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Johann Gutenberg invents a printing press using movable metal type.
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Early newspapers are published in Germany.
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Mechanical semaphore is invented in France
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Ada Bryron, a mathematician, writes the world's first computer program for a computing machine designed 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 sucessful transmissions over a transatlantic cable
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, transmitting 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 cylander.
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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 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 launched, allowing worldwide live broadcast of the 1964 olympics.
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Internet is invented by the US 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 first emoticon is used in an E-mail message.
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First cell phones are available for sale.
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Tim Berners-Lee invents World Wide Web.
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Marc Andreeson creates the first browser program, allowing people to navigate the Web.
