Happy Patent Day!

29th April 1813 Rubber is patented

I lay in my crib pink and screaming
Whilst my father and mother were scheming
"Lets Patent this rubber--
there can't be another!
'til inventors make all kids self-cleaning."

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Choose one historical event that occurred on the same day as your birthday, and write a STORY or POEM about how that event impacted your birthday that year (you may choose a year before you were born if you'd like -- this IS fiction after all)!