January Calendar of Famous Inventions and Birthdays

January is a historic month. Over the years, many patents, trademarks, and copyrights for inventions, products, films, and books were issued during these 31 days. Thats not to mention the plethora of famous inventors, scientists, authors, and artists who were born in January. If you were born in this first month of the Gregorian calendar, be sure to check out what historic event you may share a birthday with. Maybe an important invention was debuted on your day, or maybe you and a famous could have split a birthday cake. Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights From the trademarking of Willy Wonka candy to the release of Michael Jacksons Thriller song, many inventions and creations were patented, trademarked, and copyrighted in January throughout history. Find out which household items and famous inventions got their official start during this month. January 1 1982 —  Vladimir Zworykin, the Russian engineer who invented the cathode ray tube, died. January 2 1975 — The U.S. Patent Office was renamed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to incorporate its new function as a trademarking center. January 3 1967 — Harry Thomason received a patent for an apparatus for cooling and heating a house using solar energy. January 4 1972 — Willy Wonkas trademark was registered. January 5 1965 — The phrase Home of the Whopper was trademark registered by Burger King. January 6 1925 — Agronomist George Washington Carver was granted patent No. 1,522,176 for cosmetics. January 7 1913 — Patent No. 1,049,667 was granted to William Burton for the manufacture of gasoline. January 8 1783 — Connecticut became the first state to pass a copyright statute. It was entitled Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius and was enacted with the help of Dr. Noah Webster. January 9 1906 —  Campbells soup was trademark registered. January 10 1893 — Thomas Laine patented the electric gas lighter. January 11 1955 — Lloyd Conover patented the antibiotic tetracycline. January 12 1895 — The Printing and Binding Act of 1895 prohibited the copyrighting of any government publication. January 13 1930 —  The first-ever Mickey Mouse cartoon appeared in newspapers throughout the U.S. January 14 1890 — George Cooke received a patent for a gas burner. January 15 1861 — E.G. Otis was issued Patent No. 31,128 for improvement in hoisting apparatus (a safety elevator). January 16 1984 — Jim Hensons copyright claim on Kermit, the Muppet was renewed. January 17 1882 — Leroy Firman received a patent for the telephone switchboard. January 18 1957 — Lerner and Lowes musical My Fair Lady was registered. January 19 1915 — Doublemint  Gum was trademark registered. January 20 1857 — William Kelly patented the blast furnace for manufacturing steel.1929 — In Old Arizona, the first outdoor feature-length talking motion picture, was made. January 21 1939 — Arlen and Harburgs song Over the Rainbow was copyrighted.1954 — The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched. It was christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. January 22 1895 — Lifebuoy soap was trademark registered.1931 — Dutch broadcast company VARA began experimental television broadcasts from Diamantbeurs, Amsterdam. January 23 1849 — A patent was granted for an envelope-making machine.1943 — The movie Casablanca was copyrighted. January 24 1871 —  Charles Goodyear Jr. received a patent for the Goodyear Welt, a machine for sewing boots and shoes.1935 — The first canned beer, Krueger Cream Ale, was sold by the Kruger Brewing Company of Richmond, VA. January 25 1870 — Gustavus Dows patented a modern form of the soda fountain.1881 - Michael Brassill obtained a patent for a candlestick. January 26 1875 — The first electric dental drill was patented by George Green.1909 — Milk-Bone brand was trademark registered. January 27 1880 — Patent No. 223,898 was granted to Thomas A. Edison  for an electric lamp for giving light by incandescence. January 28 1807 — Londons Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight.1873 — Patent No. 135,245 was obtained by French chemist Louis Pasteur for a process of brewing beer and ale. January 29 1895 —  Charles Steinmetz patented a system of distribution by alternating current (A/C power).1924 — Carl Taylor of Cleveland patented a machine that made ice cream cones. January 30 1883 — James Ritty and John Birch received a patent for the cash register. January 31 1851 — Gail Borden announced his invention of evaporated milk.1893 —  Coca-Cola  trademark for nutrient or tonic beverages was registered.1983 —  Michael Jacksons Thriller ​was copyrighted. Famous January Birthdays From Scottish scientists to the inventor of the computer mouse, many famous figured were born in the month of January. Find out who shares your January birthday and how their accomplishments changed the world. January 1 1854 — James G. Frazer, a Scottish scientist January 2 1822 — Rudolph J. E. Clausius, a  German physicist who researched thermodynamics1920 — Isaac Asimov, a scientist who also wrote I, Robot and the Foundation Trilogy January 3 1928 — Frank Ross Anderson, the International Chess Master of 1954 January 4 1643 —  Isaac Newton, a noted physicist, mathematician, and astronomer who invented a telescope and developed many important theories1797 — Wilhelm Beer, a  German astronomer who made the first moon map1809 —  Louis Braille, who  invented a reading system for the blind1813 — Isaac Pitman, a British scientist who invented the stenographic shorthand1872 — Edmund Rumpler, an Austrian auto and airplane builder1940 — Brian Josephson, a  British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1973 January 5 1855 —  King Camp Gillette, who  invented the safety razor1859 — DeWitt B. Brace, who invented the spectrophotometer1874 — Joseph Erlanger, who invented shock therapy and won the Nobel Prize in 19441900 — Dennis Gabor, a physicist who invented  holography January 6 