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Firstnpatent for a typewriter (on this date in 1714)
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n AnnEnglishman named Henry Mill submitted a vague description of “annartificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing ofnletters singly or progressively one after another.”nBut there is no evidence that he had a working model of a typewriter,nnor that he further developed his idea.
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Firstnpublic demonstration of the telegraphn(on this date in 1838) n
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n Americannpainter Samuel Morse was heartbroken when his wife got ill and diednwhile he was far away painting someone’s portrait. He realized thatnhe could at least have seen her and said goodbye if only there were anrapid form of long-distance communication – and he stopped paintingnin order to invent a device to do just that. n
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Firstntelephone call from a submerged submarinen(on this date in 1898)
Firstntelephone call from a submerged submarinen(on this date in 1898)n
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n WhennI think “submarine,” I think “ocean,” but this first phonencall from a sub came from a guy named “Lake” (Simon Lake, to benexact) from the bottom of a river!
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nLearn….
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- Rampnup your typing skills with a free online typing course such as this one or this other one.
- Havenyou ever wanted to learn Morse Code? There’s a website for that!
- Donyou know how submarines submerge or rise? Find out in this very short video.
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nThree Kings Day / Epiphany / Twelfth Night
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nAnniversary of opening of first Montessori school
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