Today in History – April 15, 1912 – The Titanic sinks after colliding with a massive iceberg three hours earlier. There were over 2,200 passengers and crew aboard for her maiden voyage from England to the United States. Only 705 survived. At the time of her construction it was the largest ship every built and [...]

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Today in History – December 12, 1901 – Marconi sends first transatlantic radio signal. Guglielmo Marconi and his assistant, George Kemp heard the faint clicks of Morse code this day, signifying the first reception of transatlantic radio signals. This experiment in “wireless telegraphy” at a global dimension eventually transformed radio into a major form of [...]

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Today in History – November 8, 1997 – the main channel of the Yangtze River in China began to be blocked in preparation for the world’s largest hydroelectric power project. The Three Gorges Dam project in the People’s Republic of China is extremely controversial along several dimensions. The project was developed with the objective of [...]

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Today in History – August 17, 1807- Robert Fulton’s North River Steam Boat, called the Clermont, began its first voyage up New York’s Hudson River to complete a successful round-trip from New York City to Albany, traveling 150 miles in 32 hours. Although Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, he is credited with making [...]

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Today in History – August 15, 1914 – First ship through the Panama Canal. Ever since Europeans discovered the new world, sailors dreamed of linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, a narrow neck of land connecting North and South America in what is now the country of Panama. The construction [...]

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