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News Papers appear in Europe
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Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance semaphore (visual or optical) telegraph line.
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American, Sholes the first successful and modern typewriter.
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Alexander Graham Bell patents the electric telephone.
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Almon Strowger patents the direct dial telephone or automatic telephone exchange.
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Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland - the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Joseph Begun invents the first tape recorder for broadcasting - first magnetic recording
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Cellular telephones in cars become wide-spread.