Second, the returns from a degree have soared. Three decades ago, full-time workers with a bachelorâs degree. made 40 percent more than those with only a high-school diploma. Last year, the gap reached 83 percent.
Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. âSee for yourself what the genius of Walt Disney has created in his first full length feature production,â proclaimed the original trailer for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released on this day in 1938.
Carpenter at work Jake Burton built his snowboarding company from a couple of relatives to 845 employees. Carpenter was 14 when he got a Snurfer, the first snow surfboard. It became such an obsession that 10 years and 100 prototypes later, Carpenter produced the Burton Backhill, one of the first snowboards. (He figured Burton was a better brand name than Carpenter.) That was in 1977, and Carpenter thought he would get rich quickly selling these boards.