The Times of London begins--first by reporting scandal and later real news
Culture
1788
Editors of Punch provides satirical drawings--the first cartoon
Culture
1843
Morse sends first telegraph message, "What hath God wrought!" on May 24, 1844
Telecom
1844
Great Eastern crosses Atlantic--first passengers & later lays first lasting cable
Transportation
1860
Formation of International Telecommunication Union
Telecom
1865
In May, transcontinental railroad is joined by golden spike in Utah
Transportation
1869
In November, Suez Canal links Red Sea & Mediterranean--dream of French diplomat
Transportation
1869
Formation of International Meteorological Organization
Geography
1873
Formation of Universal Postal Union
Telecom
1874
Transatlantic cable connects Brazil and Europe
Telecom
1874
Karl Benz invents the first modern car
Transportation
1886
Marconi's radio transmission begins a new age of communications
Telecom
1901
Wright Brothers fly airplane for 59 seconds beginning a new age of transportation
Transportation
1903
First Ford Model-T rolls off assembly line in Detroit, Michigan.
Transportation
1908
English murderer is caught in Canada thanks to trans-Atlantic wireless message
Telecom
1910
Alcock and Brown are first to fly across Atlantic Ocean nonstop
Transportation
1919
Early radio broadcasting
Telecom
1920
BBC World Service launches as international news service
Telecom
1922
King George V gives first of annual king's speeches broadcast on radio
Telecom
1924
John Logie Baird gives first demonstration of television
Telecom
1926
Wendell Willkie publishes "One World"
Peace
1943
First passenger jet
Transportation
1952
Telstar I enables the first television transmitted by orbiting satellite
Telecom
1962
Ray Tomlinson invents email
Invention
1971
Xerox PARC invents personal computer
Invention
1973
Martin Cooper (Motorola) invents mobile phone
Invention
1973
CNN launches global news service
Telecom
1980
Tim Berners-Lee invents World Wide Web
Invention
1990
US Department of Defense invents global positioning system
Invention
1995
Al-Jazeera launches as international news service
Telecom
1996
First component of International Space Station in orbit
Invention
1998
200 million Internet users in China
Telecom
2007
Encyclopaedia Britannica announces 2010 was the last edition in print
Telecom
2012