Find what happened in Science in the month of June…
June 1: 1869 – Thomas Edison obtained a patent for an electrographic vote recorder.
June 2 1857 – James Gibbs patented the first chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine.
1896 – Guglielmo Marconi receives a patent for his newest invention – the radio.
2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to Mars from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
June 4: 780 BC – The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
June 5: 1934 – Dr. Frederick Banting, the co-inventor of insulin was knifed.
June 6: 1887 – J. S. Pemberton’s Coca Cola label was trademark registered.
June 7: 1953 – The first colour network telecast in compatible colour was broadcasted from a station in Boston.
June 8: 1869 – Ives McGaffey patented a carpet sweeping machine, the first patent for a device that cleaned rugs.
June 9: 1953 – John Kraft was granted patent for the ‘manufacture of soft surface cured
cheese’.
June 10: 1952 – The polyester film Mylar was trademark registered.
2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.
June 11: 1895 – Charles Duryea patented a gasoline-powered automobile.
June 12: 1944 – Marvin Camras was granted patent for the magnetic tape recorder.
June 14: 1927 – George Washington Carver received a patent for a process of producing paints
and stains.
June 15: 1844 – Charles Goodyear was granted patent for vulcanised rubber.
1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. He transfuses 350 ml of sheep blood to a 15-years old boy.
June 17: 1980 – Atari’s ‘Asteroids’ and ‘Lunar Lander’ are the first two video games to be
copyright registered.
June 18: 1935 – Rolls-Royce was trademark registered.
Gravity Probe A, a satellite-based experiment to test Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity is launched.
June 19: 1900 – Michael Pupin granted a patent for long-distance telephony.
: 1940 – ‘Brenda Starr’, the first cartoon strip by a woman, appeared in a Chicago newspaper.
June 20: 1840 – Samuel Morse was granted a patent for telegraphy signals.
June 21: 1834 – Cyrus McCormick of Virginia patented the reaper for the cultivation of grain.
June 22: 1847 – The donut was invented.
June 23: 1964 – Arthur Melin was granted a patent for his Hula Hoop.
June 24: 1963 – The first demonstration of a home video recorder took place at BBC Studio in
London, England.
June 25: 1929 – A patent was granted to G. L. Pierce for basketball.
June 27: 1929 – The first colour television was demonstrated in New York City.
June 28: 1956 – First atomic reactor built for private research starts operations in Chicago.
June 30: 1896 – William Hadaway was issued a patent for the electric stove.
-Team ScienceNow
