This Week in History

• 1087 Death of King William I (William the Conqueror).

• 1846 Elias Howe patents first overstitch sewing machine, USA.

• 1869 O.B. Brown of Malden, USA, patents the motion-picture projector.

• 1906 S. Aust issues first Driving Licences and Number Plates.

• 1909 Aust Gov Local Aircraft Competition, no entries, withdrawn 1910.

• 1914 Aust Troops occupy German Colony of New Britain, WW1.

• 1933 Car Windscreen Wipers first made compulsory in Australia.

• 1936 Last known Tasmanian Tiger dies in Hobart Zoo, Tasmania.

This list of events in history was compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW

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