Non-musical history for today: 1698 – Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. Now, if you’re a fan of the Schoolhouse Rock series, you may be saying that Robert Fulton invented it. He did not, and the series didn’t technically say that he did, only that he was connected to it. Fulton improved its design, but was not the inventor. Mr. Savery, an English inventor and engineer, was.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for July 2.

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