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22nd October 1895: Granville-Paris Express train crashes through a wall at the Gare Montparnasse railway station

The Granville–Paris Express train ran across the station platform in Paris, crashed through a 60cm wall, and fell 10 metres to the street below after it overran the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse ...

21st October 1879: Thomas Edison makes a breakthrough in his attempt to develop an incandescent electric light

The breakthrough came when the team used carbonised cotton thread as a filament. A lamp that was initially illuminated on 21st October stayed lit for more than thirteen hours, providing evidence that a practical incandescent lamp was ...

20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession

Maria Theresa inherited the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian ...

19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama

After seventeen years, the Second Punic War was finally brought to an end with the decisive victory of the Roman general and consul Scipio Africanus over Hannibal at the Battle of ...

18th October 1967: Soviet spacecraft Venera 4 becomes the first to enter the atmosphere of Venus and transmit scientific data back to Earth

Instruments on board Venera 4 measured temperature, pressure, and the composition of the surrounding gases, with the results transmitted by radio to receiving stations on ...