Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.
10th December 1768: First edition of the Encyclopaedia @Britannica published (Corrected)
10th December 2017
Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New York.
The Illuminations at the British seaside resort of Blackpool were turned on for the first time.
25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
25th September 2017
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017