George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
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Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
British driver Arthur MacDonald was the first to break 100 miles per hour in an automobile at Daytona Beach, Florida, US.
Oklahoma City, USA, installed the world's first parking meter.
The world celebrated the introduction of sliced bread for the first time.
Scotsman John Logie Baird demonstrated the color television transmission in London for the first time.
