| January | |
| Date | History |
| 4 | 1972 – Willy Wonka’s trademark was registered. |
| 6 | 1925 – George Washington Carver was granted patent – US1522176 for a cosmetic and processing of producing the same. This cosmetic was a cream made from peanuts. |
| 7 | 1714 – Henry Mill was granted patent in US (395) for the first typewriter designed for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another, as in writing |
| 1913 – William Burton was granted Patent in US (1049667) for the manufacture of gasoline. | |
| 1927 – Transatlantic telephone service began between New York and London. 31 calls were made on the first day. | |
| 2002 – Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates introduced a new device code named Mira. The device was tablet-like and was a cross between a handheld computer and a TV remote control. | |
| 2014 – NASA releases the deepest image ever taken of a galaxy cluster not long after the Big Bang. The image includes Abell 2744, a galaxy cluster in the Sculptor constellation, and was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. | |
| 8 | 1935 – Arthur Cobb Hardy received a US Patent – 1987441 for the spectrophotometer. |
| 11 | 1955 – Lloyd Conover was granted US Patent (2699054 ) for the antibiotic tetracycline. He was the first to make an antibiotic by chemically modifying a naturally produced drug. |
| 13 | 1930 – Micky Mouse cartoon first appeared in newspapers throughout the U.S |
| 14 | 1890 – George Cooke received US patent (419183) for a matchless gas burner. |
| 15 | 1861 – Elisha G. Otis was issued US patent (31128) for “improvement in hoisting apparatus” (safetyelevator) |
| 16 | 1984 – Jim Henson’s copyright claim on ‘Kermit, the Muppet’ was renewed. |
| 17 | 1882 – Leroy Firman received a patent (#252576) for the telephone in Chicago. |
| 18 | 1957 – Lerner and Lowe’s musical motion picture, ‘My Fair Lady’, was registered. |
| 19 | 1915 – ‘Doublemint’ gum was registered as a trademark. |
| 20 | 1857 – William Kelly got a patent (#16444) for blast furnace for manufacturing steel. |
| 1929 – The first outdoor feature-length talking motion picture was made, a film called ‘In Old Arizona’. | |
| 21 | 1939 – Arlen and Harburg’s song, ‘Over the Rainbow’, was copyrighted. |
| 1954 – The first atomic submarine was launched. The USS Nautilus was christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. | |
| 22 | 1895 – ‘Lifebuoy’ soap was trademark registered. |
| 1931 – VARA (a Dutch company) began experimental TV broadcasts from Amsterdam. | |
| 23 | 1849 – A patent (#3388642) was granted for an envelope-making machine. |
| 1943 – ‘Casablanca’, the movie, was copyrighted. | |
| 24 | 1871 – Charles Goodyear, Jr. got a patent (#2034650) for Goodyear Welt, a machine for sewing boots and shoes. |
| 1935 – The first canned beer, ‘Krueger Cream Ale’, was sold by the Kruger Brewing Company of Richmond, VA. | |
| 25 | 1870 – Gustavus Dows got a patent (#99170) for a modern form of the soda fountain. |
| 1881 – Michael Brassill obtained a patent (#260830) for a candlestick. | |
| 26 | 1875 – The first electric dental drill by George Green was granted a patent (#171121). |
| 1909 – ‘Milk-Bone’ Brand was trademark registered. | |
| 27 | 1880 – Patent (#223898) was granted to Thomas A. Edison, for ‘an electric lamp for giving light by incandescence’. |
| 28 | 1807 – London’s Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight. |
| 1873 – Patent (#135245) was obtained by French chemist Louis Pasteur for a process of brewing beer and ale. | |
| 29 | 1895 – Charles Steinmetz got a patent (#533244) for a ‘system of distribution by alternating current’ (A/C power). |
| 1924 – Carl Taylor of Cleveland got a patent (#2045535) for a machine that made ice cream cones. | |
| 30 | 1487 – Bell chimes were invented. |
| 1883 – James Ritty and John Birch received a patent (#271363) for the cash register. | |
| 31 | 1851 – Gail Borden announced his invention of evaporated milk. |
| 1893 – Coca-Cola trademark for ‘nutrient or tonic beverages’ registered. | |
| 1983 – Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ was copyrighted. | |
| February | |
| Date | History |
| 1 | 1788 – The first US patent (#718419) for an improvement to steamships was issued to Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet. |
| 1983 – Matthews, Tansil and Fannin obtained a patent (#1157551) for a digital voice mail system. | |
| 2 | 1869 – James Oliver invented the removable tempered steel plow blade. |
| 1965 – Alfonso Alvarez received a patent (#2903057) for ‘dual-vent windows’. | |
