1601 – Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1714 – Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1761 – Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten
1785 – 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Jean Pierre Blanchard & John Jeffries)
1822 – 1st printing in Hawaii
1830 – 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)
1894 – Early 5 second film of Fred Ott sneezing shot by Edison Manufacturing – 1st ever copyrited
1904 – Marconi Co establishes “CQD” as 1st international radio distress signal
1911 – 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
1914 – 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
1927 – Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY & London
1944 – US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59
1945 – The last surface engagement between Allies and Japanese in the Pacific campaign, World War II
1992 – AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)
