This Day, That Year – February 4

Born on this day in 1913, Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.

Did you know that:

• J. W. Goodrich introduced the first rubber galoshes on this day in 1824
• Louis Perlman received a patent for a demountable wheel rim on this day in 1913
• Roy Plunkett received a patent for “tetrafluoroethylene polymers,” better known as TEFLON, on this day in 1941