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Johann Gutenburg invents a printing press using movable metal type.
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Early newspapers are published in Germant.
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Mechanical semaphore is invented in France.
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Ada Byron, a mathematician, writes the worlds first computer program for a computing machine desighned by Charles Babbage, but never built.
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Samuel Morse invents a telegraph that can send short and long beeps, called "dots" and "dashes."
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First succesful transmission over a transatlantic cable.
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Alexander Graham Bell, invents the telephone tranmitting the sound of the voice clearly over electrical wires.
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Thomas Edison invents the phonograph a device to record sound on a wax cylinder.
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First long distance phone calls are made.
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Gugliermo Marconi sends the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean
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Pictures are first transmitted over telephone lines.
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Very first few homes get television sets to watch broadcast programs.
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First communications satellite is lanched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 Olympics.
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The internet is invented by the U.S. government as a means of military communication.
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The first e-mail messages are sent.
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The personal computer, both small and powerful, is invented.
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The firstt emoticon is used in an E-mail message.
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The first cell phones are available for sale.
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Tim Berners-lee invents the World Wide Web.
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Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the Web.
