The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model Ts.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.
Although numerous suspension bridges had been built prior to the Brooklyn Bridge, nothing came close to the almost 1,600 foot span across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Known as the Orloj, the astronomical clock was designed and built by the Imperial clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Charles University professor Jan Šindel.
Napoleon granted a patent for the Pyréolophore to Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude.
American electrical engineer Jack Kilby demonstrated the world’s first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
British inventor Edwin Budding went into partnership with foundry owner John Ferrabee to manufacture the world’s first lawn mower.
On the 27th December 537, Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Patriarch Menas of Constantinople.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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