What Happened in Sep 1878

Emma Mills Nutt Becomes the World's First Female Telephone Operator

When the first commercial telephone exchange began service in January 1878, teenage boys were hired as the first operators. However, the young men... Read more

Sinking of the SS Princess Alice

The lifeless frames of men and women lay about, and out on the balcony, from which the directors had so often looked upon their fleet through the... Read more