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Electricity
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1998 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario
1965 Folk-rock begins, Dylan uses electricity at Newport Folk Festival 1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20 1957 Shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity 1951 Last Belgian communities get electricity 1944 Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants 1944 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland 1944 German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam 1938 P. Daubeny, CEO, Electricity Association 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles 1932 Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity 1912 Peter Menzies, CEO, British Electricity Council 1909 Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden 1891 John Gobau, Flemish/Dutch actor, Electricity, Hostage Rights 1887 Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity 1886 1st public Dutch electricity opens 1882 Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" 1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" 1878 Edison makes electricity available for household usage 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, born in Germany, experiment with AC electricity 1831 James Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist, Treatise on Electricity |
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