I love history and learning about our great leaders, innovators and producers of the past. Here’s a few from this month:
September 29
1998 A hand controller for a video game was patented as Design Patent #398,938.
September 30
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.
October 1
1959 The first episode of Rod Sterling’s “Twlight Zone” was copyright registered.
October 5
1961 “Breakfast at Tiffanys”, the movie based on Truman Capote’s book, was copyright registered.
October 6
1941 Electric photography, now referred to as xerography or photocopying, was patented by Chester Carlson.
October 7
1975 Patent #3,909,854 was granted to Ysidro M. Martinez for a knee implant prosthesis.
October 8
1901 Domino Sugar was trademark registered.
October 9
1855 Isaac Singer patented his sewing machine. The first functional sewing machine, was invented by Barthelemy Thimonnier in 1830. He was almost killed by enraged French tailors because they felt threatened by his invention.
October 10
1911 Henry Ford received a patent for an automobile transmission mechanism.
October 11
1841 A patent for a collapsible tube for use with such items as toothpaste was granted to John Rand.
When can I add your creations to the list?
