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John Harrison receives reward for invention of marine chronometer
1773
Transportation, United Kingdom
First Iron Bridge opens in Shropshire, England
1781
Transportation, United Kingdom
Richard Trevithick produces the first locomotive to carry passengers
1804
Transportation, United Kingdom
First steamboat in the western U.S. launches from Pittsburgh
1811
Transportation, United States
Erie Canal is completed in northern New York
1825
Transportation, United States
Stephenson establishes the first successful railway: Stockton to Darlington
1825
Transportation, United Kingdom
Stephenson's Rocket wins race of locomotives
1829
Transportation, United Kingdom
The Great Western, the first transatlantic steamship, leaves Bristol for New York
1838
Transportation, Global
Great Eastern crosses Atlantic--first passengers & later lays first lasting cable
1860
Transportation, Global
Michaux invents the Velocipede--considered to be the first true bicycle
1861
Transportation, France
First underground passenger railway serves London
1863
Transportation, United Kingdom
In May, transcontinental railroad is joined by golden spike in Utah
1869
Transportation, United States
In November, Suez Canal links Red Sea & Mediterranean--dream of French diplomat
1869
Transportation, Egypt
Karl Benz invents the first modern car
1886
Transportation, Germany
Count Zeppelin's airship makes its maiden flight in Germany
1900
Transportation, Germany
Wright Brothers fly airplane for 59 seconds beginning a new age of transportation
1903
Transportation, United States
United States takes control of Panama Canal construction from the French
1904
Transportation, Americas
First Ford Model-T rolls off assembly line in Detroit, Michigan.
1908
Transportation, United States
Alcock and Brown are first to fly across Atlantic Ocean nonstop
1919
Transportation, Global
Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fuel rocket
1926
Transportation, United States
Hindenburg explodes into flames to end the manufacturing of zeppelins (airships)
1937
Transportation, Global
Igor Sikorsky develops the first mass-produced helicopter
1944
Transportation, United States
First combat use of jet aircraft
1944
Transportation, Germany
First passenger jet
1952
Transportation, United Kingdom
Soviets lead the space race with the first man (Yuri Gagarin) launched into orbit
1961
Transportation, Russia
Valentina Tereshkova is the first female astronaut
1963
Transportation, Russia
Apollo 8 mission takes first photograph of Earth from distant space
1968
Transportation, Global
Concorde, a shared project of France & Britain, is the first supersonic airliner
1969
Transportation, Global
Apollo 13 aborts mission to land on moon after oxygen tank explodes
1970
Transportation, Global
Challenger Space shuttle explodes after takeoff killing 7 astronauts
1986
Transportation, United States
Columbia space shuttle with 7 crew members is lost on reentry
2003
Transportation, United States
First direct flights between Taiwan and mainland China
2008
Transportation, China