National Landline Telephone Day Timeline

1984

Cell Phones Weigh in at 30oz

The Motorola DynaTAC heralded itself as the "beginning of the cellular revolution."

1973

The First Cell Phone Call Brings First Near-death Experience

Marty Cooper, a Motorola employee, called an AT&T employee to brag about the achievement—and almost got hit by a cab.

1915

Calling Goes Bicoastal

Bell, located in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco, probably to argue about who was paying cheaper rent (history cannot confirm).

1876

Telephone invented

Another inventor, Elisha Grey, actually filed a patent for the telephone within hours of Alexander Graham Bell, but Bell's patent was approved first.