Daniel McCree Patents a Portable Fire Escape

On November 11, 1890

Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.

The device was designed to be placed near a window in a building and allowed people to descend safely outside.

This Day in History - November 11

1215

Pope Innocent III brought together the council for the Fourth Council of the Lateran, which was held at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Italy.

1750

The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

1493

Christopher Columbus discovered Sint Maarten in the West Indies.

1851

Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.

2000

Canada's second-largest city, Montreal, started dumping untreated waste in the Saint Lawrence River.

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