The Stitch That Sewed the Modern World
On September 10, 1846, Elias Howe received U.S. Patent No. 4,750 for his lockstitch sewing machine — and changed how the world makes clothes.
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The Day the Iron Horse Left the Station
On September 27, 1825, George Stephenson's Locomotion steam locomotive hauled a cheering crowd through the English countryside — and the railway age began.