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  • The Major of London laid the foundation stone of the Maidenhead Bridge over the River Thames

    The Major of London laid the foundation stone of the Maidenhead Bridge over the River Thames

    Monday 19th October 1772 The Major of London laid the foundation stone of the Maidenhead Bridge over the River Thames. Designed by Robert Taylor, the bridge cost £19,000. Tolls were abolished on 31st October 1903 and at midnight a crowd tore down the toll gate and threw it into the river.

    October 19, 1772
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  • Chief Pontiac (48 – 49), legendary Indian leader and namesake of the General Motors marque, was murdered at Cahokia, Illinois, US

    Chief Pontiac (48 – 49), legendary Indian leader and namesake of the General Motors marque, was murdered at Cahokia, Illinois, US

    Thursday 20th April 1769 Chief Pontiac (48 – 49), legendary Indian leader and namesake of the General Motors marque, was murdered at Cahokia, Illinois, US. The Odawa war chief who became noted for his role in Pontiac’s War (1763–1766), an American Indian struggle against British military occupation of the Great Lakes region and named for […]

    April 20, 1769
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  • John Loudon McAdam

    John Loudon McAdam

    Tuesday 21st September 1756 Born on this day, John Loudon McAdam, who gave his name not only to the road surface that he invented in the nineteenth century, but also indirectly, to Edgar Purnell Hooley’s 20th- century invention tar macadam, which has been known since 1903 as Tarmac.

    September 21, 1756
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  • Francois Isaac de Rivaz

    Tuesday 19th December 1752 Born on this day, Francois Isaac de Rivaz, a French internal combustion engine pioneer. He invented an internal combustion engine with electric ignition and described it in a French patent published in 1807. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen was manually ignited by electric spark powered it, but the engine neither […]

    December 19, 1752
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  • Driving on the right was introduced in Russia by the decree of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna

    Saturday 5th February 1752 Driving on the right was introduced in Russia by the decree of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna.

    February 5, 1752
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