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The First Camera
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the earliest known surviving photograph made in a camera. http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/firstphotograph/ -
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The First Bicycle
Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the pedal-driven bicycle. -
The Jeans
Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss patented the jeans. -
The First Telephone Call
Alexander Graham Bell made the first long distance telephone call. -
The Phonograph
Thomas Alva Edison patented the cylinder phonograph. -
Coca-Cola
“Coca-Cola history began in 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John S. Pemberton, led him to create a distinctive tasting soft drink that could be sold at soda fountains.”
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The First Car
Charles and Frank Duryea built the first gasoline powered car in America. -
The Hamburger
Louis Lassen opened his lunch wagon where he invented the hamburger. -
The Plane
Orville Wright piloted the first successful aeroplane. -
The TV
John Logie Baird, the Scottish scientist demonstrated the first working television system.