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[WORLDKINGS] On this day - March 21, 2023 – The 17th anniversary of the founding of Twitter social media (2006)

20-03-2023

(Worldkings.org) Twitter was initially named stat.us and the working prototype was changed to Twttr. The very first tweet was on March 21, 2006 by Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, indicating “just setting up my twttr.”

[WORLDKINGS] On this day - March 15, 2023 – The 131st anniversary of Jesse Wilford Reno's patented escalator (1892)
15-03-2023
(Worldkings.org) On March 15, 1892, Jesse W Reno got his patent for an “inclined elevator”. Employed first as an amusement ride, the inclined elevator was among the first working models of what we now call an escalator.
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - March 8, 2023 – The 206th Anniversary of the New York Stock Exchange establishment (1817)
08-03-2023
(Worldkings.org) On March 8, 1817, a group of brokers moved out of a New York coffee house to form what would become the biggest stock exchange in the world.
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - February 14, 2023 – The 34th anniversary of the launch of Skyphone, the world's first satellite phone service (1989)
14-02-2023
(Worldkings.org) The world's first satellite telephone communications system for airline passengers, Skyphone, had its commercial debut on a British Airways 747 on February 14. 1989.
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - February 10, 2023 - 160th anniversary of the first U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane of Virginia (1863)
10-02-2023
(Worldkings.org) The 10.02. of each year it is the international day of the fire extinguisher. The choice of the date 10.02. is no coincidence. On 10.02.1863, the patent for a fire extinguisher was registered by Alanson Crane from Virginia/USA.
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - February 9, 2023 – 60th anniversary of the first flight of the US Boeing 727 jet (1963)
09-02-2023
(Worldkings.org) The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The prototype Boeing 727, N7001U, took off from Renton Municipal Airport on its first flight on 9 February 1963.
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 24, 2023 – The 166th anniversary of the founding of the University of Calcutta, the first full-fledged university in South Asia (1857)
24-01-2023
(Worldkings.org) University of Calcutta, state-controlled institution of higher learning founded by the British in India on January 24, 1857. Since 1904 it has gradually added teaching to its supervisory functions.
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 5, 2023 - Marks 109 years of Ford Motor Company initiating an 8-hour working day and rewarding after the base salary
05-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) Henry Ford - owner of Ford Motor Company has very special ideas about relations with workers. On January 5, 1914 Ford announced his $5-a-day program. The program calls for reducing working hours from 9 to 8 hours and raising the minimum daily wage from $2.34 to $5 for skilled workers. In addition, he also has an employee retention policy by giving a bonus to those who have been with them for more than 6 months.