Bell Telephone Company

Historical eventNovember 181963

Bell Telephone Company

The Bell Telephone Company introduces the first push-button telephone.

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When
Monday, November 18 196363 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1960s
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Dates: From 1963.

What happened

The Bell Telephone Company introduces the first push-button telephone.

November 18 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1963Bell Telephone Company
  2. 1999Texas A&M University
  3. 2002Iraq disarmament crisis
  4. 2003Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
  5. 2003Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
  6. 2011Minecraft
  7. 2012Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
  8. 2013NASA
  9. 20142014 Jerusalem synagogue attack
  10. 2017Cyclone Numa
  11. 2020Utah monolith

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  • September 16MalaysiaMalaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the State of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and…
  • October 22BAC One-ElevenA BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
  • November 27Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the "Let Us Continue" speech, in which he advocated for civil-rights legislation and national cohes…
  • June 17Ho Chi Minh CityRiots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
  • June 17Supreme Court of the United StatesThe United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the L…

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November 18 1963 — 63 years ago, on a Monday.

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