History A-Z: The Return

[Villainesse]

Lincoln assassinated 1865 or thereabouts

 

[barefootgirl69]

Marie Curie, 1867-1934. First woman to win a Nobel Prize. Known for her work on radioactivity.

(Also, the first biography I read at 8 years old.)

 

[Mista_Jay]

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Pioneered AC electrical power supply systems and was a leader in wireless communication and machine control as well as X-Ray imaging.

More recently, his name was attached to an electric car company by a billionaire.

 

[orangecurious]

Tesla is also the subject of a They Might Be Giants song. way better than a silly car being named after you)

Oslo becomes the capital of Norway - 1299

 

[snexxer]

Phillip II of Spain crowned 1556

 

[SimonSex]

Kiel Mutiny - November 1918

Literotica established, 1998

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Quiberon Bay - 20 November 1759

 

[Steadfast421]

Ratification of the United States Constitution - June 21, 1788.

 

[Guffawlin]

Secession of the treasonous South - December 20th, 1860 (South Carolina)

 

[Steadfast421]

Tripartite Pact - September 27, 1940