George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
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Scotsman John Logie Baird demonstrated the color television transmission in London for the first time.
The lie detector, invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson, was first used in the Netherlands.
Noah Cushing patented the washing machine in Quebec, Canada.
George B. Selden was granted the patent for a gasoline internal combustion engine car.
Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
