June 20 in history: Patent for telegraph, world's first telephone and much more!

 | Updated: Jun 20, 2020, 10:29 AM IST

From the patent for telegraph to the world's first telephone, we've got it all covered!

Let's dive in today's history.

1756

Bengal's Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah captures 146 British soldiers.

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1840

Samuel Morse receives patent for telegraph.

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1877

Alexander Graham Bell sets up world's first telephone service in Canada.

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1985

US awards Mother Teresa with Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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1991

The German parliament moves from Bonn to Berlin.

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