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Feb

FIRST 9-1-1 CALL WAS PLACED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

Alabama marks the 50th anniversary of the first call to 911 | WHNT.com

On February 16, 1968, Senator Rankin Fite completed the first 9-1-1 call made in the Unites States in Haleyville, Alabama. The phone used to answer that call is in a museum in
Senator Rankin Fite (right) making the call.

The first 911 call was placed by Rep. Rankin Fite, the Speaker
of the Alabama House of Representatives, in the town of
Haleyville, Alabama on February 16th of the following year.

Nome, Alaska adopted the system a week later. Still, it would
years before the system was widespread and decades before
it was uniform.

It was only in 1973 that the White House issued an official
statement in favor of 911, and even that a suggestion rather
than a law or executive order.

By 1987, 50 percent of the nation was using the system.

1968: First 911 Emergency Phone Introduced | History.info

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Feb

FIRST ‘’911’’ CALL WAS PLACED ON THIS DAY

First "911" call is placed in the US- today in history - News Without ...
The first 911 call was placed by Rep. Rankin Fite (right ) the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, in the
town of Haleyville, AL. The phone used to make the first
U.S. 911 call is shown on display.

February 16, 1968 sees the first official "911" call placed in the
United States. Now taken for granted as first course of action
in the event of emergency by nearly all of the nation’s 327
million people, 911 is a relatively recent invention and was
still not standard across the United States for many years
after its adoption by Congress.

AT&T chose the number 911, which was simple, easy to
remember, dialed quickly and worked well with the phone
systems at the time.

Read the Plaque - First 9-1-1 Call

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Feb

FIRST 9-1-1 CALL IN THE U.S. MADE IN 1968

Haleyville - The First 911 Call
From the Sunday, Feb. 18, 1968 issue of the "Daily Northwest Alabamian"– state Rep. Rankin Fite placing the first-ever 911
call from the mayor’s office–that’s Mayor James Whitt behind him.

February 16, 1968 saw the first official "911" call placed in the
United States. Now taken for granted as first course of action
in the event of emergency by nearly all of the nation’s 327
million people, 911 is a relatively recent invention and was
still not standard across the United States for many years
after its adoption by Congress.

As telephones became common in U.S. households, fire
departments around the country recommended establishing
a single, simple number to be dialed in the event of a fire or
other emergency. A similar system had been implemented in
the United Kingdom decades earlier, in 1936, when the code
999 was chosen for emergency telegraph and phone
communications.

WORLDKINGS - On This Day – February 16, 2019 – The First 911 Call Is Placed In 1968 - Worldkings - World Records Union

What was the American emergency number before 911? When was 911 introduced? - Quora

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Feb

HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

MIKE GRACIA

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B.W. Gallagher (left), president of the Alabama Telephone
Co., displays the red telephone installed at the Haleyville.
Ala. police station to receive the first 911 call.

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Feb

IT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY

MIKE GRACIA

Image result for the civil war battle of fort donelson

During the Civil War on this day in 1862, about 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson, TN.

The Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee–
Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important
avenue for the invasion of the South.

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