| year | |
| 1599 | Oliver Cromwell, British Puritan reformer, roundhead |
| 1874 | Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, invented radio, (Nobel 1909) |
| 1908 | Edward R. Murrow, set the standard for TV correspondents. |
| year | |
| 1901 | New York becomes first state requiring license plates for cars |
| 1945 | United Nations Conference starts. |
| 1957 | First experimental sodium nuclear reactor is operated. |
| 1959 | St Lawrence Seaway opens to shipping |
| 1961 | Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin. |
| 1961 | Robert Noyce granted a patent for the integrated circuit. |
| 1972 | Glider pilot Hans Grosse flies a record 1461 km |
| 1975 | First Boeing Jetfoil service, Hong Kong to Macao. |