This Day, That Year – March 23

Elisha Otis installed his first elevator at 488 Broadway in New York City on this day in 1857.

Did you know that:

• Josiah Pierson patented a “cold-header” (rivet) machine on this day in 1794
• Magnus von Braun was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect born on this day in 1912
• The Swallow Sidecar Company headed by William Lyons agreed to change its name to Jaguar on this day in 1945