History of Communication

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  • Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1455

    Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type.
  • Morse Code

    Morse Code

    Samuel Morse invents Morse code.
  • Long distance electric telegraph line.

    Long distance electric telegraph line.

    Samuel Morse invents the first long distance electric telegraph line.
  • Electric Telephone

    Electric Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell patents the electric telephone.
  • Direct dial telephone

    Direct dial telephone

    Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone or automatic telephone exchange.
  • Wireless telegraphy

    Wireless telegraphy

    Guglielmo Marconi improves wireless telegraphy.
  • Continental telephone call

    Continental telephone call

    First cross continental telephone call made.
  • First experimental television signal.

    First experimental television signal.

    John Logie Baird transmits the first experimental television signal.
  • Improvement in television

    Improvement in television

    Television broadcasts able to be taped and edited - rather than only live.
  • Computers

    Computers

    Computers are first sold commercially.
  • ARPANET

    ARPANET

    ARPANET - the first Internet started.
  • Cellphone

    Cellphone

    First cellular phone communication network started in Japan..
  • World Wide Web

    World Wide Web

    American government releases control of internet and WWW is born - making communication at lightspeed.