Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
6th September 2018
80 red, white, and blue walnut-sized glass light bulbs were hand-wired and placed around a large Christmas tree in the home of Edward H. Johnson’s New York home on Fifth Avenue.
The Hoover Dam was known as the Boulder Dam at the time.
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.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
27th January 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau liberated by Soviet forces
27th January 2021
25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days
25th January 2021
24th January 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys
24th January 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019