Posted on December 19, 2021
This is an update of my post published on December 19, 2010:
I haven’t acknowledged inventions and inventors for a while, so I thought I would mention an invention that received a patent on this day in 1871:
Samuel Clemens received a patent for “An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments.” These adjustable garment straps could tighten shirts at the waist or help fit underpants or women’s corsets. Clemens’s intention was to do away with the need for suspenders, which he himself found uncomfortable.
Does the name Samuel Clemens ring any bells?
Perhaps you know him for his other two inventions—a history trivia game, or his most successful invention, a self-pasting scrapbook? Or maybe you know him for his books—under his pen name Mark Twain, Clemens was the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, and other books!
Check out Clemens’s History Game.
For more on Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain, check out Activity Village.
Also on this date:
Birthday of the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson
Birthday of Beverly Bond, founder of Black Girls Rock!
Birthday of the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson
Birthday of Beverly Bond, founder of Black Girls Rock!
Plan ahead:
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Historical anniversaries in December
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January birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in January