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Tabriz, Iran Earthquake
1780 - Tabriz, Iran earthquake
In 1780, 400 villages of Tabriz were destroyed on the 8th of January. The earthquake ruined a radius of up to 120km around Tabriz. It had a total magnitude of 7.7 making it accountable for the destruction of all historic buildings, private homes etc. Approximately 200 000 humans were killed. http://www.iiees.ac.ir/en/tabriz-earthquake-of-08-january-1780-ms7-7/ -
First Fleet arrived in Australia
The first fleet arrived in Australia in 1788 and was directed by Prince Arthur Philip from Portsmouth, England. The fleet left Portsmouth in May of 1787 and carried more than 1 300 people consisting of marines, convicts and their families. After travelling 20 000km to Botany Bay, Prince Phillip decided that the soil was poor and had no reliable fresh water. https://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1780/decade_landing_22.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=1 -
Discovery of Antarctica
The first confirmed Antarctica sighting was in January of 1820 when two Russian men, Vostok and Mirnyi, travelled by boat with Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev,around the world for 2 years searching for new land for the Russian empire. They discovered ice shelves on the Princess Martha coast line which later became known as the Fimbul ice shelf.
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Victorian Gold rush
Throughout 1851 and the late 1860’s an estimated 6 000 miners would arrive each week in Bendigo in hope to find gold. In 1869 two miners, John Deason and Richard Oates dug three centimetres below the surface of a tree to find a gold mass weighing a total 66kgs which to this day would be worth approximately 5.5 million dollars. In total Victoria has produced 2 400 tonnes of gold, which is about 32 percent of all gold mined in Australia and only 2 percent of gold worldwide. -
Pasteurisation
Pasteurisation was named after its founder, Louis Pasteur who was a French scientist. Prior to studying milk, Louis studied wine contamination where he first used the heating and cooling process. He then attempted to kill bacteria from milk and used the same procedure of heating up milk to approximately 71.1° for a certain amount of time before cooling the milk down as quickly as possible. This kills any living bacteria and guarantees it is safe to drink. -
Coca-Cola
Dr. John Pemberton was a local pharmacist of Atlanta. On may 8 of 1886 he produced his now world famous syrup and carried it in a jug to Jacobs’ Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, where it was sampled, described as “Excellent” and was placed on the shelves for 5 cents a glass. Coca-Cola was named after Dr John and a local librarian, Frank M. Robinson thought that two C’s in advertising would look good.
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Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper was a notorious London serial killer. He killed 5 women between the 7th of August and the 10th of September and dismembered each body part in an unusual way. All 5 of these killings happened within one mile of each other. The criminal would taunt the London Police departure with letters of his traumatizing acts. The criminal was never identified and still remains as one of Britain's most infamous criminals.
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First Modern Olympics
The first ever Modern Olympics were the 1896 Summer Olympics. 60,000 spectators introduced 280 male athletes from 13 different countries gathered in Athens. Events included track and field, gymnastics, tennis, cycling, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, fencing and shooting. 9 out of 12 of these events were won by the US. The first fully successful Olympics was held in Paris, 1924. This Olympics included 3 000 athletes with over 100 female athletes. -
Australia's First Prime Minister
On New Year's Day of 1901, Edmund Barton became Australia’s first prime minister. Barton had been a member of the NSW parliament 20 years prior to being announced Prime Minister. He was appointed to this role as supporters of the Federation trusted him. Barton later resigned as prime minister in 1903 and became a judge of Australia’s High Court where he worked till his death in 1920.
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Airplane discovery
After 4 years of long research, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first ever aircraft. With a frame made out of Spruce wood, the total length of the aircraft was 6.4m long and weighed a total of 341kg. The Height of the aircraft was 2.4m tall and had a wingspan of 12.3m. The engine was a 12-horsepower gasoline engine and powered the aircraft for 3 seconds through the air on its first flight. The first flight took place on the 13th of December in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
World War 1
World War 1 began in 1914 and ended in 1918. The shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife declared a war against Serbia. Germany, Hungary-Austria and Turkey (Central Power) fought against Great Britain, Serbia, France, Russia, Italy, Australia and Japan (allies). The US later joined the allies in 1917. By the end of this war and the allies had claimed victory, 16 million soldiers and civilians had already died, 8 500 of those being Australians. -
Spanish Influenza
The Spanish flu is one of the deadliest pandemics in history. It infected approximately 500 million people worldwide and killed between 20 - 50 million. It was first distinguished in Europe before spreading to parts of the US and Asia. From there it spread worldwide. There was no treatment, drug or injection to cure this disease at that time. Citizens were required to wear masks in public, schools and businesses were forced to close.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic