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2004 Death - William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92

2004 Death - Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91

2002 Death - Ruth Handler, inventor, invented Barbie, dies at 85

2001 Death - Cliff Hillegass, businessman, invented Cliffs Notes, dies at 83

2001 Death - Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79

2000 Death - Barney McNulty, production assistant, invented cue cards, dies at 77

2000 Death - Edward Craven Walker, gadfly, invented the lava lamp, dies at 82

2000 Death - Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77

1998 Death - Walter Diemer, inventor/accountant, invented bubble gum, dies at 93

1975 Death - Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies

1958 Death - Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82

1950 Birthday - Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song

1947 Event - Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs

1943 Birthday - Howard Gardner, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, psychologist, invented theory of multiple intelligences, influenced by Jerome Bruner, Nelson Goodman, Jean Piaget, MacArthur Prize Fellowship, 1981

1943 Birthday - Hugh Davies, born in Exmouth, England, composer, musicologist, invented musical instruments from household items, 1970's member of the Artist Placement Group

1938 Event - Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett

1936 Event - 1st parking meters are invented

1936 Birthday - John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew

1935 Event - Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags

1934 Birthday - Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music

1933 Birthday - Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools

1933 Event - Game of "Monopoly" invented

1930 Event - Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar

1929 Event - BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe

1929 Event - Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe

1918 Birthday - Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory

1917 Event - Raggedy Ann doll invented

1916 Birthday - Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi"

1912 Event - Dixie Cup invented

1908 Event - Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday

1907 Event - Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball

1907 Event - Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them

1899 Birthday - Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals

1896 Event - Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador

1895 Event - Volleyball invented by W. G. Morgan in Massachusetts

1892 Event - U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp

1889 Event - Brassier invented

1888 Birthday - Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope, Nobel 1953

1884 Birthday - Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, invented contract bridge

1882 Event - Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks

1879 Event - Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone

1875 Event - "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain

1870 Event - 1st Boardwalk in America invented

1869 Event - Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented

1862 Event - Bowling ball invented

1859 Birthday - Gustave Kahn, France, poet, claimed to have invented vers libre

1836 Event - Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale

1819 Birthday - Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine

1806 Event - British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve

1802 Birthday - Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor

1799 Birthday - Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings

1790 Event - The shoelace invented

1752 Birthday - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented programmable loom

1744 Birthday - Elbridge Gerry, DR, 5th Vice President, Massachusetts Governor, invented gerrymandering

1738 Event - Bottle opener invented

1704 Birthday - John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle

1690 Event - Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany

1498 Event - Toothbrush invented

1487 Event - Bell chimes invented

1200 Event - In China, sunglasses are invented

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