This Day, That Year – February 2

Playmobil toys, designed by Hans Beck, debuted at the Nuremberg Toy Fair on this day in 1974.

Did you know that:

• James Oliver invented the removable tempered steel plough blade on this day in 1869
• Ethyl gasoline was first marketed in Dayton, Ohio on this day in 1923
• Alfonso Alvarez received a patent for dual-vent windows on this day in 1965