Tag: Telephone

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25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable

25th September 2021
Tagged as: America, Atlantic, Britain, Canada, Cold War, Communication, Newfoundland, Scotland, Technology, Telephone, USA

Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each direction.

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10th March 1876: Bell transmits the first speech using the telephone

10th March 2021
Tagged as: Communication, Invention, Science, Scotland, Sound, Technology, Telephone, USA

On the 10^th March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call when he contacted his assistant, Thomas Watson.

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29th July 1914: Successful voice test of the first transcontinental telephone line between New York and San Francisco

29th July 2020
Tagged as: America, Communication, New York, San Francisco, Science, Technology, Telephone, United States, USA

The world’s first transcontinental telephone line was successfully voice tested between New York and San Francisco.

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30th June 1937: World’s first emergency telephone number began operating in London

30th June 2019
Tagged as: Britain, Communication, Emergency, England, Fire, London, Police, Telephone

The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.

Tag: Telephone

25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable

10th March 1876: Bell transmits the first speech using the telephone

29th July 1914: Successful voice test of the first transcontinental telephone line between New York and San Francisco

30th June 1937: World’s first emergency telephone number began operating in London

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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