Many Americans know Columbus Day as the U.S. national holiday commemorating the Italian-born explorer’s arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492.
For that matter, you could make a case that Columbus himself was an entrepreneur, back when taking risks meant more than maxing out your credit cards.
Some of the American discoveries highlighted by the infographic include:
Electromagnetic Motor: 1830 by Joseph Henry
Telephone: 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell
Gasoline-powered Car: 1892 by Frank and Charles Duryea
Television: 1927 by Philo Farnsworth
Pong: 1972 by Noland Bushnell
World Wide Web Consortium: 1994 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
These inventions have changed the way that Americans function in their daily lives, paving the way for new companies and creating American jobs.
