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First 9-1-1 Call

FIRST 9-1-1 CALL The first 9-1-1 emergency services telephone call was made from the office of the mayor on February 16, 1968. Earlier in the year, AT&T, which had a near monopoly in the telephone ...

FIRST 9-1-1 CALL The first 9-1-1 emergency services telephone call was made from the office of the mayor on February 16, 1968. Earlier in the year, AT&T, which had a near monopoly in the telephone ...

  • 911
  • telephone
  • att
  • alabama telepho...

James Ward Public School

Chicago Landmark  James Ward Public School  Johnston and Edelmann (1874-75);  Normand S. Patton (1897)  John C. Christensen (1924), architects  1874-75, additions 1897 and 1924  The earliest section ...

Chicago Landmark  James Ward Public School Johnston and Edelmann (1874-75);  Normand S. Patton (1897)  John C. Christensen (1924), architects  1874-75, additions 1897 and 1924  The earliest section ...

  • chicago
  • fire
  • school
  • lintels
  • semicolon

First Professional (American) Football Game

In the field south of this site on July 4th, 1895 the Michigan Rushers, a local team, played the first professional football game in Michigan, and possibly in the U.S.   This marker was placed by ...

In the field south of this site on July 4th, 1895 the Michigan Rushers, a local team, played the first professional football game in Michigan, and possibly in the U.S.   This marker was placed ...

    Shot Clock

    The 24-second

    The 24-second "Shot Clock"  1954 Syracuse, New York  This clock honors the rule that changed basketball and saved the  National Basketball Association. The 24-second shot dock, which put an end to ...

      Muir Woods Cathedral Grove United Nations Meeting

      Here in this grove of enduring redwoods, preserved for posterity, members of the United Nations Conference on International Organization met on May 19, 1945 to honor the memory of Franklin Delano ...

      Here in this grove of enduring redwoods, preserved for posterity, members of the United Nations Conference on International Organization met on May 19, 1945 to honor the memory of Franklin Delano ...

      • muir woods
      • roosevelt
      • california
      • united nations
      • wwii
      • fdr
      • franklin roosev...
      • un
      • cathedral grove