In 1868, the world's first traffic lights, built off London's Parliament Square, began operation.
In 1914, the first electric traffic lights were installed, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Many were attending a magic show and some thought, when the lights first went out, that the sudden darkness was part of the performance.
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Some of the district's lights were first turned off early in December in a bid to cut costs and help reduce carbon emissions.
But three times in as many weeks Barack Obama has dragged them out dazed and blinking before the Klieg lights: first for an arms treaty with Russia, then to recast America's own policy and now for a summit in Washington, DC.
Dorchester was the first place to have its lights turned off at midnight in 2010.
During our first Christmas we strung blinking lights around our win-dows, and on Christmas Eve, Mr. and Mrs.
Seeing the northern lights for the first time is a thing of wonder.
He appeared under the brilliant klieg lights, the first admiral most of us junior officers had ever laid eyes on.
Electric lights made their first appearance on Christmas trees in 1895.
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While the driving lights are the first use of a laser beam reflected off a mirror, the daytime running lamps, with their characteristic "torch" effect, and the indicator lights use LEDs.
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The venue, also known as College Theatre, went on to become the home for amateur groups and schools in Coventry for more than 70 years, giving many their first moment under the stage lights.
"We introduced two markets before Christmas in different parts of the street, an arts trail is being developed between now and March, we had Christmas lights for the first time in living memory... and we're introducing more greenery, " he said.
Michelle and I will never forget the opportunity to introduce our daughters for the first time to the City of Lights.
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Last Friday, Tom Oreck hosted a cookout for plant employees and turned the lights on for the first time since the storm.
Sark's first ever set of temporary traffic lights have proved too fast for tractors, the only motorised vehicles allowed on the island.
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The next morning, I happened to be the first car to the junction after the lights had gone red.
Similarly, the origins of the microwave oven (an offshoot of radar), the folding baby buggy (the brainchild of a test-pilot inspired by aircraft landing gear) and traffic lights (one of the first of which exploded outside the Houses of Parliament) are not widely known.
McCartney's efforts have received the backing of one of Team GB's leading lights, the nation's first Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins -- sort of.
Los Angeles was the first city in America to control its traffic lights centrally when it rewired a handful of intersections near the Coliseum in 1984 in anticipation of a crush of Olympics traffic.
In 1928, the first all-talking feature film, "The Lights of New York, " was premiered in New York.
The most memorable was in 1995 when they turned on the Christmas lights in Belfast just a year after the first IRA ceasefire.
Los Angeles was the first U.S. city to control its traffic lights centrally when it rewired a handful of intersections in 1984 in anticipation of a crush of Olympics traffic.
Among other things, this strategy has meant holding on to shows like 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights, which have failed to strike ratings gold in their first year on the air.
Friday's manhunt began first in Watertown, as police dashed down streets with police dogs, flashing lights, searching backyards and knocking on front doors.
The hospital can operate only "on a first-aid basis, " as the staff works without air conditioning or lights to care for about 250 patients, she said.
At first, the rats scratched at their faces, indicating that they were interpreting the lights as touch.
The first carries compressed air, water, communications and a constant supply of electricity to power lights that are intended to simulate daytime and nighttime.
These days, all-white lights in festive displays are commonplace, but Mr Moore's may have been the first.
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