History of Communication

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  • Jan 1, 1455

    Printing Press

    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.