The Berlin Airlift ended in 1949 after delivering supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade. The Munich pact failed to prevent WWII, and Wyoming became the first state to allow women to vote in 1889. The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was commissioned in 1954.
The Berlin Airlift has ended. (1949) After World War II, the Soviet Union blocked land traffic in areas it controlled in West Berlin in an attempt to hold people hostage. The lockdown has left residents without food or medical supplies. On June 26, 1948, U.S. pilots began flying planes loaded with supplies into the area. During the next 15 months, more than 275,000 flights were made to deliver much-needed supplies, outsmarting the Soviets and ruining their plan. The Soviet blockade ended in May, but flights continued as Berlin’s economy struggled to recover.
The Munich pact was signed in an attempt to prevent World War II from starting. (1938) The pact was signed by French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister. He essentially gave Czechoslovakia to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. At first, he occupied the Sudeten area, then annexed the rest of the country, putting an end to its existence. Hitler had already annexed Austria and ultimately war was not averted as Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. World War II started two days later.
The first two members of the United States Senate have been elected. (1788) Robert Morris and William Maclay were elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature. After the Seventeenth Amendment passed in 1913, senators were elected by popular vote.
Ether was first used as an anesthetic. (1846) William Morton, a Boston dentist, demonstrated its use during surgery to extract a tooth.
Twenty-two Nazi leaders were convicted of war crimes. (1946) The “Trial of Major War Criminals” in Nuremberg, Germany tried 24 Nazi defendants. Twenty-two were convicted, 12 of whom were sentenced to death by hanging. Subtrials were also held at the US Military Tribunals in Nuremberg to try minor war criminals.
The first atomic-powered marine vessel was commissioned. (1954) The US Navy commissioned the USS Nautilus submarine, the first to be powered by a nuclear reactor. The USS Nautilus was also the first ship to cross the North Pole submerged. She was decommissioned in 1980.
Wyoming became the first US state to allow women to vote. (1889) Lawmakers passed a state constitution allowing women to vote – the United States as a whole did not allow women to vote until 1920 after the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution passed through Congress.
The world’s first hydroelectric power plant goes into operation. (1882) The Appleton Edison Light Company, later called the Vulcan Street plant, opened in Appleton, Wisconsin on the Fox River.
Specifications for Ethernet have been published for the first time. (1980) Ethernet is the underlying technology of local area networks (LANs). The first draft of the specification was published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), with the collaboration of Xerox, Digital Equipment Corporation and Intel.
The vacuum cleaner has been patented. (1901) British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth invented the world’s first vacuum cleaner and got the patent on this day.
The Major League Baseball World Series was televised for the first time. (1947) The series saw the Brooklyn Dodgers play the New York Yankees: the Yankees won in seven games.
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