May Calendar -- Celebrate the May Calendar of Famous Inventions and Birthdays
May is National Inventors Month, a month-long event celebrating invention and creativity. Discover which clever creations came into being or received patents or trademarks during the May calendar, and find out which famous inventor shares your May birthday.
May 1
1888 - Patent #382,280 was granted to Nikola Tesla for the "electrical transmission of power."
May 3
1831 - Jim Manning patented a mowing machine. However, the very first patent for a machine for mowing lawns was granted to Edwin Beard Budding.
May 4
1943 - A patent for helicopter controls was obtained by Igor Sikorsky. Sikorsky invented fixed-winged and multi-engined aircraft, transoceanic flying boats and helicopters.
May 5
1809 - Mary Kies was the first women to receive a patent. It was for a process for "weaving straw with silk or thread."
May 6
1851 - John Gorrie received the ice-making machine patent.
May 7
1878 - Joseph Winters received the fire escape ladder patent.
May 9
1958 - Mattel's Barbie doll was registered. The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel), whose own daughter was called Barbara.
May 10
1752 - Benjamin Franklin first tested his lightning rod. Franklin invented the lightening rod, iron furnace stove, bifocal glasses and odometer.
May 12
1885 - Ottmar Mergenthaler received a patent for a machine for producing printing bars.
May 14
1853 - Gail Borden invented her process for condensed milk.
May 15
1718 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patented the world's first machine gun.
May 17
1839 - Lorenzo Adkins patented a water wheel.
May 18
1827 - Artist Rembrandt Peale registered a lithographic portrait of President George Washington based on his famous oil painting.
1830 - Edwin Beard Budding of England signed a licensing agreement for the manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower.
May 19
1896 - Edward Acheson was issued a patent for an electrical furnace used to produce one of the hardest industrial substances: carborundum.
May 20
1830 - D. Hyde patented the fountain pen.
1958 - Robert Baumann obtained a patent for a satellite structure.
May 22
1819 - The first bicycles, called swift walkers, were introduced to the United States in New York City.
1906 - Orville and Wilbur Wright received a patent for a "Flying Machine" with a motor.
May 23
1930 - The Patent Act of 1930 permitted patenting of certain plants.
May 24
1982 - Increased penalties for trafficking in counterfeit labels for certain works and criminal infringement of these works were added to the Copyright Act in 1982.
May 25
1948 - Andrew Moyer was granted a patent for a method of mass production of penicillin.
May 26
1857 - Robert Mushet received a patent for methods of manufacturing steel.
May 27
1796 - James McLean was issued a patent for a piano.
May 28
1742 - The first indoor swimming pool opened in Goodman's Fields, London.
1996 - Theo and Wayne Hart received a patent for a ponytail hair clasp.
May 30
1790 - The first Federal Copyright bill was enacted in 1790.
1821 - James Boyd patented the rubber fire hose.
1844 - Elijah McCoy, the highly prolific African-American inventor, was born.
May 12
1910 - Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances.
May 13
1857 - English pathologist Ronald Ross won the Nobel Prize in 1902.
May 14
1686 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented a thermometer.
1946 - Surgeon and inventor Robert Jarvik invented the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.
May 15
1859 - French physicist Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1903 with his wife, Marie Curie.
1863 - English toy inventor Frank Hornby founded the legendary Meccano Toy Company.
May 16
1763 - French chemist Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin discovered chromium and beryllium.
1831 - David Edward Hughes invented the carbon microphone and a teleprinter.
1914 - American scientist Edward T. Hall pioneered the study of nonverbal communication and interactions between members of different ethnic groups.
1950 - German superconductivity physicist Johannes Bednorz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987.
May 17
1940 - American computer scientist Alan Kay was one of the true luminaries of personal computing.
May 18
1872 - English mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.
1901 - American biochemist Vincent du Vigneaud won he 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in important sulphur compounds.
1907 - Nuclear physicist Robley D. Evans helped to persuade the US government to allow the use of radioactive isotopes in medical research.
1928 - Nuclear scientist G.R. Hall was renown for his work in nuclear technology.
May 20
1851 - Emile Berliner of Germany was the inventor of the gramaphone.
May 22
1828 - Albrecht Grafe was a pioneer eye surgeon who founded modern ophthalmology.
1911 - Russian mathematician and biologist Anatol Rapoport invented game theory.
1927 - American scientist George Andrew Olah was a chemist and Nobel laureate.
