1850: Millard Fillmore president of the USA 1850-1853. Millard Fillmore, vice president under Zachary Taylor, sworn in as president after Taylor's death.
1850: Joel Houghton was granted the first dishwasher patent.
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1851
1851: Isaac Singer invents a sewing machine.
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1853
1853: Franklin Pierce president of the USA 1853-1857.
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1854
1854: John Tyndall demonstrates the principles of fiber optics.
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