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mar 17, 1794 - Cotton Gin invented

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US born inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.

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mar 17, 1794
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~ 232 years ago