1926 NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network. It is headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", due to its stylized peacock logo, which was originally created for its color broadcasts.

1914 Mother's Day

Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Previous attempts at establishing Mother's Day sought to promote peace by means of honoring mothers who had lost or were at risk of losing their sons to war. Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis and her daughter, Anna Marie Jarvis are recognized as the founders.

1912 RMS Titanic

Was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of more than 1,500 people of the 2,224 passengers aboard.

1906 San Francisco earthquake

As a result of the quake and fires, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed. The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the US alongside the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

1903 Ford Motor Company

Founded by Henry Ford, is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand.

1901 Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt was 42 years old when sworn in as President, after the assassination of President McKinley, making him the youngest president ever. Roosevelt was also the first of only three sitting presidents to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Teddy bear is named for him, despite his contempt for being called "Teddy".

1892 The Sierra Club

Was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the Scottish conservationist and preservationist John Muir. The Sierra Club is one of the oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States.