La Tomatina

La Tomatina.

70th Anniversary of La Tomatina.

26.08.2015 - Wednesday - புதன்கிழமை - Google Doodle - It's a GIF Image.

La Tomatina (Spanish pronunciation: [la tomaˈtina]) is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, a town located in the East of Spain 30 km / 19 miles from the Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. Since 1945 It has been held on the last Wednesday of August, during the week of festivities of Buñol.

Date	Last Wednesday in August
2014 date	August 27
2015 date	August 26
2016 date	August 31
2017 date	August 30

Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku.

24.08.2015 - Monday - Duke Kahanamoku's 125th Birthday.

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku ( August 24,1890 – January 22,1968 ) was an American competition swimmer of ethnic Hawaiian background who was also known as an actor,lawman,early beach volleyball player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing.Duke Kahanamoku,was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming.

India's 69th Independence Day

India's 69th Independence Day.

15.08.2015 - Saturday - Remembering the Dandi March.

Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc.

08.08.2015 - சனிக்கிழமை - மோண்ட் பிளாங்க்.

229th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mont Blanc.

First Electric Traffic Signal System

First Electric Traffic Signal System.

05.08.2015 - புதன்கிழமை - Wednesday.

When was the first traffic light installed

The first electric traffic light was developed in 1912 by Lester Wire,a policeman in Salt Lake City,Utah,who also used red-green lights.

On 5 August 1914,the American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland,Ohio.

It had two colors,red and green and a buzzer,based on the design of James Hoge,to provide a warning for color changes.

The design by James Hoge allowed police and fire stations to control the signals in case of emergency.

The first four-way,three-color traffic light was created by police officer William Potts in Detroit,Michigan in 1920.

Ashville,Ohio claims to be the home of the oldest working traffic light in the United States,used at an intersection of public roads from 1932 to 1982 when it was moved to a local museum.

Los Angeles installed its first automated traffic signals in October 1920 at five locations on Broadway.

These early signals,manufactured by the Acme Traffic Signal Co.,paired “Stop” and “Go” semaphore arms with small red and green lights.

Bells played the role of today’s amber or yellow lights,ringing when the flags changed—a process that took five seconds.

By 1923 the city had installed 31 Acme traffic control devices.

The Acme semaphore traffic lights were often used in Warner Bros.

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons for comedic effect due to their loud bell.

The first interconnected traffic signal system was installed in Salt Lake City in 1917,with six connected intersections controlled simultaneously from a manual switch.

Automatic control of interconnected traffic lights was introduced March 1922 in Houston,Texas.

The first traffic lights in England were deployed in Piccadilly Circus in 1926.

Wolverhampton was the first town in Britain to introduce automated traffic lights in 1927 in Princes Square at the junction of Lichfield Street and Princess Street.

Melbourne was the first city in Australia to install traffic lights in 1928 on the intersection of Collins and Swanston Street.

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