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Dr. Harry Coover, inventor of Super Glue.

introduced in 1973, Super Glue was first discovered in 1942 by Coover

trying to make materials for plastic gun sights for soldiers

Swedish inventor, Nils Bohlin for bringing  the expertise of his aviation experience to the world of cars.  

 1958) has saved the lives of many individuals unfortunate enough to be involved in road traffic incidents.  The Swedish aircraft company of Svenska Aeroplan AB ( SAAB) had been experimenting with escape devices for their aircraft and Bohlin had been working on these inventions.

Volvo gave him the opportunity to improve on the simpler seat belt in use at that time.   In 1999 he was inducted into the Automotive Hall of fame and in 2002, the year of his death, he was inducted into the

Nils Bohlin, the Swedish engineer and inventor responsible for the three-point lap and shoulder seatbelt

born on July 17, 1920

(NewsCore) - The man who invented Super Glue has died in Tennessee at the age of 94, The New York Times reported Sunday. Harry Wesley Coover Jr., who discovered the super-sticky adhesive by accident during World War II, died of congestive heart failure Saturday night at his home in Kingsport. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004, Coover was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation last year by President Barack Obama. Super Glue did not make him rich, however, as it did not become a commercial success until the patents had expired. Son-in-law Dr. Vincent E. Paul said, "He did very, very well in his career but he did not glean the royalties from Super Glue that you might think."

died at the age of 94

died at the age of

discovery in 1942

Board game pioneer who invented The Game of Life

American draftsman and lithographer Milton Bradley founded the Milton Bradley Company, famous makers of family board games such as The Game of Life, CandyLand and Twister. Raised in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Bradley attended Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School from 1854 to 1856. He then worked as a draftsman for the Wason Car Works, manufacturers of railcars, until 1860, when he founded a lithography business in Springfield, Massachusetts. His initial success with a lithograph of clean-shaven presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln was dashed after Lincoln grew his famous beard, but Bradley moved on with a board game called The Checkered Game of Life. Now called The Game of Life, it is part of a Milton Bradley catalog that includes Yahtzee, Connect 4, Chutes and Ladders, Mouse Trap, Operation and Big Ben jigsaw puzzles. Mr. Bradley was also an advocate of kindergarten programs and early art education, and for many years his company manufactured materials and published books for childhood education. Bradley himself published several books in the field, including Color in Kindergarten (1893) and Water Colors in the Schoolroom (1900).

Swedish inventor, Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seat belt

Nils Bohlin's lap-and-shoulder belt was introduced by Volvo in 1959. Seat Belt Terminology

3-Point Seat Belt: A seat belt with both a lap and a shoulder portion, having three attachment points (one shoulder, two hips).