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In 1903, Mary Anderson, a young woman from Alabama, was touring New York City on a streetcar whose driver had to keep stopping to wipe snow and ice off the windshield. She made a quick drawing in her sketchbook, and later patented a device which is now standard on vehicles –the windshield wiper.

first appeared: 5/7/2000

In 1995, Heather Whitestone McCallum of Dothan, Ala., became the first “Miss America” with a disability. She couldn’t hear the announcer, so runner-up Miss Virginia cordially pointed to her to tell her she’d won.

first appeared: 4/23/2000

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