Tag: June 23
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This Day in Pop Culture for June 23
1868: Patent is Received for the Typewriter After his printers went on strike, newspaperman, Christopher Sholes made a few attempts (although unsuccessful) to invent a typesetting machine. He collaborated with another printer, Samuel Soule and a friend, Carlos Glidden and the three created the first mechanical typewriter machine in 1867. The early attempt had a…