History This Week

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

Monday, 25 January, 2010

1788 26/1 First Fleet land at Port Jackson, to found Sydney and hence Australia.

1788 28/1 La Perouse, France, enters Botany Bay, NSW, Australia.

1856 29/1 Victoria Cross valour award is instituted.

1878 25/1 Turkish steamer is first ship sunk by torpedo from Russian ship.

1878 28/1 First commercial phone switchboard in New Haven, Connecticut.

1881 27/1 Edison patents his incandescent lamp.

1886 29/1 Karl Benz patents first petrol driven car.

1907 29/1 Lee De Forest patents the triode valve.

1910 27/1 First radio message is sent from an aircraft in flight, NY.

1915 25/1 Bell opens the first US transcontinental telephone service.

1924 26/1 Victoria's first radio station 3AR begins transmitting.

1925 26/1 Australia's first commercial radio station 2UE goes on air.

1926 27/1 Baird displays his first television images.

1960 Bathyscape Trieste dives to record depth 10,916 metres.

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Our thanks to John Alcorn, VK2JWA of the Summerland Amateur Radio Club for this weekly feature.
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