The world’s first transcontinental telephone line was successfully voice tested between New York and San Francisco.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.
It was while in Boston that Bell’s experiments with sound waves and electricity led to his development of a telegraph-like system to transmit the vibrations associated with speech.
Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each direction.
On the 10th 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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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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