1837
Communication
Britain and United States
Electric telegraph
Morse and Cooke-Wheatstone send coded messages down wires.
Why it mattered
For the first time, information moved faster than people.
Industrial Age
1837
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
1837
Society
United States
Public education and the normal school
Horace Mann campaigned for tax-funded common schools and trained teachers.
Why it mattered
Universal schooling as a public duty.
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