| It
was on this day... | 1879
Public Get To See A Street Lit Entirely By Electric Light
Bulbs | Special
train services were arranged to enable the public to see what must have been a
truly amazing sight for the first time. A street lit up by electric light bulbs. It
was built in Thomas Edison's development park, Menlo Park, New Jersey, and was
opened to the public on this day. The
incandescent light bulb had been invented 40 years before, but nobody until Edison
could produce a working design. |
| It
was on this day... | 1775
British Forces Defend Quebec Against US Patriot Attack | It
happened during the American Revolutionary War. US
forces had begun a bombardment of Quebec when, on 2nd December, American generals
Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery, had demanded a surrender from the Governor
of Quebec, Sir Guy Carleton. Carleton refused. The
US Patriots attempted a full on assault on the city under cover of a blizzard
on this day, in 1775. It was repelled and Montgomery was killed. The
US patriots were forced to retreat. |
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News | 1946
World War II has officially ended, says US President Harry Truman. 1968
Soviets test the "Konkordski", a supersonic airliner TU-144. The test
flight was several months before the Anglo-French project 'Concorde', and looked
remarkably similar. 1978
United States ends official relations with Nationalist China (Taiwan). |
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