Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
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The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.
The world celebrated the introduction of sliced bread for the first time.
Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tried to fly his famous Flying Machine invention for the first time.
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
