Noah Cushing patented the washing machine in Quebec, Canada.
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John B. Meyenberg from St. Louis, Missouri, patented powdered milk.
Thomas Edison completed his first model of a phonograph.
Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated radar in Slough, England, UK.
Inventor John Hyatt registered cellulose nitrate (celluloid) as a trademark.
Alexander Miles patented the automatic opening and closing elevator.