Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
Racing cyclist Coryn Rivera Labecki was born on August 26, 1992, in the city of Garden Grove, California. She grew up in the nearby city of Tustin. Both of Coryn’s parents were Filipino immigrants; her father Wally Rivera had been born in Tondo, a district of the Philippines’ capital city of Manila, and her mother... Continue Reading →
Ken Munechika, who made notable contributions as both an aerospace engineer and U.S. Air Force (USAF) officer, was born on June 18, 1935, in Pākalā Village on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i. (At the time, Hawaii was a U.S. territory; it became the 50th state in 1959.) Munechika’s first name at birth was Kenji. As... Continue Reading →
May 21, 1961 The first National Highway Week in the United States was officially launched. The idea for this commemorative week had taken place about three months earlier in Washington, D.C., during a Public Understanding Workshop co-sponsored by the Better Highways Information Foundation (BHIF) – a group founded by several highway industry organizations – and... Continue Reading →
Roger Yasukawa, who has achieved fame as a racecar driver, was born in Los Angeles on October 10, 1977. Yasukawa is of Japanese descent, and he holds dual citizenship in the United States and Japan. Yasukawa’s launchpad into the world of motorsports involved his participation in highly competitive go-kart races in southern California. He more... Continue Reading →
April 29, 2018 Two days after it had been dedicated by local public officials, a light rail station in San Diego was opened to passengers. This station was built near the San Diego Central Courthouse, which had been officially inaugurated just a little more than four months earlier. Courthouse station marks the western terminus of... Continue Reading →
March 27, 1980 A concept car built by British manufacturer Aston Martin was formally introduced to the public at the Bell Hotel in southeastern England’s village and civil parish of Aston Clinton. (Concept cars are automobiles created to exhibit new styling or innovative technologies; these vehicles are often displayed at motor shows.) The concept car... Continue Reading →
March 13, 1886 Albert William Stevens, who achieved renown as a balloonist and aerial photographer during his service in the U.S. Army, was born in the city of Belfast, Maine. He was the third child of Nathan and Alice Whitten. After his mother died only five months after his birth, he was adopted by Andrew... Continue Reading →
March 6, 1995 Operations began for a newly built rail station in the city of San Clemente on the coast of Orange County, California. This station is served by both the Orange County Line and Inland Empire-Orange County Line of southern California’s commuter trains network Metrolink. San Clemente station is specifically located in the North... Continue Reading →
While she ultimately became a world-renowned etiquette maven, Emily Post (1872-1960) was also a female automotive pioneer who firmly established herself as a formidable travel journalist. The zenith of this part of the Baltimore-born Post’s writing career was arguably her participation in an automobile journey from New York City to San Francisco in 1915. This... Continue Reading →
February 13, 1958 The Ford Motor Company introduced the first four-passenger model of the Ford Thunderbird (popularly known as the T-Bird) nearly four years after the original version of this automobile -- which was built for two -- had made its official debut. The four-passenger version marked the transformation of the T-Bird from a sports car... Continue Reading →
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