1773 – Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia
1805 – Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia
1854 – Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo
1865 – The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason.
1870 – The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
1871 – Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis
1878 – 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium.
1933 – FM radio is patented.
1973 – Horror film “The Exorcist” starring Linda Blair & rated X, premieres – 1st horror film to be nominated for Best Picture
1982 – TIME’s Man of the Year is a computer
2002 – The first cloned human baby was born. The announcement was made the December 27 by Clonaid.
2004 – Under the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake sent 500-mph waves across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. The tsunami killed at least 283,000 people in a dozen countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sumatra, Thailand and India
2012 – China opens the world’s longest high speed rail route from Beijing to Guangzhou
By:Archa Dave
