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Transatlantic
1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days

1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)

1958 PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip - New York to Paris

1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)

1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used

1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight

1952 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins

1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip

1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper

1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service

1939 1st regular transatlantic airmail (New York to Marsseille France)

1936 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight

1933 1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson)

1932 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart, lands

1929 Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places

1928 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, New York

1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London

1926 1st transatlantic telephone call, London - New York

1923 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester

1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days

1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a Navy seaplane

1915 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Virginia to Paris

1907 Helen Vinson, born in Texas, actress, Transatlantic Tunnel, In Name Only

1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England

1901 Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US

1901 Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld

1866 Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria

1858 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month

1858 Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable

1819 Cyrus West Field, financier/success of 1st transatlantic cable

1816 Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables

1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer



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