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1891Sep, 13

Max Pruss

Max Pruss, German captain and pilot (d. 1960)
Max Pruss (also Prüß; 13 September 1891 – 28 November 1960) was the commanding captain of the zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg on its last voyage and a surviving crew member of the disaster.

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    Strowger switch

    Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
  • 15May

    Rerum novarum

    Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
  • 20May

    Kinetoscope

    History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.