His desire to Henry Hudson made his first voyage west from England in , when he was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic Ocean.
After twice being turned back by ice, Hudson embarked on a third voyage—this time on behalf of the Dutch East India Company—in Betty Ford was an American first lady and the wife of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States.
Ford realized the power of her position as first lady early on, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her husband took office.
Born in Germany in , Henry Kissinger escaped the Nazi regime to become a powerful and controversial U. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
As national security advisor He was a gifted orator and major figure in the American Revolution. His rousing speeches—which included a speech to the Virginia legislature in which he famously declared, One of the most renowned kings in English history, Henry V led two successful invasions of France, cheering his outnumbered troops to victory at the Battle of Agincourt and eventually securing full control of the French throne. His portrayal in three of Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault.
In a single location, Ford brought together dozens of buildings and millions of artifacts. It was one of the largest collections of its kind ever assembled, as well as a bold and ambitious new way for people of all ages to discover and explore the richness of the American experience for themselves. Henry Ford took inspiration from the past, saw opportunities for the future, and believed in technology as a force for improving people's lives.
To him, technology wasn't just a source of profits, it was a way to harness new ideas and, ultimately, further democratize American life. An Innovator. Invention versus Innovation. Ford's Work Style. A Life-Long Tinkerer. Ford's Early Work Life.
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Ford's Process of Innovation. Ford's Transition to War Production. Ford Cars: Ford Model A. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Within the world of folk music, he had been hailed as a hero for several years already, but now his music was capturing the attention and On June 16, , aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space.
After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in space than all U. Valentina Vladimirovna Leonid Ilych Brezhnev, first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party since , is elected president of the Supreme Soviet, thereby becoming both head of party and head of state. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride.
The new entertainment was an instant In business, Ford offered profit sharing to select employees who stayed with the company for six months and, most important, who conducted their lives in a respectable manner. He even went as far as to support a weekly newspaper, The Dearborn Independent , which furthered such views. The Ford company, in turn, said the factory was under the control of the Nazis, not the American corporate headquarters.
Ford died on April 7, , of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 83, near his Dearborn estate, Fair Lane. Ford was an avid collector of Americana, with a particular interest in technological innovations and the lives of ordinary people: farmers, factory workers, shopkeepers and business people.
He decided to create a place where their lives and interests could be celebrated. Opening in , the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, displays the thousands of objects Ford collected and many more-recent additions, such as clocks and watches, an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, presidential limousines and other exhibits. Also on display in the expansive outdoor Greenfield Village are operational railroad roundhouses and engines, the Wright Brothers bicycle shop, a replica of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratory and Ford's relocated birthplace.
Ford's vision for the museum was stated as, "When we are through, we shall have reproduced American life as lived; and that, I think, is the best way of preserving at least a part of our history and tradition.
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