inventors challenge By Mackanzie Kashat 1821 Thomas L. Jennings invents a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing 1857 Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper. 1858 Ezra Warner invents the can opener. 1873 Levis Strauss invented blue jeans. 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. 1886 John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola. 1887 Alexander Miles invents automatic elevator doors. 1893 George Ferris invents the Ferris Wheel. 1893 Whitcomb L. Judson invents the zipper. 1900 Madam C.J. Walker Invents African American Hair Care Products 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the airplane. 1903 Edwin Binney and Harold Smith invent Crayola Crayons. 1906 _ Frank Henry Fleer invents bubble gum. 1922 John Logie Baird invents the television. 1930 Richard Drew invents scotch tape.