Look Back

To produce and market a double-oscillating screed finisher, Harold Godbersen and his son, Gary, founded Gomaco as a division of Godbersen-Smith Construction. Source: Are We There Yet? Building America’s Transportation Infrastructure Network, written by John Yow. The book celebrates the 100th anniversary of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.

What happened in the world in 1965 . . .

• Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson’s discovery of cosmic background radiation confirms big-bang theory;
• Early Bird, the first communications satellite, is launched;
• ABC pays an unprecedented $32 million for a four-year contract with the NCAA to broadcast football games on Saturday afternoons; and
• The Los Angeles Dodgers beat Minnesota in the World Series.