History This Week

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

Monday, 24 November, 2008

1867 Barbed wire patented by Joseph Gidden, USA.

1884 Evaporated milk patented by J.Mayenberg, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

1902 Marconi sends faint signals across the Atlantic from Glace Bay to Poldhu.

1910 Royal Australian Navy created by the Aust. Naval Defence Act.

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