1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC
1981 Mike Bloomfield, rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36
1978 Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar
1977 "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1971 New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business
1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon
1967 Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair
1958 Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta Georgia, actor, Love Kills, Electric Dreams
1957 Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels
1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse New York)
1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa
1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp
1955 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired
1953 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
1951 Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair
1948 Bud Cort, New Rochelle, New York, actor and director, Electric Dreams, M*A*S*H
1948 Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer, Electric Avenue
1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
1945 Hattie Winston, born in Greenville, Mississippi, actress on Nurse, Electric Company
1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Phila
1941 David LaFlamme, born in Utah, electric violinist, It's a Beautiful Day
1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City)
1936 Doug Kershaw, Louisiana, plays electric fiddle
1935 John Saxon, born in Brooklyn, actor, Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman
1935 1st U.S. streamlined electric RR engine begins service
1935 Pennsylvania Rail Road begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
1934 Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated
1933 Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized
1931 1st electric shavers go on sale in U.S. from Schick
1929 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center, electric light
1929 Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, New York City
1928 Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor
1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, New York)
1928 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
1924 1st U.S. diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, New York
1923 Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver
1922 1st electric power line commercial carrier in U.S., Utica, New York
1914 George Westinghouse, U.S. engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)
1910 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
1908 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)
1908 New York Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at MSG
1905 Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam
1904 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport)
1903 Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die
1903 William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair
1903 Clyde Coleman of New York City patents automobile electric starter
1900 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht)
1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
1897 1st electric taxi's drive in London
1897 W B Purvis patents electric railway switch
1896 Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
1896 W. S. Hadaway patents electric stove
1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1893 Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave
1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp
1892 General Electric Company, forms and is incorporated in New York
1891 Granville T. Woods patents electric railway
1891 Electric self-starter for automobile patented
1890 John Hart or William Kemmler, U.S., 1st executed in electric chair (NY)
1888 Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile
1887 Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity
1886 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo
1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)
1883 Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights
1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago
1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, New York City
1881 Lewis Latimer invents and patents electric lamp with a carbon filament
1880 Joshua L Cowen, inventor, electric train
1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana)
1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
1879 Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light
1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
1879 1st electric arc light used in the California Theater
1878 1st U.S. store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
1878 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated
1876 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco
1875 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
1872 Henry Warren, born in Boston, Massachusetts, inventor, Telechon electric clock
1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
1868 Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine
1860 Herman Hollerith, inventor, 1st electric tabulating machine
1859 George Simpson patents electric range
1858 Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts)
1857 William Francis Channing and Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm
1853 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos)
1837 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer
1826 Zenobe Theophile Gramme, inventor, electric motor
1802 Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor
1791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor
1785 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist, electric car 1835
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