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1924
Apr 26
| 1924 • Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his "death ray" in London but fails to convince the British War Office. |
1930
Age: 5y
| 1930 • Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia. |
1930
Apr 10
Age: 5y
| 1930 • The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers. This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast. |
1944
Aug 4
Age: 20y
| 1944 • December 13 – WWII: British units attempt to take the hilltop town of Tossignano, but are repulsed. |
1954
Jul 1
Age: 30y
birth of childMarsha L Thornton |
| 1954 • Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) are brought to the United States by Dr. Victor Schwentker. |
2002
Dec 23
Age: 78y
| 2002 • Antonio Meucci is recognized as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. |