1992 Event Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint 1954 Event B Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw," premieres in Venice 1913 Death Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies 1889 Event Dan Rylands patents screw cap 1860 Event M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew) 1856 Event Cullen Whipple patents screw machine 1843 Birthday Henry James, US/British writer/critic, Turn of the Screw, Bostonians 1803 Birthday John Ericsson, U.S., inventor, screw propeller, shipbuilder-USS Monitor
