Western Morning News (Saturday)
On this day
1889: Poet Robert Browning died - his tomb is in Westminster Abbey.
1901: The first transatlantic wireless message was sent 1,800 miles from Cornwall to St John’s, Newfoundland, where it was received by Marconi.
1911: Delhi replaced Calcutta as the capital of India and King George V and Queen Mary attended the celebration.
1913: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, stolen from the Louvre in Paris, was found in a bedroom of a small hotel in Florence. 1915: The German Junkers J1, the first all-metal aeroplane, was test flown at Dessau.
1925: The world’s first motel opened in California - starting the trend for overnight stops for motorists in individual accommodation.
1955: The hovercraft was patented by
British engineer Christopher Cockerell. 1955: Bill Haley and the Comets recorded See You Later, Alligator at Decca Recording Studios, New York.
1963: Kenya became independent.
1988: A train crash at Clapham Junction killed 35 people and injured more than 100.