7 Up up with the formula for a lemon-lime soft drink in 1929. The product, originally named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. It contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, until 1948. It was one of a number of patent medicine products popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Its name was later shortened to "7 Up Lithiated Lemon Soda" before being further shortened to just "7 Up" by 1936. A myth exists that the 7 Up name comes from the drink having a pH over 7. That would make it neutral or
HMAS Air Sprite Air Arm's base, HMAS "Albatross". On the night of 10 February 1964 "Air Sprite" was one of two air-sea rescue vessels which responded to the collision between HMAS "Melbourne" and "Voyager" in Jervis Bay. "Air Sprite" rescued 36 "Voyager" crewmen and HMAS "Air Nymph" saved a further 34. In 1976 "Air Sprite" was laid up at HMAS "Kuttabul" in Sydney for a major refit, which was scheduled for mid-1977, prior to being used as a general purpose vessel in Western Australia. This refit did not go ahead, and instead the ship was marked for disposal. "Air Sprite" was sunk as