Daily Archives: January 7, 2014

January 7, 1904 and 1968

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1904, the distress signal “CQD” was established. It was originally supposed to be “CDQ” (Come Damn Quick), but the telegraph operator was dyslexic and kept hitting CQD instead. Two years later “SOS” became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio and the dyslexic … Continue reading

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