Scientific breakthroughs, medical milestones, space exploration, and inventions.
Maryland health officials warned parents that babies develop scurvy like sailors without daily citrus vitamins. The state’s Chief of Child Hygiene emphasized that fruit juices were medical necessities, not luxuries.
The Great Eastern steamship struggles to repair the broken Atlantic telegraph cable in August 1865. The ambitious project to connect Europe and America by underwater wire faces its greatest challenge.
The Niagara Power Company conducted successful tests of massive electrical generators in July 1895. These trials marked a crucial step toward harnessing the falls’ power for industrial electricity on an unprecedented scale.
