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Francisco Salva Campillo, a Spanish polymath and scientist creates the electric telegraph
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English Inventor Francis Ronalds creates the electric telegraph
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Baron Schilling created the electromagnetic telegraph
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Build a telegraph that sends 8 words per minute
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Created by Sir William Fothergill Cooke and entered use on the Great Western Railway in England. Ran for 13 mi (21 km) from Paddington station to West Drayton.
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Alexander Graham Bell was granted US patent 174465A for a method of transmitting speech; the telephone
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Thomas Edison invents and develops the carbon microphone that went along with the Bell Receiver
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The candlestick telephone was introduced and packaged in 3 parts
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Motorola manager Martin Cooper placed a cellular-phone call to Dr Joel S. Engel, head of research at AT&T's Bell Labs.
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Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features.
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The iPhone 13 Pro is released