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born on Nov. 8, 1836, in Vienna, Me. As the owner of a lithography shop, he was looking for a profitable product to manufacture when he thought of printing board games. He created one called The Checkered Game of Life in the early 1860s and successfully peddled it all over New York State. He formed the Milton Bradley Company, which produced other games and standardized and popularized croquet in America.

(1836–1911), U.S. manufacturer.

 (born March 6, 1917, Newark, Del.—died March 26, 2011, Kingsport, Tenn.), American chemist who discovered the powerful adhesive Super Glue while working as a chemist for Eastman Kodak, conducting research on cyanoacrylates to be used in clear plastic gunsights during World War II. Because the sticky cyanoacrylates were difficult to handle, Coover abandoned the research. In 1951 a colleague used the substance during a test to find a heat-resistant compound for jet cockpit canopies and was dismayed when it adhered to—and badly damaged—the lab equipment. Coover, however, recognized its unique ability to bond without the need for heat or pressure