Following are the Major Science Events in September…
September 1
The first known copyright was granted in Venice in 1496
September 2
The Southern California Gas Company purchased the first motor vehicles powered by natural gas in 1992.
September 3
A patent for the production of diuretics was obtained by Bockmuhl, Middendorf, and Fritzsche in 1992.
September 4
George Eastman patented the roll film camera for Kodak in 1888.
September 5
The constitutional clause concerning patents and copyrights was adopted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
September 6
The Combined Cap and Baseball Mitt Patent was granted in 1988.
September 7
Patent was granted to Louis Parker for a television receiver.
September 8
Microsoft gave Windows 95 its new name in 1994.
September 9
Ten countries joined the Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works in 1886.
September 10
Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant and convicted murderer, became the last person to date executed by the guillotine in 1977.
September 11
A motor vehicle patent was granted to Francis and Freelan Stanley in 1900.
September 12
Patent was granted to Kenneth Eldredge for an automatic reading system for utilities in 1961.
September 13
Patent Number 107,304 was granted to Daniel C. Stillson for the improved monkey wrench in 1870.
September 14
“The Simpsons” television show was registered by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1993.
September 15
An Wang obtained a patent for a calculating apparatus, a basic component of computer technology in 1968.
September 16
The words and music to the famous Christmas song “Jingle Bells” were registered by Oliver Ditson and Company in 1857.
September 17
Elmer Sperry received a patent for the gyrocompass, essential to modern ship navigation in 1918.
September 18
Software Arts and VisiCorp settled their lawsuit over VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program in 1984.
September 19
Melville Bissell patented a carpet sweeper in 1876.
September 20
Patent was granted for “synthetic fiber” (nylon) to Wallace Carothers in 1938.
September 21
A patent for Baseball Batting Apparatus was granted in 1993.
September 22
The Poolside Basketball Game was granted Patent in 1992
September 23
Johannes Ostermeier was issued a patent for the flash bulb used in photography in 1930.
September 24
A new invention, the dirigible or airship, was first demonstrated in 1852.
September 25
The first transatlantic telephone cable went into operation in 1956.
September 26
The patent for an aerial capsule (satellite) emergency separation device was obtained by Maxime Faget and Andre Meyer in 1961.
September 27
Anacleto Montero Sanchez received a patent for a hypodermic syringe in 1977.
September 28
The pilot episode of the TV series “MASH” was registered in 1979.
September 29
A hand controller for a video game was patented as Design Patent in 1998.
September 30
The first book was published in Johann Gutenberg’s printing press, The Bible in 1452.
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