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Alexander Graham Bell Birth
Alexander Graham Bell is born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom -
Bell Founds Volta Laboratories
Alexander Graham Bell founds Volta Laboratories, the original name to Bell Laboratories -
First telephone created from Bell Labs
Bell is able to successfully create and use the first known cell phone from Bell Laboratories -
Bell Laboratories officially founded
Alexander Graham Bell officially creates Bell Laboratories and does not affiliate with Volta Laboratories -
Alexander Graham Bell Dies
Alexander Graham Bell dies at the age of 75 in Victoria County, Nova Scotia -
Bell Telephone Laboratories begins operations
With the addition of the telephone, Bell Laboratories officially go by the name of Bell Telephone Laboratories -
Synchronous-sound motion-picture system
Bell Laboratories was able to create and develop the first Synchronous-sound motion-picture system -
AT&T Incorporates Bell Laboratories Research
AT&T incorporates the research and work of Bell Laboratories into their company -
Electrical-Relay Digital Computer
Bell Labs created the first Electrical-Relay Digital Computer -
Bell Laboratories create first transistor
Walter Brattain and William Shockley are able to successfully create and launch the first transistor at Bell Laboratories -
UNIX Created
The UNIX computer operating system is created at Bell Laboratories -
CCD Invented
William Boyle and George Smith invent the Charge-Coupled Device -
AT&T Splits into 3 different companies
AT&T decided to split up the work that it does into 3 different companies by adding Lucent Technologies to be their new telephone company -
Steven Chu Wins Nobel Prize
Steven Chu, a secretary of the Department of Energy won the Nobel Prize for the work that he did at Bell Laboratories in the 1980s -
Turn of the century
By the turn of the century, Bell Labs and AT&T have seen much success and accomplishments as the most profound communications and technology company from the previous century -
Nokia acquires Lucent Technologies
Nokia Telecommunications company buys Lucent Technologies for a large sum of money
