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Last known photo of the Titanic before it sank
The Titanic’s last desperate SOS messages sent as the ship was sinking (1912)

Repeated, desperate SOS calls were heard by at least 10 ships, which rushed to the scene as the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Jack Phillips - Titanic telegraph - Marconi wireless officer 1912
Titanic witness says wireless hero died right after the ship sank, and officers to blame for the disaster (1912)

What happened to Jack Phillips, the first telegraph operator aboard the Titanic, who sent the all-important message that the ship was sinking so rescue ships could arrive?

Generations before mobile phones were a thing, ATT 1919
Way before mobile phones, AT&T and Bell Telephone launched wireless telephone service (1919)

In 1915, an engineer in Arlington, Virginia, was heard in Paris and Hawaii. This was the first trans-continental message ever sent by wireless telephone tech.

 
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XOXO Should newlyweds show affection in public (1919)
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Samuel P. Langley's large steam-powered model Aerodrome No. 5 making a successful flight, 1896.
Alexander Graham Bell declared flight a fact after one remarkable test run in 1896
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