1912Articulated Trams Introduced in Boston

The first use of articulated trams by Boston Elevated Railwa...
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🐎 Pony Express Begins Operations

Pony Express Begins Operations (1860)
TransportationCommunicationWestward ExpansionAmerican WestInfrastructure
United StatesUnited States

🚂 First Transcontinental Railroad Completed

First transcontinental railroad completed in United States on 10 May. – United States
First Transcontinental Railroad Completed (1869)
RailroadTransportationInfrastructureWestward ExpansionAmerican Civil WarEconomic DevelopmentManifest Destiny
United StatesUnited States

📞 First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established

First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut.A barricade in the Paris Commune, 18 March 1871. Around 30,000 Parisians were killed, and thousands more were later executed.
First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established (1878)
CommunicationInfrastructure
United StatesUnited States

✈️ Wright Brothers Achieve First Sustained Powered Flight

First sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight achieved by an airplane flown at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina by Orville and Wilbur Wright. See Claims to the first powered flight.
Wright Brothers Achieve First Sustained Powered Flight (1903)
AviationFlightTransportation
United StatesUnited States

🚊 Articulated Trams Introduced in Boston

The first use of articulated trams by Boston Elevated Railway.
Articulated Trams Introduced in Boston (1912)
TransportationUrban DevelopmentPublic TransitInfrastructure
United StatesUnited States

✈️ Federal Aviation Administration Established

Federal Aviation Administration Established (1958)
AviationTransportationAir TravelInfrastructureSafety
United StatesUnited States