2014 Event Pope Francis gives Easter Mass in St. Peter's square; his message included prayer for peace in Syria and Ukraine, a halt to Boko Haram attacks against Nigerian Christians, and for all to care for the hungry and the needy 2013 Event In Vatican City, Italy, Pope Francis delivers his first message at the Vatican, telling journalists wants "a poor Church, for the poor" 2012 Event Queen Elizabeth II shares her Christmas Message with her Commonwealth subjects, referencing the 'humbling' experience of her diamond jubilee celebrations and the 2012 Summer Olympics;the speech is the first to be broadcast in 3D 2012 Event At St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome, Pope Benedict XVI delivers the annual Christmas Message and holds traditional Mass at St. Peters Basilica 2012 Event In Surrey, England, a message found on the leg of a pigeon from WWII stumps GCHQ code-breakers, who say the message hidden in the code may never be revealed 2011 Event The annual Christmas message is delivered by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City 2010 Event China begins text message surveillance, blocking customers from the country's two largest operators for lewd messages 1990 Event Saddam Hussein demands U.S. networks broadcast his message 1979 Event "Message In A Bottle" by Police peaks at #1 in UK 1974 Event 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away 1974 Event 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space 1959 Event Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon 1959 Event New York Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard 1958 Event 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower 1958 Birthday Grandmaster Flash, Joseph Saddler, New York City, rocker, Message 1942 Event WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same" 1938 Event Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" 1927 Birthday Harry K V Mulisch, writer, Message to King Rat 1923 Event 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies 1915 Event 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Virginia to Paris 1915 Event 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent 1915 Event 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received 1903 Event Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message 1898 Event 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1889 Event 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in U.S. (SF) 1886 Birthday Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer, Message from the Madhouse 1856 Birthday Elbert Hubbard, U.S., editor/publisher/author, Message to Garcia 1844 Event Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message 1838 Event 1st telegraph message sent using dots and dashes in New Jersey
