Frank Osborne

Frank Osborne

Frank Osborne was the mayor of Alameda, California. He was the recipient of the first phone call to use the direct distance dialing telephone facility in 1951 dialed by Mayor M. Leslie Downing of Englewood, New Jersey. [ [http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/51trans.html 1951: First Direct-Dial Transcontinental Telephone Call] , AT&T. Accessed June 8, 2007. "Nov. 10, 1951: Mayor M. Leslie Downing of Englewood, N.J., picked up a telephone and dialed 10 digits. Eighteen seconds later, he reached Mayor Frank Osborne in Alameda, Calif. The mayors made history as they chatted in the first customer-dialed long-distance call, one that introduced area codes."]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Frank Osborne (footballer) — Infobox Football biography playername = Frank Osborne fullname = Frank Raymond Osborne dateofbirth = birth date|1896|10|14|df=y cityofbirth = Wynberg countryofbirth = South Africa dateofdeath = death date and age|1988|3|7|1896|10|14|df=y… …   Wikipedia

  • Osborne Stadium — Location Winnipeg, Manitoba Built 1932 Opened 1939 Closed 1952 Demolished 1956 Surface …   Wikipedia

  • Osborne, Kansas —   City   Location of Osborne, Kans …   Wikipedia

  • Osborne County, Kansas — Location in the state of Kansas …   Wikipedia

  • Frank I. Osborne — was a North Carolina politician and attorney who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (1879 1880), as a state senator, and as North Carolina Attorney General (1893 1897).In 1901, though he was a Democrat, Republican President Theodore… …   Wikipedia

  • Frank McNamara (musician) — Frank McNamara is an internationally known arranger, conductor, composer, and pianist from Ireland. BiographyHis career began at the age of 11, when he first appeared on Irish national television. Frank attended Trinity College, Dublin, where he… …   Wikipedia

  • Osborne Russell — Second Executive Committee In office 1844–1845 Preceded by First Executive Committee Succeeded by George Abernethy Constituency Oregon Cou …   Wikipedia

  • Frank Miele — is an American journalist and senior editor at Skeptic best known for his controversial advocacy of hereditarian hypotheses about race, especially race and intelligence.Miele grew up in New Jersey. He earned a A.B. in psychology in 1970 and an… …   Wikipedia

  • Frank Aloysius Barrett — (* 10. November 1892 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; † 30. Mai 1962 in Cheyenne, Wyoming) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker (Republikanische Partei), der von 1951 bis 1953 als Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Wyoming amtierte und diesen von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Frank L. Houx — Frank Lee Houx (* 12. Dezember 1860 in Lexington, Missouri; † 3. April 1941 in Cody, Wyoming) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker (Demokratische Partei), der von 1917 bis 1919 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Wyoming war. Werdegang Houx graduierte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”