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*month and day are not accurate Gas began to be used in London in 1802 to light street lamps.
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The first American steam-powered warship, "Demologos," was launched in New York Harbor.
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*day and month is not accurate Daniel Hallady produces the first U.S. windmills based on European ones but with wooden instead of cloth sails.
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The Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Co. was organized and created what some consider the first hydroelectric power plant to furnish arc lighting service in the United States.
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*day and month is not accurate Clarence M. Kemp of Baltimore, Md. patents the first commercial solar water heater.
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*day and month is not accurate Thomas Edison invents the nickel-alkaline electric battery.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo flight across the Atlantic.
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The first gas turbine to pump natural gas was installed in Wilmar, Arkansas, by the Mississippi River Fuel Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri.
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*day is not accurate The Atomic Energy Commission announced the successful development of a 220-pound nuclear reactor designed to provide electric power for space vehicles.
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The first solar-cell power plant was dedicated at Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah. The $3 million photovoltaics system had 266,029 solar cells mounted in 12 long rows producing a 100-kilowatt output.
Location: United States
