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21st January 1981: First DeLorean sports car produced (famous as the ‘Back to the Future’ car)

  • 21st January 2023
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Britain, Economy, Invention, Northern Ireland, Science, Technology, USA

The DeLorean DMC-12 sports car was later used as the time machine in Back to the Future.

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10th December 1901: First Nobel Prizes awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology

  • 10th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Dynamite, Invention, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize, Sweden

An urban legend states that an obituary printed erroneously left Nobel distressed at how he would be remembered, and resulted in him seeking a way to improve his legacy by funding the creation of Nobel Prizes.

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

  • 9th December 2022
  • 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 2022
  • 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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4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York

  • 4th September 2022
  • 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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7th July 1928: Pre-sliced and wrapped bread first sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri

  • 7th July 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Food, Invention, Technology, United States, USA

The Chillicothe Baking Company’s ‘Kleen Maid Sliced Bread’ proved incredibly popular and was advertised as ‘the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.’

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6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR

  • 6th July 2022
  • Tagged as: Cold War, Firearms, Guns, Innovation, Invention, Russia, Technology, USSR, War, Warfare, Weapon

The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet Union.

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3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

  • 3rd July 2022
  • Tagged as: Britain, England, Grantham, Invention, Locomotive, Mallard, Railway, Railways, Speed, Steam, Technology, Train, Transport

Mallard set the record of 125.88mph on a stretch of slightly downhill railway track at Stoke Band, south of the town of Grantham.

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

  • 22nd May 2022
  • 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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11th May 1997: IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov to become the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions

  • 11th May 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Chess, Computer, Computing, Culture, Game, Invention, Russia, Science, Technology

Ranked as the 259th most powerful computer in the world, Deep Blue was able to evaluate 200 million separate chess positions per second.

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