2002 Event Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people 1977 Event 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61) 1975 Event Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia) 1945 Birthday Betty Stove, born in Netherlands, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1972 1896 Event W. S. Hadaway patents electric stove 1793 Event 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick 1742 Event Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
