📅 A telegraph cable crosses the Atlantic (1866)
The Heart's Content Cable Station is now a historic site that tells the story of the telegraph.
Where: Heart's Content, Newfoundland
📅 On This Day: July 27
July 27, 1866: A telegraph cable crosses the Atlantic. On 27 July 1866, the giant ship Great Eastern arrived at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, after laying a cable across the ocean floor. News that once took weeks to travel between Europe and North America could now cross in minutes.
✨ More events on this day
- 1740 🧭 Explorer and plant expert Jeanne Baret was born in 1740; she became the first woman known to sail all the way around the world.
- 1921 🔬 Researchers at the University of Toronto led by Frederick Banting showed in 1921 that insulin controls blood sugar, a discovery that has saved millions of people with diabetes.
- 1949 💡 The de Havilland Comet took off for the first time in 1949; it was the world's first jet-powered airliner built to carry passengers.
🧠 Question of the day
Where was the cable laid?
- Across a desert
- In the sky
- On the ocean floor
Show the answer
Answer: On the ocean floor
🎂 Landmarks that opened on July 27
Questions
What happened on July 27?
July 27, 1866: A telegraph cable crosses the Atlantic. It happened in Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
Which landmarks opened on July 27?
63 Building (opened 1985).
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