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1987 Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35
1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC 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 1965 Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar 1964 Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain 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 Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 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 1947 Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride 1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 1945 Hattie Winston, born in Greenville, Mississippi, actress on Nurse, Electric Company 1944 Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath 1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia 1941 David LaFlamme, born in Utah, electric violinist, It's a Beautiful Day 1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City) 1937 Roger Penske, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, owner, Penske Racing, auto racing team, the Penske Corporation, corporate director, General Electric 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 1927 John Buller, born in England, composer, known for Proenca, written for electric guitar, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, one of his sons is Ed Buller, a record producer 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 hours 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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