2004 Death William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92 2004 Death Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91 2002 Death Ruth Handler, inventor, invented Barbie, dies at 85 2001 Death Cliff Hillegass, businessman, invented Cliffs Notes, dies at 83 2001 Death Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79 2000 Death Barney McNulty, production assistant, invented cue cards, dies at 77 2000 Death Edward Craven Walker, gadfly, invented the lava lamp, dies at 82 2000 Death Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77 1998 Death Walter Diemer, inventor/accountant, invented bubble gum, dies at 93 1975 Death Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1958 Death Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82 1950 Birthday Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1947 Event Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs 1943 Birthday Howard Gardner, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, psychologist, invented theory of multiple intelligences, influenced by Jerome Bruner, Nelson Goodman, Jean Piaget, MacArthur Prize Fellowship, 1981 1943 Birthday Hugh Davies, born in Exmouth, England, composer, musicologist, invented musical instruments from household items, 1970's member of the Artist Placement Group 1938 Event Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett 1936 Event 1st parking meters are invented 1936 Birthday John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1935 Event Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags 1934 Birthday Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1933 Birthday Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1933 Event Game of "Monopoly" invented 1930 Event Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar 1929 Event BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Event Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 1918 Birthday Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory 1917 Event Raggedy Ann doll invented 1916 Birthday Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi" 1912 Event Dixie Cup invented 1908 Event Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday 1907 Event Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball 1907 Event Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them 1899 Birthday Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 1896 Event Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1895 Event Volleyball invented by W. G. Morgan in Massachusetts 1892 Event U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp 1889 Event Brassier invented 1888 Birthday Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope, Nobel 1953 1884 Birthday Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, invented contract bridge 1882 Event Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks 1879 Event Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone 1875 Event "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain 1870 Event 1st Boardwalk in America invented 1869 Event Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented 1862 Event Bowling ball invented 1859 Birthday Gustave Kahn, France, poet, claimed to have invented vers libre 1836 Event Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale 1819 Birthday Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine 1806 Event British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve 1802 Birthday Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor 1799 Birthday Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings 1790 Event The shoelace invented 1752 Birthday Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented programmable loom 1744 Birthday Elbridge Gerry, DR, 5th Vice President, Massachusetts Governor, invented gerrymandering 1738 Event Bottle opener invented 1704 Birthday John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle 1690 Event Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany 1498 Event Toothbrush invented 1487 Event Bell chimes invented 1200 Event In China, sunglasses are invented
