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Pennsylvania

  • 28 Mar 1979

    A nuclear disaster occurred at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, US.

  • 9 Dec 1965

    A giant ball of fire was seen arching across the sky from Michigan to Pennsylvania.

  • 20 Mar 1954

    The first newspaper from a vending machine was bought in Columbia, Pennsylvania.

  • 23 Feb 1954

    Polio vaccines were given to the first group of children in the US at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

  • 28 Nov 1908

    The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.

  • 12 May 1902

    One hundred and forty thousand miners went on strike in Pennsylvania.

  • 9 Feb 1894

    Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey's Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.

  • 5 Feb 1870

    The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.

  • 27 Aug 1859

    American driller Edwin Laurentine Drake successfully drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania, US.

  • 11 Mar 1850

    The Women's College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.

  • 6 Dec 1849

    Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.

  • 18 Mar 1834

    The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.

  • 1 Sep 1798

    Blacksmith, Patrick Lyon stole $162,821 in cash and gold from a vault at the Bank of Pennsylvania.

  • 4 Mar 1797

    America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • 12 Dec 1787

    Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the US constitution.

  • 7 Jan 1782

    The first US commercial bank, The Bank of North America, opened in Philadelphia.

  • 27 Sep 1777

    During the American Revolution, Lancaster in Pennsylvania became the capital of the United States for just one day.

  • 6 Jul 1776

    The American Declaration of Independence was publicly released in the Pennsylvania Evening Post.

  • 3 Dec 1775

    The Grand Union Flag flew for the first time with the commissioning of the USS Alfred.

  • 10 Nov 1775

    The United States Marine Corps was founded when two battalions of Continental Marines came together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • 5 Sep 1774

    The first Continental Congress meeting was held in Philadelphia, US.

  • 13 Dec 1759

    The first music store in America was opened in Philadelphia by Michael Hillegas.

  • 1 Sep 1752

    The famous Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia, US.

  • 6 Oct 1683

    Thirteen Mennonite families arrived in Philadelphia from Germany.

  • 27 Oct 1682

    Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.