1. Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45

   …omestic]]: [[CategoryFood]] In 1885 brothers **William Hesketh Lever** (1851–1925) and **James Darcy Lever** (1854–1916) formed the British manufacturing company Lever Brothers. {{TOC}} == Beginings == The Lever brothers were born in Bolt…

2. Stan Laurel — 2021-08-14 21:08:01

   …rlie Chaplin]]. Chaplin and Laurel arrived in the United States on the same ship from Britain with the Karno troupe in 1916. Laurel worked briefly alongside Oliver Hardy in a silent film short **The Lucky Dog** (1921). Around the same time he…

3. DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12

   …er on the 16th April,1958. {{Datetext text=" 'Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins', was born " event_date="15th December, 1916"}} in Pongara, North Wairarapa, New Zealand and died of cancer on the 6th October, 2004. Born of Irish parents, {{Dat…
   …28" }} in Chicago, Illinois. {{Datetext text=" 'Francis Harry Compton Crick', was born on the " event_date="8th June, 1916" }} in Weston Favell, Northampton, England. == The Story == Franklin was head hunted in '''1951''' by John Randall…

4. Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42

   …="right" title="Automatic Kettle" width="350" }} {{{toc}}} **William (Bill) Russell **(1920-2006) and **Peter Hobbs** (1916 - 2008) produced the first automatic electric kettle in 1955.::c:: {{image url="RussellHobbs1952.jpg" class="left" titl…
   …ng combination == {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Peter_Hobbs.jpg" Who="Peter Hobbs" width="250" birth_date="May 3 1916" birth_place="Wells Kent" death_date="11 April 2008" }} Peter Wallace Hobbs was born on May 3 1916 at Langton Green, …

5. Pencil — 2020-11-30 16:27:31

   … Italy. This culminated in the establishment of the first pencil factory, which became the Cumberland Pencil Company in 1916. Cumberland pencils were used to create Raymond Briggs's The Snowman. It remains the only large-scale deposit of pu…

6. Pop Rivet — 2020-08-17 14:41:51

   …Pop Rivet :: === Hamilton Neil Wylie 1916 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[1900s]] {{Image url="Pop-Rivet.jpg" class="right" title="Wylie Pop Rivet" width="350" }} …
   …British engineer Hamilton Neil Wylie invented the "Pop rivet" and patented his brainchild in 1916. Also called a blind rivet it allowed one person to fit a rivet with access only needed from one side. {{Image url="P…

7. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

   … [[CategoryIndustry]]>[[CategoryTransport]] {{amazon type="menu" items="Model Tank, Mark IV Tank" }} === Military Tank 1916 === {{Datetext event_date="15 September 1916" text="The British Mark I was the world's first tank to enter combat. " …
   …} {{Toc}} The British Mark I was the world's first tank to enter combat seeing action on the morning of 15 September **1916** during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. The first full scale use of around **460 tanks** was the Mark IV used en mas…

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