Call me maybe: History of the telephone

Bell is ringing

Mar 10, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell patents the first telephone.
See patent here.

Pushing buttons

Jan 1, 1941

AT&T introduces first touchtone phone.

No longer stuck to the wall

Jan 1, 1966

George Sweigert patents the first cordelss phone.

First cell phone

Apr 4, 1973

Marty Cooper makes the first call from a cellular phone.

LOL

Dec 3, 1992

First text message sent. What did the first text say? "Merry Christmas."