Timeline

1961-01-01

Unimate · First achievement · Ewing Township, New Jersey, USA (also described historically as GM's Trenton plant)

1960-12-09

Coronation Street · over 65 years · United Kingdom

1960-05-22

1960 Valdivia earthquake · 9.5 Mw · Chile

1960-01-23

Trieste · First achievement · Challenger Deep

1959-09-14

Luna 2 · 1959 year · Moon

1959-01-02

Luna 1 · 1959 year · Deep Space

1959-01-01

NS Lenin · First achievement

1958-03-17

Vanguard 1 · 1958-03-17 date

1957-10-04

Sputnik 1 · 1957-10-04 date

1954-12-23

Joseph Murray · First achievement · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1954-06-27

Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant · First achievement · Obninsk, Soviet Union (now Russia)

1953-05-29

Hillary and Tenzing summit team · First achievement · Summit of Mount Everest

1953-02-01

Kuwait Investment Authority · First achievement · London, United Kingdom (origin of predecessor)

1952-11-25

The Mousetrap · At least 30,000 performances · St Martin's Theatre, London, United Kingdom

1952-11-04

1952 Kamchatka earthquake · 9.0 Mw · Off the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

1951-02-01

Ferranti Mark I · First achievement · University of Manchester, England

1951-01-01

The Archers · continuously broadcast since 1 January 1951

1946-02-14

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) · First achievement · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1940-06-27

Robert Wadlow · 272 cm

1930-01-01

Midmer-Losh Auditorium Organ · 33112 pipes · Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

1929-01-01

Vatican City State · about 0.44 km² · Vatican City State

1927-05-21

Charles Lindbergh · First achievement · New York to Le Bourget Airfield, Paris, France

1920-01-01

Oscar Swahn · 72 years · Antwerp, Belgium

1920-01-01

Hoba meteorite · about 60 tonnes · Near Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

1918-12-01

Anaconda Smelter Stack · 169.2 m · Former Anaconda smelter, Montana, United States

1917-05-01

Victor 18255 jazz disc · First achievement · New York City (recorded there)

1913-07-10

Death Valley · 56.7 °C degrees Celsius · Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, USA

1913-01-01

Larderello Geothermal Power Station · First achievement · Larderello, Tuscany, Italy

1912-01-01

Fenway Park · 1912 year · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

1912-01-01

Cape Denison · 19.1 m/s · Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

1910-01-01

Niesenbahn Stairway · 11674 steps · Along the Niesenbahn funicular, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

1905-01-26

Cullinan Diamond · about 3106 carats · Premier (now Cullinan) Mine, Gauteng, South Africa

1903-12-17

Wright Flyer I · First · near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States

1897-05-14

Washington Iowa State Theatre · First achievement · Washington, Iowa, USA

1893-09-19

New Zealand · First achievement · New Zealand

1889-06-04

Pilatus Railway · 48 % · Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, Switzerland

1872-03-01

Yellowstone National Park · First achievement · Yellowstone National Park, USA

1870-01-01

Lion's mane jellyfish · 36.5 m · Massachusetts Bay, USA (specific beach unverified)

1863-01-10

Metropolitan Railway (original 1863 line) · First achievement · Paddington to Farringdon Street, London, UK

1841-07-20

The Mercantile Agency (1841) · First achievement · New York City, United States

1835-09-26

St Charles Avenue Streetcar Line · First achievement · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

1825-09-27

Stockton and Darlington Railway · First achievement · Shildon–Darlington–Stockton, northeast England

1789-03-04

Constitution of the United States · In force since 1789 · United States

1783-10-15

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier · First · Paris, France

1760-01-01

Beyer Chronometrie · First achievement · Founded in Donaueschingen, now operating in Zurich

1752-01-01

Tiergarten Schönbrunn (Schönbrunn Zoo) · 1752 year · Vienna, Austria

1735-11-01

Tsar Bell · about 202 tonnes · Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

1732-01-01

Bertrand Booksellers · First achievement · Lisbon, Portugal

1730-01-01

Dojima Rice Exchange · First achievement · Dojima, Osaka, Japan

1712-01-01

Newcomen atmospheric steam engine (1712) · First achievement · Near Dudley Castle, England