This Month in History:

1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours

1868 A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever – a 50-foot tidal wave

1882 Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks

1827 English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches

1872 Samuel R Percy patents dried milk

1930 DuPont scientist Elmer K. Bolton invents neoprene using Julius Nieuwland’s divinyl acetylene

1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri

1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television