Jacques Plante Invents the Hockey Goalie Mask, 1959
Jacques Plante, hockey legend and goalie for the Montreal Canadiens hockey team (1954-1963), designed and built the first-ever fibreglass mask in 1956 to protect himself from […]
Jacques Plante, hockey legend and goalie for the Montreal Canadiens hockey team (1954-1963), designed and built the first-ever fibreglass mask in 1956 to protect himself from […]
Frank Epperson from San Francisco was just 11-years old when he accidentally invented the Popsicle in 1905. He left a drink he had made from flavoured […]
Many accidental inventions have occurred in kitchens, including the invention of the tasty chocolate chip cookie.
Ruth Wakefield (1903-1977) and her husband owned the Toll House […]
At the start of the 1900s, American game designer Elizabeth J. Magie (1866-1948) was on a mission – she wanted to change how people thought […]
From a very young age, American Margaret Knight (1838-1914) liked to build things. She came up with her first invention when she was just twelve […]