The Illuminations at the British seaside resort of Blackpool were turned on for the first time.
10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time
10th August 2019
William Kemmler became the first person to be executed using an electric chair.
Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.
Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New York.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018