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1841
March 4 - William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the 9th U.S. President.
April 3 - President Harrison dies after one month in office.
April 10 - The New York Tribune begins publication under editor Horace Greeley, who has
been referred to as the single greatest journalistic influence in America.
June 22 - The typesetting machine is patented by Adrien Delcambre and J. H. Young.
August 21 - The venetian blind is patented by John Hampton of New Orleans, Louisiana.
November 16 - Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin in New York City.