Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.
3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War
3rd September 2017
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.
On the 20th May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis secured the patent for riveted blue jeans.
19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn
19th January 2019
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2019
17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm
17th January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017