On this day 31/August

#OTD in 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. (source +Hull City Council / Hull Museums )

On this day in history

6th August

1971: Sailor's record 'wrong way' voyage A British man becomes the first to sail the world non-stop in the "wrong" direction - east to west - against the prevailing winds and currents.

1961: Russian cosmonaut spends day in space The Soviet Union astonishes the world by launching Major Gherman Titov into orbit for a whole day.

source ( +BBC News website)

1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair ( via hull museums +Hull City Council _)