November 24 - Freddie goes over the wire

 On this day in 1874 the first patent on barbed wire was granted to Joseph Farwell Glidden (he had submitted it October 27 of the previous year).

Now, his was essentially the patent on the manufacture, as there were patents back in 1867.

Someone who could really belt it out, as if they had fallen on barbed wire, was Freddie Mercury.  His wire was unfortunately cut short on this day in 1991.