Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, imam of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, was born on this day in 1960.
Did you know that:
• Andrew Becker demonstrated his leather-covered diving suit on this day in 1774
• The first patent for a fire extinguisher was granted to Alanson Crane on this day in 1863
• Sidney Jacoby received a patent for a smoke and heat detector alarm on this day in 1976
