J. L. Love patented his pencil sharpener in the US.
George Smith, a London taxi driver, became the first person ever to be fined for drunk driving.
The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
The London Electric Cab began operating on London streets.
William B. Purvis patented the electric switch on railways that would shut off the electric supply after carriages pass the contact device.
Magnus Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin.
Dr. John Kellogg served the world's first cornflakes.
