(Compiled by Blake S. and Joshua G.) |
| 3000 B.C. - The Egyptians created a picture language called hieroglyphics. |
| 105 A.D. - Chinese began using paper and ink. |
| 450 A.D. - Asia used Block Printing. |
| 1539 A.D. - Mexico began using the first printing press in the Western Hemisphere. |
| 1639 A.D. - The first press in the American Colonies was established in Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1665 A.D. - The "London Gazette" was the first English newspaper. |
| 1738 A.D. - The first daily newspaper was the "Pennsylvania Evening Post and Daily Advertiser". |
| 1828 A.D. - The first comprehensive dictionary was published by Noah Webster. |
| 1844 A.D. - Samuel Morse transmitted the first public telegraph message. |
| 1858 A.D. - The first Transatlantic cable was laid. |
| 1876 A.D. - Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. |
| 1878 A.D. - Thomas Edison invents and patents the recording of sound onto cylinders and discs. |
| 1906 A.D. - First wireless communication of human speech. |
| 1919 A.D. - First broadcast radio station KDKA licensed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 1936 A.D. - First television broadcast made in London, England. |
| 1941 A.D. - First commercial television began in the United States. |
| 1941 A.D. - Z3 computer developed by German engineer Konrad Zuse. |
| 1954 A.D. - Color television broadcast standards are set in the U.S.. |
| 1957 A.D. - Satellite first sent information back to earth. |
| 1959 A.D. - U.S. and Russian rockets sent information back to earth from distances beyond the moon. |
| 1962 A.D. - "Telestar I", a satellite, first beamed television programs between the U.S. and Europe. |
| 1971 A.D. - Intel 4004 chip developed an integrated microprocessor chip, for the computer, that could be programmed for different needs. |
| 1976 A.D. - JVC markets the first VCR with the VHS (instead of Beta) format. |
| 1985 A.D. - Television began to be broadcast in Stereo. |
| 1994 A.D. - High Definition TV standards agreed on in the U.S.. |
| 1999 A.D. - Intel introduces the Pentium III processor, taking personal computing to new highs. |
| 2050 A.D. - ......???......Give us your input. Tell us where you think we will be in the year 2050, on our questionaire (see link below). |