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1 1788 The first US steamboat patent was issued to Briggs & Longstreet. 1983 Matthews, Tansil and Fannin obtained a patent for a digital voice mail system. |
2 1869 James Oliver invented the removable tempered steel plow blade 1965 Alfonso Alvarez received a patent for "dual-vent windows". |
3 1690 The first paper money in America was issued in the colony of Massachusetts. 1952 The first episode of the TV program "Dragnet" was copyrighted. |
4 1824 J. W. Goodrich introduced the world to the first rubber galoshes. 1941 Roy Plunkett received a patent in for "tetrafluoro-ethylene polymers" (TEFLON) |
5 1861 Samuel Goodale patented the first moving picture peep show machine. |
6 1917 SUNMAID raisins were trademark registered 1947 Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" was copyrighted. |
7 1804 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements was born. 1995 Larry Gunter and Tracie Williams received a patent for a personalized interactive storybook |
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| 8 1916 Charles Kettering received a patent for a self-starting automobile engine. |
9 1811 Robert Fulton was granted a patent for the practical steamboat. |
10 1976 Sidney Jacoby was granted a patent for a combination smoke and heat detector alarm. |
11 1973 National Inventor's Hall of Fame was founded -- on the anniversary of Thomas Edison's birth in 1847. |
12 1974 Stephen Kovacs received a patent for a magnetic heart pump. 1983 The circular thing that keeps the pizza from hitting the inside of the box top (called a "package saver") was invented by a guy from New Jersey. |
13 1979 Charles Chidsey received a patent for male baldness solution. |
14 1854 Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson patented a firearm. The 14th is also Valentine's Day and someone has patented romance. |
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| 15 1972 William Kolff obtained a patent for the soft shell mushroom shaped artificial heart. |
16 1932 James Markham received the first fruit tree patent for a peach tree. |
17 1827 Chester Stone patented a washing machine. |
18 1879 Auguste Bartholdi was granted a design patent for the Statue of Liberty. |
19 1878 Thomas Edison received a patent for the phonograph. |
20 1846 John Drummond was granted a patent for molds for the manufacture of candles. 1872 Luther Crowell patented a machine that manufactured paper bags. |
21 1865 John Deere received a patent for ploughs. |
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| 22 1916 Ernst Alexanderson was issued a patent for a selective radio tuning system. |
23 1943 The song "As Time Goes By" from the movie Casablanca was copyrighted. |
24 1857 The first perforated United States postage stamps was delivered to the government. 1925 HIS MASTER'S VOICE was trademark registered |
25 1902 John Holland was granted a patent for a submarine. |
26 1870 The first New York City subway line opened. The short-lived line was pneumatic powered. 1963 HOBIE surfboards trademark registered in 1963 |
27 1900 Felix Hoffman patented acetyl salicylic acid --aspirin. |
28 1984 Donald Mauldin received a patent for a knee brace. |
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29 1860 Herman Hollerith the inventor of the first electric tabulating machine was born on a leap year. 1972 KOOKY DOODLES were trademark registered |
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