1938: Inventor Chester Carlson produces the first electrophotographic image. It’s the precursor of the Xerox machine.
Carlson was an engineer who couldn’t get a job in his field during the Great Depression, so he took work in the patent department of battery-manufacturer P.R. Mallory. A bottleneck in the work was making copies of patent documents: […]
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Actress Holly Robinson Peete is 44.
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Monday August 8, 1988
Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl