Today in History - October 24, 1861 - First Transcontinental Telegraph Message was Sent
Well, today in History many things happened and I will write about three of them. The first one happened the year before my great grandfather was born. The first transcontinental Telegraph message was sent as Justice Stephen Field of California transmitted a telegram to President Abraham Lincoln. My great grandfather was born when Lincoln was President? Wow. That sounds really old.
Another event that occurred in the year of 1931, was that the George Washington Bridge which connected New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic. We went over that bridge in July of this year.
In 1964, northern Rhodesia became the independent republic of Zambia.
Source: Tribune Newspapers.
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