This fovorite amuesment ride was invented by William Schneider of Davenport, Iowa, in 1871.

On this day in 1940. the "true" Bugs Bunny was "born". It was in A Wild Hare that he first emerged from his rabbit hole to ask Elmer Fudd, "What's up, Doc?" Although variations of the Bugs Bunny character appeared in previous films, this is considered the first fully developed appearance of the character we know today as Bugs Bunny.