May 13: On this day in 1946, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Southwestern Bell a license for radio-telephone service, which enabled those in St. Louis to be the first in the nation to make and receive phone calls in their car. Covering a 75-mile radius of downtown calls to an auto had to be…
Category: Automotive
I’ve Been Ducked!
I’ve finally been ducked! 🤣 I was at the Home Depot picking up an order and came back to this little guy on my Jeep. Thanks Gladys! 😁
Cruise Control
Ralph R, Teetor, of Hagerstown, Indiana, where he was a member of Hagerstown Lodge, was blinded in an accident at the age of 5, but he never let his loss of sight stop his ingenious work in the filed of engineering. One of his inventions used today by countless numbers of motorists on the highway…
On This Day: BMW’s logo
On this day 10th day of December, 1917 – BMW’s Trademark, a circular blue and white BMW, called a “roundel”, was submitted for registration at the Imperial Patent Office in Germany.