| 1614 | | 11 Oct:
Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General of the Dutch Republic for exclusive trading rights in the Nieuw-Nederland colony.SCW ND-Coins |
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| 1638 | | 29 Mar:
Swedish colonists establish a settlement near present day Wilmington, Delaware, naming it Nya Sverige, New Sweden.F&P DEGov |
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The first battles of the American Revolution. British troops fight American Minutemen at Lexington, killing eight. The British then move to Concord where they again engage the colonials. By the end of the battle, 93 colonists are dead. The British, having lost 273, retreat to Boston.LoC NPS |
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| 1776 | | 4 Jul:
The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA |
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Washington gets his first major victory at Trenton.MtVernon BB |
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| 1777 | | 3 Jan:
Washington defeats the British in the Battle of Princeton.MtVernon BB |
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The U. S. Constitution is signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the Constitutional Convention.LoC CC |
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| 1804 | | 11 Jul:
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton have a pistol duel. Burr is unscathed, Hamilton dies the next day from his injuries.PBS LoC |
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The previous year, Mt. Tambora erupted producing so much ash and gas the sunlight was blocked from warming the earth causing the "Year Without Summer".USGS |
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| 1820 | | 28 Jun:
The tomato is demonstrated to be non-poisonous.GN B-F |
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Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. History.com |
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| 1878 | | 19 Feb:
Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.LoC Signals |
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| 1879 | | 31 Dec:
Thomas Edison demonstrates the incandescent light bulb to the public.LoC HFM |
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| 1880 | | 27 Jan:
Thomas Edison receives his patent for the incandescent light bulb.OurDocs USNA |
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| 1883 | | 19 Jan:
The first electrical transmission system utilizing overhead wires is put in place by Thomas Edison.fold3 USSI |
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| 1886 | | 28 Oct:
The Statue of Liberty is dedicated.SoL NPS |
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| 1888 | | 11 Mar:
The Great Blizzard of March 1888 or the Great White Hurricane, hits the northeastern United States.HI LoC |
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The U. S. Navy acquires its first modern submarine, the Holland, designed by Irish immigrant John P. Holland, propelled by gasoline while on the surface and by electricity when submerged.LoC DoD |
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| 1913 | | 31 Oct:
The first transcontinental highway, the Lincoln Highway, is dedicated.DOT ILH |
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| 1920 | | 12 Oct:
Construction begins on the Holland Tunnel.HHM PA |
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| 1927 | | 13 Nov:
At midnight, the Holland Tunnel opens to automobile traffic.NYCRoads PANYNJ |
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| 1929 | | 8 Aug:
The Graf Zeppelin begins its round-the-world flight.WingNet TDiA |
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| 1930 | | 20 Aug:
W2XCR begins broadcasting from Jersey City, New Jersey, with first demonstration of home reception of television.ET GoogleBooks |
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| 1932 | | 1 Mar:
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of the famous aviator and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, is kidnapped during the night.FBI CM |
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| 1933 | |
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Albert Einstein, his wife, his assistant and his collaberator/assistant arrive in New York harbor aboard the Westernland on his way to Princeton.IRC EDN |
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| 1937 | |
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The center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel opens to automobile traffic.PANYNJ AH |
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| 1938 | | 6 Apr:
DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett accidentally invents Teflon.W I R E D Teflon |
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| 1946 | | 22 Feb:
Rutgers University Professor Selman A. Waksman announces a second (after penicillin) clinical application of antibiotics - streptomycin against tuberculosis.JC BALLYA |
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| 1948 | | 30 Jun:
Bell Labs holds a press conference to announce their latest invention, the transistor.PBS CHM |
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| 1950 | | 19 May:
As a munitions barge is being loaded in South Amboy, New Jersey, it explodes, destroying the waterfront and much of the town.Hagley HMdb |
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| 1951 | | 10 Nov:
Mayor M. Leslie Downing of Englewood, New Jersey and Mayor Frank Osborne of Alameda, California make the first direct-dialed, transcontinental telephone call.CSL BH |
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| 1954 | | 11 Sep:
The first broadcast of the Miss America pageant occurs.IMDb Tango |
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| 1955 | | 19 Aug:
Hurricane Diane becomes the first storm to top $1 billion in damages in the U. S..NEHS NWS |
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| 1960 | | 22 Mar:
Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.PatentYogi LaserAll |
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| 1965 | | 9 Nov:
The Northeast Blackout of 1965 is caused by human error.SIMag NEHS |
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Hurricane Sandy becomes Superstorm Sandy after moving up the east coast of the U. S. and takes a left turn towards shore that devastates many of the communities along the mid-Atlantic, especially New York and New Jersey.NASA LiveScience |
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