| A listing of
famous and not-so-famous historical innovations that
occurred in
Science and Technology during this month. |
January |
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1894-Heinrich
Rudolf Hertz died in Bonn,
Germany
1918-Patent # 1,251,666 issued granted to J. B..Hoge for a
traffic
light |
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1906-Patent # 808,897 issued to
Willis Haviland Carrier
for the air conditioner
1975-"U.S. Patent Office" renamed "U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office", USPTO |
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1496-Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests
a
flying machine.
1899 - The first known use of the word
automobile, in an editorial in
The New York Times. |
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1643-Isaac Newton inventor of the
reflecting telescope born in Lincolnshire, England
1809-Louis Braille inventor of the Braille
system used by the blind, born in Coupvray, France |
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1904-Walter E. Diemer
inventor of
bubble gum born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1914-Henry
Ford established a minimum wage of $5.00 per day in his automobile
factories. |
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1838-Samuel Morse's
telegraph system demonstrated for the first time
1925-Patent #
1,522,176 issued to
George Washington Carver for cosmetics |
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1834-Johann Philipp
Reis inventor of a telephone born in Gelnhausen, Germany
1913-Patent #
1,049,667 granted to William Burton for the manufacture of gasoline
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1889-Patent # 395,781
issued to
Herman
Hollerith for a
a punch card tabulating
machine |
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1998-Walter E. Diemer inventor of
bubble gum
died in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania |
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1882-Samuel Colt died in Hartford,
Connecticut |
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1902-Popular Mechanics magazine was
published for the first time. |
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1895-Printing and Binding Act of 1895 prohibits the
copyrighting of any Government publication |
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1930-Mickey Mouse cartoon first appears in newspapers
throughout the U.S. |
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1890-Rolla Neil Harger inventor of the
Drunk-o-meter, an early Breathalyser, born |
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1861-Patent # 31,128 issued to Elisha
Graves Otis for an
elevator safety brake |
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1984-Jim Henson's copyright claim on "Kermit, the Muppet"
is renewed |
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1707-Benjamin Franklin, inventor, statesman
and author, is born in Boston, Massachusetts
1882-Patent # 252,386 issued to
Louis Latimer for a electric
light bulb carbon filamnet |
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1813-Henry Bessemer inventor of the Bessemer
furnace born in
Hertfordshire, England
1813-Joseph Farwell Glidden inventor
of
barbed wire born in Clarendon, New York |
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1736-James Watt, inventor of the steam
engine, is born in Greenock, Scotland |
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1874-Patent # 146,697 issued to
Elijah McCoy
for a lubricator |
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1868-Felix Hoffmann inventor of aspirin born
in Ludwigsburg, Germany |
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1952-The first commercial jet plane, the
BOAC's Comet, is put into service. |
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1855-John Moses Browning, inventor of the
Browning rifle, born in Ogden, Utah
1979-Patent # 4,136,359 issued to Steve Wozniak for
Apple Pesonal Computer |
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1956-Patent # 2,731,966 issued to
Hildaur L.
Neilsen for the
Rolodex®
1950-Patent # 2,495,429 issued to Percy LeBaron Spencer for the
microwave oven |
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1878-Ernst Alexanderson inventor of the
Alexanderson alternator born in Uppsala, Sweden
1904-Patent # 822,981 issued for a
coat
hanger |
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1926-John Logie Baird demonstrates the
world's first real television picture to the public
1965-Patent # 3,167,440 issued to Noah W.and Joseph S.
McVicker for
Play-Doh® |
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1880-Patent # 223,898 issued to Thomas Alva
Edison for the
electric light bulb |
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1873-Patent # 135,245 granted to Louis
Pasteur for a process of brewing beer and ale
1947-Patent # 2,415,012 issued to Richard
James for the
Slinky® |
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1901-Allen B. Du Mont inventor of an
improved cathode-ray tube born in Brooklyn, New York |
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1925-Douglas Engelbart inventor of the
computer mouse born in Portland,
Oregon |
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1893-COCA-COLA name Trademarked. Reg No. 0022406 |
DID YOU KNOW?
- January is the first month of the year and one of
seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
- January in the Northern Hemisphere is the
seasonal equivalent to July in the Southern Hemisphere and vice
versa.
- January's birthstone is garnet.
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