American surfer, entrepreneur, adventurer, and inventor, Jack O'Neill was born On This Day, March 27, 1923.

O’Neill is widely credited with inventing the wetsuit. Wanting to surf longer in the colder waters of Northern California, he popularized the neoprene wetsuit. He established the O'Neill surf wear and gear company in 1952. He was widely known for his eye patch, which he wore due to a surfing accident.

Although O'Neill is widely perceived to be the wetsuit inventor, an investigation concluded that UC Berkeley physicist Hugh Bradner was most likely the original inventor.

Jack O'Neill was a Denver native who grew up in Oregon and southern California, where he began body surfing in the late 1930s. He received a degree in business from University of Portland in Oregon.

During World War II, O’Neill was a pilot in the Naval Air Corps before moving to San Francisco, CA, where he worked as a taxi driver, fisherman, lifeguard, longshoreman, traveling salesman, and draftsman. Duri

Most people believe that the famous “M” on the candy shell stands for Mars Incorporated, the company that produces M&M’s. While Mars was the principal inventor of M&M's, there are two M’s in that name, and that name signifies the work of two men—both with the initial “M”—and who were originally responsible for the production of M&Ms.

Forrest Edward Mars, Sr. was one “M” and the other “M” was Bruce Murrie.

Today is a fitting time to discuss the origins of M&Ms because Forrest Mars was born on this day, March 21, 1904.

Forrest grew up in a candymaker’s house, and immediately had some some big shoes to fill. His father’s home business grew to invent and sell some of the world’s most famous candy bars, including Snickers, Mars Bars, and Milky Way. And Forrest continued and built on that legacy.

Here is the story of M&M candy and it’s controversial founder, Forrest Mars, Sr.

Forrest Mars was born in Wadena, Minnesota, but after his parents' divorce when he was 6 years old, and