Today in History
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| This Day in History |
| 1888 |
Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. |
| 1919 |
A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the firsttransatlantic flight. |
| 1929 |
In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards are awarded. |
| 1960 |
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. |
| 1975 |
Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. |
| 2011 |
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. |