On this day in 1787, Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, structuring settlement of the Northwest Territory and creating a policy for the addition of new states to the nation. The members of Congress knew that if their new confederation were to survive intact, it had to resolve the statesâ competing claims to western territory.
Energizer Bunny. It was 1989 at St. Louis, and the team of Energizer, DDB Chicago Advertising, and All Effects, a special effects company, were in the midst of creating a marketing ploy that would rival that of its competitor, Duracell.
ANSWER: You own a Froggy the Gremlin squeeze toy. Rempel introduced the toy in 1948 and marketed several variations through the mid-1950s. On September 2, 1944, the âSmilinâ Edâs Buster Brown Gang,â a childrenâs radio show sponsored by the Buster Brown Shoe Company, first appeared on radio. R. F. Outcault created the Buster Brown comic strip in 1902. A 1929 attempt by CBS to create a syndicated Buster Brown radio show failed.