Great Moments in Communications

By 14michaelb
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type.

  • Newspapers Published

    Early newspapers are published in Germany.

  • Mechanical Semaphore

    Mechanical Semaphore
    Michanical semaphore is invented in France

  • Ada Byron writes world's first computer program.

    Ada Byron , a mathematician, writes the world's first computer program for a computing machine designed by Charles Babbage, but never built.

  • Samuel Morse invents a telograph

    Samuel Morse invents a telograph
    Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, call "dots" and "dashes."

  • First successful transmission

    First successful transmissions over a transatlantic cable.

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telophone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telophone
    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telophone, transmitting sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.

  • Thomas Edison invents the phonograph.

    Thomas Edison invents the phonograph.
    Thomas Edison invents the phonograph, a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.

  • First long distance phone calls.

    First long distance phone calls are made.

  • Gugliermo Marconi sends radio signal across ocean.

    Gugliermo Marconi sends the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Pictures are transmitted over telephone lines.

    Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.

  • Homes get television.

    Homes get television.
    Very first few homes get televisiosn sets to watch broadcast programs.

  • First communications satellite is launched

    First communications satellite is launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics.

  • The internet is invented.

    The internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication.

  • First E-mail messages are sent.

    The first E-mail mesages are sent.

  • Personal Computer invented.

    The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented.

  • First emoticon in E-mail.

    First emoticon in E-mail.
    The first emoticon is used in an E-mail message.

  • First cell phones for sale.

    First cell phones for sale.
    The first cell phones are available for sale.

  • Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.

    Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web.

  • Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program

    Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the Web.