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On This Day – 5 February

Posted on: Tue 5 Feb 2019

On This Day;

In 1924 the BBC time signals or “pips” from Greenwich Observatory were heard for the first time.

In 1952 the first “Don’t Walk” sign was installed in New York City.

In 1979 The Pointer Sisters’ single “Fire” was certified Gold.

Breakfast producer Zoe Kounadis joins Breakfast’s Casey Tonkin to discuss these events from history.

 

 

Produced by Zoe Kounadis

Image Sourced: Timitrius via Flickr

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