Today in 1897 is said to be the day that London first licensed motor vehicles as taxicabs. They were nicknamed "hummingbirds" and they were battery-powered. Plus: today in 1945 a US sergeant sends a letter home from the front, and it gets there... eventually.
THE SURPRISINGLY OLD STORY OF LONDON’S FIRST EVER ELECTRIC TAXI (Science Museum)
Science Museum exhibits London's 1897 electric taxi (Wired UK)
A letter from an American soldier has been delivered to his family — 76 years after he mailed it (WHDH)
