1965 – HOME OF THE WHOPPER was trademark registered.
1925 – Agronomist George Washington Carver was granted a patent for cosmetics.
1714 – The typewriter was patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later).
1890 – W B Purvis patented fountain pen.
1896 – Fannie Farmer published her first cookbook “The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book”.
1889 – Dr. Herman Hollerith received 1st US patent for a mechanical tabulating machine.