On the 17th August 1982, the very first commercial compact disc was produced in the German town of Langenhagen.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
On the 12th August 1865 Joseph Lister carried out the world’s first antiseptic surgery using the chemical phenol, otherwise known as carbolic acid.
If you ever claimed that something was the greatest thing since sliced bread, you’re referring to a very particular date – the 7th July 1928.
The 29th June 2008 shaped the technological landscape we live in today, when Apple released the very first iPhone.
On the 20th May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis secured the patent for riveted blue jeans.
On the 10th March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call when he contacted his assistant, Thomas Watson.
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy Fair.
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.
Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.
The world’s first ‘Nickel-In-The-Slot Phonograph’ introduced the concept of the jukebox to the public.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’
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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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