2004 William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92
2004 Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91
2002 Ruth Handler, inventor, invented Barbie, dies at 85
2001 Cliff Hillegass, businessman, invented Cliffs Notes, dies at 83
2001 Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79
2000 Barney McNulty, production assistant, invented cue cards, dies at 77
2000 Edward Craven Walker, gadfly, invented the lava lamp, dies at 82
2000 Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77
1998 Walter Diemer, inventor/accountant, invented bubble gum, dies at 93
1958 Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82
1950 Silly Putty invented
1947 Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
1936 1st parking meters are invented
1935 Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
1934 Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music
1933 Game of "Monopoly" invented
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1929 BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe
1929 Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
1918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory
1917 Raggedy Ann doll invented
1916 Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi"
1912 Dixie Cup invented
1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday
1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball
1907 Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them
1896 Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1895 Volleyball invented by W. G. Morgan in Massachusetts
1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp
1889 Brassier invented
1888 Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope, Nobel 1953
1882 Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
1879 Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone
1875 "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
1870 1st Boardwalk in America invented
1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented
1862 Bowling ball invented
1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet, claimed to have invented vers libre
1836 Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
1819 Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine
1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
1802 Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor
1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
1790 The shoelace invented
1752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented programmable loom
1744 Elbridge Gerry, DR, 5th VP, Mass-Gov, invented gerrymandering
1738 Bottle opener invented
1704 John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle
1690 Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany
1498 Toothbrush invented
1487 Bell chimes invented
1200 In China, sunglasses are invented
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