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Sending Word — bonus #22 answers

Theme: Sending Word

Starting event: Bell's telephone patent is granted, days ahead of a rival claim (1876)

The full timeline

1. 1792
   Signals

   Claude Chappe's semaphore towers begin relaying messages across France

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2. 1837
   Post

   Rowland Hill publishes his case for cheap, uniform postage

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3. 1840
   Post

   The Penny Black, the first adhesive postage stamp, goes on sale

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4. 1844
   Telegraph

   Morse code carries its first messages down a telegraph line

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5. 1853
   Signals

   A pneumatic tube begins shooting messages under the streets of London

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6. 1858
   Telegraph

   A telegraph cable across the Atlantic carries its first messages

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7. 1874
   Post

   The Universal Postal Union is founded so letters can cross borders

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8. 1876
   TelephoneStarting event

   Bell's telephone patent is granted, days ahead of a rival claim

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9. 1878
   Telephone

   The first commercial telephone exchange opens in New Haven

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10. 1901
    Radio

    Marconi reports hearing a wireless signal sent across the Atlantic

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11. 1906
    Radio

    Reginald Fessenden transmits speech and music by radio

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12. 1920
    Radio

    KDKA in Pittsburgh begins scheduled radio broadcasts

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13. 1936
    Television

    The BBC begins a regular television service

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14. 1962
    Satellite

    Telstar relays the first live television pictures between continents

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15. 1964
    Office

    Xerox introduces the machine that makes faxing practical

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16. 1969
    Networks

    The first ARPANET links are built, connecting distant computers

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17. 1971
    Networks

    The first network mail is sent, using the @ sign to address it

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18. 1973
    Mobile

    A call is made from a handheld mobile phone for the first time

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19. 1992
    Mobile

    A text message is sent to a mobile phone for the first time

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20. 2003
    Internet

    Skype is released, carrying voice calls over the internet

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21. 2007
    Mobile

    Apple announces its first iPhone

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