On This Day in Telephone History July 8TH 1937 999 emergency telephone system in Britain went online and the first 999 call was placed at 4:20 a.m. Mrs. John Stanley Beard, of 33 Elsworthy Rd., Hampstead, London, dialed 999 to report a burglar outside her home. 24 year old Thomas Duffys was apprehended.

On This Day in Telephone History July 8TH 1937

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On This Day in Telephone History July 8TH 1937 999 Emergency Telephone System in Britain went online and the First 999 Call was placed at 4:20 a.m. Mrs. John Stanley Beard, of 33 Elsworthy Rd., Hampstead, London, dialed 999 to report a burglar outside her home. 24 year old Thomas Duffys was apprehended.