This Day, That Year – August 18

Max Factor Jr., CEO of Max Factor Cosmetics and son of the founder and inventor Max Factor, was born on this day in 1904.

Did you know that:

• French Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered helium in the solar spectrum during an eclipse on this day in 1868
• A weather map was televised for the first time on this day in 1926
• A plant patent was issued to Henry Bosenberg of New Brunswick for a climbing rose on this day in 1931