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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1978

Page

12

Telegraphed dawn of the information age on this date

On this date in 1838 Samuel Morse delivered the first public demonstration of the telegraph marking a pivotal advance in communications. The note appears amid a dense TV schedule listing and historical item, highlighting the event as a milestone in modern technology.

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