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2004 Death - Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91 1993 Death - Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies 1991 Event - Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women 1991 Event - "Party Machine with Nia Peeples" final show 1991 Event - "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV 1983 Birthday - Samantha Mumba, born in Dublin, Ireland, singer, actress, song, 'Gotta Tell You' reached number one in the Irish charts, appeared in movie, 'The Time Machine' 1979 Birthday - Wil Horneff, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actor, Ghost in the Machine, Sandlot 1978 Event - Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine) 1977 Birthday - Brad Delson, born in Agoura, California, musician, guitarist, member of Linkin Park, Grammy-Award winning band, A&R Representative for Warner Bros.' Machine Shop Recordings 1976 Event - "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV 1961 Birthday - Nia Peeples, Vernia, Hollywood, dancer/host, Fame, Party Machine 1959 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance 1959 Birthday - 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 Event - 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1954 Event - 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Massachusetts 1950 Event - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories 1950 Event - 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited 1946 Death - H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 1945 Birthday - Hugh Hopper, rocker, Soft Machine 1944 Birthday - Henry Kravis, author, The Money Machine 1943 Birthday - Jerry Maitini, U.S. saxophonist, Sly and Family Stone-Sex Machine 1939 Birthday - Yvette Mimieux, Hollywood Cal, actress, Time Machine, Where the Boys Are 1938 Event - Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine 1937 Birthday - John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine 1935 Birthday - Betsy von Furstenberg, Nelheim Ger, actress, Machine Calls it Murder 1932 Birthday - Billie Whitelaw, born in Coventry, England, actress, Omen, Adding Machine 1929 Event - Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, New York 1929 Birthday - Rod Taylor, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, Bearcats, Time Machine 1928 Event - 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented 1926 Birthday - Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor, Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters 1925 Birthday - Shecky Greene, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, Love Machine, Combat 1924 Event - Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland 1923 Event - Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in New York City 1919 Birthday - Alan Young, England, actor, Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed 1918 Birthday - Sebastian Cabot, London, actor, Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machine 1916 Event - Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co 1912 Birthday - Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory, Turing Machine 1912 Event - U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane 1911 Event - "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1 1910 Event - Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine 1909 Birthday - Whit Bissel, New York City, actor, Time Machine, General Kirk-Time Tunnel 1903 Event - Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine 1902 Event - Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine 1898 Event - Machine gun 1st used in battle 1896 Event - 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in U.S. (New York City) 1895 Event - George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) 1895 Event - Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine 1892 Event - New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) 1889 Death - Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 1889 Event - 1st dishwashing machine marketed in Chicago 1889 Event - Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine 1888 Event - William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine 1887 Event - Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington D.C. 1886 Event - 1st New York Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine 1885 Event - John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine 1883 Event - Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 1883 Event - Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine 1879 Birthday - Paul Klee, born in Switzerland, abstract painter, Twittering Machine, 1877 Event - Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph) 1875 Death - Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 1872 Event - Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags 1872 Event - Silas Noble and JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine 1869 Event - Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison 1868 Event - Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine 1868 Event - Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued 1866 Birthday - H. G. Wells, born in Bromley, England, author, Time Machine 1866 Event - 1st U.S. company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut 1864 Event - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1863 Event - Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City 1862 Event - Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) 1862 Event - Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun 1861 Birthday - William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine 1861 Event - 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 1860 Birthday - Herman Hollerith, inventor, 1st electric tabulating machine 1859 Event - Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts 1858 Event - Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine 1858 Event - Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine 1857 Event - Timothy Alder patents typesetting machine 1857 Birthday - Maytag, inventor, washing machine 1857 Event - James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine 1856 Event - Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers 1856 Event - Cullen Whipple patents screw machine 1855 Event - Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor 1855 Birthday - William Seward Burroughs, New York, inventor, recording adding machine 1854 Event - Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams 1854 Event - 1st street-cleaning machine in U.S. 1st used in Philadelphia 1854 Event - Charles Miller patents 1st U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1853 Event - Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass 1852 Birthday - Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor, shoe lacing machine 1851 Event - Isaac Singer patents sewing machine 1851 Event - Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" 1850 Event - Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York 1849 Event - Patent granted for an envelope-making machine 1846 Event - Elias Howe patents sewing machine 1842 Event - Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine 1842 Event - 1st known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C. 1837 Event - Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine 1835 Event - Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy New York) 1834 Event - Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine 1832 Event - John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine 1824 Event - Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec 1819 Birthday - Elias Howe, Spencer Massachusetts, invented sewing machine 1818 Birthday - Richard Jordan Gatling, U.S., inventor, hand-cranked machine gun 1811 Birthday - Issac Merrit Singer, inventor, 1st practical home sewing machine 1803 Event - John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine 1799 Event - 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1798 Event - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine 1797 Event - Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine 1794 Event - 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) 1794 Event - Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine 1792 Birthday - Charles Babbage, English inventor, calculating machine 1791 Event - Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine 1753 Birthday - Samuel Crompton, English inventor, mule-jenny spinning machine 1718 Event - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun 1647 Birthday - Denis Papin, French physicist, Papiniaanse pot, steam machine 1646 Event - Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent 1502 Event - Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine |
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