ON THIS DAY

1855: Bread riots broke out in Liverpool.

1878: Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.

1897: The Women’s Institute was founded at Stoney Creek, Ontario, by Adelaide Hoodless.

1906: In America, William Kellogg formed the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company to make the breakfast cereal he developed as a health food for mental patients.

1942:

The Japanese bombed the Australian city of Darwin.

1957: Emergency Ward 10, the first continuous TV series began on ITV it was shown twice-weekly for 10 years.

1976: Iceland broke off diplomatic relations with Britain after the two countries failed to agree on limits in the Cod War fishing dispute.

1985: EastEnders began on BBC TV.