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3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway

3rd May 2022
Tagged as: Britain, England, Railway, Science, Seaside, Steam, Technology, Train, Transport

Built by George and Robert Stevenson in Newcastle, and transported to Whitstable by sea, Invicta was the first steam locomotive to haul passengers on a public railway line.

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19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

19th September 2021
Tagged as: Blackpool, Electricity, Lancashire, Light, Seaside, Technology, Victorian

The Illuminations at the British seaside resort of Blackpool were turned on for the first time.

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3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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