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On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1967

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On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1967 President Johnson received a gold Trimline® telephone with Touch-Tone® service. He used it to talk with governors, other state officials and telephone people across the country over a special communications network. The call went to 47 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. H. I. Romnes, board chairman of AT&T, presented the President with the gold phone to commemorate installation of the 100-millionth phone in the U.S.

On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1967 President Johnson received a gold Trimline® telephone with Touch-Tone® service. He used it to talk with governors, other state officials and telephone people across the country over a special communications network. The call went to 47 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. H. I. Romnes, … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History May 10TH 1877

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On This Day in Telephone History May 10TH 1877 the White House get its First Telephone. President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House’s first telephone installed in the mansion’s telegraph room. The Treasury Department possessed the only other direct phone line to the White House at that time. The White House phone number was “1.” Phone service was in its infancy in 1877 and it would be more than 50 years until the first telephone line was installed in the Oval Office.

On This Day in Telephone History May 10TH 1877 the White House gets its First Telephone. President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House’s first telephone installed in the mansion’s telegraph room. The Treasury Department possessed the only other direct phone line to the White House at that time. The White House phone number was … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History May 8TH 1911

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On This Day in Telephone History May 8TH 1911 Telephone Service established between New York and Denver. This was a distance limit for open wire telephone lines which were equipped with loading coils but without repeaters.

On This Day in Telephone History May 8TH 1911 Telephone Service established between New York and Denver. This was a distance limit for open wire telephone lines which were equipped with loading coils but without repeaters.   give your face a rest and Smile for awhile 

On This Day in Telephone History May 7TH 1963

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On This Day in Telephone History May 7TH 1963 Telstar 2 placed in orbit to learn further how to overcome the effects of radiation and extend the useful life of communications satellites in space. TELSTAR 2 was essentially identical to the Telstar 1 satellite. Telstar 2 differed from Telstar 1 by employing provisions for scientific information to be transmitted in real time via the microwave telemetry system so that telemetry could be obtained after the 2 year timer had turned off the VHF beacon. On May 16, 1965, at 1403 UT, during the satellite's 4736 orbit, the VHF transmitter was turned off. All systems operated normally until that time.

On This Day in Telephone History May 7TH 1963 Telstar 2 placed in orbit to learn further how to overcome the effects of radiation and extend the useful life of communications satellites in space. TELSTAR 2 was essentially identical to the TELSTAR 1 satellite. Telstar 2 differed from Telstar 1 by employing provisions for scientific … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History May 4TH 1875

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On This Day in Telephone History May 4TH 1875 Alexander Graham Bell Conceived of using Varying Resistance. Alexander Graham Bell conceived of using varying resistance in a wire conducting electric current to create a varying current amplitude. Bell wrote in a letter to Gardiner Greene Hubbard: “a continuous current of electricity passed through a vibrating wire should meet with varying resistance, and hence a pulsatory action should be induced in the current”

Alexander Graham Bell conceived of using varying resistance in a wire conducting electric current to create a varying current amplitude. Bell wrote in a letter to Gardiner Greene Hubbard: “a continuous current of electricity passed through a vibrating wire should meet with varying resistance, and hence a pulsatory action should be induced in the current” … Read more