David Bustle's Blog » Cincinnati Bengals http://davidbustle.com Put a bullet through the forehead of mediocrity. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:54:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Take That History! Week Of Aug 17th http://davidbustle.com/take-that-history-week-of-aug-17th/114/ http://davidbustle.com/take-that-history-week-of-aug-17th/114/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:19:17 +0000 David Bustle http://davidbustle.com/?p=114 virginia-historyHistory 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.

When Can We Add You To The List?

*source: http://inventors.about.com/od/todayinhistory/a/august.htm

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