(WWLP) – Tuesday is National Roller Coaster Day, commemorating the day Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the first-ever loop-de-loop roller coaster in 1898. Prescott did not design the ...

National Roller Coaster Day is Aug. 16 every year, according to nationaldaycalendar.com. The day honors Edwin Prescott's patent of the first vertical loop roller coaster on Aug. 16, 1898 ...

August 16 marks National Roller Coaster Day and to celebrate ... very first patent for a rollercoaster ride was issued by Edwin Prescott. The web site adds: "The date has been marked by ...

The day commemorates the introduction of the first looped roller coaster, which was patended by Edwin Prescott on Aug. 16, 1898, according to the National Day Calendar. The groundbreaking "Loop ...

On this day in 1898, the first U.S. patent for a vertical loop roller coaster was issued to Edwin Prescott (1841-1931), an inventor and mechanic from Arlington. His loop coaster, a dual-tracked ...

The date was chosen because that is the day back in 1898 that the first looping roller coaster was patented by Edwin Prescott. The oldest roller coasters, though, far pre-date even that year.

According to the National Holiday Calendar, the day commemorates the first vertical loop roller coaster which was patented by Edwin Prescott on Aug. 16 in 1898. While there were many roller ...

Today, National Roller Coaster Day celebrates the thrills the ... nationaldaycalendar.com commemorates Aug. 16 as the approval date of Edwin Prescott’s patent for the first vertical-looping ...

The unofficial holiday commemorates the first vertical loop roller coaster which was patented by Edwin Prescott on this day in 1898. The oldest roller coasters are believed to have originated from ...

The day honors Edwin Prescott's patent of the first vertical loop roller coaster in 1898, according to nationaldaycalendar.com. National Roller Coaster Day falls on Aug. 16 each year, ...