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Birthday of Lewis Latimer
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Life of Lewis Latimer
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Joined the Navy
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Got Discharged from the Navy
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Married Mary Wilson
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Invented a toilet system for railroad cars
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Patent the first telephone
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Helped patent the light bulb
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Published: Incandesent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System
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Created a saftey elevator
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Death of Lewis Latimer
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A public school in Brooklyn, New York, was named for Latimer and dedicated to his memory