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.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The world’s largest private whisky collection broke several records in an online auction. The lot of more than 1,932 bottles sold for £4,277,000.