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.

SANDY KOZEL

The Spirit is on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution‘s National Air and Space Museum in
Washington, D.C..

On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh, 54.

In 1863, Bergh had been appointed by President Abraham
Lincoln to a diplomatic post at the Russian court of Czar
Alexander II. It was there that he was horrified to witness
work horses beaten by their peasant drivers.

On his way back to America, a June 1865 visit to the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in London
awakened his determination to secure a charter not only to
incorporate the ASPCA but to exercise the power to arrest
and prosecute violators of the law.
http://aspca.org

Henry Bergh (August 29, 1813 – March 12, 1888)

The Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, where
NASCAR was found.

NASCAR was founded by William France, Sr. on February 21,
1948 with the help of several other drivers of the time.

The original plans for NASCAR included three distinct
divisions: Modified, Roadster, and Strictly Stock.

William Henry Getty France
(September 26, 1909 – June 7, 1992)

On February 12, 1909, the 100th anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln’s birth, a group that included African American
leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett
announced the formation of a new organization.          

Called the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, it would have a profound effect on the         
struggle for civil rights and the course of 20th-century
American history.