October 6 in Firearms History

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  1. Birthday1949 · 77 years ago

    Lonnie Johnson – Born

    October 6, 1949

    •  U.S. Air Force
    • 1979 to 1991 at NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • May 27, 1986  Patented the "Power Drencher"  air-pressurized water gun
    • 1991 Rebranded as "Super Soaker"
    • Feb 27, 1995  Assigned Super Soaker patent to LARAMI CORP
    • 1996 - patented the Nerf version of super soaker
    • Excellatron Solid State, LLC
    • Johnson Electro-Mechanical Systems (JEMS)
    • 2008 awarded the Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics
    •  2011 inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
    • November 2013, Johnson was awarded nearly $73 million in royalties from Hasbro for super soaker & nerf guns

    https://patents.google.com/patent/US4591071