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2004 Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91
1993 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies 1991 Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women 1991 "Party Machine with Nia Peeples" final show 1991 "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV 1979 Wil Horneff, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actor, Ghost in the Machine, Sandlot 1978 Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine) 1976 "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV 1961 Nia Peeples, Vernia, Hollywood, dancer/host, Fame, Party Machine 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance 1959 Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour' 1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Massachusetts 1950 Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories 1950 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1950 William "Bill" Griffin, U.S. singer, Miracles-Love Machine 1946 H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 1945 Hugh Hopper, rocker, Soft Machine 1944 Henry Kravis, author, The Money Machine 1943 Jerry Maitini, U.S. saxophonist, Sly and Family Stone-Sex Machine 1939 Yvette Mimieux, Hollywood Cal, actress, Time Machine, Where the Boys Are 1938 Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine 1937 John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine 1935 Betsy von Furstenberg, Nelheim Ger, actress, Machine Calls it Murder 1932 Billie Whitelaw, born in Coventry, England, actress, Omen, Adding Machine 1929 Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, New York 1929 Rod Taylor, Sydney Australia, actor, Bearcats, Time Machine 1928 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented 1926 Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor, Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters 1925 Shecky Greene, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, Love Machine, Combat 1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland 1923 Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in New York City 1919 Alan Young, England, actor, Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed 1918 Sebastian Cabot, London, actor, Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machine 1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co 1912 Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory, Turing Machine 1912 U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane 1911 "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1 1910 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine 1909 Whit Bissel, New York City, actor, Time Machine, General Kirk-Time Tunnel 1903 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine 1902 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine 1898 Machine gun 1st used in battle 1896 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in U.S. (New York City) 1895 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) 1895 Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine 1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) 1889 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 1889 1st dishwashing machine marketed in Chicago 1889 Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine 1888 William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine 1887 Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington D.C. 1886 1st New York Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine 1885 John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine 1883 Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine 1879 Paul Klee, born in Switzerland, abstract painter, Twittering Machine, 1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph) 1875 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 1872 Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags 1872 Silas Noble and JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine 1869 Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison 1868 Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine 1868 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued 1866 H. G. Wells, born in Bromley, England, author, Time Machine 1866 1st U.S. company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut 1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1863 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun 1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine 1861 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 1860 Herman Hollerith, inventor, 1st electric tabulating machine 1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts 1858 Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine 1858 Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine 1857 Timothy Alder patents typesetting machine 1857 Maytag, inventor, washing machine 1857 James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine 1856 Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers 1856 Cullen Whipple patents screw machine 1855 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor 1855 William Seward Burroughs, New York, inventor, recording adding machine 1854 Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams 1854 1st street-cleaning machine in U.S. 1st used in Philadelphia 1854 Charles Miller patents 1st U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1853 Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass 1852 Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor, shoe lacing machine 1851 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine 1851 Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" 1850 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York 1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine 1846 Elias Howe patents sewing machine 1842 Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine 1842 1st known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C. 1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine 1835 Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy New York) 1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine 1832 John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine 1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec 1819 Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine 1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, U.S., inventor, hand-cranked machine gun 1811 Issac Merrit Singer, inventor, 1st practical home sewing machine 1803 John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine 1799 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine 1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine 1794 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) 1794 Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine 1792 Charles Babbage, English inventor, calculating machine 1791 Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine 1753 Samuel Crompton, English inventor, mule-jenny spinning machine 1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun 1647 Denis Papin, French physicist, Papiniaanse pot, steam machine 1646 Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent 1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine |
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