- 1759 The British Museum opens, the world's oldest for the public.
- 1861 Elisha Otis patents the safety elevator, ushering in skyscrapers.
- 1885 Wilson Bentley takes the first photographs of snowflakes, all different.
- 1907 Lee de Forest patents the vacuum tube amplifier, ushering in electronics.
- 1943 Remaining Japanese "volunteer" to leave Guadalcanal. Semper Fi!
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Now that is completely fascinating. Snowflakes, really?
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