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Tue, 05.26.1891

A Black Man Receives a Patent For a Furniture Caster

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*On this date in 1891, Charles Paterson received a patent for a furniture caster. The patent number was #452,940

Charles Patterson, a 19th-century carriage (the car) company entrepreneur, was the inventor. 

New Poem Each Day

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They call me the howlin' wolf now, and you found me howlin' at your door They call me the howlin' wolf now, baby, and you know you found me howlin'... HOWLIN’ FOR MY BABY by Howlin’ Wolf
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