was designed for "not only the collection and storage of waste paper ... but also its cancellation or mutilation in such manner as to render it unavailable or unintelligible for re-use or for information" – the first paper shredder. Adolf Ehinger of Germany marketed the first shredder in 1955. Charles D. Walcott discovered the Burgess Shale fossils, one of the greatest finds in the history of paleontology, unearthing fossils years old. Born: Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-born French journalist and political scientist; in Nagykanizsa, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2008) References 1909 1909-08 1909-08