This Day, That Year – September 7

Johnny Gruelle patented his Raggedy Ann doll on this day in 1915.

Did you know that:

• August Kekule von Stradonitz discovered the benzene ring on this day in 1829
• Edith Eleanor McLean was the first baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York, on this day in 1888
• A patent was granted to Louis Parker for a television receiver on this day in 1948