Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
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Inventor Otis Tufts patented the first elevator in the US.
A Morse code distress call was made at sea, which led to the first radio sea rescue.
The USS Constitution set sail for the first time in 116 years.
Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone.
A polygraph test was conducted by its inventor, Leonarde Keeler, for the first time.
