History This Week

A look back at events that made history this week -
compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW

Sunday 31 December 2006

1830 World's first railway station, Mount Clare, Baltimore, Maryland USA.

1838 Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated his telegraph for the first time in Morristown, New Jersey, USA..

1839 Louis Daguerre takes first photograph of the moon.

1878 1st telephone in OZ, McLean Bros., Melbourne, Office to Store.

1884 P.Nipkow, Berlin, patents his television system.

1902 N.Stubblefield, USA, demonstrates his wireless telephone.

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