Edison Demonstrates Incandescent Light
Dec 20 Thomas Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
"Tragic Ouverture"
Dec 26 Johannes Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture" premieres in Vienna, Austria
- Dec 28 North British Railway's train falls as Tay bridge collapses (Scotland)
The Pirates of Penzance
Dec 30 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance" premieres in Paignton, England and at Fifth Avenue Theatre NYC the next day
- Dec 31 Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)
- Dec 31 Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
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