1925 Dick Van Dyke – Actor and comedian (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Diagnosis Murder)

I just saw on TV where his house was in jeopardy of being burned in a fire near his home. He and his partner got out, but then his cat was missing. Fortunately, it was found the day after. He's 99. I'll bet losing his cat would have been the end of him too.

1884 A coin-operated weighing machine was patented by Percy Everitt

I remember there being one on the downtown street where I grew up. I wonder whatever happened to all those machines.