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1995 Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone

1993 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter at Belmont

1993 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter

1992 FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service

1990 Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56

1973 John Lennon sues U.S. government to admit FBI is tapping his phone

1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show

1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala

1967 100,000,000th U.S. phone connected

1959 1st phone call between auto and plane

1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England

1937 Britian begins using an emergency phone number (999)

1927 Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington D.C. to New York City

1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and SF

1892 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)

1881 Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange


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