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ISSY'S 90
TECHNOLOGY

  • First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London.
  • Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Model T after making 15 million cars.
  • Ford begins selling the Model A with several body styles and prices start at $460.
  • Pan American Airways is formed.

Inventions / Inventors / Country (or attributed to first use)

  • Color Television -- Scotland -- John Logie Baird
  • Talking Pictures Videophone -- USA
  • Pop-Up Toaster -- Charles Strite
  • Quartz Time-Keeping -- Switzerland -- Hans Wilsdorf from England