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  2. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).

  3. Robert Fulton - Wikipedia

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    A drawing of Fulton's invention Nautilus. Robert Fulton was born on a farm in Little Britain, Pennsylvania, on November 14, 1765.His father, Robert Fulton, married Mary Smith, daughter of Captain Joseph Smith and sister of Col. Lester Smith, [3] a comparatively well off family. [4]

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  6. History of film - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to the beginning of the 1950s, when only 5 films were made per year, 111 films were produced in South Korea in 1959. [121] The 1950s was also a 'Golden Age' for Philippine cinema, with the emergence of more artistic and mature films, and significant improvement in cinematic techniques among filmmakers. The studio system produced ...

  7. The Highest-Grossing Movie the Year You Were Born - AOL

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    $52 million. Disney’s second animated feature film (following 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” $14.4 million), wasn’t an immediate hit but became successful through re-releases.

  8. Mary Anderson (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    She then applied for, and in 1903 was granted, a 17-year patent for a windshield wiper. The patent application was filed on June 18, 1903. On November 10, 1903, the United States Patent Office awarded Anderson patent number 743,801 for her Window Cleaning device. [6] [1] In 1903 when Anderson applied for the patent, cars were not very popular.

  9. This Was the Highest-Grossing Movie the Year You Were Born - AOL

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    The movie was released in May 23, 1984 and was the top grossing movie of the year raking in $333 million worldwide. Universal Pictures 1985:' Back to the Future'