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Ben Franklin finds out that lightning is electricity and paves the way for the development of electricity.
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Invented by Michael Faraday
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Invented by Thomas Edison
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The first hydroelectric power plant opens in Wisconsin.
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The first hydroelectric power plant to produce 1 million kilowatts
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Established by the United Nations. It is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field.
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The first gas turbine to pump natural gas was installed in Wilmar, Ark., by the Mississippi River Fuel Corporation of St. Louis, Mo.
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President Dwight Eisenhower signs Atomic Energy Act for private use of nuclear energy.
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ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. They identify and promote energy-efficient products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There was no official date but it was created in 1992.
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President George Bush signs the comprehensive energy bill.
