Tag: Elijah McCoy

The first atomic-powered electric-drive submarine, the USS Tullibee, was launched on this day in 1960. Did you know that:• Elijah McCoy was granted a patent for an air-brake pump lubricator on this day in 1920• Xerox PARC introduced the computer mouse on this day in 1981• William Moseley is an English actor born on this […]

Born on this day in 1989, Daniel Radcliffe is an English actor, best known for playing Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series. Did you know that: • William Austin Burt patented America’s first “typographer” on this day in 1829• Jonathan Hoyt patented an improved lamp on this day in 1872• Elijah McCoy was […]