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28 March – first BBC broadcast from Plymouth (station 5PY). First UK Commemorative stamps. 23 April – first broadcast by King George V, opening the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium. [7] 26 April. Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his "death ray" in London but fails to convince the War Office.
The (red) and (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of the Mongol Empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars. Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and mode of measurement.
1935 – Hickam Field is dedicated in the Territory of Hawaii. 1928 – (May 31 and June 9) The first airplane flight across the Pacific is made by British Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and crew in a Fokker F-VIIB/3 m Southern Cross. They fly from Oakland Field, California to Brisbane, Australia, 7,389 miles (11,890 km), in 83 hours, 38 min.
December 18: Republic Day in Niger ; National Day in Qatar Epimetheus 1867 – In Angola, New York , U.S., the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed , plunged 40 ft (12 m) down a gully , and caught fire, resulting in 49 deaths.
December 18: Republic Day in Niger 1892 – The first performance of the fairy tale-ballet The Nutcracker was held at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg , Russia. 1916 – The French defeated German forces around the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeast France, ending the longest battle and one of the bloodiest in World War I .
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Many stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted prices and often open early, sometimes as early as midnight [2] or even on Thanksgiving.
macOS. The history of macOS, Apple 's current Mac operating system formerly named Mac OS X until 2011 and then OS X until 2016, began with the company's project to replace its "classic" Mac OS. That system, up to and including its final release Mac OS 9, was a direct descendant of the operating system Apple had used in its Mac computers since ...
Independence Day of Finland. Independence Day of Finland ( Finnish: itsenäisyyspäivä; Swedish: självständighetsdagen) is a national public holiday, and a flag flying day, held on 6 December to celebrate Finland's declaration of full independence from the Russian Empire when the Bolsheviks took power in late 1917. [1]