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1486 The first known copyright was granted in Venice. |
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1992 The Southern California Gas Company purchased the first motor vehicles powered by natural gas. |
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1940 A patent for the production of diuretics was obtained by Bockmuhl, Middendorf and Fritzsche. |
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1888 George Eastman patented the roll film camera - Kodak. |
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1787 The constitutional clause concerning patents and copyrights was adopted by the constitutional convention in 1787. |
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1988 Combined Cap & Baseball Mitt Patent #4,768,232 was granted. |
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1948 Patent # 2,448,908 was granted to Louis Parker for a television receiver. His "intercarrier sound system" is now used in all television receivers in the world. Without it TV receivers would not work as well and would be more costly. |
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1868 William Hinds patented a candlestick. 1994 Microsoft gave Windows 95 its name, previously, the operating system had been referred to by its code name of "Chicago". |
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1886 Ten countries, not including the U.S. joined the Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works. |
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1891 The song "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E" by Henry J. Sayers was registered. 1977 Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant and a convicted murderer, became the last person executed with the guillotine. |
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1900 A motor vehicle patent was granted to Francis and Freelan Stanley. |
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1961 Patent #3,000,000 was granted for an automatic reading system for utilities to Kenneth Eldredge. |
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1870 Patent #107,304 was granted to Daniel C. Stillson for a "wrench" (improved monkey wrench.) |
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1993 "The Simpsons" television show was registered by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. |
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1968 An Wang obtained a patent for a calculating apparatus, a basic component of computer technology. |
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1857 The words & music to "Jingle Bells" was registered by Oliver Ditson and Co. under the title One Horse Open Sleigh. |
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1918 Elmer Sperry received a patent for the gyrocompass, essential to modern ship navigation. |
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1915 Louisa May Alcott's book, "Little Women" (first published October 3, 1868) was registered. 1984 Software Arts and VisiCorp settled their lawsuit over VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program. VisiCalc, invented in 1979, was the first "hot-selling software product" for the personal computer. |
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1876 Melville Bissell patented a carpet-sweeper. |
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1938 Patent #2,130,948 was granted for "synthetic fiber" (nylon) to Wallace H. Carothers. |
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1993 Baseball Batting Apparatus - patent #5,246,226 was granted. |
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1992 Poolside Basketball Game - Patent #5,149,086, was granted. 1791 Michael Faraday was born. Michael Faraday was best known for his discoveries of electromagnetic induction and of the laws of electrolysis - his biggest breakthrough in electricity was his invention of the electric motor. |
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1930 Johannes Ostermeier was issued a patent for the flash bulb. |
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1877 Fire destroyed many models in the Patent Office, but the important records were saved. 1852 A new invention, the dirigible or airship was first demonstrated. |
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1959 The song "Do-Re-Mi" from the "Sound of Music" by Rodger and Hammerstein was registered. 1956 The first transatlantic telephone cable went into operation. |
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1961 Patent for an aerial capsule (satellite) emergency separation device was obtained by Maxime Faget and Andre Meyer. |
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1977 Anacleto Montero Sanchez received a patent for a "hypodermic syringe." |
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1979 Pilot episode of the TV series M*A*S*H was registered. 1925 Seymour Cray the inventor of the Cray I super computer was born. |
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1998 A hand controller for a video game was patented as Design Patent #398,938. |
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1997 A roller skate was invented by Hui-Chin from Taiwan, patent #5,671,931. 1452 The first book was published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible. |
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