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He invented the candy in 1907, [7] and named it after his then-5-year-old daughter Clara, whose nickname was "Tootsie." [7] [5] [9] That same year, he applied for a patent Tootsie Rolls, citing its unique texture, and was awarded one in 1908. In 1909 Stern & Staalberg began marketing the candy.
The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. ... Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1897–1995), Jewish-German publisher of the S ... Wild Man Fischer (1945 ...
The 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, adapted from its eponymous book, uses Fischer's name in the title although the film and book are both based on the life of fellow chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin, whose father, Fred Waitzkin, wrote the book. [570] Outside of the United States, it was released as Innocent Moves. [571]
Kasparov is of Jewish descent, through his father. Bobby Fischer, the highest rated player in history when he became world champion in 1972, had a Jewish mother and likely Jewish father despite antisemitic views. The list also includes Judit Polgár, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player ever. [8]
Fischer held over 1100 patents and overtook Thomas Alva Edison, who held 1093 patents. Fischer also held 5867 trade rights and invented fischertechnik. [2] Further inventions are (bone-)plugs for fixing bone fractures [2] and one of Fischer’s most recent inventions was a gadget that makes it possible to hold and cut the top off an egg of any ...
Claude Shannon (1916–2016), founder of information theory and modern cryptography, invented Minivac 601, and co-invented the first wearable computer (with Edward O. Thorp) Ugo Cerletti (1877–1963), together with Lucio Bini (1908–1964), Italy – Electroconvulsive therapy; Leona Chalmers (c. 1937), U.S. – modern menstrual cup
Cameron Spencer/Getty Images During the 2024 Paris Olympics, Grant Fisher became the first American man in more than a decade to win a medal in the 10,000-meter race, the longest race of the Olympics.
Ernst Abbe: Invented the first refractometer, and many other devices. Donated his shares in the company Carl Zeiss to form Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, still in existence today. Franz Carl Achard: Developed a process to produce sugar from sugar beet. Built the first factory for the process in 1802. Robert Adler: Invented a better television remote control.