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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

6th February 2020
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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6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

10th January 1776: Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense advocating American independence

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent

25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days

24th January 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys

23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

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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