GREATEST THING EVER Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy; photo illustration LIFESTYLE Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye
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iStock and Alika Jenner/Getty Images Meet the American Who... Meet the American who created bubble gum, Walter Diemer, home-kitchen chemist outwitted scientists
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On this day in history, May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh departs for first solo nonstop flight across Atlantic
LIFESTYLE 3 days ago Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye Otto Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, created the invention by which all others are judged — sliced bread — in 1928. His innovation quickly changed consumer culture.
Meet the American Who... May 10 Meet the American who created bubble gum, Walter Diemer, home-kitchen chemist outwitted scientists Walter Diemer, a 23-year-old accountant for Fleer Co. of Philadelphia, invented bubble gum in 1928. The secret formula had defied the best food scientists for decades.
LIFESTYLE May 3 Meet the American who created the Kentucky Derby, Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., born of pioneers The Kentucky Derby debuted in 1875, the horse race a vision of Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of American explorer William Clark in hopes of reviving commonwealth's economy.
LIFESTYLE April 26 Meet the American who invented the gas-powered tractor, entrepreneur John Froelich, helped feed the world John Froelich, the oldest son of German immigrants, was born in Iowa in 1849. The grain mill operator tinkered away on a gasoline traction, the tractor, that changed global agriculture.
LIFESTYLE April 19 Meet the American who never flinched in the fight for independence, Abigail Adams Abigail Adams proved a peerless patriot in the American Revolution with "a spirit that will not be conquered" while championing rights for women in the new nation.
LIFESTYLE April 12 Meet the American who made prescriptions safer, Deborah Adler, inspired by Holocaust survivor grandma Deborah Adler of New York has achieved acclaim in industry and art for her prescription bottle designs and labeling program that have helped to prevent thousands of deaths each year.
LIFESTYLE April 5 Meet the American who led 77 Minutemen against 700 Redcoats at Battle of Lexington: Captain John Parker Captain John Parker, 46, was crippled by tuberculosis when he led 77 volunteers against 700 British regulars in the Battle of Lexington, igniting the American Revolution.
LIFESTYLE March 29 Meet the American who mapped the US-Mexico border, Gen. William Emory, shaped nation in war and in peace William H. Emory served in two wars but is best remembered for leading the expedition that mapped out the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border and shaped images of the Southwest.
LIFESTYLE March 22 Meet the American who wrote the moon-landing software: Margaret Hamilton, computer whiz mom The Apollo 11 moon mission provided a giant leap for womankind, thanks to the remarkable intellect of young software engineer and mother Margaret Hamilton.
LIFESTYLE March 15 Meet the American who was the 'working man' Founding Father, Irish ironsmith George Taylor George Taylor of Ireland arrived in America as an indentured laborer at a Pennsylvania iron furnace. He became one of three men born in Ireland to sign the Declaration of Independence.