1745 —  Jacques and James Montgolfier,  twins who pioneered hot air ballooning January 7 1539 — Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, a famed  Spanish lexicographer January 8 1891 — Walter Bothe, a German subatomic particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 19541923 — Joseph Weizenbaum, an artificial  intelligence pioneer1942 — Stephen Hawking, an English physicist first who revealed black holes and baby universes January 9 1870 — Joseph B. Strauss, the civil engineer who built the  Golden Gate Bridge1890 — Karel Capek, a  Czech  writer who wrote the play R.U.R. and introduced the word robot January 10 1864 —  George Washington Carver, a famed African American agricultural chemist who is credited with inventing peanut butter1877 — Frederick Gardner Cottrell, who invented the electrostatic precipitator1938 — Donald Knuth, an  American computer scientist who wrote The Art of Computer Programming January 11 1895 — Laurens Hammond, an American who invented the Hammond organ1906 — Albert Hofmann, a  Swiss scientist who was the first to synthesize LSD January 12 1899 — Paul H. Muller, a Swiss chemist who invented DDT and won  the Nobel Prize  in 19481903 — Igor V. Kurtshatov, a Russian nuclear physicist who built the first Russian nuclear bomb1907 — Sergei Korolev, the lead spaceship designer for Russia during the Space Race1935 — Amazing Kreskin, a noted mentalist and magician1950 — Marilyn R. Smith, a noted microbiologist January 13 1864 —  Wilhelm K. W. Wien, a  German  physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 19111927 — Sydney Brenner, a South African biologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to our understanding of genetic code January 14 1907 — Derek  Richter, a British chemist who wrote Aspects of Learning and Memory January 15 1908 —  Edward Teller, who  co-invented the H-bomb and worked on the Manhattan Project1963 — Bruce Schneier, an American  cryptographer who wrote many books on computer security and cryptography January 16 1853 — Andre Michelin, the French industrialist who invented Michelin tires1870 — Wilhelm Normann, a  German chemist who researched the hardening of oils1932 — Dian Fossey, a noted zoologist who wrote Gorillas in the Mist January 17 1857 — Eugene Augustin Lauste, who invented the first sound-on-film recording1928 — Vidal Sassoon, an  English hairstylist who founded Vidal Sasson1949 — Anita Borg, an  American computer scientist who  founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing January 18 1813 —  Joseph Glidden, who  invented useable barbed wire1854 — Thomas Watson, who assisted in the invention of the  telephone1856 — Daniel Hale Williams, the surgeon who performed the first open-heart operation1933 — Ray Dolby, who invented the Dolby noise-limiting system January 19 1736 — James Watt, a Scottish engineer who invented  a steam engine1813 —  Henry Bessemer, who  invented the Bessemer engine January 20 1916 — Walter Bartley, a famed biochemist January 21 1743 —  John Fitch, who  invented a steamboat1815 — Horace Wells, a dentist who pioneered the use of medical anesthesia1908 — Bengt Stromgren, a  Swedish astrophysicist who studied gas clouds1912 — Konrad Bloch, a German biochemist who researched cholesterol and won the Nobel Prize in 19641921 — Barney Clark, the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart January 22 1909 — Lev D. Landau, a Russian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 19621925 — Leslie Silver, a noted English paint manufacturer January 23 1929 — John Polanyi, a Canadian chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1986 January 24 1880 — Elisabeth Achelis, who invented the World Calendar1888 — Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, a  German inventor who built the first  rocket-powered  aircraft1928 — Desmond Morris, an  English zoologist who researched  body language1947 — Michio Kaku, an American scientist who wrote Physics of the Impossible, Physics of the Future, and The Future of the Mind, as well as hosted a number of science-based television programs January 25 1627 — Robert Boyle, an Irish physicist who wrote Boyles Law of Ideal Gases1900 — Theodosius Dobzhansky, a noted  geneticist  and the author of Mankind Evolving January 26 1907 — Hans Selye, an  Austrian endocrinologist who demonstrated the existence of biological stress1911 — Polykarp Kusch, an American nuclear physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1955 January 27 1834 — Dmitri Mendeleev, the chemist who invented the periodic table of elements1903 — John Eccles, a British physiologist and neurologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse January 28 1706 — John Baskerville, the English printer who invented typeface1855 —  William Seward Burroughs, who  invented  the adding machine1884 — Lucien H dAzambuja, a  French astronomer who discovered the chromosome of the sun1903 — Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, a noted crystallographer and the first woman member of the Royal Society1922 — Robert W. Holley, an  American biochemist who researched RNA and won the Nobel Prize in 1968 January 29 1810 — Ernst E. Kummer, a  German mathematician who  trained German army officers in ballistics1850 — Lawrence Hargrave, who invented the box kite1901 — Allen B. DuMont, who invented an improved  cathode ray tube1926 — Abdus Salam, a noted theoretical physicist January 30 1899 — Max Theiler, an  English microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize in 19511911 — Alexander George Ogston, a  biochemist  who  specialized in the thermodynamics of biological systems1925 —  Douglas Engelbart, who  invented the computer mouse1949 — Peter Agre, a noted American scientist and the director of the John Hopkins  Malaria Research Institute January 31 1868 — Theodore William Richards, a chemist who researched atomic weights and won the Nobel Prize in 19141929 — Rudolf Mossbauer, a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1961