major events in the history of mass communications By Will Wolff Feb 4, 1450 printing press Feb 9, 1500 printing books and pamphlets Feb 12, 1600 alphabet Feb 14, 1609 frist newspapers in europe Feb 16, 1638 puritans establish cambridge press Feb 18, 1690 frist colonial newspaper Feb 5, 1714 typewriter Feb 9, 1731 frist public libarary Feb 15, 1741 andrew bradford frist magnzine in us Feb 13, 1798 sedition act Feb 9, 1827 frist aferican american newspaper Feb 6, 1831 electric telagraph Feb 7, 1832 morse code Feb 9, 1857 frist photograph Feb 8, 1876 telephone Feb 19, 1894 invintion of radio Feb 17, 1895 goverment printing office Feb 9, 1951 computer Feb 16, 1954 color tv Feb 9, 1960 rise of professional books Feb 10, 1973 online Feb 9, 1980 hypertext links to web Feb 9, 1990 rise of talk radio Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Feb 11, 2003 online calling
