Zipper Day is traditionally celebrated on April 29.From handbags and jackets to trousers and boots, it really is impossible to imagine life without zippers.t was first in 1851 that Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, received a patent for an “Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure”. Howe did not market it and missed the recognition he may have received for his invention.
On that date in 1913, Swedish-American scientist and inventor Gideon Sundback received a patent for a curious contraption he called “hookless fastener”. Although similar inventions had been around since the 1850s, his version is widely accepted as the first modern zipper.
You can find the world’s longest zipper at the hotel in Fort Lauderdale’s Executive Airport. The zipper measures 6,000 feet long. The name of the hotel’s nightclub is “Zippers”.
