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Events on Tuesday 18 October 1892 1
1892New York-Chicago long-distance telephone line opensAT&T extends telephone service across nearly 1,000 milesA long-distance telephone line connecting New York City and Chicago was opened to the public, the longest such line in the world at the time. The achievement demonstrated the growing reach of telephone technology across the United States.