This Week in History

• 0079 The volcano, Mt. Vesuvius, erupted for the first time.

• 1456 The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.

• 1770 Captain James Cook landed on Australia, claimed it for the British Crown.

• 1891 Thomas Edison applied for a movie camera patent.

• 1891 W.Gray markets coin operated phone boxes, Hartford. USA.

• 1896 Melbourne Opera House, the first projected film show in Australia.

• 1900 C. Perskyi describes 'Television' at Paris Exposition.

• 1910 J.D.A McCurdy sends first wireless message from aircraft to ground (Long Island)

• 1922 First 'commercial' aired on WEAF, New York.

• 1932 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its first experimental TV broadcast in England.

This list of events in history was compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW

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