Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name “Kodak.”
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The plastic shirt collar was patented in the US by Walter Hunt.
Jan Matzeliger gave a public demonstration about his shoe-producing invention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their 'flying machine' after applying for it three years earlier.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
