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Ordinary Wireless Traffic Suspension

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1912Date range
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1912

Henry Babington Smith5 July 1912

London · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Oversees regulations requiring stations hearing a distress signal to suspend ordinary traffic until emergency communications are complete.

Names involved

Henry Babington Smith

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