History This Week

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

Sunday 25 March 2007

1826 Samuel Morey of Oxford, New Hampshire patented the internal combustion engine.

1880 The first electric street lights installed by a municipality Wabash, Indiana,USA.

1885 Edison patents wireless induction telegraphy between moving trains and railway stations.

1889 The Eiffel Tower opened for the Paris Exposition.

1899 First wireless telegraph message sent across the English Channel.

1910 First seaplane takes off, Henri Fabre, near Marseilles, France.

1921 Formation of the Australian Air Force, 'Royal' added 31 Aug 1921.

1995 US Coast Guard last Morse message ending over 100 years of use.

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