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10th March 1876: Bell transmits the first speech using the telephone

  • 10th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Communication, Invention, Science, Scotland, Sound, Technology, Telephone, USA

On the 10th March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call when he contacted his assistant, Thomas Watson.

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9th March 1959: Barbie doll introduced at the New York Toy Fair

  • 9th March 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Childhood, Culture, Fashion, Invention, New York, Toy

Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy Fair.

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22nd December 1882: The first use of electric lights on a Christmas tree

  • 22nd December 2020
  • Tagged as: Christmas, Electricity, Invention, New York, Technology, United States, USA

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.

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9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

  • 9th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Chemistry, Invention, Lead, Oil, Poison, Science, Technology, United States, USA

Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.

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23rd November 1889: The nickel-in-the-slot phonograph – the world’s first jukebox

  • 23rd November 2020
  • Tagged as: Culture, Invention, Music, Recording, San Francisco, Technology, USA

The world’s first ‘Nickel-In-The-Slot Phonograph’ introduced the concept of the jukebox to the public.

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9th September 1947: Moth ‘bug’ discovered inside a Harvard computer

  • 9th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Computing, Insect, Invention, Technology, USA

On the 9th September 1947, the first computer ‘bug’ was found in the Harvard Mark II  electromechanical computer.

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4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York

  • 4th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Edison, Electricity, Invention, New York, Science, Technology

Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New York.

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31st July 1790: The first U.S. patent was awarded to Samuel Hopkins

  • 31st July 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Chemistry, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Invention, New England, Science, Technology, USA

The first U.S. patent was awarded to Samuel Hopkins for an improvement ‘in making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process.’

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25th July 1909: Louis Blériot makes the first powered cross-Channel flight

  • 25th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Aviation, Daily Mail, English Channel, Flight, France, Invention, Science, Technology

French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft.

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22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

  • 22nd May 2020
  • Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, Boat, Engineering, Invention, Mechanical, Patent, River, Smithsonian, United States, USA

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.

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