An image split between a portrait of Lipman and text. The text reads, "Did You Know? Although Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser, the patent was later ruled invalid, because combining two existing inventions wasn’t considered a new one. Still, the idea stuck, and we’ve never looked back."

#OnThisDay in 1858, a small invention made a big difference. Hymen Lipman patented the first pencil with an attached eraser, giving writers and thinkers a simple way to correct mistakes - and changing how we write, sketch, and learn. ✏️

💫Released on this day 1992💥

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💫Released on this day 1981💥

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Released on this day in 1958 the film noir, 'Touch of Evil', by Orson Welles. Starring Orson, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, and Marlene Dietrich, it is a stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay in baseball history

"You wanna get someone outta your house, I wanna get someone outta your house..."

BEETLEJUICE was first released #onthisday in 1988!

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📅 On this day in 1699:

Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.

#March30 #OnThisDay

📅 #OnThisDay 5 years ago in 2021, Ireland drew 1-1 with Qatar with a goal from James McClean #COYBIG

‘Beetlejuice’ was released on this day 38 years ago! (March 30, 1988)

Directed by Tim Burton.

Screenplay by Michael McDowell & Warren Skaaren.

Starring Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and others.

#OTD #OnThisDay #80sMovie #Beetlejuice

#OnThisDay, 2153:

Eight days after the Xindi attack, Earth cancels all Unification Day celebrations that were due to take place tomorrow. Vulcan-Earth Friendship Day, to be held on April 5, is also cancelled.

Sidonie of Saxony's husband accused her of witchcraft #OnThisDay in 1372. She was spared but four other women were tortured and executed to give testimony against her. hrhprincesspalace.blogspot.com/2018/03/sido...

A gunman opens fire on POTUS, but he's not the only one in jeopardy. It's Time Rewind for March 30th.
#president #DC #80s #Jeopardy #60s #onthisday #history

League Moves to Protect Children in the Movies

100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

Tracy Chapman

On the 30th of March 1964: #TracyChapman, American Grammy Award-winning #singer-#songwriter ("Fast Car"; "Give Me One Reason"), born in Cleveland, Ohio.
#HappyBirthday #62 ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 🎂 ༘⋆

Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, was released in the U.S. on this day in 1988.
A critical and commercial hit, it grossed $84M on a $15M budget.
Still one of the most iconic cult films ever made.
#Beetlejuice #TimBurton #Cinema #Film #OnThisDay

Robert Rodriguez's "Spy Kids" was released on this day 2001.
#spykids #robertrodriguez #onthisday #familymovies #cinema

Pencil with Eraser #OnThisDay On 30th March 1858 the design for a pencil with attached eraser was patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia). It might seem an everyday object to us but having an eraser secured on the end of a pe…

On this date in 1858, Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia received a U.S. patent for a pencil with an attached eraser.

Pencil with Eraser #OnThisDay – The Orkney News share.google/HsgTBVgtFAyB...

Released on this day in 1944 was the sci-fi horror film, 'The Lady and the Monster'. Starring Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, and Erich von Stroheim, a millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him. #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay #Signalboost #BornOnThisDay #ikea

The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on February 3, 1870, was officially certified and adopted into the Constitution on March 30, 1870, prohibiting the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. #OnThisDay

30.3.1896 🇬🇧Fund einer Kinderleiche in der Themse führt auf die Spur der Serienmörderin Amalia Elizabeth Dyer. Sie soll zwischen 200 und 400 Kinder ermordet haben. Am 10.6.1896 wird sie hingerichtet.

#OTD #OnThisDay #Kalenderblatt #TrueCrime #WomensHistoryMonth2023

A defining moment in early #punkrockhistory

#OnThisDay 1976 #TheSexPistols played their first show at #The100club London, they begin a weekly residency at the club in June.

#punk #punkrock #punks #SexPistols #70smusic #musicsky

Can a $7.2 million deal change a country's future? On March 30, 1867, theU.S. did exactly that by purchasing Alaska from Russia.
For detailed information, link : t.me/GYANGOALS/15

#onthisday #todayinhistory #worldhistory #dailyfacts #alaska #alaskapurchase #march30 #ushistory

Worn #onthisday in 1939 by reigning Rose Queen Barbara Dougall in a fashion show of "chic garden wear" at the Pasadena Flower Show in Pasadena, CA. The Central Press described her play suit of "plain shirt and printed shorts" with "a full peasant-style wrap-around skirt and rope-soled garden shoes."

Historical painting of the Alaska Purchase treaty signing, March 30, 1867

🏛️ THE ALASKA PURCHASE\n\nMarch 30, 1867 — In a dimly lit State Department office, Secretary of State William H. Seward signs the treaty that will add 586,000 square miles to the United States for just .2 million. Russian diplomat Eduard de Stoeckl watches […]

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#onthisday Assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan shocks Washington, D.C.: Ronald Reagan survives, reshaping presidential security and gun debate. 1981 #HistoryOfPolitics

18 years ago today in Orlando in front of over 74,000 fans at the Citrus Bowl Wrestlemania XXIV was held!

#WrestleMania #prowrestling #WWE #RicFlair #wweuniverse #CMPunk #OnThisDay #orlando #WWEHistory #ShawnMichaels #wrestling

Lipman's $100,000 pencil patent poisons pool worker...

On the 30th of March, 1858, Hyman Lipman patented the idea for a pencil with the eraser attached. And pool worker Whatfor Delaney went bananas...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #comedyshorts #strangehistory #talltales #funny #onthisday

23 years ago today, WrestleMania XIX Dare to Dream was held in front of 54,097 fans at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington!

#WWE #WrestleMania #prowrestling #BrockLesnar #therock #WWERaw #WWEHistory #OnThisDay #seattle #wweuniverse #StoneCold #hulkhogan

27 years ago tonight Kane & X-Pac defeated Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett to win the WWF Tag Team belts at a Raw is War taping in Uniondale, New York!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppvr...

The match would air April 5th.

#WWE #prowrestling #Kane #WWERaw #wweuniverse #Kane #WWEHistory #Uniondale #OnThisDay