2013 Event To prevent problems with airbag deployment caused by issues with their electrical system, Toyota Motor Corporation recalls 885,000 vehicles 2013 Event A Boeing 787 Dreamliner is grounded by Qatar Airways; a minor technical issue is reported, increasing pressure on Boeing to address possible electrical problems with its lastest new jet 1998 Event SwissAir flight 111 crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia killing all 229 onbaord, likely cause was an electrical fire 1996 Event After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends 1996 Death Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1994 Event Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House 1977 Event Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney 1972 Event Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 1951 Event 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced 1945 Death John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies 1941 Event Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland 1929 Birthday 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 Event Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital 1915 Birthday Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer 1906 Event Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1904 Birthday Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer 1899 Event National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms 1884 Event Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms 1861 Birthday Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor 1856 Birthday Nikola Tesla, born in Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor, Tesla Coil 1841 Death Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 1840 Event Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st U.S. electrical journal, appears 1834 Birthday William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer
