1849 - Great Hall of Euston stationEuston station (also known as London Euston , is a large railway station in Central London. The station is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line with trains to and from Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as many local services. It is, LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri opened.
1883Events January January 16 The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil service, is passed January 19 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service ( Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas E - Alexander IIIAlexander Alexandrovich Romanov or Alexander III ( III ) ( March 10, 1845 November 1, 1894) was the Emperor ( Tsar) of Russia from March 14, 1881 until his death on November 1, 1894. Principles Alexander was the second son of Alexander II and in natural d crowned Tsar of RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With.
1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes - Oscar WildeOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde ( October 16, 1854— November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. One of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day, h is sent to prison for " sodomy".
1940 - World War II: 97 out of 99 members of a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are massacred while trying to surrender at Dunkirk. The German commander, Captain Fritz Knochlein , is eventually hanged for war crimes.
1973 - According to the non-retroactive copyright laws of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics , all works published before this date are public domain. This applies worldwide.