1968 Event British adopts year-round daylight savings time 1966 Event Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again 1944 Event USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin 1943 Event 6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin 1942 Event Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S. 1918 Event 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect 1918 Event Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time 1916 Event Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time) 1916 Event British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced 1861 Event Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade
