This Day in History 1/6/21

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on January 6th. These days telegrams are basically obsolete, but when inventor Samuel Morse demonstrated the technology for the first time on this day in 1838, they were revolutionary. The telegraph, which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, completely changed long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 30s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices