In 1881, Thomas Edison's Electric Light Company opened a "central power station" in New York.

In 1965, Nobel prize winner and medical missionary Albert Schweitzer died in Gabon.

In 1970, Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova defected from the Kirov Ballet in London.

From the Telegraph & Argus of September 4th, 1977...

The ball speeds across the screen heading for the goalmouth. Only the quick reflexes of the player at the controls prevent another point being scored. For it's not an ordinary game of football that's being played. Instead it's the viewers who are watching and taking part in a game at the same time. Television football - or tennis, badminton, squash, hockey and netball it would appear - can be played. The machine can be plugged into the aerial socket of the television set tuned to a spare channel.

From the Telegraph & Argus of September 4th, 1952...

A reader's letter: I wonder if our Bradford retailers could answer this? Why did the cauliflowers that were 6d. on Friday jump to 1s. on Saturday ? Why were Victoria plums 8d. in Bradford and 3d. in the suburbs? Needless to say I didn't get a 1s. cauliflower and bought the 3d. plums as my wage doesn't automatically double but remains - "FROZEN WAGE"