This Day, That Year – October 7

The oldest existing airline, the KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, was established on this day in 1919.

Did you know that:

• Cyrus Chambers Jr patented the folding machine to fold books and newspapers on this day in 1856
• Simon Cowell is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive born on this day in 1959
• A patent was granted to Ysidro M. Martinez for a knee implant prosthesis on this day in 1975