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23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks himself while trying to electrocute a turkey

23rd December 2018
Tagged as: America, Benjamin Franklin, Electricity, Experimentation, Science, Turkey

Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.

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6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence

6th February 2018
Tagged as: Alliance, America, American Revolution, American War of Independence, Benjamin Franklin, Britain, Diplomacy, Economy, France, Louis XVI, Trade

France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.

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23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks himself while trying to electrocute a turkey

6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence

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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

7th April 1141: Matilda declared the ‘Lady of England and Normandy’

1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out

23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi

22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil

21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason

20th January 1850: Robert McClure departs on the first expedition to transit the Northwest Passage

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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