Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi applied for the patents for the radio.
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Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone.
Thomas Gibson and James Mcgrath patented a steerable sled.
George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
