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History This Week A look back at
events that made history this week - 1869 Thomas Edison of Boston, MA, patents the electric voting machine 1880 First public telephone booths New Haven, CT, USA. 1928 Kingsford-Smith commences first trans-Pacific flight. 1930 R.G.Drew, USA, patents transparent cellophane adhesive tape. 1942 Three Japanese midget subs raid Sydney Harbour. 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay climb Mount Everest Read last week's 'History This Week' Visit the Summerland Amateur Radio Club's website
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