1884 - The Naval War College of the United States Navy was founded in Newport, Rhode IslandNewport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is the largest city on Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,475. It was founded in 1639 and incorporated as a city in 1784. It was.
1889Events January-April January 8 Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. February 11 Meiji Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 January 30 ? Crown - Thomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison ( February 11, 1847 October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. The Wizard of Menlo Park was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention. shows his first motion pictureFor other uses see film (disambiguation Film — also called movies the cinema the silver screen moving pictures motion pictures photoplays picture shows and flicks — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment
19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T - AustriaAustria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, a federation of nine states. Austria is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the annexes Bosnia and HerzegovinaHerzegovina (natively Hercegovina is a historical region in the Dinaric Alps that composes the southern part of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Terrain is mostly hilly, karst except for the central valley of the river Neretva. Largest city is Mostar,
