The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their “flying machine” after applying for it three years earlier.
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The UK approved the first American patent.
Scotsman John Logie Baird demonstrated the color television transmission in London for the first time.
John Burr patented a better rotary blade lawn mower, designed with traction wheels and a rotary blade that would not easily get stuck with grass clipping.
Leonard Norcross was granted the first US patent for an underwater diving suit.
Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.