December 1879

Sunday 28:

The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75.

The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon, England)

Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time (Menlo Park, New Jersey).

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