Born April 7, 1860, Will Keith Kellogg was responsible for radically changing the way Americans eat breakfast. With his older brother Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, he invented the first breakfast cereal, an early version of today’s Corn Flakes, which sold more than one million cases in its first three years and earned his hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan, the title of “cereal city.” In The Original Has This Signature: W.K. Kellogg
Born in Prussia on April 1, 1815, Otto von Bismarck went on to become the first chancellor of Germany and the mastermind behind its unification. Known for his ruthless but brilliant politics, Bismarck was lionized almost instantly upon his death, but his role in European history has undergone critical reassessment since the reunification of Germany 20 years ago. Below, in Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor
After a wildly successful eight year run, “All in the Family” aired its 200th episode on March 4, 1979. By then, the show had irrevocably changed the image of the American family, but creator Norman Lear initially faced challenges from network censors who feared the show was too politically charged and producers who viewed the show as a marked departure from the popular family sitcoms of the 1960s. Below, in Archie Bunker’s America: TV in an Era of Change 1968-1978
January 28 marks the Feast Day of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the Roman Catholic priest who authored Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles, shaping Catholic Church and philosophy for centuries to come. Below, writing on a different subject in Commentary on Sentences, Aquinas explores the issue of “whether knowledge is higher than love.”
Christian Dior, born January 21, 1905, restored the hourglass to women’s fashion in the bleak aftermath of World War II. The corseted waists and full skirts of the New Look found wild success — and some criticism — in the middle of last century, establishing Dior as a major player in the industry and defining [...]
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