[NJARC] From the Press Association wire

[Ray Chase]

You are right, it definately was CQD.
Ray

John Ruccolo wrote:

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>Pay particluar attention to 1906. I think it was actually CQD, not CDQ.
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>ON THIS DAY - OCTOBER 3
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>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.
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