Every year on June 13, one’s own birthday is marked by a wire fastener known to everyone – a pin – Birthday pins. It was on this day in 1825 that an American inventor named Walter Hunt received a patent for a pin.

The innovation was well received by the world, it is still actively used both as a decoration and as a fastener. In addition, some people wear a pin to ward off the evil eye.

An interesting fact about the pin

Hunt’s goal was not the invention itself, but the money for it. The fact is that the mechanic owed $15 and had nowhere to get the money. Walter Hunt quickly drew a sketch of the pin, for which he earned as much as $400. The pin allowed the mechanic to easily get rid of the debt, but the inventor was left without the right to his own invention.