What happened On This Day in history?
Gunners & Ali - On This Day
Thursday, 12 August 2021 - 3 minutes
On This Day... in 1821 Perth was founded, in 1842 Melbourne was officially deemed a town, Isaac Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine in 1851, Thomas Eddison made the first recording in 1877, first Model T Ford was manufactured in 1908, Ovaltine was also registered in 1908, Days of our Lives began on TV in Australia in 1968, and IBM introduced their first PC in 1981.