The Hoover Dam was known as the Boulder Dam at the time.
12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad
12th October 2018
Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New York.
The world’s first large-scale, alternating current power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls.
The Illuminations at the British seaside resort of Blackpool were turned on for the first time.
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.
27th October 1960: Ben E. King records Stand By Me
27th October 2020
26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp
26th October 2020
25th October 1415: The Battle of Agincourt is fought
25th October 2020
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