In 1889, the Savoy Hotel opened in London.
In 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, from an American Boeing B29 bomber.
In 2001, the world's first internet-enabled park bench was launched in Suffolk - four people could log on at the same time.
25 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of August 6, 1982
Bosses bringing new jobs to Bradford are being given the chance to shoot grouse on Ilkley Moor.
50 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of August 6, 1957
Albert Lyness, of Buttershaw Drive, Buttershaw, Bradford, and Douglas Steele, of Vivien Road, Fairweather Green, both 23, are on their way by train and boat to Calais, from which they hope to hitch-hike round the world taking between three or four years.
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