44 Information on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) indicated that the airplane's final descent was initiated by an engine ceasing to operate. Considering the length of time that the airplane had been flying, this was most likely caused by fuel exhaustion. (Wreckage examination also indicated ...
1960: Etch A Sketch shakes things up Another marquee toy came on the market in 1960 with Etch A Sketch. The Ohio company that hadpurchased the rightsto the toy invested heavily in advertising, and it was a smash hit that holiday season. 1959: The world meets Barbie Konrad Summers // Fli...
T H E CRASH 0 n the 24thof August, 1857, the Ohio Life insurance and Trust Company of New York failed; its creditors were forced to default, and a calamitous chain of events spread across the United States. Within two months, almost everybody in Minnesota was in debt; the Minnesota ...