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Thomas Edison, based off of works of other inventors, first demonstrated his incandescent light bulb.
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Thomas Edison started up America´s first electric power plant in New York
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Charles F. Brush invented the first electricity burning wind turbine and it generated 12 kW of power.
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William F. Burton receives patent for his process to convert oil into gasoline
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A successful demonstration of long distance television transmissions was given by President Hoover, who was broadcasted to Bell Labs in New York.
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The reactor was bulit in Idaho
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In Obninsk, Russia, the first nuclear power plant was opened and used for commercial use.
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Bell Lab scientist design the first practical panel. They had a successful trial and eventually supplied to NASA
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Chernobyl, Former Soviet Union
A sudden surge of power caused the reactor to be destroyed