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19th century

Nov. 8, 1895: Roentgen Stumbles Upon X-Rays

Nov. 3, 1900: The Grandmother of All Auto Shows

Nov. 2, 1815: Boole Born, Boolean Logic Logically Follows

Oct. 15, 1900: Boston Embraces the Sound of Music

Oct. 13, 1884: Greenwich Resolves Subprime Meridian Crisis

Sept. 30, 1846: Ether He Was the First or He Wasn't

Sept. 28, 1865: England Gets Its First Woman Physician, the Hard Way

Sept. 27, 1822: Deciphering the Rosetta Stone Unlocks Egyptian History

Sept. 23, 1889: Success Is in the Cards for Nintendo

Sept. 21, 1866: Wells Springs Forth

Sept. 20, 1842: Dewar's Fortune Is Scotched

Sept. 15, 1884: Eyeing Cocaine as Local Anesthetic

Sept. 13, 1833: Imported Ice Chills, Thrills India

August 27, 1874: He's Ammoniac, Ammoniac at the Fore

Aug. 26, 1883: Krakatau Erupts, Changes World ... Again

Aug. 19, 1839: Photography Goes Open Source

Aug. 17, 1859: U.S. Airmail Carried by Balloon

Aug. 16, 1884: Birth of Sci-Fi Publisher Gernsback

Aug. 12, 1888: Road Trip! Berta Takes the Benz

Aug. 9, 1854: Thoreau Warns, 'The Railroad Rides on Us'

July 27, 1866: Trans-Atlantic Cable Connects Old World to New

July 9–10, 1856: Visionary Tesla Born at Midnight

June 28, 1846: Parisian Inventor Patents Saxophone

June 24, 1812: Coal-Powered Locomotive Hauls Coal