and almost 22,000 Mustangs were immediately
snapped up by buyers. Named for a World War II fighter plane,
the Mustang was one of the first vehicles that came to be known
as a “pony car.” Ford sold more than 400,000 Mustangs within
its first year of production, far exceeding sales expectations.

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang.

Remember this TV commercial showing senior citizen Clara Peller, right, ordering a burger?

Peller was a Russian-born American manicurist and
television personality. 

Wonder Bread is a brand of sliced bread which was produced by
The Taggart Baking Company of  Indianapolis, Indiana. It debuted
on May 21, 1921.

It was one of the first to be sold pre-sliced nationwide in 1930. It| 
is currently owned by Flowers Foods, headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.          

The German company Bayer patented aspirin on March 6,
1899. Now the most common drug in household medicine
cabinets, acetylsalicylic acid was originally made from a
chemical found in the bark of willow trees. In its primitive
form, the active ingredient, salicin, was used for centuries
in folk medicine, beginning in ancient Greece when
Hippocrates used it to relieve pain and fever. Known to
doctors since the mid-19th century, it was used sparingly
due to its unpleasant taste and tendency to damage the
stomach.

In 1897, Bayer employee Felix Hoffmann (above) found a
way to create a stable form of the drug that was easier and
more pleasant to take. (Some evidence shows that Hoffmann’s
work was really done by a Jewish chemist, Arthur Eichengrun,
whose contributions were covered up during the Nazi era.)

After obtaining the patent rights, Bayer began distributing
aspirin in powder form to physicians to give to their patients
one gram at a time. The brand name came from “a” for acetyl,
“spir” from the spirea plant (a source of salicin) and the suffix
“in,” commonly used for medications. It quickly became the
number-one drug worldwide.

(FOXNEWS) – Yellowstone National Park, an almost
mystical  2.2-million acre wonderland of dynamic
hydrothermal activity, breathtaking scenery and
spectacular wildlife, was established on this day in
history, March 1, 1872.        

It was the first national park in the United States and,
to most people around the world, the first known on
the planet. It quickly inspired an international
conservation movement in the wake of the Industrial
Revolution.

This poster was created in 1938 as part of the Works
Progress Administration, or WPA.