Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Tom Morey (1935–2021), Boogie Board inventor
legacy.comTom Morey was a surfer and surfboard shaper who invented the Boogie Board.Morey was a prominent member of the California surfing scene in the 1950s and ‘60s.
While working on a new surfboard design in 1971, Morey created the Boogie Board, a short, lightweight board that’s often ridden while lying on the stomach or on one knee.
He named his creation the Boogie Board, also known as a bodyboard. It quickly became popular, allowing people to ride the waves even if they weren’t seasoned surfers.
Morey sold his invention in 1977, later inventing a longboard called the Swizzle as well as tinkering with other innovations.
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