Communication Timeline

First Electric Telegraph

Dec 9, 1831

Joseph Henry invents the first electric telegraph.

Invention of Morse Code

Dec 9, 1835

Samuel Morse invents Morse code.

First Fax Machine

Dec 9, 1843

Alexander Bain patents the first fax machine.

Electric Telephone

Dec 9, 1876

Alexander Graham Bell patents the electric telephone.

Wireless Telegraph

Dec 9, 1894

Guglielmo Marconi improves wireless telegraphy.

Films Reproducing Sound

Dec 9, 1926

Warner Brothers Studios invented a way to record sound separately from the film on large disks and synchronized the sound and motion picture tracks upon playback

Golden Age

Dec 9, 1930

Radio popularity spreads with the "Golden Age" of radio.

Computers

Dec 9, 1951

Computers are first sold commercially.