This Day, That Year – January 24

Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, a German inventor who built the first rocket-powered aircraft, was born on this day in 1888.

Did you know that:

• Charles Goodyear Jr. received a patent for the Goodyear Welt, a machine for sewing boots and shoes, on this day in 1871
• The first canned beer, “Krueger’s Cream Ale,” was sold by Krueger Brewing Co on this day in 1935
• Apple Computer Inc unveiled its first Macintosh personal computer on this day in 1984