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

25th September 2019
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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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.

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

10th March 2019
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

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

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

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

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

23rd June 1894: Establishment of the International Olympic Committee

10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs

10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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