History can be interesting…
August 17
1993 Patent #5,236,208 was issued to Thomas Welsh for a platform steerable skateboard.
August 18
1949 Plant Patent #1 was issued to Henry Bosenberg of New Brunswick, NJ, for a climbing rose.
August 19
1919 HOSTESS was trademark registered by William B. Ward.
1888 The first world beauty contest was held in Belgium, an 18-year-old West Indian woman won.
August 20
1930 Philo Farnsworth patented a television.
August 21
1888 The first practical adding & listing machine (calculator) was patented by William Burroughs.
August 22
1952 The Television Show, Adventures of Superman was copyright registered.
1932 The BBS began experimental regular television broadcasts.
August 23
1977 The name Cincinnati Bengals was trademark registered.
1904 The automobile tire chain was patented.
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*source: http://inventors.about.com/od/todayinhistory/a/august.htm
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