[NJARC] From the Press Association wire

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Folks,

Pay particluar attention to 1906. I think it was actually CQD, not CDQ.

JR

ON THIS DAY - OCTOBER 3

1226: St Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.
1888: The first performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeoman Of The Guard took place at the Savoy Theatre, London.
1906: SOS was established as an international distress signal, replacing the call sign CDQ (sometimes explained as Come Damn Quick).
1929: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was renamed Yugoslavia.
1941: The aerosol was patented by LD Goodhue and WN Sullivan.
1952: Britain's first atomic weapon was exploded in the Monte Bello Islands, off Australia.
1956: The Bolshoi Ballet appeared at Covent Garden for the first time.
1959: The post code, required in the addressing of mail for mechanical sorting, was first used in Britain in Norwich.