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I can’t write unless the typewriter is rattling

Happy Typewriter Day!

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Shaun Usher
Jun 23, 2023
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On this day in 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for his “Type-Writer,” which featured a QWERTY keyboard for the first time. As a result, today is International Typewriter Day.

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