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On This Day in Telephone History
A curated archive of historical telephone-related events organized by date.
On This Day in Telephone History July 28TH 1961 AT&T and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration signed agreement to launch Telstar satellites in 1962. In January, the FCC authorized AT&T to operate experimental radio stations for basic earth-satellite communications study, called Project Telstar, followed by NASA and AT&T announcement of their intention to launch … Read more
On This Day in Telephone History July 27TH 1875 Elisha Gray patents an “Electrical Telegraph for Transmitting Musical Tones“ U.S. Patent Number 166095
On This Day in Telephone History July 26TH 1874 Alexander Graham Bell voiced his idea for a “Speaking Telegraph” to his father
On This Day in Telephone History July 25TH 1962 the Bell System’s “Skyphone” went online.
On This Day in Telephone History July 24TH 1951 Transistor Inventor Leaves Bell Labs. John Bardeen notified AT&T Bell Laboratories that he would be leaving the company where, along with Walter Brattain and William Shockley, he had developed one of the most essential components of modern computing: the point-contact transistor. The transistor replaced vacuum tubes, … Read more
On This Day in Telephone History July 23RD 1955 The Dial Tone came to life in Ames, Iowa.
On This Day in Telephone History July 22ND 1955 was the last day of “Number, Please?” in Ames, Iowa
On This Day in Telephone History July 21ST 1877 Alexander Graham Bell constructed a 3-mile Telephone Line from his parents’ home at Tutela Heights to the telegraph office in Brantford. Bell demonstrated his telephone for the guests assembled at the Bell Homestead to meet his bride. Recitations, songs and musical solos were transmitted from Brantford.
On This Day in Telephone History July 20TH 1969 President Nixon made the Longest-Distance Telephone Call Ever to the Astronauts on the Moon.
On This Day in Telephone History July 19TH 1883 The Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company established offices in Austin Texas. In the spring of 1883 eastern capitalists purchased Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone and changed the company’s name to the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company. A little more than a month later there were 2,344 subscribers … Read more