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William Kennedy Dickson
1894Jan, 7

William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a Scottish inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.

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    Kinetoscope

    The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
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    Pullman Palace Car Company

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    Sanford B. Dole

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  • 25Aug

    Bubonic plague

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  • 1Nov

    Annie Oakley

    Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.