IN FRATERNAM MEAM

IN FRATERNAM MEAM

Monday, April 05, 2004

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND WHEN THEY WERE INTRODUCED
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abstracted from the work of David Wallenchinsky n Amy Wallace)

1. Pressure Cooker - 1690 (called steam digester by its inventor, physicist Denis Papin)

2. Tin Can - 1810 (the first patented tin cans were expensive cause they were made by hands)

3. Adhesive postage stamps - 1840 (first used in England)

4. Mechanical Dishwasher 1879 (invetned by an Illinlis housewife Josephine Cochrane)

5. Contact Lenses - 1887 (designed by a German glassblower)

6. Electric Oven - 1889 (first installed in a Swiss hotel)

7. Lipstick- 1915 (marketed in a metal cartridge type case)

8. Radio - c. 1920 (became available for use in the home)

9. Kleenex - 1924 (the first disposable handkerchiefs were called, Celluwipes)

10. Electric Blender - 1936 (invetned by Stephen Poplawski's)

11. Nylon bristle toothbrush - 1938 (the toothbursh was originally developed in china c. 1500)

12. Microwave oven - 1946 (discovered when microwaves melted candy in scientist Percy spencer's pocket)

13. Transistor Radio - 1955

14. Aluminum cans - 1960

15. Felt tip pen - 1960 (first marketed by a Japanese stationary firm)

16. Electric toothbrush - 1961 (first manufactured by Squibb)

17. Sony Walkman - 1979 (personal portable tape player)

THE LAST FACTS
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1. THE LAST AMERICAN KILLED IN THE VIETNAM WAR --- Kelton Rena Turner, an 18 yr old marine from Los Angeles, was killed in action on May 15, 1975, two weeks after the evacuation of Saigon, in what became known as the Mayaguez incident. His body was never recovered.

2. THE LAST VICTIM OF SMALLPOX - on October 26, 1977, Ali Maow Maalin, was a hospital cook in Somalia, became the last person to contract smallpox through natural transmission when he chose to tend an infected child. on May 8, 198o, the World Health Organization declared samll pox eradicated.

3. THE LAST PLAYBOY CLUB IN AMERICA - the final day of business for the Lansing Michigan, Playboy cluib was July 30, 1990. after that four clubs reamined in Japan and one in Manila.

4. THE LAST CRANK PHONE IN THE UNITED STATES - only July 12, 1990, America's last hand cranked, party line telephone system was replaced by private line, touch tone technology.

5. THE LAST MISS CANADA - in 1991 women's groups successfully lobbied to have the Miss Canada contest be cancelled, claiming that iwas degrading to women. the last Miss Canada, Nicole Dunsdon, completed her reign in October 1992.

NOTABLE DYSLEXICS
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1. Hans Christian Andrsen ( storyteller)

2. Richard Chamberlain ( actor)

3. Cher ( actress, singer, entertainer)

4. Tom Cruise (actor)

5. Greg Louganis (olympic diver)

6. Lee Harvey Oswald (accused assasin of pres. JFK)

7. George Patton (general)

8. Nelson Rockefeller ( politician)

FAMOUS STUTTERERS
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1. James Earl Jones (actor)

2. Bruce Willis (actor)

3. Erasmus Darwin ( 18th cent physician, grand father of Charles Darwin)

4. Charles I ( British King)

5. Charles Darwin (naturalist)

6. Winston Churchill (statesman)

7. King Gerge VI (king of England)

posted by infraternam meam @ 2:24 AM

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