Tag: Pennsylvania

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1st July 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins, resulting in a decisive Union victory

1st July 2021
Tagged as: America, American Civil War, Civil War, Confederate, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, USA, War

Approximately 23,000 Union soldiers and 28,000 Confederates were killed, wounded, or captured in just three days.

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28th March 1979: Worst accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history at Three Mile Island Generating Station

28th March 2021
Tagged as: Electricity, Nuclear, Pennsylvania, Radiation, Radioactivity, Science

The incident at Three Mile Island heralded a dramatic shift in public attitudes towards nuclear power and the second reactor never returned to service.

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15th February 1946: ENIAC, the world’s first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, formally dedicated

15th February 2021
Tagged as: America, Computing, Electronics, Mathematics, Pennsylvania, Science, Second World War, Technology, United States, USA

ENIAC was soon put to use running calculations to help build a hydrogen bomb, and continued to operate until 1955.

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6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony

6th October 2020
Tagged as: Germany, Immigration, Pennsylvania, Quaker, Religion, USA, William Penn

Germantown was founded in the Pennsylvania Colony by immigrant Quaker and Mennonite families.

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6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers

6th July 2020
Tagged as: Industry, Pennsylvania, Strike, Unionisation, United States, USA

Dozens were killed or injured when Pinkerton agents working on behalf of the Carnegie Steel Company fought striking steelworkers in Homestead, Pennsylvania.