Elwood Haynes invented an automobile in Indiana. Karl Benz invented the first automobile in Germany.
Dr. Geiger invented the geiger counter in Indiana (thereby making it possible to find radioactive materials to touch off the nuclear age).
Erlangen, Manchester, Berlin, Keil, Tuebingen. When was Hans Geiger in Indiana?
You FOB types think you've got all the answers ~ that nothing went on before your folks got here ~ but it did ~ everything truly meaningful in fact.
Remember, if Europe is so great you are welcome to return there.