CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. July
  4. 1
  5. Telephone call

Events on July 1 in history

Telephone call
1881Jul, 1

The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.[1]

A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1881

  • 1Jan

    Panama Canal

    Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
  • 16Apr

    Bat Masterson

    In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
  • 12May

    French protectorate of Tunisia

    In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
  • 21May

    Clara Barton

    The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
  • 19Nov

    Meteorite fall

    A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.