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23 May 1785
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
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11 Sep 1783
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
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29 Nov 1775
Amateur British chemist Sir James Jay invented invisible ink.
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26 Jul 1775
The US Postal Service was founded.
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30 Nov 1753
Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Godfrey Copley Medal.
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11 Jun 1742
American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
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14 Nov 1732
Louis Timothee became America's first paid librarian.
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23 Jul 1726
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
