2015 Event Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the U.K.'s longest-reigning royal with 63 years on the throne; Elizabeth II was installed on the throne at age 25 in 1952 after the sudden death of her father, George VI 2014 Event The International Space Station announces that it has successfully installed and operated a 3D printer; the printer will be used to reduce costs by manufacturing parts at the station rather than transporting them from Earth 2012 Event Sequoia, IMB's Blue Gene/Q system installed at the Department of Energy becomes the world's fastest supercomputer 2011 Event Iran announces it has installed faster nuclear centrifuges to enrich uranium 2010 Event A series of eight 3G wireless transmitters have been installed along the trail to base camps on Mount Everest, with coverage reaching the summit 1995 Event Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil 1993 Event Norodom Sihanouk again installed as king of Cambodia 1993 Event Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie 1992 Event Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria 1992 Event Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines 1992 Event Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president 1991 Event Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia 1991 Event Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tome e Principal 1990 Event Dr. Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia 1990 Event Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway 1990 Event Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF 1990 Event Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru 1990 Event Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia 1989 Event Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras 1989 Event Bikenibau Paeniu installed as premier of Tuvalu 1988 Event Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador 1988 Event Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop 1983 Event Jose Happart installed as mayor of Voeren Belgium 1982 Event Hernan Siles Zuazo installed as president of Bolivia 1982 Event Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY 1982 Event Hanneke Jelgersma installed as Netherlands 1st Communist mayor 1982 Event Mauno Koivisto installed as president of Finland 1982 Event Roberto S. Cordova installed as president of Honduras 1981 Event Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of National Bar Association 1980 Event Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana 1979 Event National Volksraad installed in Namibia 1978 Event Pope John Paul II installed 1978 Event Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff 1977 Event Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) 1976 Event Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht 1973 Event Argentine Peronist Hector Campora installed as president 1972 Event 1st female U.S. rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25 1970 Event John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass) 1967 Event 1st black government installed in Bahamas 1960 Event 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed 1958 Event 1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed) 1958 Event Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913) 1955 Event Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht 1955 Event 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1953 Event Feisal II installed as king of Iraq 1953 Event Hussein I installed as king of Jordan 1949 Event State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor 1948 Event Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia 1947 Event 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey) 1946 Event 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed 1940 Event Communist government installed in Lithuania 1940 Event Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague, Netherlands 1939 Event Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF 1936 Event 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla 1935 Event 1st automatic parking meter in U.S. installed, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1933 Event 1st sodium vapor lamps installed, Schenectady, New York 1932 Event Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1932 Event 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in U.S. installed, Hialeah 1931 Event 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct 1930 Event Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 1930 Event 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan New York City) 1929 Event Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, New York City 1929 Event 1st telephone installed in White House 1927 Event 1st iron lung installed, Bellevue hospital, New York 1926 Event Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus 1922 Event 2nd government of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Netherlands 1919 Birthday Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1918 Event Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia 1917 Event Johanna Westerdijk installed as Netherlands 1st female professor 1914 Event 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland 1913 Event Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China 1913 Event Raymond Poincare installed as president of France 1895 Event Felix Faure installed as president of France 1880 Event 1st pay telephone installed 1878 Event 1st White House telephone installed 1878 Event Cleopatra Needle installed in London 1877 Event 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Massachusetts 1868 Event Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana 1858 Event 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets 1857 Event Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, New York City) 1848 Event Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration) 1846 Event Texas state government formally installed in Austin 1755 Event 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 1753 Event Pangeran Gusti installed as sultan of Banten 1749 Event Pieter Steyn installed as pension advisor of Netherlands 1737 Event Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor 1731 Event Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland 1730 Event Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe 1729 Event Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland 1729 Event Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Groningen 1692 Event King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1685 Event Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1675 Event Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel 1650 Event Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht 1631 Event Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1561 Event Archbishop Granvelle installed 1517 Event Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht 1516 Event A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este 1501 Event Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral 1298 Event Roman Catholics German King Albrecht I von Habsburg installed 440 Event Pope Leo I the Great, installed 379 Event Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire 143 Event Earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed
