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- 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
- 1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
- 1919 – Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
- 1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
- 2004 – Donald Hings, Canadian inventor of the Walkie Talkie dies
