Roughly six percent of the world's nickel is used to nickel-plate objects to protect them from corrosion. About sixty percent of the nickel mined today goes into alloy production, specifically nickel steels.
1966 Miami Dolphins season. The 1966 Miami Dolphins season was the team's inaugural year as an expansion franchise in the American Football League (AFL). The Dolphins team was founded by attorney/politician Joe Robbie and actor/comedian Danny Thomas. Future Harlem Globetrotters and Montreal Canadiens owner George N. Gillett, Jr. was a minority partner in the Dolphins.
Out of this meeting, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) was formed. A mere two months later, on Feb. 15, 1948, NASCAR held its first official race on the sands of a Daytona, Florida, beach. Most -- perhaps all -- of the drivers were involved in the moonshine trade. One of them, Red Byron, won the inaugural race.