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Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance semaphore (visual or optical) telegraph line.
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Joseph Henry invents the first electric telegraph.
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Samuel Morse invents Morse code.
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United States starts the Pony Express for mail delivery
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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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First cross continental telephone call made.
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Zip codes invented in the United States.
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First cellular phone communication network started in Japan
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First cellular phone network started in the United States
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American government releases control of internet and WWW is born - making communication at lightspeed.