world history By saffell Feb 1, 1814 assembly line Feb 1, 1840 anesthesia in surgery Feb 1, 1850 Darwins theroy of evolution Feb 1, 1850 bessmer steel process Feb 1, 1860 mendel genetics Feb 1, 1865 lister cleaniness to avoid infection Feb 1, 1867 stock ticker Feb 1, 1869 periodic table Feb 1, 1870 internal combustion engine Feb 1, 1872 1st electrical dynamo Feb 1, 1875 smallpox eradicated Feb 1, 1876 Telephone (A.G. Bell Patent) Feb 1, 1879 1st usable light bulb Feb 1, 1880 electric elevator Feb 1, 1882 NY's first electric street light Feb 1, 1885 inoculation of rabies Feb 1, 1885 steel framed building Feb 1, 1896 daimler motor co. Feb 1, 1898 marie curie radioactivity Feb 1, 1900 1300 automobiles on roads of north america and europe Feb 1, 1901 wireless telegram and radio Feb 1, 1903 wright bros age of flight Feb 1, 1903 curies share nobel prize for physics (radioactivity) Feb 1, 1911 marie cury nobel prize for chemistry