George Smith, who says he invented the idea of putting candy on a stick, patents the term "lollipop" (though it's now in the public domain)
The Racine Confectionery Machine Company invents a machine that can produce 2,400 pop per minute
The English put sticks in boiled sugar candies to make them easier to eat
Ancient peoples across the world ate honey off of sticks, the earliest precursors to lollipops