September 16, 1959: The Xerox 914, the 1st successful commercial plain paper copier, developed by inventor Chester Carlson, is introduced to the public in a demonstration at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan (at the southeast corner of Central Park, and across from the Plaza Hotel), shown on live television.
Office work would never be the same. Carbon paper still had some use, but mimeograph machines soon became a thing of the past. And while other companies would make photocopiers, "Xerox" became as synonymous with the product and its industry as Kleenex was with tissues, Hoover with vacuum cleaners, and Frigidaire with refrigerators. The science of photocopying even became known as "xerography," meaning "dry writing."
I thought maybe that Carlson lived in Westchester County, New York, and named the 914 after his Area Code, but Area Codes didn't come into use until 1962. A native of Seattle, Carlson had been working on photocopiers since 1938, but this was the first time he had made a practical one. He lived until 1968.
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September 16, 1959 was a Wednesday. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tim Raines was born. And these baseball games were played:
* The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-1 at Yankee Stadium. Jim Coates outpitched Early Wynn, who was about to be named the winner of the Cy Young Award (given to the best pitcher in both Leagues from its 1956 establishment until 1966). Mickey Mantle went 0-for-3 with a walk.
* The Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 6-5 at Fenway Park in Boston. Ted Williams singled as a pinch-hitter.
* The Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles, 3-1 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Al Kaline went 0-for-3 with a walk. Brooks Robinson went 3-for-4.
* A doubleheader was split at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1st game, 3-2. The Chicago Cubs won the 2nd game, 4-2. They scored a run in the 8th and 2 in the 9th, on a home run by Sammy Taylor, to come from behind.
Over the 2 games, Ernie Banks, soon to be named the NL's Most Valuable Player, went 4-for-8 with 2 RBIs, and Roberto Clemente went 5-for-8 with an RBI.
* The Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-4 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Charlie Neal hit 2 home runs for the Dodgers, but it wasn't enough, because their starting pitcher, despite striking out 6 batters and walking only 1, allowed 5 runs on 11 hits. His name was Sandy Koufax.
Neal and Norm Larker each got 3 hits for the Dodgers. Duke Snider went 1-for-4. Frank Robinson was injured the day before, and did not play for the Reds in this game.
* The Milwaukee Braves beat the San Francisco Giants, 2-0 at Seals Stadium in San Francisco. Lew Burdette pitched a 5-hit shutout. Orlando Cepeda got 2 of those hits. Willie Mays went 0-for-4. For the Braves, Hank Aaron went 2-for-4, but neither hit was 1 of his 755 home runs.
* And the Philadelphia Phillies, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Kansas City Athletics and the Washington Senators were not scheduled.
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