Telephone

Telephone

By ShannonMcClure

  • The telephone is invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

    The telephone is invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
    The telephone was invented as a way to communicate quickly over long distances.

  • First Transcontinental Phone Call

    First Transcontinental Phone Call
    Alexander Graham Bell calls his friend, Thomas Watson. The phone call takes place from New York to San Francisco.

  • First Transaltantic Phone Line

    First Transaltantic Phone Line
    The first transatlantic phone cable is laid from Scotland to Nova Scotia.

  • First 911 Call

    First 911 Call
    The first 911 call was made in 1968 in Haleyville, Alabama.

  • Cell Phones are tested

    Cell Phones are tested
    Cell phones are texted by the public in 1978. After deciding that people liked them, they became available to the public. They were available to almost all of America by the 1980's.

  • 100 Million Cellular Phone Users

    100 Million Cellular Phone Users
    In 2000, 100,000,000 people used cell phones in theU.S. alone.