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Emma Mills Nutt Becomes the World's First Female Telephone Operator
In January 1878, the first commercial telephone service exchange started. Teenage boys were the ones that were hired for the operators, but they were often making pranks, and because of this the Boston telephone exchange decided to add a female operator, which the first one is named Emma Mills Nutt. People were liking the soothing voice Emma Nutt had, so because of this all of the boy were replaced for women. She proved herself as a perfect fit for the position, so when the telephone began to mi -
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The Battle of Maiwand
The Battle of Maiwand was one of the main battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The battle was over which the Afghan followers of Ayub Khan had the victory vs. the British Army. The victory caused a lot of Afghan warriors killed between 2,050 to 2,750 and about 1,500 wounded. The Battle shot down morale for the British side, but it was also a disappointment for Ayub Khan, Governor of Herat and commander of the Afghans in the battle. This was because he had lost a lot of men which to gain a sma -
Statue Of Liberty Arrives In New York
The statue of Liberty was shipped to New York where it arrived on June 19, 1885. When it was shipped it was taken off, so when it arrived to New York it took 4 months to rebuild it. The statue was a gift of friendship to the US from France, it was created to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. It symbolizes and remains symbolizing freedom and democracy to the nation and to the world. -
Eiffel Tower Opens
The Eiffel Tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World’s Fair. It is about the same height as an 81-story building and it was the tallest man-made structure in that time. It was erected for the Paris Exposition of 1889. -
General Electric is Established
In 1890, Thomas Edison bought several of his business interests under one corporation to form Edison General Electric. At the same time, Thomson-Houston Company achieved access to key patents through the gaining of a number of competitors. Finally, General Electric formed in 1892 by the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Company -
Crush, Texas, was destroyed
William George Crush was the general passenger agent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy). Crush, Texas, was a temporary “city” that was established as a one-day publicity stunt in 1896. People arrived to Crush in September 15, 1896, because William George Crush wanted to conceive the idea to demonstrate a train wreck as a spectacle. When people arrived it made Crush the second-largest city, temporarily. Another track was built alongside Katy track so there would be no change another tra -
Puerto Rico is invaded by the US
On July 25, 1898, Puerto Rico was invaded by the U.S., during the Spanish-American War. Spain, as a consequence for the war, they ceded Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines and Guam to U.S. under the Treaty of Paris. -
The Wright brothers build Flyer II
The Flyer II was the second aircraft built by the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville in 1904. This second flyer was very similar to the original flyer but with a more powerful engine and construction. With the new alterations Flyer II was much heavier than the original machine. They flew it 105 times, having them to last up to 5 minutes. They succeeded in flying full circles on some of their flights. -
Union between Norway and Sweden dissolved
On June 7, 1905 Norway’s parliament soften the union between Sweden and Norway. There was tension and fear of war between the two nation for some months, but eventually Norway gave recognition to Sweden as an independent constitutional monarchy. -
Houdini Achieves First Powered Flight Over Australia
In March 18, 1910, Houdini toured Australia. It started when he became fascinated with aviations and bought a Voisin biplane. When he went on this flight over Australia, when coming back he crashed the plane on landing. After his tour to Australia, he decided to put the Voisin into storage in England, Houdini never flew again.
