In 1882 – Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.
In 1954 – The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, was commissioned at Groton, CT.
In 1980 – Xerox published the Version 1.0 specifications for Ethernet in conjunction with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
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