A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen’s LEGO plastic bricks.
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Inventor Robert Fulton tested his 66-foot long boat on River Seine in Paris, France.
A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
Robert Goddard was granted a patent for the rocket-powered aircraft.
Neon lighting was first demonstrated at the Paris Motor Show by Georges Claude.
Earmuffs were patented.