On this day 31st October
On the 31st October 1926 Narinder Singh Kapany, one of the pioneers of fibre optics, was born in India.
On this day 30th October
On the 30th October 1925 John Logie Baird made the world’s first television transmission of a moving image.
On this day 29th October
On the 29th October 1969 the first message was sent between two separate host computers over ARPANET the precursor to the Internet.
On this day 28th October
On This Day… On the 28 October 1664 The Duke of York and Albany’s maritime regiment of foot was formed… …It was to become the Royal Marines. Corps amphibious operations The Royal Corps of Signals has a strong tradition of amphibious...
On this day 27th October
On the 27th October 1917 Major Alexander Lafone, Middlesex Yeomanry, won a posthumous Victoria Cross.
On this day 26th October
On the 26th October 1998 a Czech Mi-17 helicopter crashed in Bosnia in severe storms. The UK coordinated search and rescue efforts with the Czech Brigade.
