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3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service went into operation

  • 3rd April 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Communication, Mail, Pony Express, Technology, USA

The first Pony Express service left the American city of St Joseph in Missouri destined for Sacramento in California.

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10th March 1876: Bell transmits the first speech using the telephone

  • 10th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Communication, Invention, Science, Scotland, Sound, Technology, Telephone, USA

On the 10th March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call when he contacted his assistant, Thomas Watson.

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7th March 1900: First ship-to-shore wireless message sent by SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse

  • 7th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Germany, Marconi, Navy, Radio, Science, Ship, Technology, Wireless

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first vessel to transmit a ship-to-shore wireless message.

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2nd March 1965: USA launches Operation Rolling Thunder in Vietnam

  • 2nd March 2021
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Bomb, Cold War, Communism, Technology, USA, Viet Cong, Vietnam, War

On the 2nd March 1965 the United States military, alongside the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, began Operation Rolling Thunder as part of the Vietnam War.

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18th February 1930: Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly

  • 18th February 2021
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Animals, Flight, Science, Technology, USA

On the 18th February 1930, Nellie Jay – better known as Elm Farm Ollie – became the first cow to fly in an aeroplane.

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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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2nd February 1852: First modern public toilets open in London

  • 2nd February 2021
  • Tagged as: England, Health, London, Science, Technology, Toilet, United Kingdom

On the 2nd February 1852, the world’s first modern public toilets opened in London.

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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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