This Month in History – January
Friday, February 3rd, 2017
1938 Franklin Roosevelt founds March of Dimes
1959 Alaska admitted into Union
1972 Willy Wonka’s trademark was registered.
1996 GM announces the Electric Car
1999 Euro has its debut
1925 Agronomist George Washington Carver was granted patent #1,522,176 for cosmetics.
1919 Theodore Roosevelt dies
1906 Campbell’s soup was trademark registered.
2007 Steve Jobs debuts the IPhone
1932 First elected female senator
1915 DOUBLEMINT gum was trademark registered.
1871 Charles Goodyear, Jr. patented the Goodyear Welt, a machine for sewing boots and shoes.
1875 The first electric dental drill was patented by George Green.
1909 Milk-Bone Brand was trademark registered.
1880 Patent #223,898 was granted to Thomas A. Edison, for “an electric lamp for giving light by incandescence”.
1893 COCA-COLA trademark for “nutrient or tonic beverages” registered.