1953 Event Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek" 1897 Event Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love 1895 Event Frederick E. Blaisdell patents the pencil 1866 Event Indelible pencil patents by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Mass 1858 Event Pencil with attached eraser patented by Hyman L. Lipman 1822 Birthday John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US 1755 Birthday Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor, modern pencil
