1920 Birthday Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer, folding bicycle 1898 Event John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding and gumming mach (Mass) 1856 Event Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers 1854 Event Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair 1715 Event French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
