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1998 SwissAir flight 111 crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia killing all 229 onbaord, likely cause was an electrical fire
1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends 1996 Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1994 Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House 1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney 1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 1951 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced 1945 John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies 1941 Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland 1929 Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital 1915 Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer 1906 Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1904 Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer 1899 National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms 1884 Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms 1861 Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor 1856 Nikola Tesla, born in Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor, Tesla Coil 1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st U.S. electrical journal, appears 1834 William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer |
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