“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.”
– Vince Lombardi, born in Brooklyn, New York on June 11th 1913
In this edition of This Week in Business History, guest host Kelly Barner remembers key innovations, inventions, and firsts that took place between June 7th and 13th, including the questionable career of Samuel Slater, the tricky first passing of the Panama Canal, and how the Post Office stopped the shipment of children through their national parcel service.
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