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21st January 1954: Launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine

  • 21st January 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic, Manhattan Project, Navy, Nuclear, Science, Submarine, Technology, United States, USA, USS Nautilus

Nuclear propulsion enabled Nautilus to smash numerous records including those for both submerged speed and distance, and became the first submarine to transit the North Pole in August 1958.

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13th January 1910: First public radio broadcast features a live performance from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York

  • 13th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Art, Culture, De Forest, Music, New York, New York City, Radio, Science, Technology

The broadcast included performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci featuring acclaimed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.

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12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

  • 12th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Alcor, Cryogenics, Cryonics, Death, Medicine, Science, Technology

Dr James Hiram Bedford became the first human to be cryonically preserved.

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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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10th December 1901: The first Nobel Prizes awarded

  • 10th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Discovery, Explosion, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize, Norway, Science, Sweden, Technology, War

On the 10th December 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.

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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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7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth

  • 7th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Apollo, Earth, Moon, NASA, Photography, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology, United States, USA

The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.

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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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2nd November 1988: Release of the Morris Worm signalled the first major internet security attack

  • 2nd November 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Computing, Internet, Science, Technology, United States, USA

By the time the attack was brought under control over the next few days, between 2,000 and 6,000 major systems had been affected.

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28th October 1971: Prospero, the only British satellite launched with a British rocket

  • 28th October 2020
  • Tagged as: Britain, Rocket, Satellite, Science, Space, Space Race, Technology

The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket.

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