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1975–present BMW 3 Series—the 3 Series has been on Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list 17 times; 1977–present Honda Accord saloon/sedan—a Japanese sedan that became popular in the US; 1983–present Chrysler minivans—the two-box minivan design nearly pushed the station wagon out of the market
The hot comb was an invention developed in France as a way for women with coarse curly hair to achieve a fine straight look traditionally modeled by historical Egyptian women. [44] However, it was Annie Malone who first patented this tool, while her protégé and former worker, Madam C. J. Walker , widened the teeth.
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867 Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born on 3 May 1849 to a wealthy carpenter family in Pforzheim.She was the third of nine children. Her father, Karl Friedrich Ringer, a master builder and carpenter, and her 20 year younger mother, Auguste Friedrich, were wealthy individuals who invested heavily in their children's educations.
Michelle Christensen - Christensen is the first woman to lead of a "supercar" design team, working on Honda/Acura's most expensive car, the NSX. [5] No other women had previously had a lead design on an exotic car. Mary Barra - The first female CEO of a major global automaker, at General Motors. [6]
This is a chronological index for the start year for motor vehicle brands (up to 1969). For manufacturers that went on to produce many models, it represents the start date of the whole brand; for the others, it usually represents the date of appearance of the main (perhaps only) model that was produced.
1. Poodle. Poodles come from Germany, where they were called “Pudelhund." This meant something like “puddle, water or splashing dog" because poodles were used to hunt water birds, so you can ...
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German engineer Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile [1] [a] and was the first car put into production. [8]
The Soviets favored dogs for early space flights, as opposed to the Americans, who preferred monkeys and chimpanzees. In 1951 Dezik and Tsygan became the first dogs to enter suborbital spaceflight. In 1957 Laika, a female mixed-breed dog, became the first animal to enter orbit when she was launched into space aboard Sputnik 2. Laika's presence ...