A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
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The world celebrated the introduction of sliced bread for the first time.
Willis Carrier invented the world's first electronic air conditioner.
Jan Matzeliger gave a public demonstration about his shoe-producing invention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.
Industrialist Henry Ford's method to construct auto bodies from plastic was patented.