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

6th February 2022
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

23rd December 2020
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

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

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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