This Week in Literary History: The First Ballpoint Pen is Sold in New York City
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In the summer of 1944, news of an exciting new invention made its way to American newspapers. A Hungarian-Argentinian journalist named László Bíró had patented a new kind of pen, one that used a ball bearing tip instead of a traditional nib, only had to be refilled once every six months, and could be used at high altitudes. Bíró had recruited his brother, a dentist and chemist, to create a quick-drying, viscous ink that w
In the summer of 1944, news of an exciting new invention made its way to American newspapers. A Hungarian-Argentinian journalist named László Bíró had patented a new kind of pen, one that used a ball bearing tip instead of a traditional nib, only had to be refilled once every six months, and could be used at high altitudes. Bíró had recruited his brother, a dentist and chemist, to create a quick-drying, viscous ink that w
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