McMenamins was founded by brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin, who grew up in northeast Portland, Oregon. According to the Brewers Association, McMenamins is one of the top 50 largest craft breweries in the United States. McMenamins was founded by brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin, who grew up in northeast Portland,…
Monophysitism began as the antithesis of Nestorianism. Whereas Nestorius had been accused of teaching a dual Christ, Eutyches, an archimandrite from Constantinople, offered a radically anti-Nestorian view, at the Council of Ephesus (431). Eutyches asserted that Christ had only a sole nature; μονος φυσις (monos physis, “one substance”). Monophysitism asserted…
The first company to have an online marketing campaign was Bristol-Myers Squibb to promote their Excedrin product. The campaign was a success, and Bristol-Myers Squibb was able to add tens of thousands of names to their customer list. Online marketing is the art and science of selling products and/or services…
P&G WAS FOUNDED IN 1837 BY TWO MEN WHO MET BY CHANCE. William Procter, emigrating from England, established himself as a candle maker in Cincinnati, which was a busy center of commerce and industry in the early nineteenth century. And James Gamble, arriving from Ireland, apprenticed himself to a soap…
The earliest script of a Punch and Judy show dates from 1827 when the journalist John Payne Collier recorded the script of a performance by Piccini, the 82-year old Italian Punchman who had worked in London since he arrived in 1779. The first Punch and Judy Shows were performed in…
The first well-documented case of candles being placed on a birthday cake comes from Germany in 1746. A man named Count Ludwig von Zinzendorf held a lavish birthday celebration at his home which included a large cake with candles stuck into it, and the number of candles corresponded to his…
History >> Art History. General Overview. Romanticism was a cultural movement that started in Europe. It was somewhat of a reaction to the Industrial Revolution which occurred during the same time period. Famous Romantic Era Artists William Blake – An English Romantic painter who was also a philosopher and poet.…
When the OED traced the origins of the acronym, they discovered 1980s computer fanatics were responsible. The oldest written records of “LOL” (used to mean laughing out loud) are in the archives of Usenet, an early internet discussion forum. [17] [18] Richard Nixon laughing out loud in 1969 (prior to…
The original Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. At that time, the U.S. was just beginning to recover from the Great Depression. Millions of people were still out of work, and there was alarming concern for the elderly and retired Americans who…
Christmas Trees From Germany Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it in the 16th century when devout Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. Some built Christmas pyramids of wood and decorated them with evergreens and candles if wood was scarce. Christmas Trees…