May 29
1826 - Fashion business executive Ebenezer Butterick invented the first graded sewing pattern.
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May 1
1888 - Patent #382,280 was granted to Nikola Tesla for the "electrical transmission of power."
May 3
1831 - Jim Manning patented a mowing machine. However, the very first patent for a machine for mowing lawns was granted to Edwin Beard Budding.
May 4
1943 - A patent for helicopter controls was obtained by Igor Sikorsky. Sikorsky invented fixed-winged and multi-engined aircraft, transoceanic flying boats and helicopters.
May 5
1809 - Mary Kies was the first women to receive a patent. It was for a process for "weaving straw with silk or thread."
May 6
1851 - John Gorrie received the ice-making machine patent.
May 7
1878 - Joseph Winters received the fire escape ladder patent.
May 9
1958 - Mattel's Barbie doll was registered. The Barbie doll was invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel), whose own daughter was called Barbara.
May 10
1752 - Benjamin Franklin first tested his lightning rod. Franklin invented the lightening rod, iron furnace stove, bifocal glasses and odometer.
May 12
1885 - Ottmar Mergenthaler received a patent for a machine for producing printing bars.
May 14
1853 - Gail Borden invented her process for condensed milk.
May 15
1718 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patented the world's first machine gun.
May 17
1839 - Lorenzo Adkins patented a water wheel.
May 18
1827 - Artist Rembrandt Peale registered a lithographic portrait of President George Washington based on his famous oil painting.
1830 - Edwin Beard Budding of England signed a licensing agreement for the manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower.
May 19
1896 - Edward Acheson was issued a patent for an electrical furnace used to produce one of the hardest industrial substances: carborundum.
May 20
1830 - D. Hyde patented the fountain pen.
1958 - Robert Baumann obtained a patent for a satellite structure.
May 22
1819 - The first bicycles, called swift walkers, were introduced to the United States in New York City.
1906 - Orville and Wilbur Wright received a patent for a "Flying Machine" with a motor.
May 23
1930 - The Patent Act of 1930 permitted patenting of certain plants.
May 24
1982 - Increased penalties for trafficking in counterfeit labels for certain works and criminal infringement of these works were added to the Copyright Act in 1982.
May 25
1948 - Andrew Moyer was granted a patent for a method of mass production of penicillin.
May 26
1857 - Robert Mushet received a patent for methods of manufacturing steel.
May 27
1796 - James McLean was issued a patent for a piano.
May 28
1742 - The first indoor swimming pool opened in Goodman's Fields, London.
1996 - Theo and Wayne Hart received a patent for a ponytail hair clasp.
May 30
1790 - The first Federal Copyright bill was enacted in 1790.
1821 - James Boyd patented the rubber fire hose.
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May Birthdays
May 21844 - Elijah McCoy, the highly prolific African-American inventor, was born.
May 12
1910 - Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances.
May 13
1857 - English pathologist Ronald Ross won the Nobel Prize in 1902.
May 14
1686 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invented a thermometer.
1946 - Surgeon and inventor Robert Jarvik invented the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.
May 15
1859 - French physicist Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1903 with his wife, Marie Curie.
1863 - English toy inventor Frank Hornby founded the legendary Meccano Toy Company.
May 16
1763 - French chemist Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin discovered chromium and beryllium.
1831 - David Edward Hughes invented the carbon microphone and a teleprinter.
1914 - American scientist Edward T. Hall pioneered the study of nonverbal communication and interactions between members of different ethnic groups.
1950 - German superconductivity physicist Johannes Bednorz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987.
May 17
1940 - American computer scientist Alan Kay was one of the true luminaries of personal computing.
May 18
1872 - English mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.
1901 - American biochemist Vincent du Vigneaud won he 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in important sulphur compounds.
1907 - Nuclear physicist Robley D. Evans helped to persuade the US government to allow the use of radioactive isotopes in medical research.
1928 - Nuclear scientist G.R. Hall was renown for his work in nuclear technology.
May 20
1851 - Emile Berliner of Germany was the inventor of the gramaphone.
May 22
1828 - Albrecht Grafe was a pioneer eye surgeon who founded modern ophthalmology.
1911 - Russian mathematician and biologist Anatol Rapoport invented game theory.
1927 - American scientist George Andrew Olah was a chemist and Nobel laureate.
May 29
1826 - Fashion business executive Ebenezer Butterick invented the first graded sewing pattern.
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