| 3 | 1690 – The first paper money in America was issued in the colony of Massachusetts. |
| 1952 – The first episode of the TV program ‘Dragnet’ was copyrighted. | |
| 4 | 1824 – J. W. Goodrich introduced the world to the first rubber galoshes. |
| 1941 – Roy Plunkett received a patent (#2230654) for ‘tetrafluoro-ethylene polymers’ (TEFLON). | |
| 5 | 1861 – Samuel Goodale got a patent (#31310) for the first moving picture peep-show machine. |
| 6 | 1917 – ‘Sunmaid’ raisins were trademark registered. |
| 1947 – Frank Capra’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ was copyrighted. | |
| 7 | 1804 – John Deere, a pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements, was born. |
| 1995 – Larry Gunter and Tracie Williams received a patent (#5387107) for a personalized interactive storybook | |
| 8 | 1916 – Charles Kettering received a patent (#1254811) for a self-starting automobile engine. |
| 9 | 1811 – Robert Fulton was granted a patent (#2421944) for the practical steamboat |
| 10 | 1976 – Sidney Jacoby was granted a patent (#3938115) for a combination smoke and heat detector alarm. |
| 11 | 1973 – National Inventor’s Hall of Fame was founded on the anniversary of Thomas Edison’s birth in 1847. |
| 12 | 1974 – Stephen Kovacs received a patent (#3791769) for a magnetic heart pump. |
| 1983 – The circular thing that keeps the pizza from hitting the inside of the box top called a ‘package saver’ was invented by a guy from New Jersey. | |
| 13 | 1979 – Charles Chidsey received a patent (#20050163811) for male baldness solution. |
| 14 | 1854 – Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson got a patent (#10535) for a firearm. |
| 15 | 1972 – William Kolff obtained a patent (#4510628) for the soft-shell mushroom-shaped artificial heart. |
| 16 | 1932 – James Markham received the first fruit tree patent (#PP7) for a peach tree. |
| 17 | 1827 – Chester Stone got a patent (#20669) for a washing machine. |
| 18 | 1879 – Auguste Bartholdi was granted a design patent (#D11023) for the Statue of Liberty. |
| 19 | 1878 – Thomas Edison received a patent (#227679) for the phonograph. |
| 20 | 1846 – John Drummond was granted a patent (#4389) for molds for the manufacture of candles. |
| 1872 – Luther Crowell got a patent (#146435) for a machine that manufactured paper bags. | |
| 21 | 1865 – John Deere received a patent (#63369) for ploughs. |
| 22 | 1916 – Ernst Alexanderson was issued a patent (#1173079) for a selective radio tuning system. |
| 23 | 1943 – The song, ‘As Time Goes By’, from the movie Casablanca was copyrighted. |
| 24 | 1857 – The first perforated United States postage stamps was delivered to the government. |
| 1925 – ‘His Master’s Voice’ was trademark registered. | |
| 25 | 1902 – John Holland was granted a patent (#815350) for a submarine. |
| 26 | 1870 – The first New York City subway line opened. The short-lived line was pneumatic powered. |
| 1963 – ‘Hobie’ surfboards trademark registered. | |
| 27 | 1900 – Felix Hoffman got a patent (#644077) for acetyl salicylic acid aka aspirin. |
| 28 | 1984 – Donald Mauldin received a patent (#4572169) for a knee brace. |
| 29 | 1860 – Herman Hollerith the inventor of the first electric tabulating machine was born on a leap year. |
| 1972 – ‘Kooky Doodles’ got their trademark registered. | |
| March | |
| Date | History |
| 1 | 1921 – Harry Houdini was granted a patent (#1370316) for a ‘diver’s suit’. |
| 2 | 1861 – The Patent Act of 1861 increased term of a patent grant from 14 to 17 years, now it is 20 years. |
| 3 | 1821 – Thomas Jennings received a patent (#1995030784) for ‘dry scouring of clothes’. He was the first African-American inventor to receive a U.S. patent. |
| 4 | 1955 – The first radio facsimile or fax transmission was sent across the continent. |
| 1997 – Leonard Kasday received a patent (#2130417) for a way to handle telephone prize opportunities. | |
| 5 | 1872 – George Westinghouse, Jr. got a patent (#124403) for the steam air brake. |
| 1963 – Arthur K. Melin received patent (# 3079728) for ‘Hoop Toy’ aka the hula-hoop. | |
| August | |
| Date | History |
| 1 | 1906 – Soichiro Honda born – Japanese engineer, race car driver and industrialist – He began manufacturing with a piston-ring factory in 1934 – After World War II, he expanded into producing vehicles in 1948 |
| 5 | 1997 – Glory S. Hoskin was granted Patent – United States 5652975 for automatic talking Potty Apparatus: To know more click here |
| September | |
| Date | History |
| 6 | 1992 – Game Board was patented by Sidney Weiss (Patent No. US1925018 A) |
