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On this day in history.

On this date in 1945 at 8:16 am the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima,Japan. The first use of nuclear weapons in combat.
 
On this date in 1926,Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English channel.
 
August 6, 1997 - Apple Computer and Microsoft agreed to share technology. The deal gave Microsoft a stake in Apple's survival.

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On this date in 1890 in Auburn Prison,New York the first person was executed by electricity in the first use of the Electric Chair.
 
scifan57 said:
On this date in 1890 in Auburn Prison,New York the first person was executed by electricity in the first use of the Electric Chair.
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I have a book called "The executioner's current". It details how the electric chair came into being. The use of electricity to deliberately kill a human being was engineered by Edison and Westinghouse in order to prove that one technology was safer than the other. Edison favored DC, while Westinghouse pioneered AC. The first electric chair used direct current, much to Edison's annoyance. The execution was bungled, and it took two attempts to kill William Kemmler.
 
KevinJS said:
I have a book called "The executioner's current". It details how the electric chair came into being. The use of electricity to deliberately kill a human being was engineered by Edison and Westinghouse in order to prove that one technology was safer than the other. Edison favored DC, while Westinghouse pioneered AC. The first electric chair used direct current, much to Edison's annoyance. The execution was bungled, and it took two attempts to kill William Kemmler.
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Thankfully there's Utah.

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KevinJS said:
I have a book called "The executioner's current". It details how the electric chair came into being. The use of electricity to deliberately kill a human being was engineered by Edison and Westinghouse in order to prove that one technology was safer than the other. Edison favored DC, while Westinghouse pioneered AC. The first electric chair used direct current, much to Edison's annoyance. The execution was bungled, and it took two attempts to kill William Kemmler.
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So much for it being painless.
 
August 6, 1932, Welland Ontario, Canada, saw the opening of the Welland Ship Canal.

42 km in length, the canal and its system of massive locks, enables ships to ascend and descend the Niagara Escarpment and to bypass Niagara Falls to transit the entire Great Lakes system.

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Good one, Amy. When you have a few minutes to spare you might want to take a look at the lives and deaths of Lincoln and Kennedy. There are some startling parallels. You may even be able to teach your teachers a thing or two.

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KevinJS said:
Good one, Amy. When you have a few minutes to spare you might want to take a look at the lives and deaths of Lincoln and Kennedy. There are some startling parallels. You may even be able to teach your teachers a thing or two.

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Thanks, and I will check some information about Kennedy and Lincoln out.
 
Amy Rose The Hedgehog said:
April 14, 1865- Abraham lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes booth
April 15, 1865- Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 a.m.
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Only trouble is, unless I've been asleep for a VERY long time, it's August, not April! Testing us out, Amy? Wanted to see if we were awake? You caught me for a while.

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KevinJS said:
Only trouble is, unless I've been asleep for a VERY long time, it's August, not April! Testing us out, Amy? Wanted to see if we were awake? You caught me for a while.

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:)
Never noticed either. Score 1 for the Hedgehog. ;)

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