May 25th 1944...what?

gimpy117 · 04-15-08, 03:20 PM

May 25th 1944, i got an unidentified message it said:
What has god wroght. anybody know what this means??

whoops they added a clarifiaction "commerating the 100th year of the telegraph"

Quillan · 04-15-08, 03:45 PM

"What hath God wrought?" was the first message ever sent by electric telegraph in 1844. I don't know the precise date, but I imagine it was probably May 25th.

Khourieat · 04-15-08, 03:49 PM

24th, apparently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844#April_-_June

(not a fact necessarily, but probably accurate)

John Channing · 04-15-08, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quillan

"What hath God wrought?" was the first message ever sent by electric telegraph in 1844. I don't know the precise date, but I imagine it was probably May 25th.

Remember you are over the date line.

JCC

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Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	"What hath God wrought?" was the first message ever sent by electric telegraph in 1844. I don't know the precise date, but I imagine it was probably May 25th. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

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Khourieat Helmsman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NYC, USA Posts: 110 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	24th, apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844#April_-_June (not a fact necessarily, but probably accurate)