About International Traffic Light Day
The American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on 5 August 1914. It was mounted on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Did you know? There’s a set of traffic lights in Dresden, Germany that has remained red since its installation 30 years ago.
- Did you know? The world's first traffic light was a manually operated gas-lit signal installed in London in December 1868. It exploded less than a month after it was implemented, injuring its policeman operator.
Similar Observances
Hiroshima Day
Today marks the detonation of the atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945.
Read More
Read More
