Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)

Thomas Alva Edison, one of the most prolific inventors in
history, died of complications of diabetes in his home, 
in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey.Edison was
buried behind the home. He was 84

Edison’s last breath is reportedly contained in a test tube
at The Henry Ford museum near Detroit. Ford reportedly
convinced Charles Edison to seal a test tube of air in the
inventor’s room shortly after his death, as a memento.

Football player Chip Hinton (Left) trying J. Robert Cade’s invention in 1965.

On October 2, 1965, a team of scientists invented Gatorade,
sports drink to quench thirst, in a University of Florida lab.

The name "Gatorade" is derived from the nickname of the
university’s sports teams. Eventually, the drink becomes
a phenomenon and made its inventors wealthy.

Early in the summer of 1965, University of Florida assistant
football coach Dewayne Douglas met a group of scientists
on campus to determine why many of Florida’s players were
so negatively affected by heat. To replace bodily fluids lost
during physical exertion, Dr. James Robert Cade and his
team of researchers, doctors H. James Free, Dana Shires
and Alex de Quesada, created the now-ubiquitous sports
drink.

1969

Nils Ivar Bohlin
(17 July 1920 – 21 September 2002)

Sylvan Nathan Goldman (11-15-1898 – 11-25-1984)

The first shopping cart was introduced on June 4, 1937, the
invention of Sylvan Goldman, (above) owner of the Humpty
Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma.

The first two stamps printed by the U.S. Postal Service
featured Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.

The United States Postal Service issued its first-ever postage
stamps on this day in history.

The first postage stamps produced by the United States Postal
Service (USPS) were sold in New York City, according to the
USPS website.

The two stamps came in two designs and sold for five cents
and 10 cents. (FOX NEWS)

Sir Rowland Hill is a British inventor credited with inventing
the first postage stamp.