This Day, That Year – November 4

Richard Gatling received a patent for the Gatling gun on this day in 1862.

Did you know that:

• Benjamin Palmer patented the artificial leg on this day in 1846
• Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patented the gold crown on this day in 1873
• Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt on this day in 1922