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SPOTLIGHT March 30 Answer of the Day Who came up with the brilliant idea of combining the eraser and the pencil? Its been more than 150 years since the eraser attached itself to the pencil. We can only assume that Hymen Lipman was a man who made his fair share of mistakes, but they may have inspired him to stick the eraser on the end of the pencil, making it more convenient to erase the written errors. He got a patent for the development on this date in 1858. Lipmans early version was a pencil with a groove at the top, into which he glued an eraser. He sold his patent in 1862; the US Supreme Court later invalidated it, saying that since combining a pencil with an eraser did not change the function of either item, the pencil-with-eraser could not be patented. Quote The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser — in case you thought optimism was dead. — Robert Brault Word of the day (© ) Todays History Sewards Folly: the US bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2m. — about 2 cents an acre (1867) 15th amendment: was declared in effect, giving black men the right to vote (1870) Jeopardy!: game show debuted on television (1964) Ronald Reagan: was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.; the US president was hit in the chest and seriously wounded, but recovered fully (1981) Todays Birthdays Moses Maimonides (1138?-1204): Medieval Jewish philosopher who wrote Guide for the Perplexed Anna Sewell (1820-1878): author of Black Beauty; also, writers Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) and Sean OCasey (1880-1964) Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890): the tormented painter of Starry Night; plus, artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828) Warren Beatty (73): actor/director/writer/producer, Reds; other performers born on this date include Richard Dysart (81), John Astin (80), Robbie Coltrane (60), Paul Reiser (53) and Mark Consuelos (39) Astrud Gilberto (70): bossa nova singer of The Girl from Ipanema; plus, singer Rolf Harris (80) Tracy Chapman (46): singer/songwriter and multiple Grammy winner; other Grammy winners born on this date are Eric Clapton (65), M.C. Hammer (48), Celine Dion (42) and Norah Jones (31) Read more: answers/topic/tuesday-march-30-2010-from-today-s-highlights-archive#ixzz2xRjlI5i7

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