Taylor James - Communications History By tjames9710 Period: Feb 4, 1400 to Feb 4, 2016 Communications Through the Years Feb 4, 1446 Johannes Gutenburg introduces movable type printing press in Germany Feb 4, 1468 Willism Caxton produced first book with printed advertisement He produced a book in England with first printed ad. Feb 4, 1500 Printed books and pamphlets continue to succeed Feb 4, 1609 The First Newspapers in Europe emerge Feb 4, 1690 Ben Harris prints first colonial newspaper in America Feb 4, 1729 Ben Franklin prints money for paper currency Feb 9, 1741 Andrew Bradford prints American Magazine Feb 9, 1836 William McGuffey begins writing reading textbooks Feb 9, 1844 First Telegraph line set by Samuel Morse Feb 9, 1858 First transatlantic cable Feb 9, 1877 Thomas Edison invents the phonograph Feb 9, 1885 GEorge Eastman invents photographic film Feb 10, 1920 Jospeh Maxwell introduces electrical microphones Feb 10, 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt debuts Fireside Chats on radio Feb 10, 1940 Community Antenna television system, early cable Feb 10, 1941 Digital Technology, early internet technology Feb 10, 1962 J.C.R Licklider proposes concept of internet Feb 10, 1963 Audiocassettes are introduced Feb 10, 1970 Email is developed Feb 10, 1980 First Online Newspaper Feb 10, 1981 Color TV replaces black-and-white in America Feb 10, 1989 Laptop is launched Feb 10, 1994 Direct Broadcast Satellite service is launched Feb 10, 2000 Rise of cell phone use and cellular technology Feb 10, 2020 Holorgrams for phone calls, television use, and computers
