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  2. Air Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Air Jordan is a line of basketball shoes produced by Nike, Inc. Related apparel and accessories are marketed under Jordan Brand.. The first Air Jordan shoe was produced for basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls on November 17, 1984 and released to the public on April 1, 1985.

  3. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois. Tivadar Puskás proposed the telephone switchboard exchange in 1876. Thomas Edison invented the carbon microphone which produced a strong telephone ...

  4. Timeline of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    1931: The Ericsson DBH 1001 telephone was the first telephone without a separate ringer box. [32] 25 April 1935: First telephone call around the world by wire and radio. [23] 1937: The Western Electric type 302 telephone becomes available for service in the United States. 8 December 1937: Opening of fourth transcontinental telephone line. [23]

  5. Tin can telephone - Wikipedia

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    Tin can telephone. A tin can phone is a type of acoustic (non-electrical) speech-transmitting device made up of two tin cans, paper cups or similarly shaped items attached to either end of a taut string or wire. It is a particular case of mechanical telephony, where sound (i.e., vibrations in the air) is converted into vibrations along a liquid ...

  6. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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    The world's first telephone exchange took place on Jan. 28, 1878. Three weeks later, Coy published a list of New Haven's 50 phone subscribers (names of people and businesses only, as phone numbers ...

  7. Telecommunications in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Outline. v. t. e. Jordan has a highly developed communications infrastructure. Jordan's telecom infrastructure is growing at a very rapid pace and continually being updated and expanded. Communications in Jordan occur across many media, including telephone, radio, television, and internet.

  8. Invention of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    Innocenzo Manzetti considered the idea of a telephone as early as 1844, and may have made one in 1864, as an enhancement to an automaton built by him in 1849.. Charles Bourseul was a French telegraph engineer who proposed (but did not build) the first design of a "make-and-break" telephone in 1854.

  9. Jumpman (logo) - Wikipedia

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    The "Jumpman" logo is owned by Nike to promote the Air Jordan brand of basketball sneakers and other sportswear. It is a silhouette of former NBA player and current Charlotte Hornets minority owner Michael Jordan. [1] In October 2015, Michael Jordan opened his first exclusive Jumpman flagship store in Chicago on State Street. [2] [3]