This Day, That Year – April 13

Alfred Mosher Butts, the inventor of the game “Scrabble”, was born on this day in 1899.

Did you know that:

• George Westinghouse patented a steam power brake on this day in 1869
• Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster born on this day in 1963
• Asteroid 7373 Takei was discovered and named after Star Trek actor, George Takei, on this day in 1994