May 24, 1844 — First U.S. Telegraph Line Opened
Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraph from the Capitol in Washington to Baltimore on May 24, 1844. The words sent were “What hath God wroght?”
The development history of Morse Code is nicely set out on Wikipedia, click here
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“Google” in Morse Code, sent by Google on April 27, Samual Morse’s birthday:
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
