On the 20th May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis secured the patent for riveted blue jeans.
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
30th November 2017
Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.
The DuPont company’s organic chemist Wallace Carothers received a patent for linear condensation polymers, the basis of the material better known as nylon.
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr was the director of research at DuMont Laboratories in New Jersey where he was exploring the use of cathode ray tubes in television sets.
On the 31st December 1935, the board game Monopoly was patented.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017