nov 10, 1903 - Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper; this was a handle-operated rubber-bladed system. to remove snow rain and sleet.; at first, this made no impact but in 1922 Cadillac made windshield wipers standard on cars.; this made an impact by making it safer to drive in bad weather.; the windshield wipers needed to be made so that it was safer to drive in weather.
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nov 10, 1903
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~ 122 years ago