I hereby declare…
- Telegram message, 1844: “What hath God wrought”
- Telephone, 1876: “Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you.”
- Wireless communication over open sea, 1897: ”Are you ready?”
- BBC Radio 1, 1967: ”And, good morning everyone. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1”.
- Moon landings, 1969: “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”
- E-mail, 1971: Qwertyuiop [probable]
- Text message, 1992: ”Merry Christmas”
- Google, Jan 1996: no record of first search term, it says
- Facebook, Feb 2004: no record of first post
- YouTube, 2005: Video called “Me at the zoo”, with first words: “”Alright, so here we are in front of the elephants”
- Twitter, 2006: ”just setting up my twttr”
