History This Week

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

Monday, 23 March, 2009

1843 First traffic tunnel under the Thames opened.

1860 ML Byrn, New York, gets patent for the corkscrew.

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

1898 US Navy starts investigating Naval Aviation.

1899 First wireless telegraph message sent across the English Channel.

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

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