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Events relating to technology
Canadian National Railways is formed from two of the country's largest rail systems
The British airship R-38 bursts into flames on its fourth flight and crashes into the Humber
British manufacturer Herbert Austin launches Britain's first car for the popular market, the Austin Seven or 'Baby Austin'
Linus Pauling, a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, begins theoretical work on the nature of the chemical bond
German scientist Felix Wankel builds a model of a rotary engine, thirty years before the first prototype is manufactured
The German navy adapts a civilian encryption machine, Enigma, for military purposes
John Logie Baird gives the world's first demonstration of television to a group assembled in his attic rooms in London
Russian World War I pilot Sergey Ilyushin begins a distinguished career as an aircraft designer
US aviator Charles Lindbergh, in his single-engine plane Spirit of St Louis, flies solo across the Atlantic from New York to Paris
British inventor John Logie Baird secures a patent for fibreoptic imaging
The British Broadcasting Corporation uses Logie Baird's system for its first trial TV broadcasts
US explorer Richard E. Byrd and two companions make the first flight over the South Pole, in a Ford Tri-Motor
British inventor Frank Whittle takes out a patent for a jet engine
English pioneer aviator Amy Johnson makes a 19-day solo flight in a Gipsy Moth from Croydon (part of London) to Darwin, Australia
The airship R101, designed by a UK Air Ministry team, explodes on its maiden vogage, killing all but four of those on board
US inventor Richard Drew develops Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape, the world's first transparent tape
Geoffrey De Havilland designs the Tiger Moth, on which nearly all British pilots were trained during World War II
The George Washington Bridge links New York with New Jersey, and is the world's longest suspension bridge with a main span of 3500 feet (1066m)
One of the defining landmarks of Sydney, in Australia, is opened – the single-span steel arch bridge across the city's harbour
US aviator Amelia Earhart lands in Ireland 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland, to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Polish cryptographers succeed in breaking some of the Enigma code used by the German military
The mighty Boulder Dam (renamed Hoover Dam in 1947) is completed on the Colorado River
US industrialist Howard Hughes sets a new speed record of 352 mph, flying a plane designed by himself
The prototype of the Spitfire, designed by Reginald Mitchell, has its first test flight
The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames over New Jersey, bringing to an end the era of rigid airships
