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  Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator.
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  The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission.
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  Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan
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  Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.
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  William Kellogg invents Cornflakes.
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  Instant coffee invented by G. Washington.