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Electrical
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

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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