1985 Death Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78 1901 Event Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner 1901 Event H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner 1899 Event J. S. Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner 1869 Event Ives W. McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner
