1822- Jeremiah Bailey is issued the U.S. patent for the grass mowing machine.
This Day in History
1879- North America’s first artificial ice rink is built at Madison Square Gardens in New York, New York.
2008- the Smaratorg Tower, the tallest building in Iceland, opens.
1879- the 1st electric arc light is used in California.
1909- the world’s first forestry school is incorporated in Kent, Ohio.
1922- an all-metal Boeing 247 flies for the first time.
1915- the world’s first wireless message sent from a moving train is received by a station.
1951- A train in Woodbridge, New Jersey derails and falls down a 20ft embankment, as a result 85 people died.
1840- pioneer of the pneumatic tyre, John Boyd Dunlop, is born.
1895- the first rolling lift bridge, invented by William Scherzer opens in Chicago, Illinois.