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- 1173
Construction begins on the Tower of Pisa; it will take two centuries to complete View Post →
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- 1841
A fire on the Erie boat in Buffalo, NY results in 242 deaths
- 1859
Otis Tufts patents the first passenger elevator in the U.S
- 1859
The escalator is patented by Nathan Ames
- 1892
Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph
- 1944
Smokey Bear debuts as the fire prevention spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service
- 1945
The U.S. drops the second atomic bomb, 'Fat Man,' on Nagasaki, Japan
- 1988
The Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to the LA Kings for $15-$20 million
- 2021
A herd of 14 elephants returning from a 500km trek across China causes the evacuation of 150,000 people
