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PATENT FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER IN 1903
Mary Elizabeth Anderson (February 19, 1866 – June 27, 1953)
The patent office awarded U.S. Patent No. 743,801 to a Birmingham, Alabama woman named Mary Anderson for her “window cleaning
device for electric cars and other vehicles to remove snow, ice or
sleet from the window.” When she received her patent, Anderson
tried to sell it to a Canadian manufacturing firm, but the company refused: The device had no practical value, it said, and so was not
worth any money. Though mechanical windshield wipers were
standard equipment in passenger cars by around 1913, Anderson
never profited from the invention.
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
GROUPS CO-FOUNDER HAS DIED AT AGE 73
Jeffrey Alan Cook (August 27, 1949 – November 7, 2022)
(Fox News) – Jeff Cook, the guitarist who co-founded the country supergroup Alabama, has died.
The Hall of Famer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in
2012 and disclosed his diagnosis in 2017.
His rep said He died peacefully in his home in Destin, Florida
Monday.
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