April 1792 – Congress established the first U.S. mint at Philadelphia. The mint was originally placed within the U.S. State Department, made an independent agency in 1799 became part of the Department of the Treasury in 1873. The Mint is the nation’s sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the country to conduct its trade and commerce.

April 1964 – The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model at the New York’s World’s Fair. Original sales forecasts projected less than 100,000 units for the first year, but that mark was surpassed in three months after the rollout. In its first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were built. The “pony car” class of American muscle cars gave rise to competitors Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, AMC Javelin, Plymouth Barracuda, and Dodge Challenger.