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• 1787 – a constitutional clause regarding patents and copyrights was adopted by the constitutional convention. (About.com)

• 1885 – Sylvanus F. Bowser unveiled his invention of the gas pump in Fort Wayne, TX (Wired)

• 1930 – Charles Creighton and James Hagris made the drive from NYC to LA and back to NYC, in a 1929 Ford Model A – in reverse gear. The trip took 42 days. (On-This-Day)

• 1977 – The launch of the Voyager 1, the most distant man-made object from the Sun. It still transmits scientific data to Earth today. (www.tecsoc.org)

• 1983 – Sports Illustrated becomes the first national, weekly magazine to use four-color process illustrations on every page. (On-This-Day)

Have a great weekend!

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