Tag: James Van Alen

This Day, That Year – September 19

German tourists discovered Ötzi the Iceman, a mummy from 3,300 BCE, in the Italian alps on this day in 1991. Did you know that: • Melville Bissell patented a carpet sweeper on this day in 1876• James Van Alen, who invented the Simplified Scoring System for tennis, was born on this day in 1902• Jimmy […]

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