Tag: Joseph Glidden

Born on this day in 1856, Daniel Hale Williams was an American surgeon who performed the first successful heart surgery. Did you know that: • Joseph Glidden, American inventor of the modern barbed wire, was born on this day in 1813• The Electro-Magnet, the first paper ever printed by the power of electromagnetism, was issued […]

Clyde Coleman patented the automobile electric starter on this day in 1903. Did you know that: • English naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species” on this day in 1859• A patent was granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire fencing on this day in 1874• Dale Carnegie was an American writer and […]