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Meet the American who invented the hard hat, a proud symbol of our nation's working class

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Meet the American who invented the hard hat, a proud symbol of our nation's working class

Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop

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Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop

Meet the American who conjured up 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow': Washington Irving, first US celebrity author

Meet the American who conjured up 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow': Washington Irving, first US celebrity author

Meet the American who made us flip for hamburgers, Louis Lassen, Danish immigrant street-wagon cook

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Meet the American who made us flip for hamburgers, Louis Lassen, Danish immigrant street-wagon cook

Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

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Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

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6 classic Christmas side dishes that have disappeared from American tables

6 classic Christmas side dishes that have disappeared from American tables

Widely prescribed opioid shows minimal pain relief and higher heart risk, study finds

Widely prescribed opioid shows minimal pain relief and higher heart risk, study finds

World鈥檚 largest nativity scene towers over city with record-breaking holy figures

World鈥檚 largest nativity scene towers over city with record-breaking holy figures

Lions star Amon-Ra St Brown explains why he isn't fan of playing on Christmas: 'Don't even like it'

Lions star Amon-Ra St Brown explains why he isn't fan of playing on Christmas: 'Don't even like it'

Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye

LIFESTYLE May 17, 2024

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 鈥� sliced bread 鈥� in 1928. His innovation quickly changed consumer culture.

Meet the American who created bubble gum, Walter Diemer, home-kitchen chemist outwitted scientists

Meet the American Who... May 10, 2024

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.

Meet the American who created the Kentucky Derby, Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., born of pioneers

LIFESTYLE May 3, 2024

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.

Meet the American who invented the gas-powered tractor, entrepreneur John Froelich, helped feed the world

LIFESTYLE April 26, 2024

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.

Meet the American who never flinched in the fight for independence, Abigail Adams

LIFESTYLE April 19, 2024

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.

Meet the American who made prescriptions safer, Deborah Adler, inspired by Holocaust survivor grandma

LIFESTYLE April 12, 2024

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.

Meet the American who led 77 Minutemen against 700 Redcoats at Battle of Lexington: Captain John Parker

LIFESTYLE April 5, 2024

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.

Meet the American who mapped the US-Mexico border, Gen. William Emory, shaped nation in war and in peace

LIFESTYLE March 29, 2024

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.

Meet the American who wrote the moon-landing software: Margaret Hamilton, computer whiz mom

LIFESTYLE March 22, 2024

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.

Meet the American who was the 'working man' Founding Father, Irish ironsmith George Taylor

LIFESTYLE March 15, 2024

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.

Meet the American who first achieved sainthood, Elizabeth Ann Seton, mother, educator, miracle worker

LIFESTYLE March 1, 2024

Meet the American who first achieved sainthood, Elizabeth Ann Seton, mother, educator, miracle worker

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first American-born saint, converted to Catholicism, became a prominent educator and faith leader, and was credited with three miracles.