On this day

Published date13 August 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
¦ 1888: John Logie Baird, electrical engineer who helped pioneer television, was born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. ¦ 1889: The coin-operated phone was patented in the USA by William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut

¦ 1910: Death of Florence Nightingale, the "Lady With The Lamp" during the Crimean War.

¦ 1915: "Brides in the Bath" murderer George Joseph Smith, who drowned his brides in a zinc bath after ensuring their finances were set up in his favour, was hanged. It was Friday the 13th.

¦ 1961: East German border guards stopped cars passing to the east...

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