The third millennium actually started at about 21h00 on 31 December 2000, or even more correctly, on 31 December 1995. See the […]

1975 South Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnamese Communists troops. Junko Tabei of Japan becomes first woman to reach Everest summit. Soviet Soyuz […]

1950 Otis invents the passenger lift. Charles Schultz launches “Peanuts“. Mr Potato Head debuts. Diners Club issues the first credit card. Korean […]

1925 Red double-decker buses enter service in London. In-flight movie offered by German airline. Walter P Chrysler founded vehicle company. Frisbee is […]

1900 Escalator invented by Charles Seeberger. Paperclip patented by Norwegian Johann Vaaler. Loudspeaker invented by Horace Short. Charlotte Cooper becomes the first […]

1875 Telephone invented (see 1876). Electric dental drill patented by George Green. Siegfried Marcus patents an internal combustion engine. While using paraffin […]

1850 Thomas Cook, one of the world’s first travel agencies is founded. Millard Fillmore becomes US President. Rabbits introduced to Australia and […]

1825 Stockton and Darlington railway opens. Michael Faraday discovers benzene. William Sturgeon invents the electromagnet in London. 1826 Jesuits return to France. […]

1800 The population of the world is about one billion. Worcestershire Sauce invented. James Ross discovers the magnetic North Pole. Pius VI […]

1751 The Encyclopedie published in France, planned by publisher Andre Le Breton, co-operating with some of the most eminent scholars of his […]