In 1927, the first cooked airline meal was served on a British Imperial Airways flight.
In 1931, the Empire State Building in New York was completed. It was 102 floors high and the world's tallest building at the time.
In 1949, the gas industry was nationalised.
25 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of May 1, 1983...
Historian Wallace Harvey was at the centre of a storm today for daring to suggest that famous Yorkshire anthem "On Ilkla' Moor Baht At" may actually have originated down south. Leading Ilkley citizen Vincent Dobson said: "It's a bit of a cheek."
50 years ago
Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of May 1, 1958...
The driver and conductor, a 14-year-old boy passenger and a conductor off duty had a narrow escape from serious injury last night when a trolley-bus travelling down The Avenue, Clayton, collided with a trolley standard on the roundabout at Clayton Town End and overturned.
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