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George B. Selden
1895Nov, 5

George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

George Baldwin Selden (September 14, 1846 – January 17, 1922) was a patent lawyer and inventor who was granted a U.S. patent for an automobile in 1895.

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Events on 1895

  • 24Feb

    Cuban War of Independence

    Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish-American War in 1898.
  • 3Apr

    Oscar Wilde

    The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • 6Apr

    John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry

    Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
  • 7May

    Alexander Stepanovich Popov

    In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • 28Jun

    Greater Republic of Central America

    El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.