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