History of the Donut
 
The doughnut originated in the sixteenth century in Holland. The hole in the doughnut's center appeared in the first half of the nineteenth century. 
Hanson Gregory, a sea captain from Maine, is said to have poked holes in his mother's doughnuts in 1847 because he didn't like the pastry's soggy center.   The result of his experiment was that the doughnut's surface fried more uniformly and the soggy center was gone. Today,  Hanson Gregory's contribution of the hole is remembered in his hometown ( Rockport, Maine) by a bronze plaque.
Does this suggest that, in America, fame can be achieved even for inventing nothing?

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