Alexander Graham Bell & Bell Laboratories

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  • Alexander Graham Bell Birth

    Alexander Graham Bell Birth

    Alexander Graham Bell is born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Bell Founds Volta Laboratories

    Bell Founds Volta Laboratories

    Alexander Graham Bell founds Volta Laboratories, the original name to Bell Laboratories
  • First telephone created from Bell Labs

    First telephone created from Bell Labs

    Bell is able to successfully create and use the first known cell phone from Bell Laboratories
  • Bell Laboratories officially founded

    Bell Laboratories officially founded

    Alexander Graham Bell officially creates Bell Laboratories and does not affiliate with Volta Laboratories
  • Alexander Graham Bell Dies

    Alexander Graham Bell Dies

    Alexander Graham Bell dies at the age of 75 in Victoria County, Nova Scotia
  • Bell Telephone Laboratories begins operations

    Bell Telephone Laboratories begins operations

    With the addition of the telephone, Bell Laboratories officially go by the name of Bell Telephone Laboratories
  • Synchronous-sound motion-picture system

    Synchronous-sound motion-picture system

    Bell Laboratories was able to create and develop the first Synchronous-sound motion-picture system
  • AT&T Incorporates Bell Laboratories Research

    AT&T Incorporates Bell Laboratories Research

    AT&T incorporates the research and work of Bell Laboratories into their company
  • Electrical-Relay Digital Computer

    Electrical-Relay Digital Computer

    Bell Labs created the first Electrical-Relay Digital Computer
  • Bell Laboratories create first transistor

    Bell Laboratories create first transistor

    Walter Brattain and William Shockley are able to successfully create and launch the first transistor at Bell Laboratories
  • UNIX Created

    UNIX Created

    The UNIX computer operating system is created at Bell Laboratories
  • CCD Invented

    CCD Invented

    William Boyle and George Smith invent the Charge-Coupled Device
  • AT&T Splits into 3 different companies

    AT&T Splits into 3 different companies

    AT&T decided to split up the work that it does into 3 different companies by adding Lucent Technologies to be their new telephone company
  • Steven Chu Wins Nobel Prize

    Steven Chu Wins Nobel Prize

    Steven Chu, a secretary of the Department of Energy won the Nobel Prize for the work that he did at Bell Laboratories in the 1980s
  • Turn of the century

    Turn of the century

    By the turn of the century, Bell Labs and AT&T have seen much success and accomplishments as the most profound communications and technology company from the previous century
  • Nokia acquires Lucent Technologies

    Nokia acquires Lucent Technologies

    Nokia Telecommunications company buys Lucent Technologies for a large sum of money